St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-06-02
What Does it Mean

The call for Democratic State Convention
issued by the Democratic State Central Com
mittee, proyi les tor the nomination Of tcandi-
dates for Governor, Lieut.. Governor, Secretary
Of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General,
and two Members of Congress-, This list
comprises all the State officers to be elect ed
next Fall under the authority Of the constitu
tioa. That being the case, " are quite at
loss to know what the Commilte meant, by
adding thereto paragraph in these words:
70 And such other otl1cers as the convention
may deem expedient.,' II the "other oiiicers"
referred 70 are State officers, then the sentence
is nonsense, because Inc list proceeding it con-
tains the titles OF, ali the Slate offices to be
filed. The only wayto iihpregnate it with
any sense is to assume that the committee
intended it to cover the election Of Delegates
to the National Convention, appointed to meet
at Charleston, in the early part Of 4 $50, for
the nomination of the Presidential ticket
And as it will be more respectful to the Conn
mittee@ts accredlt their production with sense
than nonsense, We give it this interpretation.
Assuming then, out Of respect to the Cen.
tr;,l Committee, that the extract which wehavs
quoted Was designed. to authorize the election
OF Delegates to Charleston, we; beg to ask why
tie authority was not conveyed , Is the party
throughout the State in distinct Language? p
What honorable or praiseworthy purpose is to
be subserved by the use, on the part Of the
authorities i:of the party, Of uncertain or
aequiyooA expressions Considering the
known existence Of personal aud tactioaal
Eiealousies, it would seem that indirectnesss Of
speech+would have been the 6rst thing most
carefully guarded against by the Central Com
mittee The intellige1ce of the members Of
the Oominittee, force US to- believe. that the
sentence referred to could not have found it's
way Into the call by accident It must have
been placed there by assigr and we regret to
say that, ,ite appearance, in Its peculiar yerbi-
age, win not tend TO lessen the discehtelt
which is universally felt and expressed in re-
gard 70 the other faulty features gof che call.
IL must be confessed, however, that something:
Of this sort was needetlt 70 complete the harlno-
~ II the Central Co.nmittee,s proclamation ti tio
the party A. document which "opens, With q
,blunder IN regard to tie time 1t which the
Convention should be held which prescribes
q fraudulent scheme BY. which the party should
be represented; !; certainly ought to provide, as
this does provide; some certain Smethod by
which the jealopsies gof cont ending interests
might be excited, aud . permanent disrpption
Of the party be insured. It WM not ~ denied
that there stlogical the action
pf the Committee, even If such action ahould
tail, by ssny providence 70 prove fatal 10. the
party = ieaeer q Den.oeret. easy IL ss,ssss. s,ss. 9
as5 r1s 'srxrl CssrHAI 1 Con.rrr1r Tn re-
fep6ase to- various inquiries, NE i would stala
that the Democratic State Central. Committee
|consiits uf Messrs Wn. Holbcomb1, chairman,
III III Giha.y,. G. =. F:aqdran, q. i, becker.
Isaac Atwaser, Joseph B. brown, H. IN. Set1er,
II. u. Kittson, R e. 81 eesfl6n,
| i h aNaIiDaaD.s y el.nt aPsatAal ind sC. N,i
Wagner ;0seer 1aes9s,st 4 s,.g 4. ~ j.