Generals Oliver O. Howard, Daniel Sickles, Alexander Stewart, and Russel Alger speak against the silver standard, a Populist platform, and in support of William McKinley, to an audience of about 6,000 at St. Paul's Auditorium. On their speaking tour of the Northwestern states, the generals also stop in Le Sueur, Little Falls, Mankato, St. Peter, and Willmar.