The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-12
FIRST WARD IS STIRRED
Gratis LAST NIGHT AT BEDFORD
AND DECATUR STREETS
STONE AND UMLAND CLUB
Eighth ward Democrats Organized
One Last Night-POI-
itics Around the
State.

If the Democrats OF the First ward
henceforth turn out at the local meet
ings the way they did last night at the
hall at Bedford and Decatur streets they
viii have to secure better accommoda-
tons, for the hall was packed TO suffo-
cation.
The meeting was representative one,
DR.. A. J. Stone. candidate for congress,
and Frederick l. MeGhee being the prin-
cipal speakers. DR.. Stone spoke plainly
and directly and without any flourishes
He spoke in part as follows:
THE Democrats of this campaign have
mere than one issue before them and
these same issues pertain to their every
day lives. One of the principal issues be-
fore US is that OF the trusts. Some twen-
ty or thirty years ago there were only
few trusts. They continued to grow in
power and in number, while we paid lit
tie heed to- them. Under the fostering
care of the Republican party they reach
ed their present growth. No on can deny
that fact. Under the protective tariff
given us by the Republicans they multi
pied faster than they ever mad before.
We see in the comic Republican pa
pers oftentimes picture of the full din
ner pail These papers don't know that
they are making a mistake. 1t is about
time they drop the dinner pail talk. It's
man takes his dinner pail out in the
morning he takes with him coffee on
which he pays tax. He pays a tax on
the sugar he uses. He pays tax upon
his meat He pays a tax upon the salt
he uses Everything he puts in his
stomach is taxed
"When the working man buys night
shirt he pays tax upon cotton. When
he buys suit of clothes he pays tax:
1
shoes, anything in fact When he dies
hearse and hurried in a trust-nlade coffin.
Beautiful thought, isn't it?
'fAnd yet Mark Hanna at one time says
that there are no trusts and at another
time says that trusts are the best thing
that ever happened-for him, for Mckin-
ley. for the Republican party
Now the Democratic party comes out
fiat-footed against the trusts There is
no doubt about where the party stands.
If it gets chance to Iegfslate against
the trusts it will not overlook that
chance. The Democratic party has al
ways believed in being consistent with
the doctrines of the Declaration of indie
pendence. 1t has always believed in lib
erty in its fullest sense. The party fore
ed the administration into the Spanish
war ard we are proud of it. It was
wished to free the Cubans and we did
free them. When our soldiers came into
Porto Rico they were welcomed The
Porto Ricans afterwards begged that
their fair island might become a part Of
our country. We took them under our
protection
Then the sugar trust came along and
objected to free trade with the island
When it's representative was asked if it
would lose much nv having free trade
he said no., but he was afraid the idea
would spread, and Cuba would want free
trade. The coffee trust chimed in, and
SO did other trusts. The result was the
10 per cent tariff on the Porto Ricans
There's the war tax. We have ali
been told that the war is over, vet every
day we are paying war tax And here
the poor. man lis Disseminated against.
The rich man can hide his property The
poor man cannot. It is high time the
common people of this country realize
to what pass this government has
come
Frederick L. McGhee also made his
speech short and 10 the point He de-
nounced the present administration for
its negligence in fighting the trusts and
Tor its policy of expansion. He advised
the voters of the ward TO vote for the
bottom OF the ticket as well as the top
other speakers were Peter Van Hoven.
candidate for sheriff; DIR. A. w. Miller
candidate for coroner, and P. J.aMetz-
doff, candidate for county treasurer
The Democrats of the Eighth ward met
last night at Dale and University, and
organized Il Stone and finland club with
the following officers: President F. 7.
Baumann; w. Po1npiens, secretary. and
H. A. Steinkamp, treasurer