St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-08-16

what should be done. During lii 6ue
there were repeated calls for the tellers'
report. In response to these calls, the
Chairman said that ~. "long - he was
Chairman he calculated to manage the
meeting ezacdy to s*it hin,self" The
disgust at his paltry aud unfair conduct
had now become intense He could no
longer avoid yielding b the demands Of
the meeting for the tellers' report. Few,
however, were prepared for the unblushine
manner in which he skulked the. real de-
cision. He declared that the vote had been
on guest on reconsideration of for
mer vote The m.jority cav that this was
q palpable piece Of trickery and scoun-
drelism to defeat their will and they i'm
mediately determined on having a new or
ganisation, that they might proceed fairly
to choose delegates. One of the Moore
faction-John L. Wilson-then moved an
adjournment, but tho majority voted it
down. Wilson then proceeded to make
long speech. Another motion to adjourn
was made from tho Same side, and it was
voted down by the majority. Shepley,
however, declared the meeting adjourned
and left the clair. Tho majority then
proposed to organize, and requested the
Moore faction to preserve order or leave
the hall. shepley (who had blown out
part Of the lights) then mounted bench
and declared that he had hired tie hall Of
John L. Wilson for tie night and that
nobody else should use it. If he had any
motives than those of . good Democrat,
would he have objected to the majority
using the hall? 1tis by q resort to force
and fraud that wrong doors most often ex-
pose themselves. -.
The majority Of the meeting-it. being
after ten o'clock-then adjourned to the
Willis House where they organized by
the choice of II. j. Fowler as Chairman
and c.. Grandelmyer as Secretary. The
meeting then proceeded unanimously to
choose the following delegates by seperate
nominations To the Senatorial and Rep
resentative District Convention, to be held
at Little Falls on the 30th inst, viz: Jo-
seph Broker, Charles Taylor, Anton Smith,
Louis Clark, G. Grandelmyer and B. o.
erbeck. --->*
To the County Convention: Phillip
Beaupre, NJ. Mickey, N. Lair, J. +: Ten
voor,le, F. Hartman and Joseph Howard.
The meeting at the Willis House was
an adjourned meeting of the majority,
aud their proceedings will not fail to meet
the sanction of every fair-minded Demo
crat. At the meeting over which Shep-
ley presided 40 delegates ,ee7e cko.en.-
The unanimous report of three tellen shows
that majority of the meeting we're against
the delegates !! Is the majority to be over
ridden by. Shcpley's tricks rs Chairman !
Furthermore, it should be stated that du-
ring the meeting in Wilson's Hall, one'of
the Moore delegates the one who commit
ted the assault stood at the door part of
the time and prevented persons from COM
ing in unless they were supporters Of
Moore! And yet these fellows Who have
disgraced their town and perhaps ,eriously
injured the Democratic party, will attempt
to bolster themselves up with the plea Of
having had the regular organization, and
claiming that the majority we're irregular.
This will be just as plausible aud consis-
tent as it would be for = pick-pocket to
complain of man for breach of the peace
who should knock him down while in the
act Of stealing his pocket book. There is
generally way Of remedying the mischief
of force aud fraud, and the most direct
way of remedying it will be most approx
cd. The objection to caucuses and con-
ventions is becoming almost universal be-
cause Of the packing process carried on
in them and their failure to express the
popular will. While they exercise 50 much
influence over the party, the welfare Of
the party as we'll as the public Of course
requires that they should be conducted
with fairness The saying that '.all Is fair
in politics" is an atrocious and infamous
sentiment, and can find no support except
among dishonest men. And Democrats
will render 4 good service to their party
and the community in which they live, by