The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-19
DEMOCRATS RETRIEVE THE BE-
SMIRCHED MUNICIPAL REPU-
TATION AND CREDIT
R0USING RALLY IN FOURTH
Voters Crowd Sherman Hall to Re.
pudiate Republican CamDairu
Untruths and Indorse Dem
Ocratic Principles.

The maladministration of the city's af-
1alrs under Republican rule: the citv.a
prosperity under Democratic admiufstra-
uon and the issues on which the Demo
crauc party stands were the subjects dis
cGssed last night at a rousinE rally ~
fourth ward Democrats at Sherman han
Inc Democratic campaign in the Folrth
ward was opened last night with a mass
meeting in which the enthusiasm ran to
a characteristically Democratic height
Mayor Smith, Aid. Huber and every can
didate on the Democratic ticket. together
with the principles on which the Democ
racy OF ST. Paul stands, were indorsed by
the unanimous plaudits Of 400 voters.
Addresses were delivered by Repre-
sentative James Hickey, who presided
National Committeeman T. d. O'Brien,
chairman j. b. Covington, Frederick /,
McGhee Senator John Ives. Irvine Well.
borne and Thomas c.. Daggert A featura
OF the meeting was the presence OF a
delegation of fifty members Of the Afro
american Democratic league and the
speeches by the colOred orators F. l..
McGhee and Irvine WelIborne
City Under Dark Lantern Regime.
Representative James r. Hickey de-
hvered a stirring address. He reviewed
the administrations OF Mayor Smith ana
the Republican regime Of four years pre-
cedlng the present administration He re-
called TO the voters of the Fourth ward
how the ward was harried under tho
Doran administration. How citizens dared
not TO leave their homes after night for
rear that they would be victims Of the
dark lantern brigade which infested the
city, and how, after four years or nlisruie
the people and the Republican press even,
unanimously demanded a change
lie reclted how the friends of good gov
ernment returned Mayor Smtn TO ofics
with the result that the abuses of the
reign of terror were removed and said
that the Republicans now ask for rein
statement that they may be able to pre-
vent further disclosures OF corruption in
Republican offices, which disclosures be-
gan with the exposure Of Commissioners
Whtenorne's peculations and whicn have
landed another Republican official in the
penitentiary.
DOran's Claim on Labor Vote.
Ward Chairman ]. B. Covington ar
raigned the administration Of Doran and
McCardy. lie recalled the famous bid for.
the support of the labor vote made by
Mr. Doran in the snow shoveling episode.
lie refreshed the memOries-of his auditors
relative to the 900 appropriated for the
reAef or the suffering poor and distributed
In return for labor at the rate Of ST per
day, payable at the grocery stores desig-
mated by the clique put in control Of the
Job by Mayor Doran. Referring to Nc
Cardy and the cOmptroler's office, Mr..
Covington said:
we must retire McCardy on his own
argument He asked that he be elected
comptroller because a Democrat had heI1
the office for fifteen years. lie promised
to find something rotten in the history of
the office that had so long been under
Democratic control. He has held il now
tour terms. He has signally failed to
find single wrong instance I'm the history
OF the Democratic administration and It
is now time for us to turn him out and
look for rotten eggs in his nest d ne Re
publican party held the chief Of the city
engineers office up as a shining light until
Public Examiner Pope came along and
put out the light The Office was a hot
bed Of defalcation and fraud. In Septem
ber of street sweepers could not get
their pay. The money had been appropr-
ated, but where it went the citizens hayo
not been able to discover"
His Record Is OdOriferous.
Fred L. McGhee paid his respects to
the administration of former Mayor Doran
and the Republican party IN scathing
terms, not forgetting the present Repub-
lican candidate for alderman Of the Fourth
ward He said in part:
THE Republican party has ridden the
negro voters up to the golden gates Of
power ever since we elected Grant Ana
they have hitched us on the outside and
gone in. The negroes have discovered
their mistakes and it remains for the
white men to be ridden by DOran and
McCardy, the austere. l have been
searching for Incidents In the administra-
tion Of Mr.. Doran which warrant his
again asking to be placed at the head OF
the municipal government. / fail to find
them, but 1 do find a few conspicuous in
cidents in his administration.
II recall the time when he appointed
Louis Liverpool custodian OF the Central
police station, when Reddy Griffin held