The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-23
VOICE OF DEMOCRATS
1T IS HEARD IN OPPOSITION TO
THE INTERURBAN EXPRESS
ORDINANCE
SIXTH WARD SPEAKS FREELY

Declares the Proposed Ordinance to
BE Against Public Policy and the
Best Interest of the City and Its
Cftizens-First Gun of the Cam
paign Fired by the West Side
Democracy.
At q meeting Of the Sixth ward Dem
ccrats. held last evening at So South
T.obert street, the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
! Resolved, That 1t is against public pol
| icy aid the best interests OF the city and
| citi2t1s of st. Paul to grant a franchise
for e. fast interurban line such as is now
sought by the street railway company in
ar ordinance recently presented to the
| council
Ire resolution WAS present d by M j.
Moran. who urged that It be adopted az
expressing the views oil majority Of
the citizens and Democrats Of tie sixth
ward.
T. ". Bear declared that the citizens
| should not stand by and see the council,
! which n,isrepresented the people, give
! away any more franchises tc tie street
railway company.
Judge E. H. Wood took the position
that the city of ST. Paul, through it's
common council. had given Mr.. Lowry
sufficient valuable franchises for the
company to carry the patrons Of the lines
as swift as the cars could be run with
cut conceding an additional five-cent
fare.
The meeting was a gathering Of the
ward organization Of the Democratic city
and county organization, and was presid
ed over by Charles Mcdonald, the ward
chairman. Humphrey Barton, chairman
of the county and city organization made
q brief address in which he urged that
more attention be given to the precinct
work. What had always been disad-
vantage to the Democratic party IN ST.
Paul and Ramsey county was that or
geniZation was lacking. He was glad to
know and be able to state that this mat
ter was receiving attention, and already
the work of organizing in each ward and
precinct in the city had been commenced.
There was no work which was as bene
fetal as that done by the precinct COM
mitteemen. The press of today was filled
with columns about the trusts and mon
opOltes, yet right here in st. Paul there
was a monopoly practically controlled by
city affairs. 1t was common rumor that
the street railway company could get
anything 1t wanted from the present city
council This would be one of the i'm
portant questions TO be considered dur
ing the spring campaign, and 1t was well
to have the facts placed before the voters
of the city. The naturalization Of voters
who had not secured second papers was
also an important matter and the eXecu-
tive committee Of the city and county
organization would within a few days
take the subject up, and arrange to have
provision made for the naturalization OF
voters. In the early part of October, Mr..
Barton said, there would be a meeting
Of the precinct chairman from each ward,
and at that time reports would be re-
ceived showing in detail the number of
voters who had not secured naturalization
papers. In November general meeting
of the city and county organization would
be held, and speeches would be made by
prominent Democrats.
F. w. Baer charged that the present
Republican administration, while saving
at the spigot, was wasting at the bung-
hole. great play was made about the
saving to the taxpayers, but he contend
ed that every workingnan who paid rent
was a taxpayer even though he did not
own property, as the money paid in rents
allowed the owners to pay their taxes.
The mistakes, and some people called
them by d1Herent name, made by the
present administration were so many and
so fragrant that the officials would all be
replaced in the spring by Democrats.
J. H. Jansen and c. G. Lauer, from the
Fifth ward, made short speeches, and In
vited the Sixth ward Democrats to par
ticipate In Fifth ward meeting to be
held In the near future.
Among those present were Max Cohen,
Moses Rossman, Charles Mcdonald, Nor
ris Horwitz, M. J. Moriarity, r. T. War
dell, M J. Moran, E. H. Wood, H J.
Peters, Peter DAILY, Joseph Smith, F. w.
Baer j. G. Wardell, c. J. Hanft, F. A.
Kamman. P. j. Rebholz. M. McNally and
John Norman Jr.