Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-30

hdo SO mucn venom thrust upon him be-
fore, and he especially denounced the st.
Paul Dispatch As the worst of any of his
traducers. A few sickly attempts at APP
plause were made, after which the meeting
adjourned.
B0TnGm at Pe4Nam.
Special Telegram to the Globe.
PERHAM, Mimi. Oct. 2s.-The great
est of enthusiasm prevails here
| at the present hour. The Democrats have
had grand rally arount the standard of
Hon. E. P. Barnunn, the Democratic candi-
date for congress. Early in the evening
| bontires were made, and salutes from the
cannons and two brass bands playing
| made Perham scene long to be remem-
| bered by the Democrats as well as the Re-
publicans of this place. This gathering
has stricken terror to the hearts of both
| Kindred and Nelson enthusiasts. The
meeting, which was the largest ever held in
Perham, was addressed by Mr.. Barnum, of
| Sank Centre, G. II. Duggins and Capt.
| speeches were to the point, and were. well
received by the hearers. A Barnum club
was organized apd at the present hour 1876
names have been enrolled, among which
were many Kindred men,two of whom were
delegates to the Kindred convention at De-
troit. One man from Leaf lake by the name
| of Dibbs came out and espoused Mr.. Bar
NUNS cause, and stated that he would not
vote for Kindred because he thought his
agents had offered him S1O0, but had failed
to make the payment. The
brass bands are still playing.
| Statement of Col. Johnston, Chairman Firth
District Committee.
1t is useless to deny the fact that in the
| contest now pending in the Fifth congress
sional district, much depends on the ques-
ton as to who was regularly nominated at
the Republican convention, held at Detroit,
July u, 1882.
Either Mr.. Kindred is the regular NOM
inee of the convention, or he is an agitator,
. bolter and fraud; and the same can be
said OF Mr.. Nelson. One is entitled to and
should receive the approval and support
Of the voters of the district, the other
should be sat down upon as a boiter-one
who is ready and willing to sacrifice the
Republican party. with all the hallowed as
sociatiOns which cluster about it, that he
may gain political preferment, even at
the expense of every principle of justice
and right. This question has never been
fairly met, but the truth has been distorted
and misrepresented by such venal sheets
as the Pioneer Press, Minneapolis Tribune,
and numerous other corruption sheets of
lesser light.
The Pioneer Press, speaking of the oppo-
nents of Mr.. Kindred, Immediately after
the convention. substantially admitted that
| Mr.. Kindred was the nominee and Nelson
| the boiler; but they then claimed that it
made no difference. Afterwards by pro-
| cess of reasoning peculiar to the editorial
| columns of that paper, agreed that Nelson
was the regular nominee, and consequently
Kindred was the bOlter, and as such had
no rights that the voters of the Fifth dis
trict were bound to respect. And this note
has been taken up and has been rung upon
by the: Minneapolis Tribune and the rest
of the minor subidized sheets in the dis
trict, who CROOKED the plant hinges of
| the knee, that thrift might follow fawn-
ing" in the interest of the Gilman-N Nelson
& Co.'s side show.
That the facts may be fully understood,
we give to the public, challenging the en-
emies of Mr.. Kindred to deny them or the
| conclusions to be drawn from them, viz:
that Mr.. Kindred is the regular nominee,
| and consequently the only legitimate :
publican candidate for congress in the
Fifth district.
Now, in the first place, the opposition
claim that Mr.. Nelson's nomination is reg
ular solely upon the ground that com
mittee has the right to remove its chair
| man, which on general principles of par
liamentary law is correct. But this case
was exceptional and did not come under
/ the general rule. Tie records of the state
central committee, whose power has been
recognized and admitted, will show that
Col. Johnston was named as chairman of
the district committee. and that that com
mittee recognized him as such. that his
| name was attached to the call for the con-
vention. and that having conceded the
higher power of the state central commit
tee they thereby waived any rights they
might therefore have had to change the
chairman, that pow er being vested alone
III the state central committee. AS amat-
ter Of fact their duties virtually ceased on
the PRONUNCIATION Of the call, and the chair
man need not again have called the com
mlttee together.s
An investigation of the instructions of
the state central committee in appointing
the chairman will show that it was their
purpose to meet such contingency as
arose, they believing that the chairman
would act impartially, and do all in his
power to prevent the committee and con-
.ventlon from being manipulated in the
interest of any partisan.
Again; it is not generally known that
two who acted with the committee as
members of the same were only substi-
tutes; and while it may have been the Gus
tom III this state to allow proxies. it is
clear to every man that on such commit
tee as this the power of substitution did
not exist, as no such right was given by
the authority which organized said com
mittee, and moreover, majority of the
committee were present without counting
the substitutes. and their votes were neces-
sary to accomplish the attempted removal
OF the chairman. Certainly it would be
preposterouS to believe that the state CEN
trail committee appointed Sletten and Cor