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The Land League Consider the Question
Last Night--An OfEer to Prove the
Charges of the ssGlobeY Declined-- -Reso-
lutions Passed Designed to1"yindicate''
Their President--In Reality the League
Assumes an Unnecessary Responsibility.
"A regular meeting Of the Central Land
league, was held last night President
Mac Carthy in. the chair. John BELL
reported the receipt Of $50 from Still
water and 81 from other places. The re,
port of the treasurer was accepted. Sec
retary Hogan reported balanceso On hand
of $l66.45. r y. .fss1ssp nsssR .st.zsa
The chair announced that the Officers
of the league were in an ante-room, COM
sidering important matters, and called
upon Maj. Newson for an address. After
continued applause the, latter came for
ward and made an inter esting address.
The speaker referred to the great princi-
Piles underlying the league, and expressed
the sentiment that measures were on foot
to revolutionize the complexion Of affairs
in the United Kingdom. Reference was
made to the Irish land bill in parliament,
and the hope expressed that the grand
principles upon which the Land league
rested might not be jeopardized by pre-
mature action. g. 4.hii3 H.~ts t-fi 80.
At this juncture Mr.. William Louis
Kelly, vice president of the league en-
tered the room, and was invited to take
the choir, that position being vacated by
Mr. Mac Carthy Mr.. Mac Carthy stated that
since the former meeting matters had
transpired, which it behooved the society
es had been made rejecting not only up
on himself, personally, but
as member of the league.
days issue of the GLoBE, alluding to his
with his reply to the same
An editorial was also read that ap-
peared in the following issue of the
| GLOBE, in reply to the refutation. He
then stated that the party making the
charges had been notified to appear and
substantiate them at the meeting
He understood that the editor of the
GLOBE had made a reply which was in
the hands of the officers.
Mr.. Kelly, vice president of the league,
then stated that upon reading the charg1
es he had conferred with the officers,
who had but one opinion,
| viz: that they were 4 false.
| The officers had decided to call On the
editer of the GLOBE, and had received an
| answer. M r
| Mr.. Kelly then read communication
from the editor of this paper, reiterating
| the charges against Mr.. MacCarthy and
explaining the charges at length. The fol-
| lowing is the communications:
THE CHARGES REITERATED.
ST. PAUL, May Z, 1881.
Hon. W. Z. Kelly, Vice President Land League;
! Dear Sir: lam informed by you that the of
| fcers or executive committee OF the organize
| tion you represent desire to know if ! have
any formal charges to make relative to stric-
| lures published in the GLOBE upon the presi-
| dent of the league. should not have as
sumed any right to bring newspaper criticism
before your honorable body, but in view OF
this request will briefly state the case.
| have neither criticised your organization
or made any charges against your league, and
/ desire to have you draw the line sharply, and
! fully understand that my criticism is upon an
officer of your body, whose course
was not dictated by the league
and / do not believe is approved
by your honorable body. The charge which
I made, and which / now reiterate,5 is that
Mr.. c. M. MacCarthy, who processes to be a
Democrat, made an agreementwith Gen. John
B. Sanborn, the Republican candidate for city
attorney, that he would use the influence of
| himself and friends to secure votes dor said
Sanborn, and that in case said Sanborn was
elected, be (MacCarthy) was to le-
ceiye at his hands the position
of clerk in the city attorneys office.
that he was able to make this agreement, not
as G. NJ. MacCarthy as an individual but as
q. M. Mac cCarthy, president OF the St. Paul
| Land league. In other words, that whether
or not there was any formal pledge on his
part, that he controlled the votes of the Land
league he was able to make the trade or agree
ment because he occupied that position and
that he well knew, and now knows that
Gen. Sanborn entered into the arrangement be-
your organization. ] have not .assum-
ed that there was a written COM
pact, duly executed with witnesses,
between Gen. Sanborn and Mr.. MacCarthy.
These little matters are not usually arranged
| in that manner. not only assume but know
and can readily prove that at number of the
voting precincts in this city it was the shibbo-
| leth Of Republican workers that "the land
| league is for Sanborn." When the first
Democratic ticket bearing Gen. Sanborn's
name was cast at the first precinct OF the Fifth
| ward, Capt Henry A. Castle exclaimed, "there
goes o land league vote" could cite much
more but will not weary you.
That the matter may be fully ventilated l
submit to your honorable bodythis proposition:
If you will call public meeting of your
land. league I will submit list
of witnesses / desire summoned to
prove the charges have here made. Two of
| the witnesses will be Gen. John B. Sanborn
and w. r. Sanborn, and, as q condition Of
my attempting to prove the charge, must
| have the agreement that they will be present
and allow me to question them. While shall
| hope all the witness will cheerfully respond, !
\ do not make the presence of any
others condition. AS there is no
process to compel the attendance of
witnesses leave the league to arrange its own
ray for securing their presence. Ii this in
yestigation is made will promise to demon
state to the satisfaction of the league and all
reasonable men, that the bargain herein de-
scribed was possible becauseiMr. MacCarthY
occupies the high and honorable position of
president of your league and on that account
alone.
So far from charging that the land league
made this political trade l hold the reverse,
and believe that if your league had had the
matter brought to its attention prior to the
| election you would have promptly repudiated
| it. ] understand that you are charitable,
and not a political organiza ton, and this
exposure is far more in your interest than in
mine. Ideemed it duty as apublic Journalist