The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-15
SECOND WARD MEETING.
A Big Crowd Listens to- Mnny Good
Speeches.

A Big Crowd Listens to- Many Good
Speeches.
The third weekly meeting of the Second
Ward Young Mems Schiffmann Democratic
club was held at the rooms Third and Forest
streets. last night. The meeting was the
largest and most enthusiastic since the Ct
O'Donnel presided in the absence Of President
joseph Mccormick. After the call for the
meeting had been read by the secretary, j.
]. Ryan, the chairman, introduced T. r.
Kane who delivered the principal address of
the evening.
Mr.. Kane complimented the young men of
the Second ward on the organization Of SO
strong and stalwart club. He scored the
present administration numerically, and did
not forget j. j. McCardy, who, he said was
possessed of more stubborn ''mulishness"
than any one who had ever occupied a public
office. ....
He never he said. did anything until
pandamus appeared, and he was then ready
| to act Outside of his salary, he said, Mr..
McCardy had cost the city over $1,000. His
refu5a. to pay the policemen, and firemen Of
the city the wages due had cost the city
over $1,000. Mr.. McCardy had cast the city
during. his three terms, by his inconsistent
methods, over $4,000 more than his salary
for the three terms
Referring to YCerg, he SAID he was man
of the common people. a friend of the labor
party and he would, he said, when elected, be
the servant and not the master of the people.
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for the place, and so was every man nomi-
| mated on the Dsm9crat-Citzens' ticket He
scored the action of the administration in re-
gard to franchises and said, with Yoerg at
the helm. the people Of St. Paul would have
no reason to complain.
In closing he urged the Democratic voters
Of the Second ward to stand firm with the
Democratic citizens, by so doing they,
would help rcll up the 1900 majority which
the mocrat-Citizens' ticket would receive
on the third day of next May, not only for
Maya SN1 hut
down to constable 1Flaherty. -.
Anthony Yoerg was next introduced and in
short speech after complimenting Mr..
| of experience and man of travel He want
| ed, he said to see Schiffnlann elected even if
he and the rest of the ticket went down. He
believed that the whole ticket would be elect
ed by majority Of 5000 votes, and said If he
was chosen by the Democrats for the office of
comptroller. he would try hard to fill the
city.
Referring to Mr.. McNamee, Mr. Yoerg said
he was man the people could trust with
their money Zone of which would be lost in
broken banks.
F. H. Ellerbe, Of the Eleventh ward. was
next next introduced; He spoke of the great in
Democratic people in their efforts to secure
for st. Paul decent city government The
Citizen-D Democratic party had presented to
zen could stand. The people would no long
er endure. he said, man for mayor who
delegates the power of his high office to
Griffin man who could not be elected
dog catcher of the city
McCardy, he said, a man who snaps
and snarls at every poor policeman, fireman
and school teacher who ask for their wages
and then ticks the hand of the high salaried
partisan In the city hall. This, he said
was the kind OF watchdog" Mr. McCgrdy
was
The common people, he said. were tired of
| the Punch and Judy side show of the Re-
publican party. and were now ready to re-
sent continuance of the same. He scored
w. w. Erwin, and said he was a pretender
and never moved in the cause of labor until
he had the price guaranteed. The workingman