The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-05
SEVERAL HUNDRED UNABLE TO GAIN ADMISSION
Raudenbush Hall Crowded to the Doors----AH
Classes of Good Citizens Unite in Support
of Good Municipal Government Under
Democratic Administration.

The meeting Of the Robert A. Smith
Busipess Mems club at Raudenbush
hall last night was entirely characteristic
of the quality of support which will re-
elect Mayor Smith and the confidence the
citizens of st. Paul have in the present
administration Of municipal affairs.
Over 500 voters cheered to the echo every
Endorsement of Mayor Smith ana his ad-
ministration, and nearly 200 unable to
gain admission were turned away. All
classes Of citizenship were represented,
but the men representative of business
end the professions predominated. On
the stage and in the big audience were
men whose presence at a political meeting
mark an epoch in their lives and whose
names are the current sign of integrity
and commercial and professional distinct
ton. President Owens presided, and with
him on stage were Mayor Smith, Judeg
George l.. Bum, q. A. Young, Jared
How, j. c. Michaels, George c. Lambert,
d. w. Lawler, Pierce Butler, Cyrus
Wellington, G. A. Mcpherson.
Mayor Receives Ovation.
The appearance of Mayor Smith at the
head of the distinguished citizens who
escorted him to the stage was the signal
for an ovation. Every mention of his
name was cheered to the echo, and the
meeting adjourned with a repeated three
cheers for the Best mayor ST. Paul ever
had" The speeches were characteristic
of the speakers and the principles which
they represent. They dealt with the is
sues confronting the voters Of st. Paul
and comparison of the results achieved
under the administrations OF Mayor
Smith and former Mayors Doran Kiefer
and Wright The tax bubble campaign
presented by Comptroller McCardy was
burst, and the mud-slinging attempt to
stir up racial and religious strife, resorted
m hyy4 H.
rebuked.
Jared How explained his presence at a
political meeting by the statement that
he Is always willing to stand by his con-
victions publicly and privately, and that
as citizen OF ST Paul who takes i'm
mense pride in his home city and it's
prosperity felt it his duty to advocate
the re-eleEton of Mayor Smith. Mr.
How said on a recent visit to New York
city he was shown a quarter page por-
trait Of Former Mayor Doran in a New
York daily as the leader to an indorse-
ment of a patent medicine, and asked If
he could face with equanimity the pros
pect of Mr. Doran again becoming Mayor
of ST. Paul. His reply was, IF this
medicine has been able to put any back
bone into Mr.. Doran 1t is an excellent
preparation, and I will indorse it." Con-
tinuning, Mr.. How said:
Expensive Republican Economics.
THE Republicans ask you to elect them
to office on plea Of economical admins
tration of municipal affairs. The Re-
publican administrations have proved the
most extravagant st. Paul has been ours
ed with. Extravaganza is the purchase
of worthless things with public funds
Buying policemen that are not police
men; buying the services Of men that
are not men; disgracing the city by NAL
administration of its affairs, is the kind
of extraVagant services the Republicans
have given the city of ST. Paul to it's
utter disgrace. We cannot run the city
Of st. PaIl on the basis of coal at SO
much per bushel. The Republicans when
put in power have run us down at the
heels and into debt and we have been
obliged to put Mayor Bob Smith back at
the helm to straighten us out The other
day an ultra partisan Republican said
to me that the first argument you pre-
sent is Dragging about your police de-
partment. l am not a betting man, but
I offered my Republican friend two small
bets. The first that he could not brag
about the police department built by
Former Mayor Doran, and second, that
if he attempted to brag about the Doran
administration he would be unable to get
a start"
]. C. Michaels in a short, pungent ad-
dress paid particular attention to the tax
campaign inaugurated by McCardy and
left it wreck He said in part: "Mu>
nicipal government IS purely a business
transaction and the business men are
taking greater interest in the present
campaign than they have ever before
shown.
Schools for Poor Mems Children.
THE Republicans claim the taxes have
been raised under Democratic administra-
ton. This is true to a limited extent, but
when it is understood why they have