The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-13
IN UNION STRENGTHEN KNOWLEDGE POWER
RED WING, MnNN WEDNESDAY, 1875

that he is intelligent, honorable and
honest, and deserves to be encouraged.
His Scandinavian countrymen have
cause to be proud of him.
The following is the closing dec]ar-
alton of the platform of the Massachu-
sets republicans:-
That while we gladly co:nt among the
most .signi6cant assurances of the good
work of the republican party its regenerat-
ing influence upon our democratic fellow
citizens,as shown in the better utterances Of
their recent convention in this hall, in their
unreserv acceptance Of the constitutional
results Of republican statesmanship and in
their nomination to office Of men trained
in republican teachings and service. We
protest that it would be the height Of in
prudence to commit all that has been achiev-
ed for union. freedom and human rights to
the keeping Of party which had no heart
for the work and has no stake in the glory.
We don't remember to have seen
harder hit than this at our democratic
friends, and what makes it worse for
them is it's truth, both in fact and in
application.
The democratic managers admit
that they have no hope Of electing their
ticket in this State, nor can they give
any satisfactory reason for keeping their
party in the field. The idea that they
are actuated by Glove Of the party rec
ord" is nonsense, for the very first dec
laration Of their platform repudiates
that record. The masses of the dem
ocratic party are anti-monopolists, and
that is the very reason why their mo-
nopolist leaders wish to hold them in
the old party leash. As is well known,
we have been fighting this anti-monop-
oily battle for years, and our iercest
foes have always been these old demo-
cratic dictators.
The Lake City Sentinel insists
that those who control the republican
party "have been profuse in their
promises of reform, but have really done
nothing" in that direction. The facts
will not sustain this accusation. On
the contrary, the evidences of serious
purpose and positive action towards re-
forming abuses in the administration of
public affairs, on the part of many of
the leading men Of that party, are too
numerous and palpable to escape atten-
tion, and to deny them is to become
justly obnoxious to the charge of at
tempting to deceive.
The anti-monopoly (?) convention
of Rice county refused to nominate
Hon. Joseph Goar for the legislature.
Isn't it strange that in every instance
where the democratic managers of the
democratic and anti-monopoly parties
dared do so, they have refused to place
an avowed anti-monopolist on their
ticket? Even in Olmsted county they
avoided expressed anti.monopolists and
filed their ticket with those who had
given in their adherence to the democ.
racy previous to the meeting of the
Owatonna convention.
-"X." is mistaken. We never
accused Mr.. Dennelly of being actuated
in his political conduct by desire for
personal gain. In rebuking us for re-
fusing to allow ourself to be absor bed
by the Democratic leaders, he called
attention to the inability of anti-monop-
olists to elect anybody to Office, and
asked: "Who wants COW that won't
give milk?'' The palpable inference
was that he did not, and we only gave
him the credit Of expressing his real
sentiments.
The Hastings Union speaks of Ut
rs having left the democratic party
Why, neighbor, have you been sleeping
for the past five years? Is there any
democratic party? Is the association
of St. Paul sharpers and played-out po
litical hacks the democratic party? Are
not the majority of these managers (not
the candidates) the old republican bum
mers that we used to fight? Go t
sleep again, neighbor.