The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-19
Spanish Throne Is Safe.
men out as clouds shut out the light of

men out as clouds shut out the light of
heaven.
You saw the board of public works con-
verted so that you should not have the
power to serve upon it. The fire depart
ment was put into commission, so YOU
could not have the power to elect it. 1t
was taken from the reach of the people
The water works is controlled by the ring
And now the charter commission is about
to nix the civil service SO that it will be i'm
possible for you to nominate your officials
The ring borrowed every dollar the char
ter permitted and drained the swamps. They
bridged the river so as to swell the value
of ring property. This corrupt ring trad
ed Democratic delegates to the legislature
with the Republican party to get enough
votes to insure the ring against an upris-
ing of the people.
who ran gambling hells and who have put
their hands on the social evil and taxed it
for their personal benefit. Men who were
common thieves twenty years ago are now
The summary courts are owned by the
ring. There is no one here who does not
distrust the courts of original jurisdiction.
don't say they are corrupt. Voice: They
are.) They look as though they were cor
rupt. They do things that cannot be other
wise explained.
the accomplishment of ring power
When, two years ago. your own men,
headed by boy born in st. Paul, OBJ
tained possession of the Democratic city
committee and proceeded to nominate a
ticket, not to be bound to the ring, they
were discredited.
Every Dawson man bolted your party.
They sought to obtain control of the party
convention and they failed. Then they con-
stituted a bolters' party and nominated
ring can candidate. date. A court was 'hasty'' enough
to strike from the official ballot the ticket
you had nominated when it was impossible
for you to fulfill the conditions. Those men
are still going about with silk stocking
Republicans and deceiving voters with the
cry of follow your party We then de-
cided to vote for Doran and we went to
him 1000 strong. Mr.. Doran went into
power. but that unhappy man was unable
to throw off the influence of the ring. He
kept men in power belonging to the ring
and there is not one of them but has con-
tributed to the disgrace of his admipIstra-
tion. The reason is because he was unable
to come to the people.
Your higher courts are respected-your
lower courts are where they are. Your as
SCISSORS lists are rotten. Your board of
public works responds only to the influences
put upon them. l can't influence them.
I'm not in the ring.
Look at your common council Seven
members of it are constantly voting for
corporation that always has its hands in
your pockets. 1t reorganized your postal
and detective service.
Then there was a junket of the council
to the Pacific coast to taste the oranges.
Point to a department that is not under
the ring There is not one. Before l en-
tered upon this canvass every ringster IN
the town told me that they were going to
recognize the Bell committee.
Mr.. Erwin referred briefly to his ser.
vices in behalf Of laboring men at Chi
cago, Homestead and other places. ant
to his fight in Iowa against the Prohi
bition laws. He then returned to loca
topics.
Mr.. Dawson knows me. In 1872, when
/ was elected county attorney, 1 found
the court house full of rings There was a
ring in every office. In sixty days l had
exposed the rascalities of every ring, and
they have had no for me since. What
a devoted lot of men Dawson had, They
gave him absolute power over them Even
when Cullen was nominated Dawson led
5000 Of his bank depositors to vote FOR
Cullen, and Immediately Dawson's bank
went down. Why? No living man can
tell. Why are they now moving heaven
and earth to control the party? Because
the indictments against Dawson were nolled
by an oblging minister of justice and the
ring is afraid that the case may be re-
opened.
Why do United Staes Marshal Rich
ard O'Connor and Postmaster Robert Smith
suddenly change their minds about the
Bell committee? Because a messenger has
tinued on Third Page.