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

THE RIVAL DEMOCRATIC ORGANS.
There is quite struggle going on in
the Democratic ranks between our es-
teemed cotemporaries, 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 tie Til
den hosts, and tomorrow sitting upon
the fence, with legs hunched up and
demoniacal 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-
moralized party tears its hair in bewil.
derment and despair; feeling with the
poet, that it could
"Be happy, with either,
Were tother dear charmer away.'
On one OF its Democratic davs the
Pioneer-Press-Tribune speaking Of Hall
calling spccia! meeting of the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee, got off
the following:
The cheeky and poorly disguised manifesto
ton OF the patriotic Zeal of two hungry indi-
viduals, who thought 1t about .stime the raw
isnlng commenced" as we'll as the disgust
| created IN the minds Of able and honest demo-
Gratis at this indiscreet haste and Transparent.
hypocrlcy, especially excited the risibilities OF
ieadlng democrats, and shall we receive cen.
sure at the hands of those who honor the Gre
clan philosopher who laughed at the folles of
| mankind?
Now that's good! See how the p. 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 nourlshlng tAelr tails tor forty eight
hours.
And the P. P. T. thus ruthlessly pro-
ceeds to lay bare the .'true-inw ardnessn
OF that meeting:
Conscious OF the manifest fraud upon the
party, The Dispatch seeks to prop up its case
~ causing the reporter to recognize the Official
neer-Press-and Tribune say:
"The meeting was called by The Disnatch
aud the secretary Of the committee
The word secretary does not appear in that
article, for the reporter knew as well as did
The Dispatch, that said committee had no
secretary, for 1t had not yet held meeting:
when il did meet The Dispatch informs us:
Bronson acted as secretary" Why was Mr..
Bronson appointed secretaryY Was Miller ab-
sent! No, be was on hand, portfolio and all.
and showed himself ready to assume the re-
sponsibilities Of the occasion. In thus ignoring
the presence Of one who had usurped preropa-
yves 70 which ne had no title, the committee
probably acted wisely. The Dispatch continues.
ITO vindicate the truth OF history it might be
stated that the chairman Of the COMMITTEES. who
Is absent, appointed temporary substitute. in
order that there might be meeting.''
Leading democrats do not believe Mr.. Lee 80
ignorant as to be guilty Of such an indscretion
as the appointment Of deputy chairman or
Temporary substitute" therefor, to the demo-
cratic q, state central committee Of Minnesota.
This Office IL not hereditary in his family;more.
over, il he really possessed and would ex.rcise
| such power, he would certainly not have in
lnsul.ed that intelligent and respectable COM
mittee by the selection OF . naInele1s political
hummer to preside over its deliberations. And
this outrage is perpetrated, we are told, "in
order that there might be . meeting" This Ia
the veriest bosh. Who does not know that
| that power resides in the committee? majority
o. which Is competent to meet and transact
business at any and all times, even in the ABB
sencs Of the chairman, or his "substitutei'
Witness its action in the present casa: Mr..
| Kelly is elected chairman and Mr.. Bronson
secretary But enough on this branch Of the
case.
1.-The Office" (of chairman,) "is not
hereditary in Mr.. Lees family" Wrong,
p. p. T. Bill Lee has been chairman Of
that committee ever since Columbus dis
covered America, (if he ever did dis
cover it, Of which Judge Goodrich has
some doubts, and when Macaulay'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 saying:
''Gentlenen OF the convention, the state
central committee have agreed upon Mr..
NincompooP tor temporary chairman Of
this convention
But mark the desperate step OF revo-
luton suggested by the P. r. T.! It
absolutely proposes to throw Wang Lee
and All Sin. Got the Dispatch,) and the
whole Mongolian cabal overheard, and
install, that merchant prince and prince
o. good-fellows, Pat Kelly as chairman.
And 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 q positive burden upon
} the party, for it win never be forgotten
that 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 ID The head
centre OF what Is known a. the Infamous
St. Paul Ring; while Pat Kelly has de-
voted himself 70 his immense business
instead Of the dirty details Of s.. PsarI
! ward politics.
II tie DemocIatic State Centrsl Com
, miatee viii inst make Pit Kelly perma-
sest chairman, and keep the Gabriel
Rayel u IL Dispatch % he feDee per.
nanea1ly. thsre Willie sc,ne hope oI
u lG1eelin9 llGGair.