The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-19

they must have some Democratic con-
vlctions to hold office under my admin
istration. He reappointed Mr.. Hamm to
the park board, but only at the earnest
solicitation of Mr.. Wheelock. He even
dropped from the library board as good
a Republican as II. P. Upham, and ap-
pointed In his place Mr.. Feldhauser and
the result was an Indebtedness of $780,
0O0.
Proud to Admit the Responsibility.
There were no public improvements
during Mr.. Doran's administration; and
during my time in office school houses
We're built, the water works were extend
cd, the sewer system improved, and many
other public improvements made. 1t has
been said that of the city debt of IS, 900, :
wv, at least one-haf was incurred during
my time IN office, and that is true. The
puphc improvements were all made while
l was mayor. AS a result, you have as
good a sewer system as there is i'll this
country. You have improved school facil-
ltleS, and you have the healthieSt city in
the world The water works system alone
could be sold to private corporation
debt
Louis Betz, candidate for comptroller.
spoke very briefly. He said the Repub-
lican papers had said that the Republican
party has done a smooth thing in not
pledging its candidates to any platform,
put he thought that statement was Ola n
to question. The Democratic party had
always pledged it's candidates to a plat
form which he believed to be worthy of
consideration The Democratic candidates
We're pledged to work for the interests Of
the public schools and to enforce the pro-
visions of the charter; to tax franchises
and collect the gross earnings tax against
corporations. Personally, he would not
say anything against Mr.. McCardy. but
ne would criticiSe that gentleman's Off
cial actions so far as to say that he
should take the public more into his conf
dence and let it known how its finan-
ces stood.
o. H. O'Neill. candidate for the munich
pal bench, discussed municipal govern
ment as business proposition and urged
his hearers to retain the officers who
have proved satisfactory in the past:
Wlnn Powers made only brief state
ment, pledging himself, if elected, to as
sist Mayor Smith in giving the city of st
Paul two years more Of prosperity.
Methods in Keeping with Cause.
G. r. O'Reilly deprecated the methods
of the Republican speakers in the use Of
such catch phrases as gang and the
statements they Eade made attributing
the city Indebtedness to the extravaganza
or the Democratic party. In contradlc-
tiCn of these statements, he read an edi-
terial from the Pioneer Press of April 8,
in which 1t was frankly stated that the
Republicans were as much responsible as
the Democrats fer public expenditure.
DR.. A. Stone made short address,
in which he appealed to the voters of the
First ward to compare the administra-
y
Smith, and vote then as their good judg-
ment and their consciences dictated.
Edward Peterson, a resident of the
ward, spoke at some length, taking his
Scandinavian neighbors to task for vot-
ing the Republican ticket on the assump-
ton that that party had been more gen
erous or would be more generous to the
Scandinavians than the Democrats. He
argued from statistics that in proportion
to the support which the Democratic
party had received from the Scandina,
VANS, that party had treated them bet
ter than the Republicans. and still
considering that , per cent of the voters
Of this country are Scandinavians, as is
shown by statistics, you do not set the
recognition from any party that you
| should have. and you never will as long
as the Republican party can say: 1--WE
| need not do very much for the Scandi
navians, for they will vote with us any
way and the Democratic party must say
| 1t is no use to do anything for them
| for they will vote with the Republicans
! ANYWAY"