The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-10
DEMOCRATIC ORGANTZ ALTON PRE-
sENTs PLATFORM OF CAM
PAIGN TO VOTERS
CITY OWNERSHIP PLANK
Candidates Are Bound to the support
of Good Schools, Honest Govern
ment and Municipal I'm
prOVements
RECORD OF ADMINISTRATIONS

The Democratic platform ringing in
every line with the principles of cool
government and pledging the candidates
OF the Democratic party to constant and
unswerving watchfulness in the interest
or the whole people, was last night adopt
ed by the Democratic precinct committee
men by a unanimous vote.
The platform is q concise exposition OF
the work accomplished by the present
Democratic administration and declara-
ton of the principles on which the Demo
cratic party stands and on which it asks
lor continuation of the support uf the
voters Of st. Paul. 1t pledges ids candi-
dates to the support of proper ana srf-
hclent school facilities. Municipal owner
snip OF public utilities. especially "a Hsht-
ing plant; the enforcement to the letter
oI contracts with holders OF muui,faal
franchises; the enforcement Cf the u.,.
cent gross earnings tax; a Scent ear fare
and the removal of overhead wires. rh.
ringing utterances of the platform wur.
chtered to the echo and the whole ad.pteI
without dissenting vote by "a meeting
entirely representative of the Democratic
organization and the candidates.
Federation han was all too small FOR the
accommodation OF the Democratic pre-
cinct committeeman and members of the
rank and file of the party who assembled
there TO adopt the platform prepared by
the special committee. The seatiu was
crowded almost to suffocation. The aisIes
We're filed and far out in the lobby en-
thusiastic Democrats erched ON chairs.
strained their ears for the sound of the
good things in the platform and added
their plaudits to the enthusiastic APP
proval.
Mayor Receives Ovation.
Mayor Smith entered the han shortly
after o'clock His appearance was the
signal for an ovation, continued until he
had repeatedly bowed his acknowleGg-
ments. Treasurer Bremen. and Louis
Betz candidate for comptroller. were also
the recipients Of marked demonstration
Of confidence. Secretary NJ. r. Kahn
op>Sed the meeting with a concise state
ment Of its objects. and introduced Chair
man q. j. Michaels, OF the platform com
mittee. Hon. ID. X. Lawler, also of the
committee, moved the Platforms
adoption. when the cheers subsided ANA
the Democratic position on the issue or
the campaign was formally placed before
the people
The adoption Of the platform was fol-
lowed by speeches By County Attorney
Kane, as speaker Of the evening. MAYOR
Smith, Hon. ID. II. Lawler Treasurer
Bremen, Louis Betz. Assistant County At
torney Q. H. O'Neu. Michael Dorau. JF.
and Winn Powers candidates for the as-
sembly. Mr.. Kane dealt with the records
ties and the party organ refutatlon Of the
campaign arguments Of McCardy and
Doran. Mayor Smith devoted Il brief
speech TO comments upon charges ana
statements made by Mr. Doran. and Mr..
Lawler dwelt upon the character of tle
campaign which the Republicans have
pressed in the absence Of issues or
records upon which to stand Mr.. Kane
said in part:
.fr +Tt
results Of which shall determine the char
acter of our municipal government ror
the next two years. We find that many
Of the citizens Of St Paul are frequently
Indifferent as to the results of state und
national campaigns, but they cannot AGA
ford to be Indifferent In a campaign which
comes so closely home to them Inca
pacity- incOmpetency and dishonesty in
public Office act upon the body polite as
does leprosy on the body physical. The
chief ISSUE before us Is, shall we remain
secure in our present prosperity. or again
stray into the destructive realm OF ex-
pertinent which we had under the pre-
ceding Republican administrations
City PrOsDers Under Democrats.
For forty years prior to 1892 St. Paul
hourished and grew under an almost un-
broken chain Of Democratic admInistra.
tions. 1t achieved fame as the railroad
center of the Mississippi valley-the
business metropolis OF eleven states Its
schools reached a plane Of excellence
which made them the models Of the conn
try and brought delegations from the
older eastern states 10 study our sys-
TEN with a view to It's adoption The
fire department was built up until St
Paul risks We're the best in the United
States. and the insurance rates lower
than in any city in the United States.
with two exceptions. It's police depart
ment was at the head Of the list IF con-
stabulary departments Of the municipaIi-
ties Of the United States And in an
that time there was never a Democratic
official placed behind prison bars ror yl0-
lation Of a public trust"
The Republicans have raised n trigue
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