The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-12
MEETINGS IN EVERY WARD
JOHN L. T0WNLEY DISCUSSES
THE scANNELL REPUBLICANS
Tells the Sixth Ward Citizens Il
Vote for Erwin Means a Vote to,
Help Griffin Continue His Chicken
port OF the Kiefer Organ Tells Its
Tale.

There are policemen and ex-police-
men In this hail who know that there
We're men who have served time in the
penitentiary who sat as delegates in the
Erwin convention, isn't that SOP" ask
ed John L. Tewnley Of his hearers at
the Sixth ward meeting in Martins hall
last evening. A couple of men in the
crowd stood up and said that it was so.
Mr.. ToWnley was pointing out that it
was not the straight Republican fight
that was the menace to the success of
the Schiffmann ticket; that it was the
assistant Republicans who had been
put up by Scannell Mr.. Townley SDecif-
icaliy charged that Erwin never did
anything in his life for anybody that he
was not paid for it.
A vote for Erwin meant a vote to
keep Griffin in position to offer chick
en- suppers to police officers.
THE best evidence Of the truth Of
what l tell you continued Mr.. Town
ley, lies in the fact that the only pa
per in. town that is supporting Erwin
and his pretenSions to Democracy is the
evening Republican organ. Do you
think they are supporting Erwin for
any other reason than to split the
Democratic vote? No man of any sense
thinks so. The Bells have nothing in
common with the Democracy nor has
Erwin. They talk ABOUT their desire
to help the labor element. Why didn't
they put r. S. McNamee, Matt Bantz
and ]. ]. Gleason on their ticket if they
were sincere in their profession Of
loyalty to labor? No. part Of their
contract was to support the whole Re-
publican ticket by nominating a ticket
that might split the Democratic vote.
But their work is too apparent to have
any effect"
Mr. Townley told his hearers that
there was evidence everywhere of the
attitude of the Scannell ticket toward
the Democracy. He had met and talk
ed with a number of Republicans of
prominence and they had, every one of
them, said that if Erwin was out of
the way there would be no chance for
K1efer. The speaker did not blame the
Republicans for keeping Erwin in the
field; 1t was good politics; but, he didn't
want the Democrats to be hoodwinked
by the Bell platform, he did not see
how it could have any weight when it
was well known as a fact that when
Bryan was here it was found impos-
Sible to get Erwin to meet him. Mr.
Townley admitted that there were a
few misguided men who meant right
sitting in the convention of Saturday,
but they were very few and very much
ashamed of themselves when they saw
the company they were in. His remarks
were frequently applauded and there
were interpretations from the auditor
about the personnel of the Scannell
combination that would not look we'll
in print.
Prior to getting into this feature of
his speech Mr.. Townley gave some in
structiOns and suggestions to the
judges and precinct committeeman,
pointing out that there was menace
in the published statement of Clerk Of
Court Rogers that there were still a
couple of thousand voters who had not
taken out their second papers. They
were warned that the Democracy had
been scandalously deprived of their
rights in the matter of judges and that
the machinery of the election was in
the hands : of the enemy. He urged
them to stand for their rights and make
an immediate appeal to the courts In
doubtful cases.
About seventy-fve signatures were
obtained for the petitions of ward cam
didates. Chairman Al Graves presided