Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-14

The following communication was crowded
out of yesterdays GLOBE. Since then Dem
ocratlc State Central Committee has been
appointed, which fills the bill desired by our
correspondence GLOBE
tsave We n Democratic Party In Ainne-
sofa
TO the Editor of the Globe:
Ii recol ect tightly, about week ago there was
assembly Of gentlemen In st Paul who nomiu-
ated Gen W johnson for governor, and her
worthy gentlemen for other state offices. The kup-
position that wore to try to elect these men
But funeral and gho tly stiffness has perva1ed
he atmosphere ever since. We hear nothing Of Any
intent III to organize q campaign. We hear moth pg
of State Central committee with q head and Q
heart to it, who duty Is to give the .st bngle
b asst which will call the Democratic hosts to their
feet and set them in battle array We read of ever,
thing N our Dem ocrahc organ exc pit Dem
ocracy, and yet this is the 18Th day
Of October, and the election comes of early in No.
vember. Hence! inquire have We q Democratic
party in Minuesots7 hope the GLOBE will answer
For if have, it will bs encouraging to know 1t II
We have not, We can look to some velier for
some party or other to vote with and for.
There is no diguisng the fact that there is . very
vide difference between the way the Democrats in
this .tate generally manage their cam, aigns, and
With 5000 majority In their favor in this district tne
Republicans had hvey and active
lighting campaign. washburn went out in person,
aud every stump In the district resounded
with the quencs Of their best speakers in favor of
Repub an p inciples. Democracy was arrsigBer
b fore the people. Aud Democracy with it's It'll
aunt absurdlties let Judgment go by default With
our lea ers concluded that no work, no spe .kiag
nece sary.
NO On of life was seen. nothing to indics,e that
Va had party. The result was the rank and fls
sering signs Of life In the party. fe no encour-
sament, lost hops and interest and stsd ut home
election day Or voted outright for the party that
howed terprise and spirit enough 70 make . cam
paign And instead Of 5,00D maj pity, We were
gnomiDiously buried under q MAORI of 5000
so what the still hunt policy loads to- On
he co tary Donnelly, with loss than $1,000, made ,
vely campsig the term before, had discussion and
aspeaking, raft ing campaign and carried the dis
ict but was ated by the cash and the bulldoz
of Washburn, which cheated him out Of his Mime
Apolis vote.
Had the Same policy been pursued when or gal
lsut standard bearer, Gen. 8 bley. was put in the
held, Wsshburn would not to-day be misrepresent-
ng this district in congresS. But there was
no speaking. aud no life, and judgment went against
Now really there Is far lesa work to do to carry
the state this fall than we had to do whom Donn-ly
rau to carry his district The majority to over
om- is pr. portions ly not nearly large, and the
Republicans not nesrly veil united. Gen
Johnson ran be eec'ed governor and the state re-
deemet, il We will even now inaugurate an agRres-
siv-, lively and rafting campaign, with all our best
peakers on the stump and even partial organizs-
ton. Ohio had 100, o. majority ONE against the
Democracy, and yet By hard fighting they redeemed
the state, ana have elected governors and Uni cd
states senators often since With about 600 honest
maj rity against us in Minnesota, fold arms.
and make no effort to commend our principles to
The people, We do not deserve to win and never
will until we show something Of the same spirit ana
energy displayed by our opponents. Even With tn cir
large MAORI they are raising money to put their
b st speakers on the stump. Let us do ssmething
also VI disband. HICKORY.