The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-28
ROJSNG RALLY OF OLGLNE CITY DEMOCRACY

~ SA IA W VIII "
istration are an eyesore to the well inten-
toned public The disgrace of having IL
known abroad that our citizens are un-
able to send their children to school for
more than half day at a time is already
working Injustice upon the fair name of
the city. l do not want it said that in
the state Of Minnesota during my admin
lstratton, any city was obliged to cut
down 90 the privileges extended by the pub
lie schools and to give half days schooling
where full day is none too much.
(Cheers)
KEEP SCHOOLS OPEN.
whatever else past administra tions
may claim credit for it must beosaid that
they at least kept the schools open and
aVoloed this sm1rch upon their honor and
their records Applause) This situation
has been humiliation to me (Cries "To
us too: }, and I sincerely trust that never
again in the history of ST. Paul and never
again so long as honest citizens have lit
tie ones to educate, will there be an Oc-
caslon to, say what has been said con-
cernlng the present situation. More than
tnat L hope earnestly that there shall
never again be just founda ton for such
cnarge Continued applause)
Edward Peterson. an attache of the
state labor commissioners office. was tho
next speaker. Introduced by the chair
man, he said:
If you look to the history of st. Paul
there viii be but one reply as to who is re-
SSponslDde So1ial dor our city debt: All that we
nave was contracted under democratic ad-
mlnlstrations, with the exception of half
OF a bridge and two small school houses.
nenoeret nnnaoeret was vas done In the past by the
aganeles. Are Our schools overcrowded p
What is the matter with the court house
pIain 1ha tthey tbeyyr cGbmplan cbaTa % They cannot
have tried to make comparisons be-
tween some Democratic administra tt0ns
| and the present Republican and have heen
unable to find anything in the latter h1r
Which to institute a comparison one Of
@ one1r great improvements is that OF bi-
cycle paths, and they say the Democrat4
old not build them. The largest portion
| of the bicycle paths were built by privata
SUBSCRIPTION One other claim Is that
! they have finally found a hookkaenar
/ VINO Keeps his books properly. It is ssfa
! 70 say there are 1900 men in St PAM
an9 VINO could Keep the books just as well
j. J. McCardy 'ii'tn
,a tney do not indorse their own admin
Garsa Gistraelon: There is only one they do in
tuoPse; ana that is their comptroller and
that Is to our advantage. for there ero
many IN this city of ali political heIiefS
ScheoS VINO DO mot! not agree with Mr.. McCardyfs
political candidate to occupy, for anV oo nra q
VINO interferes with the public schools
Will De swept out of the way
FOR TICKET AND CHARTER
Z. Z. Stringer, who has been pron1i-
hent IN the work for the adoption of the
proposed city charter, was introduced
p! at9 spoke at some length of the facts
"hlch recommend the measure to tha
support of voters of every party.
MI Ohe e,,C OF the vital matters to be passed
upon Tuesday" said he, rs the adoption
Paul s home rue Fl KEtylGg tSnee t9e city Of St
partles' the measure has seemed in many
TTespects res the most vital issue at stake
tre eTGElsons are far-reaching and of
INNING the future conduct of the business
of the city On Monday evening at
mbeetlng me nitg o1 10 one Of the school unions in
me CITY. non. Robert A Smith publicly
declared that the present condition Of
the public schools is 4 CRYING dissra ace
mea me sI1r gave MS MS unqualified support to the
lnat II contains provisions of which per-
sonaLy ne could not approve (Cheers0
its Eefry Every meas IRE Of this kind must. in
rs nature contain Objectionable features
PUT. gentlemen. today there are TWEEN
obtIT JtIWo SCHOOLS in this city, open to the
enlioPsR end J s66 10 d4r only half day at time,
anu aoO OF these children are being ham
pered in their education and robbed Of
I mlat tney never can "egain. This should
nfa,,s nHI oe- Inc me remedy lies with you Cap
pl1uSS.) Inc sanitary condition Of thu
| schools is such that it is a matter of
! grave concern to careful parents to think
9a 31 anoWiing sViI their children to stay in them
Tor Tor full day. daughter and applause.1
we may stlne any other branch OF city
government and live under it, but. gen
| tlemen, this blow at the education Of our
| tolerated. S'i0u'U iio' oe
u shall not enumerate the provisions
q o. the 1'5I charter as framed. You know how
IN me WORE, Work was done and the men who did
IT, This measure will give you remedy
se LOT the disgrace under which St Paul has
suffered, and will provide funds In The
| future which will be ample to carry on
every work of education which the citv
may contemplate Many of the other
| posed charter is a measure of, which Won
may be proud, and to which you may
M4i,l WMt4itnout doubt cast your entire approval
| the .Watchword be Reform and the char
Hon. c. D. O'Brien was the next speak
ef introduced. He was greeted with ap-
piause and waiting until quiet was re-
stored, he said:
am glad to see this immense meet
ing. am glad you are studying your
duty In selecting your officials for the
next two years. 1 believe the best men
should be selected We must respect the
! opinion of one another Any -administra-
ton that denies to st. Paul
DEMOCRATS FOR EQUAL RIGHTS.
people equal rights regardless of politics
! should be dethroned and the dethroning
VIII be done by the people am not here
our Republican fellow citizens have had
| three opportunities and have rejected
their own men and are not therefore fit
to be trusted again with the selection Of
| chief executive.
We are proud of our city, our improve
ments and our public works. Old white
headed men here remember when we were
1 all equal to one another and were not
abusive of each other. Even in time of
l political battle. Every time there is an
| election here now there are more enemies
made than friends. The Republicans
| seem to be hard pressed for campaign
| material. At a meeting the other night
Moses Clapp declared that the only issue
| OF this campaign was the protection of
the American home, and for that reason
Chet Smith should be elected. My opinion
| is that Chet Smith has foreclosed more
mortgages on American homes than he
| has protected.
GERMANS FOR ROBERT A. SMITH
Quoting from the evening Republican
organ, John s. erode made a caustic at
tack upon the unctious efforts of that
| party to make solid the German vote Of
the city.
when Andrew r. Kiefer was nom
mated for the mayorality'' said he, the
| republican party told us that a merited
! honor was being conferred upon that