The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-04
AMEs' CHIEF CARE
He Says It Is Ever "the Public
Interest.
BEFORE Sd WARD REPUBLICANS
Wallace G. Nye in Il Speech for the
Ward Party Makes u
Yelled Reply.

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The second annual banquet of the Third
Ward Republican club was the most sue
cessful political gathering thus far in
the present year. Odd Fellows hall, on
Twentieth avenue N, the largest in the.
ward, was filled to overcoming, and many
We're unable to find seats.
The after dinner speeches were of un-s
usual interest. Mayor Ames opened his
campaign for a denomination in character
istic style. Looking in the face of his
rival, Alderman Powers, he told of the
tremendous pressure which the mayor had
to stand4in looking after the interests of
the city. Each alderman grabs for his
ward, and there is no one but the mayor
to protect the general public. There
should be two municipal bodies, he said,
one of which should be elected at large.
BY quick transition, the mayor then
began plea for harmony, and a cessa-
ton of knocking and fault finding.
when man comes to you with a story,
just stop and consider what motive he has
for telling it," was the mayors advice.
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He declared that it made no diff ~:
ference to him whether he was
elected mayor or not All he cared :.
| for was the public interest. -.
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He pledged himself to support the tick
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| more affirmed his allegiance to the re-
publican party
| Wallace G. Nye, who followed the may
or, spoke on the behalf OF the third ward,
and traced the growth of the republican
party there from mere handful in 1888
to the present organization, under which
the ward is normally republican. He
made an artfully yelled reply to Mayor
] Ames' speech, referring to the party IS
municipal record. He told how the public
debt had grown under democratic rule,
| till in 1892 it was as large at now.
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:: The party, he said, had always:
/ stood for economy and efficiency, ::
!: and mo sluggards on the pay:
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! b. B. Chandler, president Of the club,
| presided as POSTMASTER. The invocation
was delivered by Rev. r. A. Sumner. Gov
| ernor Van SAINT made the first address, on
| ''Republicanism.' He was salGted with
1 a ringing cheer which almost took him of
his feet, and inspired him to an enthusi-
astic eulogy of the party, it's men, its
services and its history. To-day, he said,
| it stood more than ever for equal rights
of the people against oppression.
! Senator T. B. Snyder paid a splendid
tribute to the state of Minnesota, review
4 ing it's early history and telling in most
| effective style the story of the First Min
! nesota and it's heroism at Gettysburg. He
/ paid Governor Van SAINT direct compi-
ment for his fearless stand for the people
! against railway consolidation. -
I Frank M. Nye responded eloquently to
| the toast, public Opinion, enlivening
| the occasion with some of lis best stories,
I and then charming the ear with a choice
| oratorical effort.
! The Flambeau club attended In BODY
! in full uniform. Messrs. Bentley, Leigh
! ton, Mumm, Jepson and Chandler, of the
committee on arrangements, handled the
big crowd we'll, and made all the visitors
welcome. There were several prospective
! candidates present from other wards, in
GLIDING Ray w. Jones, Alderman Powers
/ C. r. E Peterson and George p. Merrill.