The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-28
EXPOUN[ED BY IHE DRYS'
CANDIDATE wOOLLEY AND OTHER
PROHIBTFI@N CANDIDATES ADJ
DRESS VOTERS OF ST. PAUL
BEvERIDGE JUST DROPPED IN
Indiana Senator's Stay I'm St. Paul
Was Very Brief by Reason
of "a Misunderstand-
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present campaign was John g. Woolley,
the nominee of the Prohibitionists, who
spoke to a fair sized audience at the Aud
itorium last night. There were strong
evidences that the party which Mr.. Wool
ley represents has passed the stage of
mere nominalism and has become a real
political party, though still quite weak in
numerical proportions. About twelve
hundred people assembled at the hall to
hear the speech of Mr.. Woolley and the
other members of the party 1t was a re-
sponsiye audience and each speaker re-
celved hearty reception and several
ROUNDS OF merited applause.
In the party which Mr. Woolley heads
are I'll. b. Metcalf. candidate for vice
president, of Pawtucket, R. I; Chairman
| OllVer w. Stewart, of the national COM
mlttee, whose home is in Illinois; Prof
Samuel Diekie, of Michigan, associated
with Mr.. Woolley as, an editor of the
New Voice, the Prohibition party paper
at Chicago Rev. B. B. Haugan, of Fer
gus Falls, candidate for governor of this
| state, joined the party at his home town
and Mrs. Woolley met the special train
on It's arrival here yesterday morning.
| She came from her home at Chicago.
These We're all at the meeting last night
the gentlemen being on the platform and
ali save Mr.. Diekie being in the list of
speakers.
| The meeting was presided over by
Daniel w. Doty. Rev DR.. McGregor of
the Park Congregational church, offered
the invocation. The first speaker to be
introduced by Mr.. Doty was the candidate
for vice president, Mr. MetcaIf.
In beginning his remarks, which were
| brief, Mr. Metcalf said he couldn't pre-
sent long war record and tell how many
persons he had shot in the back or in
the face, as one of his opponents is do
ing, for he was nots that kind of a var
r1or. He was a fighter against the LIQUOR
traf1c, he meant to continue the most
earnest warfare which he is able to main
tain.
The speaker referred to the canteen
service in the Philippines which the
present administration has fostered and
IS maintaining sSanAassunIption that all
our soldiers" are sots and libertinea
and that these debauched Institutions
meet their heartiests desires and natural
demands. He branded the assumption.
for which he held the Mckinley admin
lstration responsible, as an infamous in
suit to the intelligence of our young
men In the army and a fragrant sin
against the moral character of our
homes and country at large Mr.. Met
calf said the Prohibition party did not
propose to take care of the present
drunkards, but it does propose TO take
care OF making any more such, by saying
that there shall be no drunkard making
institutions created by the consent and
copartnership of the government
Prior to the Introduction of Mr.. Wool
ley, the st. Paul Glee club sang song
appropriate to the occasion entitled
WooleytS the Man.
Mr.. Wooley was received amid very
loud applause. 1t was evident that the
audience had waited anxiously to hear
him. Mr.. Woolley is "a very forcibie and
attractive speaker and he possesses a.
magnetic fire in his oratory which is
peculiarly fascinating; to any audience.
He is skilled in rhetorical phrases ami
has vast store of applicable illustra-
tons and figures Of speech which he
uses effectually. His speech last night
was largely argumentative, though it
contained many thrilling Incidents reIat-
cd from his personal experiences and OBJ
servations during his career as de-
Tender of the cause of prohibition Yet
at times he departed from the narrative
form of delivery and scared to command
Ing eioCA ence, which impressed his hear
ers that he had in him the real Qualities
OF an orator of no mean distinction.
AS such he is worthy of mention. Mr..
W ooiley impreSSeSe his audience with
thoroughly believing every word he ut
tiers, for he is almost. painfully earnest
IN his statements of facts as he believes
Them His speech was listened to with
closest attention ard he provoked frc-
quent applause from the en- tire audie. 90.
Mr.. N!oolley said that prohibition is en-
titled TO first place in the hzarts ard
considerations of the American peoDia
He based his remarks on the several
statements of the Declaration of hide
pendence, taking each up separately and
discussing the issue as it was re ated to
that particular part of the American bu'-
wark of liberty. He declared that the
certain inalienable rights" referred to in
the document were precluded to the cit
Zens to whom they were intended 10 be
given by the existence of the liquor traf-
ffc 4s
The American fab5Ier was taksn as
the type Of citizen to whom the traffic
of liquor deprived equality OF rights, and
he said that no protective tariff would
equa.ize these rights half as fast as the
saloon would different;ate them
The speaker laid the responsibility of
the saloon at the door of the church. He
said that almost SO per cent of the
church members aid the Old parties to
perpetuate the saloon by casting their
ballots with them He went from this
subject to woman suffrage, and said he
would raise his voice in defense and be-
half of the unfranchised ard unvose ed
part of our population who should have
an equal chance to represent their own
views and desires at the polls, Another.
elaring instance CT this Inequality he
| said, is the race prob.em in the South.
He declared this problem to be perfectly
insoluble as long as the country is in the
nTRSR1lt a hR- 10 -ts1 70 Of,
Mr.. WooIey went into ahe details of
statistics, showing the shocking records
Of crimes which he traced to the saloon
influence, and asked the audience if HI.
had succeeded in shocking them. II
wish could so shock you men of St
Paul that it would not be safe for a
single saloon to open its doors here To-
morrow morning, license or no license"
| he said.
| The speaker disputed the statement
| that he was pessimi1sst and stated ve-
hementiy that he is1an optimist, beIiev-
| ing first in the ultimate success of the
I cause he represents and that soon
Wherever the American flag floats there
! viii be an extinction of the sale or use
of liquor in any form He said in order
] TO bring about such al state of affairs we
musk have a Christian pre-. Client at
Washington. Nearly all the occupants
[ of the White House have been more or
less Christians, he said, land now we
have aterrible sample on hand" This
provoked great laughter
In closing, Mr.oAyeoley made most
urgent appeal to- the young voters to
do their duty at the polls this fau as
| Christians. He said he believed little
in the old men, many of whom would
have. to go to heaven to find out whether
they really worshiped a party or God.
| He said the young men are the David