The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-01
EIGHTH WARD is SOLID.
Democrats Held Highly Successful
Meeting Last Night.

Meeting Last Night.
II other wards in the city show up az
good as the Eighth when the votes are
counted next Tuesday evening there need
be no fear Of Republican straying into
office. Since the opening of the cam
paign the Democratic meetings held In
that ward have been a criterion Of the
sentiment prevailing, and that held last
evening at Jarosz's halE, Thomas and
Gaulder streets, was no exception to the
rule.
Between 800 and 400 voters were in at
tendance and the good Democratic doc
trine expounded with telling hits at the
Republican administration that pleads
for another four years Of misrule, was
received with hearty applause and en-
thusiaSm.
The speaker of the evening was Hon.
p M. Ringdal, a member of the state
railroad and warehouse commission. Mr..
RingdaPs remarks in the main were di-
rected at refutat1on of the lies now be-
ing printed and given from rostrum re,
garding the admins tration of Honest
john Lind i.ts =
''These les" said Mr.. Rlngdal, "are
all that his opponents can unearth in
trying to belittfe an administration, the
equal of which has not been seen since
territorial days. The reforms that have
been instituted they attempt to cast in
situations at, but 1 defy them to COM
pare the record with their own The
labor and insurance departments prior to
the present administration, only existed
for the benefit of the incumbents, but
such is not the case now. In one year
forty defunct Insurance organizations
were stricken from the records. while
those remaining were compelled to pro-
tect the policy holders to the extent that
possible loss has been reduced to a min
rot M
mission, of which I am a member, l am
more competent to speak about, and
while self praise is something 1 deplore
yet the members of that department
point with pride to it's record. Through
its activity in securing a reasonable
grain rate, the farmers of the southern
part of the state have been saved over
100000, something I defy the preceding
administration to show. According to-
the Republican press the weighing de-
partment at Minneapolis has done less
at a greater expense than the former en-
ployes, but I think the record of 1900
more cars weighed at an expense of
81, 600 less than the old board is sufficient
evidence that we are doing our duty.
They rant about the consolation of the
Northern Pacific and the ST. Paul s. Du-
luth and the great loss to the state, but
they forget the part taken by the pres
ent administration in which en- agree
ment was forced, saving to the state the
grain traffic that would have been lost to
Minnesota forever"
Mr.. Ringdal paid his respects to Capt
Van SAINT, and gave a little insight into
his record while a member Of the houses
Another speaker well received was J.
T. Avery, who directed his attention TO
national and state issues and concluded
with a review of the local ticket He
was enthusiastically cheered
Other speakers who contributed good
democratic doctrine were ]. Fisher, VIII
liam Butler, candidate for representative;
William Preston. candidate for county
commissioner, and John Irwin, candidate
for surveyor