The Saint Paul globe., 1902-05-04

yes, of any portion of the state, it is
every mans duty to use his voice to fur
ther those candidates and work for th2A
party which at all times and under ali
circumstances stands for liberal provision
and ample support of our school system,
young mans power and a young mans
Inheritance.
81 infer from what I have heard on
this platform that they say that it has
cost money, more money than before, to
keep st. Paul going. L am glad Of it.
1t shows you have grown. No man in his
sound mind can expect to feed a family
of three four or five on the same sized
grocery bill that it takes to support
man and wife, and We have seen that in
crease in your city. With an increase of
school children you must have increased
expenditures, and l had the honor to say
to the legislature of the state on one
occasion that we cannot expect to de-
crease taxation in a growing state like
ours and it is true Of the city OF ST.
Paul. And in this growing city Of yours
taxes must grow with the increase In
population and they must grow in this
territory and they must grow with the
increase in the number of school houses.
That is the experience of q. man with
family With the increase in his family
he has also the pleasure and burden OF
increased expenditure.
Money Is Well Spent.
'rWhen your Republican friends say to
you that the tax levy has been increased,
tell them that you are glad OF 1t. II Is
creased because that shows the city 8
growth; that is necessary; but Whether
the increased amount has been we'll spent.
| am glad to see taxes grow, proVlded
the Increased amount is well expended.
If YOU have a full reason to snow Tor
this Increase in taxes, Is 1t not 2oou
thing? Is not that about al the ,s..rL SSrl-
tage that three-fourths of the cmldren
raised in St. Paul receive, nanleIy: an an
education that they get from the pubic
schools at public expense.
IL 80 v4crIIp a n
osition, for 1 venture to say that there
is not man in this vast audience VINO
needs convincing. You are all CONVINCED
that the same ticket that IS now III Qnice SaI:e
and the additional good men VINO nave
been nominated should be elected ana Re.
elected. Is there one mere VINO uoes liot
respect the old veteran, your p[9se1,C ~
MAYOR. and the friend of all OF u.s. as an
honest man? (ApplauSe.) II you respect
him as an honest man, if his record as q
nublic official wins your conndence, i tleh
I eav-as good. loyal citizens of 81. Paul.
Is if your duty for the welfare OF the
city. and of the state, to secure tne otpn- tptl-
9inIance Of his services for another
term.
Records Tell story.
Oscar E. Holman was the first speaker.
Mr.. Holman briefly but searchlngy com
nared the candidates for mayor, ana LnS
Claims of the contending parties on popu-
lar support Mr.. Holman salo Mayor
Smith~had accepted from the c1tlzeIs a11 %
ST. Paul many official trusts ana nag M
ed them with credit to himself and honof
to the city No man could say that ne
had ever been dishonest. Mr.. Doran was
mayor for two years. Ii he hao not
debased his administration to building up
political machine, and if he had been
a success or an honor 10 the Guy ne
would have been renominated by ms
party instead of his name being Missed
out of the convention.
Under the benefcent privileges OF the
primary electino law, Mr.. Doran present.
ed himself as a candidate and received
only one-third of the votes cast by his
party He was a candidate nominated by
5000 votes, as against 1000 received by
Mayor Smith. The Republicans claim,
Mr.. Holman said, that Mr. Smith, is not
mayor; that he is controlled by a
gang The men at the head of the
Democratic party and giving their sup
port to Mayor Smith are men who have
filed places of highest trust and whose
words are their bonds. He pertinently
asked if it would be better for the city
to be controlled by Fred Schiffmann and
Oar Reese, who are behind the Doran
were elected, control the city and shape
the policy Of the administration. In
conclusion Mr.. Holman said: "The Demo-
Gratis are not to blame for the increase
lfcans. The tax budget for 1901 was
made up by a Republican comptroller.
Ii was approved by a conference commit
tee controlled by Republicans, and it was
passed by Republican assembly,"
Throughout his speech Mr.. HoImans
every reference to Hon. Daniel W. Law
ed to the echo. National Committeeman
Thomas d. o Brien said in part:
People Are Satisfied.
This is not the time for arguments.
The people have made up their minds
Ineir minds were made up at the pri-
maries and the nomination of Mayor
smith by vote which was almost a
majority over all the other candidates
running for the nomination on both tick
cts, and the character of the men whom
they have placed on the ticket with him
INDICATE what their decision Is. The op-
position machine, in sore straits has re-
sorted to unfair methods and untrue
statements.
THE charter is responsible for the in
crease in taxation And the charter was
adopted by an almost unanimous vote of
'It added $40, 900 for a sprinklng fund,
instead of the old system of special tax
alton. 1t authorized the Democratic ad-
mlhlStratlon to pay a debt Of $50 900 on
the library, contracted by a Republican
library board. It authorized the Demo-
cratic administration to repair the
bridges that were falling into decay
ddla dnat charter was framed by charter
commission Of eight Republicans and
seven Democrats, and F. B. Doran, who
now says its provisions are wrong was
the vice chairman of that commission.
The Democratic ticket is no gang
ticket. 1t is your own ticket. The cfti-
zens nominated their candidates and il
is your duty to support them from first
70 last. The Republicans blame Mayor
smith for spending money to repair the
rotten wooden pavements on the bridges
! am surprised they have not blamed him
Tor the width of the Mississippi river. as
they have tried to make him ioI,tF~ re-
sponsible for the Boer war. The Renuh-
licans have not dared to promulgafe q
pIatorm Of party principles, while the
Democrats are pledged to platform
which insures every citizen some meed Of
personal liberty
Scores Republican Antics.
Hon Daniel w. LAWYERS address was a.
nasterful arraignment of the methods
employed by the Republican campaign
managers. His treatment of their sense
less gang slogan was incisive, convinc-
ing and aroused the extreme of en-
thusiaSm Mr. Lawler briefly stated the
substance of the Democratic platform
No change in the police administration of
John j. OConnor, the rigid enforcement
or the provisions Of the new charter
relative to the payment of a fair per
cent gross earnings tax by the franchise
corporations; generous appropriations for
the schools and generauS trea trnent OF
the teachers. Continuing, he said:
What is the Republican platform? An
impressive and meaning silence on an
the issues Of the campaign The Pioneer
Press, in its leading editorial Of April
Is, 1902 says in it's first sentence: "rhe
managers of the Republican city cam
palgn did a smooth thing in dani1jno m