Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-30
NUMBERz2S9.

committee. When I told Mr. Fletcher
the character of the notice had received. he
affected establishment, and said that "he must
De Grey; that the great fire had deranged him"
Like Hamlet, there was q method in his mad
ness. In his open letter to the Pioneer. Pres,
he doesn't put in the plea of insanity, as he
did to me before the other members of the con-
mittee, but said, with what must think char
acteristic regard for truth, that he s:slways
gave such notices." He reminds me of the
tipsy fellow who fell down stairs, and scorr-
fully rejected offers of assistance, saving he
''allus came down stairs that way' This
meeting was surrounded with secrecy. At Min
neapolis found no one that knew of the meet
ing. The newspapers made no mention of it.
Leander Gorton late member of the legisla-
ture who was on the train, knew nothing of it.
1t has always been the usage of committee
IN st. Paul to have general meeting, embrac-
ing leading Republicans outside the commit
tee, to advise in regard to time, etc.. of hold
ing the convention.
PACKING THE COMMITTEE.
1t was manifest thai the absence and pres-
ence of members, the proxy etc., were, DELHI
erately planned to pack the committee Mr.
Campbell was an ardent supporter of DR..
Stewart in the convention that nominated. him.
aud was put on the committee as a friend of
brace different personal and local interests
within the party. He came into the meeting
while VIC were in session. He spoke of having
to leave the city at 3i5 P. NJ. The committee
was through with its business at that hour. If
an earlier hour would have suited
him, it could have been arranged,
No; he 'cas got out Of the 1ray to find
some one more sergiceable. Mr.. Slet-
ton should at least have sent proxy to some
independent and fair-minded Republican. Mr.
Sabin. of Saltwater, for instance, so as to have
made more nearly n full committee That was
not desirable for Mr.. Fletchers purpose. The
conveniently small number of three would NOT
have been majority. The death of Mr.. Bra
den had reduced the committee to six. No
meeting should have been held without this
number in person or by proxy.
NO REPUBLICAN BOUND by IT.
1t is the most familiar maxim of law that
FRAUD YITIATES ANY TRANSACTION. I
egard the secrecy which surrounded this move
ment the character of the notice received.
the ,ifest PACKING OF THE COMMIT
TEE, the gross injustice of the action taken the
whole, AS A FRAUD ON THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY Of the district and that NO ONE IS
BOUND BY 1T.
DR.. Stewart stands not in his own right and
interest in this matter; but>as representing the
party, its purity and the fairness of dealing
with it. THERE ARE WORSE THINGS
THAN DEFEAT EITHER OF PERSON OR
PARTY. EVIL PRACTICES, CORRUPTION.
PUSILLANIMITY AND TAMELY SUBMIT
TING TO WRONG, ARE GREATER EVILS. I
do not de'iepe IN submitting to such chicane,y.
am not the adviser of DR.. Stewart; I have
never sustained any intimate relations with
him; have had communication with him
whatever since he has been in Washington. All
l ask for him is far play and honorable dealing.
Ii Dir. Washburn is the first choice of major
lty of the Republicans of this district went
HIM to have the nomination. But the particle
pant in the fruits of fraud Is as bad az the
perpctrator. If Mr.. Washburn accepts and
profits by this chcancry, lie is not entitled to the
cote ot'a Republican in hedtst,ict. l will not
believe him capable of it.. He will rot sully
the fair name he bears by enjoying any of the
fruit of this petty rascality.
The game of politics, at best, is not the
most pure and elevated; BUT IT WILL.
LEVEL OF BUNKO AND THREE-CARD
MONTE DEALING.
feel justly indignant and outraged by the
effort to make me a PARTY TO THIS FRAUD;
by the reiterated and CUMULATIVE FALSE
HOOD, which seeks to make the committee as
a whole responsible for the CHICANERY of
one.
Witness this from Mr.. Fletcher letter, refer
ring to himself as ''being only one of the FIVE
who SO unanimously recommended the action
taken" When there was no one thing in the
action of the committee that was unanimous
(The vote on the McCann resolution cannot be
called SO, for disssnted and only yielded to
move reconsideration, when / saw that it was
part of general scheme of unfalrness1. On
every other question the vote was two to three.
If the committee was 80 unanimous, why
the effort to suppress publication of the pro-
ceedings?
Mr.. Fletcher requested Mr.. searles, the sec
rotary, after had left the room, to not give
publicity to the proceedings.
have spoken plainly. It is case calling
for utter plainncss Of speech and directness of
statement. w. II. MARSHALL