The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-04

The Gentlemen Who Now Occupy
Positions on the Supreme Court
Bench as Well as the Hon. j. O,
Michael and the Hon. George L.
Bum - Democratic Candidate
for Congress Given an Ovation.
The Hon. John w. Willis was accord.
ed a hearty greeting when he stepped
to the front of the Auditorium stage.
Mr. Willis said:
Mr.. Chairman Ladies' and Gentlemen
Friends and Fellow Citizens: With becoming
qualification l appear here tonight to Join
with you in rendering tribute of all respect
and confidence to that gallant gentleman, who
merits in private life, whose skill at the
bar, whose patriotic devotion to the country
in the time Of war, has caused the people Of
Minnesota, without regard to party, waving
for the time all thoughts of partisanship to
summon to the governorship Of the state of
Minnesota, John Lind. Great applause) 1t
Is great pleasure to see our talented friend,
the national committeeman Of the Demo-
cratic party, presiding at this meeting Of the
united Democracy. (Applause.) 1t is also
great pleasure to hear again, from Demo-
cratic platform, the eloquent language and
the impressive utterances OF that distinguishes
ed man who, two years ago, was the national
committeeman of the Gold Democracy of Min
nesota.
Across the state of Minnesota overcoming
all difficulty and winning the respect of all
voters whose respect is worth having,
marches the triumphant form Of John Lind.
Great applause.) And, my friends the Re-
publicans display their agitation and con-
fusion by being all the time in very bad
temper. They are worried about something.
The situation is distressing, and it even Inn
pels the candidate for governor to come over
here and water the stage on which he speaks
with tears. (Applause)
THE WEEPING WILLOW.
And 1t appears that the Republican party
Is conscious of it's approaching doom. Hav-
ing already selected the place for its grave.
1t Is planted at the head of that ticket, the
Weeping Willow Of Minneapolis. Great ap-
plause.) y
And, my friends, the local Republicans dis
play almost as bad manners as bad politics.
When they held convention in the spring,
they Kissed the honored name of Frank B.
Doran, and when they held convention in
the fall they hissed the dishonored name Of
S. A. Anderson. They are In confusion and
In rout. The day of victory is approaching.
They are very much like the turtle, as
described by the Irishman, who had never
seen q turtle. until he was sent out by the
cook in the hotel to kill one. He cut the
turtles head off and seeing the turtle walk
ing around. after his head was cut off, he
went in to the cook and said: "That Is the
most ondacentest crtttur 1 ever saw. 1t is
dead and doesn't know enough to know it,
Well, my friends. the Republican party has
been descending steep grade for long
time. You know the scripture tells us that
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certain unfortunate individual and that he
caused the spirit to enter into a herd of
swine and that they ran down steep place
into the sea. Such seems to be the condition
OF those who once gloried In the leadership
OF Abraham Lincoln. and have now become
reduced to such state that they trail along
under the monopolistic banner of Mark A,
Hanna. Applause)
WITH THE COMMON PEOPLE.
We are waging the contest this year in
behalf Of the common people and against the
sehemes OF those who would levy tribute upon
the labor Of the country for the benefit of a
few. This year we ask the people to condemn
the maxim that the government should take
care Of the rich and that the rich should
then take care of the poor. and we expect
to re-estahlish the maxim of Jefferson and
Henry George, Equal rights to ALL and
special privileges to none.'
1ne OeAocralo party mas indorsed the
judges of the supreme court who have flu
minated the Jurisprudence of this state, and.
true to the same inspiration in Ramsey coun-
ty, the Democratic party has nominated for
the bench that singuiarly able gentleman
that friend OF all classes, that champion of
popular rights, James c.. Michael (applause)
and they have also nominated that able
scholar and natural judge and have asked
you to place on the bench of the district court
that the people of Ramsey county are will
ing to sustain the judiciary both of the su
preme court and the candidates nominated
by the Democratic party for the district
bench
DEMOCRATS NOT sPANIARDs.
Now, Knute Nelson says there are only
two classes of people in politics-one class
Gods people and the other class Democrats
and he calls them Spaniards. Now it is re-
markable that he should make this state
ment, because if he had been at Manila and
had seen George Dewey standing on the
bridge of the flagship he would have had to
shoot him for a Spaniard. Or, had he been
at San Juan when the American troops came
up the hill he would have had to say to old
Joe Wheeler, get off your horse and come
down here, you are Spaniard that ought to
be scaIped, But all this Is nonsense It
IL absurd to call 10000 citizens who voted
TWO years ago VC MAKE JONI l1luQ governor
by that hard name.
Now, my friends, we have a congressional
campaign in this district, and it has been
waged upon our side entirely with fair meth
DDS. Our poverty alone has prevented US
from making such campaign as our op-
ponents have made and consequently we have
depended upon the eloquence of our speakers
rather than to float our craft into office by
beer and cigars. We challenged him TO a
joint debate. Well. after long considera-
ton the Republican committee decided that
Mr.. Stevens engagements were such as would
prevent him from accepting Now presume
he has about as good an excuse as the fellow
who went to drill in the army. When the
drillmaster said Fire he ran behind q
tree. The drillmaster called to him and said
"Are you a coward7'' He said mo. / am not