The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-09

Mr.. Gregg said he did not see how any
man who looks to his own interests and
welfare could possibly vote for Mr.
Bryan.
Mr.. Grover followed Mr.. Gregg and
spoke at length, dealing with the money
question, the trust issue, imperialism,
and other important questions of the
campaign.
Mr.. Grover said: 81 come before yeu
as your neighbor We are assembled
here as non-partisans and we want to
accord to every man his right of view.
And to those whom we wish to convert
in this campaign We want to deaf fairly
presuning that they have the same right
to an opinion as ourselves; we want to
win them not by abuse but by sensible
argument, by appealing to their reason.
rs there any law made by men
through their legislative representatives.
Which exists in this country today that
ought to be repealed and cancelled, that
is the real issue we want TO decide in
this campaign" said Mr. Grover at the
beginning of his address. He reviewed
the course of the administration and
cited the fact that the country is in a
prosperous condition at it's close and
then at the end of his speech again asked
this Question ;sisoE which he based his
argument at the outset.
uonal success as constructive enterprise.
a policy that employs laborers, paying
them good wages and sets in motion the
wheels Of industry. He said with en-
phasis, that the success of any nation
depends upon the mental activity and
commercial sense of its citizens This
argument of appealing to pride on the
one side, and prejudice on the other.
and of arraigning the classes against
md Iriaa
Grover, is merely sowing the dangerous
seeds Of national discord that shall not
bring success, but ruin and disaster
The speaker denounced the course of Mr.
Bryan and his associates in holding. ND
before the public the argument called
government by injunction" He sail
1t was play of words and was misstat.
ing V1rtuous and valuable means oF
government. He declared that in thor
denunciation of this policy the. opponeD4s
We're inviting a reputation of law AMI
order and asking the people to denounea
the courts for enforcing the law
Mr.. Grover dealt with the trust
problem at length. He declared that an
Individual had the right to invest his
money as he deemed proper and wise
and if one man wished to buy I'D all the
stores or the mills he could. The law
of this state and every other state war
rants it, and when Mr.. Bryan deneunces
a man Tor this act he denounceS whaflthn
law of the land makes legal and right.
he took up the money question and
gave some valuable suggestions along
that line. Said he: If we think that
by legislating we can make a thing that
is actually worth but As cents come tn
an intrinsic value of 100 cents and can
make the world accept this doctrine we
are mistaken. Mr.. Grover went into the
technlcalitles of the financial question
ana held the attention of his audience
upon this part of his argument perfect
~ He declared and sustained his re-
marks by sound argument that the pres
ent system Of finance which the Amer
can government is pursuing is the most
feasible and profitable, and declared with
more emphasis that if Mr.. Bryan is
elected and his system is adopted the
country would be in danger of very Sc
riouS results. Mr. Grover dealt effective
~ with the commerce question, the army
and several other of the most important
questions of the nation. His speech was
listened to with the utmost attention
and evidently heartily appreciated.
After Mr.. Grover had spoken the com
mlttee on permanent organization re-
ported the following officers, which were
unanimously elected: President. judge
j. w. Iusk; vice presidents, A F. Behn
ke' Michael Doran; secretary, J. H. Beck,
and treasurer, Arthur B. DriscolI
Judge Lusk then spoke for about fiji
teen minutes, in which he said that in hi,
opinion no greater injury could befall
the American government than the cleo
ton of Mr.. Bryan this fall He declared
that he believed Mr.. Bryan an honest
and sincere man. but that he doubte1
his theories and did not believe Mr.
Bryan himself fully understood them.
The committee on resolutions then re-
ported Their recommendations embodied
q condemnation OF Organism and