Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-12
THE DEMOCRATIC POLICY.

Justification for Standing Firm, and HAHN
tanning Principle.
To the Editor of the Globe.
Since the final adjournment of Congress-
the Republican press has been bowling as if
some terrible calamity had befallen the coun-
try. The responsibility of failing to pass
the appropriation bills, and thus creating a
necessity for an extra session, is thrown
upon the Democrats. The charge is too
barefaced to deceive any man of ordinary
intelligence, even if he gets the proceedings
of Congress through Republican source.
1t is true that the Republicans claim to have
made some concessions and that the oppo-
sition stood firm and made none whatever
but the points conceded were, according to
their own evidence, of no importance to
them. Therefore, they were no concessions
at all, for the matter which caused the disa-
greement was the only one for which they
cared, and that point was simply this A
law stands upon the statute books providing
for the appointment by federal authority
of supervisors of election. Their work has
been done, not in the interests of the public,
but in the interests of the Republican party.
They have sWarmed in those northern States
considered as doubtful. Hundreds of inno-
cent voters have been prevented from cast
ing their ballots by these creatures of cor
rupt and declining party. Illegal detention,
trumpet up charges and kindred frauds have
been practiced whenever it was necessary to
carry doubtful precinct. Thousands of
dollars have been used as corruption fund
and distributed through the instrumentality
of these officials. Hence, instead of preserv-
ing the liberty and privileges of voters, this
law became an aid to the worst kind of DO
litical corruption. The Democrats demanded
the repeal of this lava law highly charac-
teristic of it's authors, for there is nothing
In which your average Republican statesman
is more enthusiastic than in preaching polit-
ical morality to others. It is in the eternal
fitness of things that we should sit at the feet
of these Immaculate apostles of the visiting
statesmen and returning board class and
learn of them how to preserve the purity of
the ballot-box. It was to them sstowering
assurance as read in one of their papers,
that the Democrats insisted that several hun
dred thousand dollars of the peoples money
should not be paid to a gang of rascals ap-
pointed by fraudulent President for the
purpose of destroying the freedom of cleo
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Towering assurance - forsooth! Why, it
is the very apex of assurance, the sublimity
of cheek on their own part, to maintain such
a law and charge the defeat of the appropri-
alton on the opposition.
No less impudent is the claim that the
repeal of the law was tackled on the appro-
priation bills for partisan purposes. The
passage of it would in truth be defeat of a
partisan scheme-a destruction of an impor-
tant cog wheel in the rickety machine of an
unpopular party.
For one, I am glad that the majority in the
lower house of Congress has shown the back
bore which they have always seemed to lack.
1t is about time for them to emerge from
their condition of imbecile feebleness and
maintain justice and the rights of the
people.
AS for the onslaught made ucon the prin-
ciple of lacking such measures on the appro-
priation bills, we may rest easy. The Re-
publicans have given us sufficient number
OF precedents for it, and we merely remind
them of the old adage, cit is poor rule that
will not work both ways. T. E. Bowen.
Sleepy Eye, March 6.