Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-06
SALTY TRUTHS.
"a Democrat" Indulges in Some
Vigorous Talk.
LOCAL SITUATION REVIEWED.
Something Which st. Paul Democrats.
Should Read and Profit BY.
To the Editor OF the Globe:

one which should attract the attention of
the party and lead either to rec,,Qariza-
IIo2 o. II Or an eHtire abandonment OF
party lines in our local elections. There
has rarely been presented to the party for
their support a county ticket which il lis
entirety presents so many capable and
wholly unobjectionable men as the present
one does, and which is so wholly devoid
of the professional political element; and
yet we hear OF many men, protested Dem
ocrats, who are openly opposing one CIR
more of the present candidates. This
condition OF things must be put stop to,
and at once, or the result will be that
every honorable and thinking man Will be
driven from the party either into the
ranks of the opposition Or an honorable
independence which Will at least save
him from the affection of political associa-
ton even in name,with a class Of men who
habituaily set at defiance every honorable
trust.
The time has come when at least so far
as our party is concerned, some attention
should be paid to the class of men who
without other qualification than their eff
frontery, are ha5itually demanding the
nominations to the most important Offices,
and who, failing in obtaining them, devote
their time to the aspersion of the men who
are nominated, and hire themselves at SO
much per head TO the opposition canli-
dates to secure the defeat OF the nominees
of their own party.
am particularly led to intrude these
views upon You by reason of the condition
Of things in the present contest fo- sheriff.
For the first time in many years We hare
nominated for the Office a man against
whom HIS worst enemy cannot cast
one word Of reproach or
Islander, concerning either MS
private or public character, a lifelong
resident Of this city himself, and every
member Of his family have been eminent
for the profession and practice of
every honorable trait and virtue which
makes a good and reliable citizen and man.
One who is credit to himself and the
community in which he lives. For many
years he has been tire trustee of the wishes
VI ChC OcdO. Ss1lSl VI VIC lnlCfSSDS
of the widow and orphan, and I
only express the knowledge of every
man who has been brought in contact
with him, when I say that it is unques-
toned that he has administered the duties
of that Office with fidelity only equaled
by one of his predecessors, a present
judge of the district court. It is not too
much to assume that he Will bring to
his duties as sheriff the same fidelity
and integrity, which the office now so
sadly needs. He is not the leader or mem
Der of any faction or cabal. He has no
disreputable friends To favor or enemies
to attack. There are no incidents connect ed
with his public or private career which
make him the slave of any man or set of
men, and there are no acts of his in his
candidacy which any of his supporters
need to blush for or conceal. His election
will dignity, and more tAan all, deedorize
the Office for which he has been no minated.
How sadly it needs botn, all thinking or
observant citizens well know.
Now. in this condition on affairs. we are
again confronted by the spectacle of men
who claim to be prominent members of
our party. openly or covertly opposing
our nominee for sheriff, and entirely with
out reason. What then can be their mo
tive: 1t is either that they do not want
capabde and honest man to fill that i'm
portant Office, or they are bought by
money to oppose him, and have sold them
calxoc 10 tho T.
they forfeit their party rights, and
the further right to associate
with men of ordinary decency, and I ask
Of you that you see to it that they are
treated according to their deserts, and
their names publicly proclaimed, that hon
est men may avoid them. The same COLI
dition of things is true of the contest for
auditor, pretended Democrats either Sc
cretly or covertly working for the Repub-
Gcan candidate, who is not only
inefficient but wholly incapable of admin
istering that Or any other office. A news
paper reputation of any kind is easily OBJ
tanned, and the opposition press now daily
teens with assertions of Mr.. McCardy's
unexampled fitness for his Office. What
are the facts He has been three times cited
before the district court, and compelled by
it to do what was his plain duty to
do. He has been twice cast in dam
ages in actions brought against
him for refusals to do his duty, and that he
has not further wilfully blundered is
due solely to the fact that he has not had
the opportunity. If, as it is said, he has
succeeded in establishing community of
interests with the class of Democrats which
have been adverted TO, it and only adds to
his qualifications, for the motive of each
must be sinister and corrupt. We have
also been lately treated to several power
full editorials on the legislative contest in
the Second and Sixth wards, in which it is
asserted that the Democratic candidate is
a felon, ballot box suffer, etc, etc. Let
US look for moment at the facts. Some
years ago political grand jury indicted
all the election judges, Democratic and
Republican, for a technical violation of
our election law. Some of them were
charged with ballot stufiing. The charge
was that particular individual was
excluded from the voting room and that
one of the judges, Mccarthy. I think. had