Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-11
THE FIFTH DISTRICT.

"Will you walk into my parlor9" said the
spider to the fly;
ut is the prettiest little parlor that ever
you did spy"
Charley Gilman's letter to Kindred
which is printed in full elsewhere, is
unique specimen of cheek. Having been
overwhelmingly defeated in the county
conventions he proposes to call to his aid
laundering Gordon and his satraps of the
State Central committee, and submit the
question of regularity for the sake of
harmony" He not only signs his own
name, but adds those of Knute Nelson and
Graves, who, he says, are In accord
with him.
OF course they are. They know that
Kindred has a majority of the uncon-
tested delegates to Detroit and having
sounded the State committee they have
devised this plan to cheat him out of his
victory. The gang that Mr.. Kindred
has to deal with are "heads l win, tails
you lose'' party. They are the same
crowd who proposed an arbitration on
the regularity" question between Don
nelly and Hubbard in 1868. They sup
posed they had the matter all ''fixed'' to
arbitrate Donnelly out of the way, but
when it resulted in Hubbards retirement,
they repudiated the whole deal and hired
Gen. Andrews to run as boiling can
didate. If Kindred should be so unwise
as to fall into the trap 1--WE credit him
with too much common sense) he could
gain nothing. The political sharpers
who are endeavoring to play the con-
fidence game on him, know beforehand
the probable decision, and if there should
be slip in the programme, as
there was in 1868, they would
repudiate the whole deal, and
devise some scheme to still run a boiling
nominee. The old gang will not allow
Kindred to go to Congress if fair means
or foul can prevent.
The Republicans are SO strong in theFIfth
district, that even with two candidates
in the field there is no prospect of Dem
ocratic success, and the GLOBE, there
fore, can view the scramble without DO
l:tical bias. Mr.. Kindred stands as the
representative of the younger,
progressive clement of the Re-
publican party. He is new
man in politics and Independent of the
rings and combinations which have so
long predominated in Minnesota. No one
who desires the best interests of the State
advanced, independent of political con-
siderations, can fail to sympathixe with
the Kindred wing in the Fifth district.
lie represents new deal, and if success
full will bring to the front The active. in
telligent American population, who have
of late years conceded that they have no
rights which Scandinavian is bound to
respect.
The st. Paul ring has been fighting
Kindred. The Minneapolis ring is fight
ing him. The st. Cloud ring Is fighting
him. The Duluth ring is fighting him.
The Pine Land, and other jobbing rings,
with ramifications throughout the state,
are fighting him. Heis making gallant
and plucky contest, and deserves, and is
receiving the popular sympathy in his
district. lie was early in the field
and secured a number of counties before
his opponents began to wake up. They
were astonished that any one should
have the temerity to go counter to ring
rule and Immediately began their bull
doing and boiling tactics. Mr. Kindred
has very properly met bolt with bolt, and
the result is that he has seventeen
straight uncontested delegates to Knute
Nelson's seven, while Gilman and Graves
have no uncontested seats.
There seems to be but one course left
for the honest portion of the convention.
which is to meet in Detroit tomorrow.
and that is, to appeal the issue directly to
the people. The ring politicians will at.
tempt to hoodwlnk and cajole Kindred
into some trap, for they have no hope of
fairly defeating him IN convention. He
has no other recourse but to stand his
ground and leave the final arbitration. ia
the ballot box. The villainous abuse
of the Minneapolis Tribune, which is
the happy organ and the mouth-plece OF
the most scoundrelly, plundering rings
In the state, is a notice to Kindred that
his only hope is where the people can sit
in judgment.
Democrats, as well as honest, sincere
Republicans, should unite in purging the
State of the combination of all of the
worst political elements which eyer cursed