The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-17
THE RIVAL DEMOCRATIC OPG1Ns

o.
There is quite a struggle going on in
the Democratic ranks between our es-
teemed contemporaries, the Pioneer-Press
Tribune and the St. Paul Dispatch, The
T. T. i. is, on alternate days, Republi-
can and Democratic: and the Dispatch is
to-day charging at the head of the Til
den hosts. and tomorrow sitting upon
the fence, with legs hunched up and a
demonlacal grin on its simian counte-
nance. When the Democratic spasms
come upon the same day these coincident
rivals wrangle and battle bitterly as to
which is the real. simon.pure, Democratic
organ; while the poor, perplexed, de-
morallzed party tears its hair in Devil
derment and despair; feeling with the
poet, that it could
"Be happy, with either,
| Were tother dear charmer away.'
on one OF its Democratic days the
rloneer,fress-I Tribune speaking of Hall
calling specia! meeting OF the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee. got of
the following:
The cheeky and poorly disguised manifesto
tlon OF the patriotic Zeal of two hungry indi-
vlduas, WHO Thought II about ''time the raw
lsnlhg commenced, as We'll as the disgust
created IN the minds of able and honest demo-
Gratis at this indlscreet haste and Transparent.
hypocrlcy, especially excited the risibiities of
leading democrats, and shall we receive CEN
sure at the hands of those who honor the Gre
can philosopher who laughed at the tollies of
mankind!
Now that's good! See how the z. PIT.
represents the Democratic leaders as
laughing at the Dispatch. When that
article was read in the Dispatch office
the whole editorial corps rushed for the
renee ana sat there moving, chattering.
ana llourlshlng taeir tails Tor forty-eight
hours.
And the p. p. r. thus ruthlessly pro-
ceeds to lay bare the ..true-inw ardnessr
OF that meeting:
Conscious of the manifest fraud nnon tho
party, The Dispatch seeks to prop up its case
ny causing the reporter to recognize the official
status OF It's man friday, and makes the Pio-
neer-press-and Tribune say:
The meeting was called by The DISPATCH
ana the secretary OF the committee
The word secretary does not appear ia that
article, ior the reporter knew as well as did
me lsp.tch, that SAID committee had no
secretary, for 1t had not yet held meeting.
WI, did meet The Dispatch informs us:
p r.. H. heliey, Esq, presided, and Hon. L. s.
bronson acted as secretary" WHY was Mr.
bronson appointed secretary! Was Miller alb
sent! NO, he was on hand, portfolio and all.
ana showed himself ready to assume the re-
sponslbilities Of the occasion. In thus ignoring
the presence of one who had usurped preroga
tlves to which he had no title, the committee
probably acted wisely. The Dispatch continues:
10 Vlndlcate the truth Of history it might be
stated that the chairman OF the committee who
Is absent, appointed a temporary substitute in
ORDER that there might be a meeting. y
Leading democrats do not believe MIR. Lee SO
ignorant as to be guilty Of such an indscretion
rs the appointment of deputy chairman or
temporary substitute" therefor, TO the demo-
cratic state central committee of Minnesota
This otlce Is not hereditary in his fanily;more.
over, II he really possessed and would exercise
such power, he would certainly not have in
lnsuited that intelligent aud respectable COM
,ilit'ee pY the selection OF nalneless political
hummer to preside over its deliberations And
this outrage is perpetratsd, we are told, "in
Crder that there might be q meeting" This ia
the verlest bosh. Who does not know that
that power resides in the committeei majority
OF which Is competent to meet and transact
business at any and all times. even in the alb
senos OF the chairman, or his "subs.itutes
Witness It's action In the present cass Mr..
Kelly is elected chairman and Mr.. Bronson
secretary But enough on this branch Of the
case.
The Office" (of chairman,) lis not
hereditary in Mr. Lees family" Wrong,
p. p. T. Bill Lee has been chairman Of
that committee ever since Columbus dis
covered America, Gf he ever did dis
cover it. Of which Judge Goodrich has
some doubts,) and when MacauIay's New
Zealander sits on broken arch OF Lon
don bridge, and contemplates the ruins
Of st. Paul's. the eloquent voice OF Bills
remote descendant will be heard saving:
"Gentlenen OF the convention, the state
central committee have agreed upon Mr..
Nincompoop for temporary chairman o.
this convention
But mark the desperate step OF reyo-
luton suggested by the P. F. T.. 1t
absolutely proposes to throw Wang Lee
ana An SIN, lot the Dispatch and the
whole Monaghan cabal overheard, and
install, that merchant prince and prince
OF good-iellows, Pat Kelly as Chairman.
Ana why not: Pat has more brains, en-
ergy, generosity and manhood in the
least Joint OF his least finger than Wang
Lee has in his whole corporal system.
Moreover Wang is positive burden upon
the party, for it will never be forgotten
tina: be has used his official position to
shift the burden Of his Own taxes upon
the shoulders OF the poor devils who voted
Tor him. Moreover Wang is tie head
centre Of what is known as the Infamous
St. Paul Ring: while Pat Kelly has de.
voted himself to his immense business
instead of the dirty details of S.. Paui.
ward politics.
+! II the Democratic State Central Com
miitee viii Just make Pat Kelly perma-
nent chairman. and keep the Gabriel
kavel OF the Dispatch on the fence per.
manently, there will be some hope o:
J electin9 dcNair.