Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-15
Reply to "A German"

the Democratic convention, We are
not aware that anybody is in a hurry.
or that any definite actor has been
taken toward peoples movement.
But people will talk when they want
to, and when We found that they were
talking of peoples movement We
simply recorded it as a bit of news.
1t might be well to state, however,
that those who favor peoples ticket
are Of the following opinion:
They believe that the date fixed
by A. j. Clark for the meeting of the
Democratic County convention (Oct.
l2.) was designed as a means to kick
out the German element. The date is
fixed so late that it would be impossible
to organize an opposition Movement af-
terwards the Republican ticket would
already have been made up and would
not fit peoples movement, and the
Germans would thus be forced to sup
Fort the straight Democratic ticket,
whether it suited them or not. Clark,
being chairman of the committee, was
allowed to fix the dates to suit himself,
and neither the members Of the COM
mittee nor anybody else saw the real
animus of the affair until afterw ards.
The members of the committee were
not to blame, but Clark very plainly
saw that the Germans would not sup>
port ticket in which they were ig-
nored, if they had time to organize.
The above is the opinion that many
entertain, which we believe is correct
with tho exception that Clark was
probably willing at that time to sup
port the claims of the Germans, if they
happened to be the highest bidders for
his influence. But he wanted things
in such shape that fraud could be
practiced If necessary, and he fixed the
dates accordingly. We believe that a
county convention was never held
here before at so late date; and as
soon as Clark's move was made public
the people thought they could see the
outlines Of good sized niger in the
wood>pile. And in order not to leave
ray Of doubt as to the identity OF
said niger, Clark had it arranged for
all the town caucuses to be held at 2
O'Clock on the previous day, so that the
nominations mi ght be made before the
discovery Of the plot. Clark did not
use much intelligence in fixing the
thing up, for it bore the evidence of
fraud on its face; and many of the old
line Democrats have no doubt but
what certain parties will carry out the
plan as originally laid. Clark's ar
1angement to have all the Democratic
caucuses and the county convention
complete their business within period
Of tventy-too hours, showed that fraud
was intended. The other members of
the committee should not be and are
not held responsible for this arrange
| ment, because Clark, taking advantage
of the courtesy extended to him as
chairman, by the use of unlimited
cheek succeeded in having everything
his own way. There is general iu'-
preston among the people that Clark
was not alone in this matter, but that
he was acting in the interests of cer>
tain Office seekers. The impression
certainly exists, whether correct or
not "A German" will probably see
by the above why many people regard
the action Of the next Democratic
county convention as already determ-
ined, and are not disposed to wait un>
til a few days before election to see
what that convention will do.