Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-09-11
What the Republican Papers say
of Their State Ticket, =, ..

Unless We are very much mistake,
some parts Of that ticket will have .
hard time squeezing through.
From the Princeton Union. e
The democrats of Minnesota are 20
ing to nominate a strong ticket anc
make a, despera ate effort to elect thei,
nominees. M ark this prediction.
From the Litohh,ld News-Ledger.
For the first time since we have beer
in the State, the proceedings of the
Republican State convention have
been, to soy the least, disgracetal te
the party.
From the sagk Centre Herald.
To shutone's eyes to the political
events Of tie past week, by which the
Republican party not only Of Stearns
but Of the entire state, has been shak>
en-, from center to circumference
would argue'that the Herald is either
devoid Of average perception or lacked
independence and backbone.
From the Alexandria Post.
The state republican convention
met, organized, wrangled, juggled
bull dozed, affiliated, split.up, harmon
lied, squabbled, sold out, bought>up
traded, dickered, intrigued, glorifed
undermined, soft>soaped, platformed
re>ratifed, ex>bloviated, and adjourned
after nominating the following state
ticket.
From the Saltwater Messenger.
The convention was the most disor.
derly ever held IN Minnesota, and was
a disgrace to the party, as it would
have been to any party. No one is
satisfied with the ticket as a whole
and it is generally conceded to be the
weakest and least meritorious ticket
ever nominated by the Republicans of
Minnesota.
From the Hastings Gazette.
By dint of the most unscrupulous
trading the hackers of Gov. Pillsbury
were enabled to secure both the organ.
ization and his denomination, but when
it came to the other places they were
unable to make good their pledges, and
a great deal of dissatisfaction natural
ly exists among the friends of the de-
feated candidates.
From the Peoples Advocate.
The Republican State convention
held at the capitol on Tuesday, seems
to have been made up of all the dis
oordant elements in the party, and its
proceedings partake more of the ma
ture Of a band of roughs gathered to
witness prize fight, than that of pru>
dent men assembled to deliberate in
regard to the welfare ofthe State.
From the St. Cloud Journal Press.
The Republican State Convention
which met at st. Paul on Tuesday was
a gathering remarkable for its turbu>
lence aud for the lack of wisdom
which characterized too great a part
OF its proceedings. At times rowdy>
ism held high carnival, and there was
a reckless trading for several impor.
tant offices where every interest ex.
cept those of individuals or locality
was lost sight of.
From the Grand Meadow News.
The Republican party in this State
had better be careful, or it will go to
pieces by its own weight. It can't
survive many such conventions as the
one held at St. Paul Tuesday. X X \
We have no space for details this week,
but hope that the discomfort in the
ranks at present, occasioned by the
mistakes of the convention, if such
they really prove to be, may not result
disastrousl ly to the party.
From the St. Paul Dispatch.
Perhaps the Republican party of
Minnesota is strong enough to survive
the terrible strain of this unfortunate
business. We hope it is. But We
shall not lie about it, and say it has
suffered no strain. We shall not aver
that bad thing is good thing. We
shall not abuse our manhood nor de-
grade our party pride, by alleging as
blessing to-day, that which yester>
day we held to be shameful, injurious
and probably disastrous.
From the Stevens County Tribune.
The politicians have nominated
Gov. Pillsbury for third term. We
say ''the politicians have nominated"
him; this is the case because the peo>
pie have nothing to do or say in the
matter; a nomination is nowadays a
mere bargain and sale; the party or
individual with the longest purse takes
the persimmons. The people; or rath-
er the majority Of voters, take no In
terest in the primary meetings, and a
mere handful of politicians in each
county run the caucuses to suit them
selves, and the men by whom they are
employed. However, as far as J. s,
Pillsbury is concerned, he is no worse
than the rest, it is the same with all
the candidates; "the voice of the peo.
pie" has nothing to do with the mat.
ter !; it would if voters would take an
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