The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-08

WEVeTODTng fNfe 0FfV
IN mapping out it's streets, in forming it,
PARK system, in building UP Splendid
business block, and in every way he has
been engaged in business enterprises yyhicb
nave redounded to the credit of ST Paui
He is man you can safely trust, and So
long as the administration of the public
aHalrs of st. Paul are in his hands Won
can go to your homes from your places
or business at night, to return to them i'm
me morning, feeling that safety, peacs
ate limits of this city.
The criminal class is a profession. 1t is
just as much profession as that of the
51Eatw Ny the doctor or the clergyman.
1hey nave dialect and language of their
own. They communicate with each other
Ihey nave their implements Of sO-caIIed
warfare, which they divide with each
| 0ther, and communicate with each other
IL Is a DuslneSS-a professional business
In winch the most noted criminals gain
great proficiency. But they know when
Mr.. Smith is mayor of st. Paul that this
Is no place for them. (Applause) Few
| nave the temerity even to come to see
| US, and if they do it is a matter Of vaca-
| ton from their regular time of work
! just as our citizens go to the South or
! the Hot Springs for their health
| L do not expect that business men. as a
| rule, Will declare themselves contrary to
| their political affiliations, but L say to
| you, without fear Of contradiction. that
| If you could see the ballots of the bust
ness men Of St Paul when they are cast
next May. whatever the heading Of the
| ticket might be, 80 per cent of them would
| bear the name OF Robert A Smith
| There is another phase Of Mr.. Smiths
| life in this community familiar to you
| all A financial crash came to Mr..
| smith He was not responsible for it.
! but it came, nevertheless. Among his
| associates and among his friends ne was
| responsible. legally, for large amounts.
! The honorable and open-handed way in
which he met that crisis was one that
| Should commend him and endear him to
any citizen that has any idea of business
! honor. His business property, his per-
| sonal property, his home-everything-
| was surrendered to meet obligations for
| which he was only incidentally RESPONSE
! HE, but from the consequences Of which
| he did not shirk. because it would not
| have been an honorable thing to do 50.
! prolonged applause.) This is but Or9
| illustration of his noble and honorable
| career.
The mayor has many appointments to
make. You cannot place your finger
| upon one that Mr.. Smith has ever made
| that is Objectionable as a citizen. Tt is
| true he has disappointed a good many
| people, because there are generally all
| the way from ten to five hundred appli-
! cants for each position he has at his
| disposal. and he has absolutely got to
| disappoint somebody. But in his choice
| he selects the one who in his Judgment
| he deems the best; and while I would
! not say that there night not have been
at times better ones that he might have
selected, do say, without fear of con-
| tradiction. that he has never named
| bad one. (Applause)
| am not one who believes In the pO-
hticai shibboletn OF Measures. not
| men" We have measures in our city
| affairs as well as in state and national,
| but my political doctrine is. Measures
| and Men" (ApplauseD And we have
them combined in our present mayor and
the one who is to succeed himself i'm
June next. (Applause)
do not decry an opponent of Mr..
| Smiths, whoever he may me, i'm his own
| or in any of the other parties. ] do nor
I In fag q nv rrea
| man down to build another man up It
| is an honorable ambition to hold the Of
! flee of the chief executive of this great
| city and / admire the man Of he is in
| any way a suitable mani who has the
pluck and the temerity to try it, espe-
| cially against such a candidate as we
| are TO have in the person of Mr. Smith
in the coming spring election. CAP
! plause)
Now, you see a man grow UP in bust
| ness. 1t IS common saying that when
| a man dies there is always someone to
I'll his place. l say that is not true.
| 1t depends altogether upon circum-
stances. There IS always somebody
! ready to try to fill his place But there
| is not another name that will be men
| toned this spring that has had the ex-
perlence, that has done the work in up
| building this city that Mr.. Smith has
| done. (Applause) You take a man that
| has grown up in a large enterprise, q
| railroad enterprise. for instance-haB
| grown UP from bOyhOod, till he has be-
| come the head Of a great railroad sys-
| tenn IS familiar with it; knows, you
! might say every rail upon the road:
! knows everything about it-would you
mean to tell me that when he passes
away someone else might fill his plaCg
! that has had comparatively IsS expert
| ence, or but q few years. at the best?
| IA voice, NOD Tt is simply "a mental
! moral, physical and every other kind ~
an impossibility. (AppIauseD And that
| is Why [ say to you tonight with all tine
| seriousness and earnestness that I can
! present that when we have a man t.
! has the qualifications superior to ann
| other man in the city who is willing
/ 70 take ft-because / have already re-
! FUSED daughter and apDlause)-When we
! nave such man. for Gods sake let us
| make the most of it. Great applause)
George Abrahams who was the next
! speaker after Mr.. Hail. was brief but
| forcible in his remarks, in the course Of
! which he said: I'm this campaign we
| have heard a great deal Of what is called
| the gang Who is this gang Is 1T
| Robert A. Smith and the others who have
! aided him in giving us the best admin
! tstratiOn we have ever had? Then if
! 1t is say we want the gang and we
need the gang. If it is the men VINO
! have given us a police system which has
made 1t possible for US to allow our wives
| and daughters to go about the streets
even in the night time without fear that
they will be mOleste.l and insulted, and
winch dS9uIcS Us Oh the safety OF QUE
property, then I still say we need the
gang. And If it is the men who are
supporting Robert a Smith for re-elec-
ton then I say L am one of the gang
and 7 am proud OF It,
d. w. LaWler delivered a brief address
! in which he reviewed the long residence
! of Robert A. Smith in the city Of st.
! Paul and the envlable record he had made
| as a citizen and as a public official and
| which had won him the veneration and
| respect of more than one generation.
| con the day Of election" said Mr. Law
| Ter, I'VE are going to show that we are
! true and faithful to the man who has
been true and faithful to the trust inn
/ posed in him, and when the ballots are
counted the record will be: Well done,
thou good and faithful servant "
DR.. Frank A. Powell, who was on the
programme Tor one of the principal adj
dresses, was i'll and unable to be present.
but he sent his address, which was read
by A. P. Hendrickson
Mayor Smith in response to call for
a speech, said he was not physically able
to talk for any length of time, as he had
been feeling i'll all day. but he could not
allow this opportunity to pass without
thanking his friends for their interest IN
his cause and their efforts in his behalf.
He said that if he should succeed in Sc
next meeting Of the club take pleasure
in announcing his attitude upon the var
ious issues of the present time.
HAUlH NAInny ron RRHITIT