The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-28
TALKED WITH THEM

TALKED WITH THEM.
Mr.. O'Brien is a favorite on the
platform, and he was given an ovation.
He departed from the usual style Of
the stump speaker and talked with the
audience as he would talk with his
friends. In opening he referred to the
history Of the Democracy in the mat,
ter of the judiciary, saying that he had
been a party to several controversies
over the matter. and had helped to
elect Republicans to the bench in order
to preserve absolute freedom from poll
itics. He spoke very earnestly and
quietly
You who are Republicans. he said,
and those who desire that the bench
be kept free from politics are now
forced by this iniqu;tous action Of the
republican convention to support the
nominees or have it put to them that
they may have a lawsuit before one OF
these judges" He scored the action of
the Republicans numerically In the
matter Of the JUDICIAL ticket and paid a
tribute to J. G. Michael that was NOV
ing and elected a great outburst Of
applause. Continuing, Mr.. O'Brien
said:
Standing before this large body Of
Democrats [ want to ask If there is a
man here SO desp;cable that he would,
IT he could, disenfranchise the Repub-
lIcans Of this county? Yet, that is
what the Republican county attorney
attempted. Mr.. Anderson is perha ps
much better lawyer than I ann-but,'
he added, perhaps he has rot had my
Irish luck. In any event he was a
candidate for denomination and the
newspapers tell me that his name was
Missed in the Republican convention.
Well, Mr.. Anderson deliberately gave
an opinion that was meant to prevent
the Democrats from going on the off,
cial ballot Now is there a Democrat
III this hall so small that he would at
tempt to diSenfrancihise the Republi-
can party, If he had the power?"
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
He scored the Republican county
ticket He appealed to his hearers as
men who had lived here for years, had
helped to build up the city, and who
had brought up their children to serve
the republic, and asked if there was
any reason on earth to support the
ticket that the Republicans had pre-
scented, and the members of which he
paid his respects to in language hu-
mOrous to an extent that kept the au-
dience in the best OF humor, but made
q profound impression.
He made comparisons on the state,
congressional and legislative tickets
that were telling, and he had some fun
with Henry Johns and Tim Sheehan
to the delight Of the crowd.
Herman Oppenheim, received in a
manner that testified to the warm spot
that the crowd had for him, made a
very brief speech, in which he spoke
Of the natural diffidence of candidate
speaking for himself, and asked his
bearers to vote for the best men on the
two tickets and he would abide by the
results. He was heartily cheered.
J. G. Michael, obviously the most
popular Of all the candidates. said
briefly that he felt glad Of the support
that was given him and the heartiness
Of his reception. He felt very sure of
success and only regretted in the GER
tainty Of that success that he would be
deprived of going out and helping the
Democracy with his voice in future
elections.
J. e. Stryker spoke of the general
merits Of the ticket and then went to
the matters at issue in his own dis.
trict In concluding he said:
HILER HORIZONS RECORD.
I want to invite your attention to the rec
ord of the gentleman opposed to me on the
Republican ticket. The Dispatch says he
is a man Of business sagacity and knowledge
Of law He was in the legislature of 1888
1t was a cold winter, and at the time the
motormen were riding in open cars without
vestibules. bill was introduced to force
the street railway company to put on vesti-
bules There were Ave men in the house
who voted against it'll. H. Horton was one
Of the five. That same year the price Of
coal was high, and the people were told that
the price was fixed IN the East. bill was
introduced in the house to memorabilia con-
gress to INVESTIGATE the. coal combine.
Voice-Who introduced the bill?
Another Voice-R. A. Walsh.
The Speaker-That's right, R. A. Walsh.
and Hitler Horton voted against 1t.
Another bill was introduced to limit child
labor to twelve hours day. AS fathers, we
should be interested in such a bill. Mr.. Hor-
ton voted against that bill. Another bill
was introduced which had for its object the
abolition Of transfers on street cars. Mr..