Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-06

that she proposes to be elected in hope
lessly Democratic district on the Republi
can ticket by purchasing for money suff
cient number of Democratic votes, that is
I: votes which would otherwise go to his Cd
, ponent without money or reward being
used to obtain them. Now, this is no idle
talk. The money for the purchase of the
votes referred to has been and is beinn
, used, and amounts to some hundreds of dol
lars.
4 u.an must indeed be Of high position
aud character a0hO can be elected by such
means, and be acithout stain aud acorthy o,
the admiration of his Jello,v citizens.
For my part, prefer Mccarthy with all
of his alleged sins. :.
D And while I am on this subject it is per-
haps as well to discuss for moment. all
his talk of Democratic corruption and po-
iiticaI de1auchery. Strange as it IS get
little tired of it, that is, cnce and awhile.
Of course I know but little of those things
end can't quite explain them all, and when
able editors, merchants, bankers and
railroad presidents, ct id omne, cry out
about the canaille and voting cattle and
corruption. I feel sad to think that our
liberties are ct the mercy ;of
the ignorant voter. SO tried to find out
why the voter was so bad and corrupt.
Why he sold his vote, etc. Well, re-
cent occurrence in the lower part OF
the city threw some light on it.
A ,r,,ber IF mar, raoanfJx or-;vol frov,,
the widest and most savsge part of Ire
land, known.as the Connemsrra. Few of
them speak English; none of them can
read or write. They have not been in the
United States two years. Last week a
prominent Democrat, God save the mark,
who is openly working for the election of
the Republican ticket at so much per day
or per vote, naturalized seventy-f five of those
men. They will all vote the Republican
ticket and for tioiag so receirc so much per
lead. Ask them their politics, they will
say they are Democrats, but they vote for
Republicans because they have been paid
to do So and are paid so much per vote.
Now these men are wholly and densely ig-
norant They never voted before and
have not had the slightest instruction on
the subject or as to what is the nature or
character of the act they perform in cast
ing their ballots, or their duties to the
state or the laws governing ele ctio1ls.
Their first lessor: in american politics is
that their ballot is q T,rchasa6te article
to be openly sold to the highest
bidder for cash, and that
lesson IS taught to them tciifulEy aud delib-
erateta by TIE Republican candidate for
congress, because being -avealthy he can
spare lie money better than lis time, end
aruI .aOt come in contact ,ciHi the cattle lie
has bought.
And yet We ere told he is an honorable
man, and that we of the Democratic party
are corrupt men, unworthy of public con-
fdence. Well, was going TO lose my
temper and cry out whitening curse upon
such practices, but won't. Perhaps it
can be palliated or excused in some way,
but 1 would not like my boys to hear
those things and then come and ask me
if participants or perpetrators of such acts
were honest men. think am Democrat;
that is, as understand it, but if the men
who call themselves such and are now, as
have stated, working either against the
congressional or county ticket, or the indi
vidual candidates,are entitled to the name,
then / am not. A DEMOCRAT.