The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-05

AL the annual meeting of the Jefferson
club last evening officers were elected
for the ensuing year and the clubs
members listened to thorough EXPOSE
ton of Democratic doctrines. In the
absence Of the president Judge ]. w.
Willis presided. There was a fairly
large attendance, with a surplus of
enthusiasm.
mously as follows: e. c. Stringer, pres
ident; Winn Powers, vice president;
William F. Constans, corresponding Sec
rotary; Ed Dahl, recording secretary;
F. H. Ellerbe, treasurer; members of the
executive council, ]. w. Willis, Dr. e.
II. Whitcomb, John WAGNER, John H.
Ives, T. ]. McDermott, Humphrey Bar
ton, Louis Nash, E. ]. Bishop, NJ 8.
lamar Jr., H. E. Driese, L. R. Frankel,
M. j. Moriarty.
William Baldwin, Of Minneapolis, on
behalf of the committee having in
| charge the b;-nquet to be given by the
State League of Democratic Clubs, ex-
tended an invitation to the club to CO.
| operate and to select a speaker to re-
| spond to the toast, "The Jefferson Club"
| Mr.. Baldwin was rendered vote of
| thanks and the executive council elected
President Stringer to represent the or
ganization, with Humphrey Barton as
| substitute.
c. D. O'Brien, who had been invited
| to deliver an address. instead told a
| story of three men who had been asso-
! ciated together on the high plains of
the upper Missouri tl1irty-fve years pre-
viously. One had become farmer in
| Cottonwood county, and another a mil
| lionaire, and the third lawyer. The
| farmer and the millionaire had been Re
| publicans since the war. Then Mr..
| O'Brien read series of letters teeming
| with the doctrines of Democracy, writ
| ten by the trio and discussing the issues
| of the DAY. 1t was, he declared, the
most eloquent manner in which he could
| demonstrate the way in which public
sentiment is veering to Democracy all
over the country.
1.-THE morality, the honor and the hon
esty of the country is safe in the hands
of the poor and the workingmen," said
Mr.. O'Brien. 1.-THE working man has
neither time nor opportunity to become
corrupted He represents American
freedom end American liberty. He can
| be driven to the polls, but the sin Is not
his. It is that Of the bastard who CO.
erces him.
Thomas R Kane, who followed, oongf at
ulated the club upon the completion Oh Its
first year. TT is a cause for congratu
lation to have triumphed over the trails
of its infancy" he said. THAT this has
.,een achieved, aside from the excellent
constitution which the club Inherited, IS
largely due to the faithful and efflclent
work of the clubs first officers. They
have succeeded in bending the twig In the
way it should grow. There never existed
in any time so great necessity as the
present for unified effort to keep alive,
renew and maintain Jeffersonian pr1ncl-
PIES There is in the turbulent whirlpool
of national politics a great danger that
the liberty Of the individual may be over
looked. Nations puffed with power and
wealth are apt to forget In the gianor
of expansion those principles that made
them great
Mr. Kane declared that the Jefferson
club had for It's purpose the redemption
of st. Paul from Republican mtsruie. he
spoke of the filthy streets, the uncheeked
social evil the lessening safety for lie
and property, the imbecility and incom-
petence Of the police department and the
parsimonious policy adopted towards the
ire department.
"While such problems as these CONFRONT
u.s." he said, cit cannot be said that there
Is no reason for the existence OF the Je1-
ferson club"
Parker w Kimball Of Austin, introdu2-
ed by Louis Nash, recited two dialect
selections, and Judge Willis spoke BRIEF
ly.
Before adjourning vote OF thanks Tor
their faithful and efficient service was
rendered the retiring president and vice
president. Dr. Rudolph Schiffmann and
n, Stone