The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-31
HOSTILE CHARGE
IS MET BY MAYOR.
D. ?. JONES SCORES A VICTORY AT
CAMPAIGN MEETING.
Faces Accusation Of Duplic1ty and
Shows Large Audience His Position
as Regards the lid ana the En-
forcement. Of Laws Scores Congrat-
ulate the Speaker.

For the first time in the present cam-
paign both sides of the republican may
orally contest have met on the same
platform. Mayor Jones spoke for him
SELF and came off with c0lors flying,
silencing hostile, packed audience,
ias1 ca carrying half Al; Of it away when ne
1 M;5,; the nall al The cause Of Pr: Q; G;
upheld BY. A. B. Smith. Il the face Of
charge Of duplicity and Of double
standard Of morality concerning the sa-
loon question, carefully and tauntingly
placed, Mayor Jones rose to make his
reply and before he finished speaking
had made friend Of every man in the
hall; 1t was all a trap that failed to
This incident occurred last night at
the meeting, of the First Ward Roose-
Yelt Republican club in Forester hall,
Thirteenth avenue NE and Fourth
street. : 49,. ~,
A view of the hall showed many
faces familiar behind Northeast Min
neapolls bars and few from across the
river in tile third ward. -, :.
The Charge by, Smith. o".r,
MI. Smith, speaking for Dr.. Williams,
was the first Of the principals to be
called. He went into an exhaustive
AOs ~" " tAO ouCCtSSlV0 1udy O1o VI
Minneapolis. and lauded the memory Of
Philip B. Winston and Of George. A.
Pillsbury. PERSONALLY, Mr.. Jones is a
Smith went one. "For his superior pri-
vate virtues am in favor of retaining
him in private life. For still another
reason I favor the same thing; he has
two standards Of morality. In business
his word Is good, but as mayor and as
a candidate for mayor 7 know he has
broken his promise made before cleo
give the names if necessary. I know
positively that he promised he would
not close the saloons on Sunday if
elected. He let them run several
months and then closed them.
of the Sunday sal saloon, if it was a good
thing and the right thing, it should
have been done at first. If the home
and morality are at stake it should
have not been delayed one day.
AS an example of a great moral
Jones greater than Phillip Winston
than William Henry Eustis or than
that scholarly gentleman, James Gray
| Is he abetter man than DR.. U.G. vii.
liams, that great hearted, noble ply
stefan whose cause advocated7 There
is no more nobler body Of men in the
| city than the physicians, who day
after day do deeds of mercy without
questioning their rewards / am toli
that he has $4,000. on his books fol
services rendered the poor and those
unable to pay for Their services. Fol
two terms he has served as coroner ani
For these reasons and because I Low,
the man, 1 urge his appointment. ''e
Mayor Met the, charge. 'Ss
The situation was j ntense whe,
Mayor Jones rose to- speak, following
soon after :; Mr.. Smith, n The crowee
filed the seating capacity of the hal
and was standing about the rear
There was a slight attempt at hos
tile demonstration on sthen part Of ce1
tain well. known hired rooters, but tn
genuine hearty applause from tn
greater part Of the house silenced i
The mayor took the bull by the horn
almost at once and struck out fairl
/ from the shoulder. He was gtvenssth
! closest attention and at the close wa
i given a storm Of applause. That n
was the; attraction was shown by tn
way the. audience melted, away as Gh
left the hall after speaking. Full
half of it. followed him down to tn
street and many. extended their pei
sonal congratulations |*' =
In his introductory remarks tn
mayor said: "Before speak for my
self in behalf Of my own candidacy
want to thank my friend Mr.. Smith TO
the frank and candid manner in which
he stated: his contentious this evening
trust that all this campaign may b
as square and /. above board as MI
Smith g: personal action this evening.
Speaking Of himself, Mayor Jone
said: II think I am not unknown t
J the audience. I have been here be
fore, and tonight 7 see many persona
acquaintance and friends. l am
:. Minneapolis man by birth, training an
education, and am glad Of it. While
am here among the friends Of another
| want to speak a good word for hin
The first ward can boast of an alderma
who is an honor to the city. He is prat
teal and manly and mighty fine ma
in every way. I mean Alderman Mich
ael Gerber of the first ward, who ha
given Of his labor,s his brain and. hi
pocketbook for the good Of his war
! in furnishing the free baths. Demo
; crat or not, and irrespective of an
: comment it may cause, I am proud, an
) the first n yard should be proud of Aide
!, ~ The mayor briefyereviewed his ow
: public service as alderman from th
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