The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-23
FIRST WARD VOTERS
|NDORSE TICKET
Democratic Candidates Address
Enthusiastic Gathering at
Kulage's Park.
MANY REPUBLICANS PRESENT.
Glendy B. Arnold Speaks of Po-
litical Affairs and Conditions
in the City and
State.
MANY REPUBLICANS PRESENT.

First Ward Democrats at an enthusiastic
meeting last night at Kulage's Park,
Newstead avenue aud Penrose street. in
dorsed the national. State and local tick
cts of the party and pledged full support
to every nominee.
In the audience, which was composed Of
Democrats from all sections of the ward.
with a liberal s%prinkling of Republicans,
were many representatives of organized
labor
The meeting was called to order by
Senator w. B. Kinealy. who presided.
John Mckinney was secretary.
Among the prominent Democrats pres
emit were Judge John a. Blevins. Judge
James R. Kinealy, Judge Moses n. Sale
Circuit Judge: Garrard P. STROBE. candi-
date for Public Administrator; Carl Otto.
candidate for Circuit Attorney: John F.
MsDonald and Thomas J; teonard. candi-
from the Fifth District: Thomas j. Ward,
candidate for Sheriff: Andrew Sheridan,
member Of the Central Committee from
Arnold. Jacob Hannaman. George Decker,
Grifith.
GsrIard F.: STRIDE; who 1. . candidate
was the nrst speaker. He spoke Of the
work OF his office during the term Just
Closing n guaranteed that his offcial
duties would be performed in the same
John T. Mcdonald. candidate for the
House of Representatives from the Fifth
District, received an ovation as he wRs
introduced Mr.. Mcdonald is q member OF
local union No. 8 OF the Ornamental Glass
Workers Union and. for the greater part
OF his life, has been n resident of tina
section OF the city which he asks to rep
ly. thanking his f~ellow-laborers for the
assurances of support which had been Civ
en- to him and promising careful attention
to the wants and necessities of his neigh
bors and friends. @
C. P. Williams entered into a discussion
Of the merits of the campaign, and dis
cussed national. State and local political
questions: The record Of Democracy in
he said, that all citizens could give
hearty n united support to every can
didate who had been named. Every prom
,se @ espeeia Sy r pisnoGra to RI R,stfS9'r ,T Of r! sh.
Louis. had been redeemed. Equality be-
tween the classes, he said. could only be
maintained and a Democratic form of
government retained in the United States
by a victory for Democracy at the COM
ing election.
The closing address was made by Glen
dy B; Arnold. He spoke more particular
ly of political affairs and conditions in
the city. For the first time in the his
tory of the Republican party, he said, the
party organs had seen fit to c~riticise nom-
inees of a Republican convention He de-
clared that there were men, candidates
for election on the Republican ticket. who
did not have either the moral or the
actual support of leading and honest Re
publlcans and the Republican press.
The only nominee OF the present Re-
publican ticket who can go before the
people and say that his honesty and past
record are vouched for by lifelong friends
and by the open record Is a man who
was placed on the ticket by the machine
which controlled the convention only aft
er the better element of the party had
pleaded. cajoled and threatened for hours
and days" said the speaker. The Demo-
cratic ticket. by comparison, presents men
morally and capably fit to honestly and
conscientiously fiji the offices for which
they were nominated"