The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-04


sofa Had Failed to Restore the
Republican Party to the State
Offices.
William Henry Eustis and ]. Adam
Bede sounded the keynote Of the state
campaign at Market hall last night.
There was no way of telling that II
was the keynote of a state campaign
except that they so stated.
State issues were neglected. The
keynote" seemed to be Remember
the Maine" and the platform, as re-
cited by Mr.. Bede, culled from H. Joe
Miller's joke book.
Mr.. Eustis made one reference tC
state matters. 1t is worthy of special
prominence, as it is the only earnest
thing the voters of Minnesota have
as to what my policy will be, if he
is elected governor.
Here it is:
I'm Minnesota the Republican party has
been most In power. The phenomenal growth
and development of our state speaks well fol-
its genera wisdom of Administered. on Of pub
! lie affairs. In 1890 the opposition gained con-
| troll of the legislative bodies and elected the
| auditor of the state, who held his office fol
! four years. In this Office more than anywhere
else, If It ex sted, could dereliction and dis
! honesty be found. For four years the Argus
| eyes Of Democracy were turned upon the
| books and records OF this state, which had
| been continuously kept by Republicans for
! was discovered, nothing exposed.
This opposition legislature increased the
| previous tax roll IT M lis to 2.2. This rats
! was again reduced by the next Republican
| legislature to IL and by the last Republican
! legislature reduced to Is, thus saving to tbs
| taxpayers of Minnesota, since and below the
| appropriations Of the opposition on their ad-
vent to power, the sum Of ST. los, 600 1t is moi
! expected by those who understand human ma
| ture that any party which comes into power
! only once IN thirty ayears and remains In
| only one session, will practice economy; bu
| the people OF Minnesota would cheerfully ex-
cuse the $40, 1872 excess spent for the current
| expenses of the legislature in 1891 over 1879;
| in order to give fusion the privilege and duty
Of Investigating the record of a party In
| power for thirty years. In current expenses
and taxes this pr vieee, howe or, comes high
and our taxpayers will probably not care tt
repeat 1t oftener than once in thirty years
| without at least more specific charges and
proof of incompetency or fraud.
In education lies the hope of the world
| In Minnesota we seek to make 1t as broad
| as man. 1t is the basis of all progress and
true prosperity With wisdom which seems
! more than human, 1t was provided by the
| ordinance of 1877 that in the Northwest ter.
ritory, then an unexplored wilderness, schools
and means Of education should be forever
| encouraged. To give efficiency to this one
Of the most far-reaching provisions of any
ordinance that has to do with human hap
| plness and human welfare, certain sections
|
| designated as school lands. From the sale
| OF these lands there has accumulate in this
state the magnificent sum of $13 600 as
a permanent school and educational fund
and during the time of its control there has
| been disbursed for current educational pur-
| poses from the income thereof nearly &c.
| OOO,WO more. 1t Is estimated that eVentua lly
| our permanent school fund will exceed $780,
| GOO, QUO. This places the young state OF
| Minnesota euuaL If not superior, to any
! other state or commonweat til in the world
l. al ONT 0i
| education in Its broadcast sense within her
| borders. 1t IS no wonder our people are
| Jea. Gus OF this trust, and would neither
| brook nor excuse negligence or dishonesty
| In its administration.
IN the present auditor, the Republican
| nominee for reelection, Hon. R. c. Dunn
in whose department the administration OF
| this trust largely lies, the people have an
honest servant, worthy of the sacred trust
trust has increased 81 $50 COO.
The officials that have to do with the
| detail management Of the various depart
ments Of our state, having proven them
! selves worthy and competent have been
| renominated by the Republican party Their
| efficiency and integrity commend them to the
voters of Minnesota.
This oversight of the issue raised by
! the Democratic platform; this ignor-
Ing Of the malfeasance IN Office charged
against Republican officials was not
accidental. 1t was intended Mr.. Eus-
It's explained it a moment later, when
he said:
THE war is not yet ended, and will not
be until the treaty Of peace shall be signed.
Our citizens have now their first opportunity
| to express their approval or disapproval of
suffrage will be helpful or hurtful, as it
shall express a patriotic or partisan spirit
In my Judgment, all other issues in this cam
paign sink into insgnifcance in comparison
with the moral approval or disanDroyai w..
shall give to the righteousness of our Gauss
and the administration that has carried on
the war. All other issues, ephemeral in their
| character, can well wait another election. -
1t seems that Admiral Dewey and his
fleet, assisted by the Thirteenth regi-
nent and J. Adam Bede's funny sto-
RES, are looked to to save the party
from the defeat which threatens 1t for
Its eXtravagances, mistakes and cor
Tuption.
CALLED TO ORDER.
It was shortly after o'clock when
Senator Hiram F. Stevens, who was
to preside over the meeting, took his
place on the stage. Shortly, the Min
neapolis delegation, which had come
over in chartered cars, filed into the
seats reserved for them at the front
Of the hall, which they just fitted. The
hall was comfortably filled then.
Presently, Mr.. Eustis and his retinue
sauntered on the stage. First in the
line of his attendants was John Blan-
chard, editor of the Minneapolis Times
and next came Robert G. Evans, Unit
ed States district attorney Behind
them came Congressman Loren Fetch
eT.
After a selection by the Newsboys'
band, Chairman Stevens called the
meeting to order. He said that the
administration was met by conditions
of which the American people had new
er dreamed. Not for aggrandzment,
not for conquest, but to protect the
oppressed people Of the isles of the
tropics, our great leader entered upon
policy Of pacification, found himself
he was sustained by the unanimous
sentiment Of the American people.
without regard to party.
References to DeWey's victory and
the heroic stand Of the Thirteenth Min
nesota in the taking of Manila, evoked
| enthusiastic applause. Mr.. Stevens had
! faith that the Republican party would
| look after the new issues as it had
| after the old ones. He believed Presi-
| dent Mckinley had able advisers, and
| second only to one man in the country
! today was Minnesota's favorfte son,
! Cushman K. Davis, This allusion
evoked general applause.
"As to state issues" said Mr.. Stevens,
| eve have only two candidates for gov
ernor, who represent any settled prin-
| cipleS. One is the candidate of the
| mid-road Populists, Mr.. Long; the other
| is the Republican nominee.
1.-THE latter" said Mr.. Stevens, "had
eXemplif1ed all the virtues in his public
| and private life, and in his administra-
| ton had followed the rule of that which
was not always taught in churches
| common sense
He then introduced Mr.. Eustis, who
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