The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-26
HUNDREDS BRAVE ELEMENTS TC
VOICE ENDORSEMENT OF
ADMINISTRATION
RAUDENBUsH HALL rs FILLED
IN spite OF IncIement weather, Rob
ert A. Smith Club Meeting Calls
Out Big Audience of Enthu-
siastic NOn-Partisans.

Storms have no terrors for the entbu
siastic supporters of Mayor Smith. H.
spite of the driving rain and sleet wnica
drove the majority of the citizens Of ST
Paul to the shelter Of their homes lasr
night the meeting Of the Robert i
smith Business Mems club filled Rauden-
bush hall
The attendance at a meeting Of the
non-partisan supporters of Maycr Smith
under conditions which would ordinarily
be expected to put a most effectual dam
FER on political, social or purely pleasur-
able enthusiasm is the best commentary
on the character of the administration
Mayor Smith has given the city Of St
Paul While all over the city political
meetings We're called off for the lack or
audiences, and the places Of amusement
suffered heavily because of the weather
Raudenbush hall was filled by an enthu-
slastic and representative audience.
The speakers, who were received witt
unpounded enthusiasm, were George r
OReilly, e. c. Stringer, County Attorney
Thomas r. Kane and 4. d. O'Brien. The
principal vaudeville features were fur
nished by Frank Tenney, in monologue
and parodies, whose work scored a de
cided hit
George r. OReilley roundly denounced
the campaign made 10y the Republicans
as an insult to the intelligence Of the
citizens of st. Paul. E. c. Stringer. who.
as president of the Webster School union
was active in securing the adoption OF
the new charter and who is now n nam
Der of the charter commission gave the
lie to the Republican charge that Mayor
Smith and the Democratic party are re-
spcnsible for the increased taxation
County Attorney Kane compared tE'-
mayCralty candidates records and Mr
O'Brien paid his respects to the cam
paign methods employed by the opposi-
ton to Mayor Smith. Mr.. O'ReIly SAID
in part:
Insult Intelligent Voters.
''The campaign being made by the Re
publican leaders is an insult to the In
tellgence Of the voters Of ST. Paul. They
appeal TO the religious and racial pref
udices of portions Of the citizenship ana
found their arguments on a mass Of mis-
representation. Their only issue is tine,
Increase of taxation, which is largely
chargeable to the schools The Repub-
lican speakers and press charge that the
increase is due to the extravaganza and
misadministration of the Democrats fOI
the past two years. Nearly 100000 was
added to the budget by the provisions Of
the new charter. About $4JO,OG0 was for
the schools The library debt Of $6J,O0r
was a legacy left from the administra-
tion of Doran and Kiefer, and the charter
set aside $40, OG0 for the market. The whole
was provided by the charter to remedy
the depiorable conditions which existed
and Mr.. Doran was a member of the
charter commission, which was controlled
by Republicans.
Mr. Doran helped fix the provision
which made the police board a partisan
institution. He is responsible for the
forty day clause, which gave the appoint
ment of the members of the board to
Mayor Smith. He may have hoped that
lightning would strike him and that he
would again be mayor. He made sure that
Mayor Kiefer would not have the ap-
pOintment of the board and when Mayor
Smith was elected he was ready to de-
feat the charter, adopted by an almost
unanimous vote Of the people, to vent