The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-05-21
Of the State to say who shall be tho County

Of the State to Gay who shall Be tho County
Committee of Stearns, as'that County Com.
mittee has, to say who shall DO the town
committee Of Fair Haven. But says the
mover Of tho resolution in its defense
There has been much fraud praotised in
procuring credentials for substitutes from
towns not personally represented, and it
was to prevent this manipulation Of town
caucuses, to suit partisan ends, that this
measure was proposed. Very true, Mr..
Chairman Of the County Committee, and
dcprecate the practice quite as much as
yourself. and think it should be remedied.
but not in the way proposed by you. Be-
Gauss, under the present system fraud 10
possible, and has been sometimes practised
by both sides in our conventions. it doe,
not follow that the power Of applying the
remedy should be taken from the people,
where it belongs, and reposed in commit
tee Of three, in whose appointment tho
people had no direct voice. Did it never
occur 70 yen, Mr.. Chairman, in view Of re-
cent transactions at Washington, that one
man is quite as likely to be moved by temp.
tation, as the majority of the people whose
prerogatives he usurps?
luton, that it applies only to towns which
have no town committee. Very true again
but if We read the resolution carefully, we
shall see that it makes no provision for the
future selection Of committees, on the part
Of the towns, but makes it obligatory
(''shalI' is the word used) on the County
Committee to establish tho one mon power
in every town which, at the time the resolu-
lion va, passed, had no town committee.
In short, as before remarked, the meas
ure was conceived for purpose, which its
careful construction only too we'll adapts
it to subserve.
It was unnecessary as it was arbitrary.
Had the object been to correct tho evil
simply, bow easy would it have been for
the Convention to have provided that no
delegates to County Conventions should in
future be recognized, except those elected
At a primary meeting regularly called by q
town committee regularly chosen, and then,
if it were deemed necessary further to pro.
vide for the selection Of said committees,
the Convention might have designated how,
when, and by whom the meeting Of Repub-
lican voters in the several towns, should
be called for the purpose Of such organiza-
ton, but it Was not necessary nor expedi-
eut to deprive the people Of the towns Of
any voice in the selection of their Commit
tees.
The gentleman who framed the resolu'
ton We have been considering, may rest as
sured, that while there may not yet be .
spirit Of resistance in this county, which
will not submit to be oppressed, there is
fund Of good sense among the
people, which cannot be deceived.
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