Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-10-27
SOUND DOJTEINE!
The Truth, the Whole Truth, and
Nothing but the Truth!


Northwestern Chronicle, Oct. III
The state ticket i'll Minnesota for The
year SIS suggests some serious thought,
as to the political status which the
wire puilerS and the caucus leaders o.
the Democratic party usually allow tc
| Irish American votes. We premise
our remarks with the statement that
we find no fault with the principles oil
Democracy, and would be- sorry tC
east the le..s, GiScredit upon the party
50 far rs it e!nbodies those principles,
| We are dealing with men who cnvct
the spells Of the vi,:tory aad pNt Them
Sytvt, forward to lead llie party
through its battles. The state ticket
! al the present Year was plainly goete;!
! Hp with Il view - win 10y Stroig ap-
pc l. t. HE S"Hnil;iGa 81 separate
alto I2!it!cs. The organs ~ he DE- mo-
| chitic party mere t',an confess This
fac W. Ourselves total!Y&r' =. Os ii
! to proceeding 0i tGis kind. We vote
d Americans citizens, for the coin
anon veal 0i oar AHlgri,'an govern
ment, and, in loyalty n'h,' Alag " hi h
protected ~, ~ the cans itItinn which
secures to rs the right / suffrage, w.
should have Uut one single consider
alton before lis when we do Vnte--!hp
good OF our common government. To
vote in America for lriShmcn, or Il 81
mans, or Scandinavian-, or Ffriicli
men because they belong to one Or all
other OF these nationalities, is to pro.
claim that we are not citizens of
America, and that American lib@:ty
becomes with us means to advance
the interest of some foreign country.
The fitni SIS of the man for the office in
America should be the sole appeal for
Ourvotes which we wouldpermit. To eX
clude candidate because of his orig-
nal nationality would be an ac o ess
un-Amer. can and should be construed
as disloyalty. When man, of what
ever race he may come, is made n citi
zen of the United States he should
bear himself in all things us like IN
American citizen, and be unreserve: l.
accepted as such by all his fellow citi-
Zens.
The appeal however, to seperate
natienalities has been made by the
Democratic party, and in the light of
the appeal Irish-Americans can read
their assumed value in the Demo-
cratic political market. The candi-
date for Governor is a. Bierman, q
Scandinavian; the candidate for
State Treasurer is John Ludwig, q
German; the other candidates are
native Americans. Votes are needed
for the success Of the ticket. Due at
tention is required to secure them,
and the slate makers accordingly look
around for German. Scandinavian
and native American candidate. But
what of Irish American voters, the
everlasting followers of the Demo-
cratic party, who have borne for it
the heat of summer and the cold of
winter, who are ever ready to rally
around its banners in danger and de- |
feat as we'll as in its hours of hopeful |
ness aud victory? Oh don't mind |
the Irish, it is said; we own them and |
the mere crack of the party whip will |
bring them into line; no use is there |
to deprive ourselves of a portion Of our |
promised booty for the sake of the |
Irish. Not only is this the meaning |
of the action of the Democratic party |
in Minnesota for 1888 tOwarCs Irish |
it is the meaning of the |
party towards them always and every
W. ere. We call after ii IN tOthe factnow
because in present campaign the lead
ers have put forth their minds before
the public in more distinct and more |
colorings than they have
done for long time previously.
To their Irish dupes the Democratic
leaders now, as ever will prattle about
loyalty to party lines, strsct adherence
to principle, ect., etc. How they them
selves esteem loyalty to party and adj
herence to principles can be seen by
their maneuvering to catch the Scandi-
navians vote. The Scandinavian
population in Minnesota, it is we'll
known in SO cases out 100, has been
in the past unreservedly Republican.
To-day the Democratic cry to them is:
Vote the Democratic ticket; Bierman
IS a Scandinavian; his opponent,
is native American be
in America, and not
and let Republican party
principles go to the wind.
We challenge contradiction to our
statement that Irish voters very sell
ION and rather never receive Justice
,r fair treatment at the hands of the
Democratic leaders. Hence Irishmen
ire very barely found in high state or
rational position through the country.
The Republicans, of course, offer
hem no offices, because they oppose
he Republican party with their might
And the Democrats, feeling certain of
heir support whether they deal out to
hem kicks or kisses, waste no honors
n profits upon them. Even in ex-
eptional cases Irishmen have forced
ecognition of their claims upon the
,arty slate makersat the polls their
elbow Democrats have abandoned
hem and preferred to them a nom
IRISH Republican. We do not forget
he cases of Herman and Grace in New
York. The evil we Complain of is
PREVIOUS and Irislnmen owe it to their .
to apply Il remedy. The
natter rests with themselves. They
must either assert their own power in
uch plain manner that party lead
rs can no longer afford to overlook ,,
hem, or consent to be forever more !,
n the party the tame and servile
levers of wood and drawers of water =
Or the willy representatives. of other +
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