The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-04
Demand. uasv,,snd's Withdrawal.

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& Demands olsvs,and's. withdrewal.
Tho New York 1ndependenthss kbardored
the Independents, md in . double leadsd edi-
torial, demands the Withdrawal Of ClSvelanl
On account Of the Buffalo scandal Hshsis
hsy article compiets;
- THE cR1sB OF OUR DUTY.
We published last week in our correspeh4
ence columns = communication ffoR Dia
Kinsley Twining, ono of our editothr gsh,
giving the result of his investigate pSin fe9Srd
to the Clevel4ld scandal. Thegaye 5ndse.
ous part Of this scandal, which Is declared hSss
found to DO true is that which imp pei:
,sonal impurity to- Mr. Cleveland in Us specific
instance that has como Ia, tie. ,knaaledge Of
the. public We can not in view Of all the
facts, resist .the conclusion that his
part of the scandal is true, and this
squite enough, to determine our course. The
charge came upon MS wholly unex-
pected, and with the sudden stunning force Of
a thunderbolt out Of a clear sky None:1 ab
more surprised and overwhelmed by it than
the governors. .fr1ands and intimates- among
the Independents of Buffalo, and it was case
that called for thorough and fearless investiga
tons: That we felt this in every fibre, ana
that ne intaIded to impress this fceli1g on p1f
4ea9ers, a6dto hold ourselves absolutely fde
to act.aA circumstances required, is ths simple
truth, and our silence as to the Cleveland nom-
nation from that day was intended We uttor-
" rsGAee % sccept two standa9esag Eacter.
We rePudia'e with 9entempt .the foctrt6e that
au Rssh' No. b. Rssa HI ass SS
went on the recognition Of this principle.
sxe,wip not h.. sleyt 10 gixe saxtses III con:
tliticns have wholly Changed since tho 1nde-'
dendent conference. Then we we're ready with
we tlSn believed honat3 sraformer, Grover
Cleveland. Now, without ono word in deroga-
ton Of his record az governor of this state, our
enthnsiasnA, is wiped out by the discovery 81
tlle acknowledged and fwful facts. W. henc4
desire to have all our featlels plainly undert
stand once'for all, that whatever has been said
favorable to the election of, Coy. ACleyeland,
was said prior to the recent sick6ni1g disclos.
nres in regard to his private character, which
have Justly shocke1-the moral sense of oil pure
GRs The attempt fnsp neHn IT,
would, in our opinion, disgrace the
party which nominated him and tho whole ma
ton if he should be selected. We have no
hand or voice in helping on this matter, let the
consequences be what they may, and We will
not advise the rea;iers of the Independent to
smother their consciences and disgrace them
selves by engaging directly or indirectly IN.
any saeh> lpevssneatsHsWeyepe pew Cd ious
s'ssty esP ssssS a1
now, in the face of threatening evils and perils,
plunge into deeper gulf by any seeming in
diAe1ence as to the private character of one
who:has been nominated to fill the highest
w say no! thousand times, no!
Gov. Cleveland should positively decline to be
q candidate, and Withdraw immediately from
ths eanvssssand be epmPNleds toAo SO # it is
through it's chosen representatives should then
reconvene and select u new ticket that will CON-
nland the hearty SUPPORT ofathe PEOPLE Of, all
parties There IS time enough to do this, and
there is no hope or safety in any other course.
or to atttemp xo to e. indy
judgment, be an insult to tho Ruler of nations,
sure death to the Democratic party, including
also its leaders, and an everlasting disgrace to
'1 y r g ,.ee Z: :: e z
Senatorial contests~
The congressiopsl conamitteesdf both par
ties, especially of the RepublicS1 patty, Sare;
preparingto giR considerable attention i11the::
coming campaign to the election Of ;ieglsla-
lures which are to choose senator's. Already
the field has been. thoroughly 1oQkadss oYer. and
the situation pretty carefully ! disgnosed-
eleven Republicans andsfourteen Democrats
sdap theis bfuua d afiae oh theS 4th Of
March next The Repu blicans who go out arc
Cameron Of Pennsylvania, Cameron Of Wis
consfng Morrill, Of svermpns ~Laptan of New
York, Blair of New HAM pshire, Jones of Ne
vada, Ingalls, Of Kansas, Allison of Iowa,
Logan of Illinois, Platt of Connecticut
and Hill of : COLORADO. It is pretty
Welt understood here Inst Cameron Of Pc nm
sylvanis, will desire reelection, and that
snch desire on his part is equivalent to an
election. Senator Morrill, If vermont will, of
course, return Senator Blair of New Hamp-
shire would like to come back, but to do this
he will have to be up pretty early in the morn
ing, for Secretary Chandler is looking to that
less ss eoR bse % s Sa9 81 IOWA. o'H
name Of the Hon. Andrew Shnman, chief editor
Of tile Chicago journal, who has had d good
deaf of political experience, is being mentioned
for Logan's place. Congressman Farwen
who was in the Forty Sixth and Forty Seventh
80" AfoA0AS~', AAAA6"O PAo'" o'A
OF the fourteen Democrats, whose terms ex-
pire, five have already been attended to by the
election of successors to Williams, of Kentucky;
J Jonas, of Louisiana 4Groome, of Maryland; and
Pendleton, If Ohio. En- Missouri it Unexpected
there is likely to be a pretty hot fight over the
Legislature. Congressman Calklns, the present
for governor of that state, has an eye
On the senatorship, and should he succeed in
carryingthe state and legislature for the Re-
Rublic"ns, he will be likely to be elected as
publicans believe that they will elect legis.
lature and Republican, successor; to Senator
Farley On the other hand, the DEMOCRATS
claim to be confident of carrying New York
and Nevada, so as to send Democratic success
sors for the Republicans now representing
Florida it is expected that the present occu-s
pants, Will Be returned In North lCarolina
there is to be strong effort to carry the 1egis-
lature and elect q Republican senator in place
of Senator Vance. 1t is pretty certain that
Republpans and that Of the he fourteen Retiring
Democrats, eleven will be succeeded by
Democrats leaving three Republicans and
thfee Dempcras Sdeubtful. gThe1 senate;
NOW stands Z . thirty eight Repnblcans
thikty six .Demoorats and two Resdj usters
~so vote y sh II, the Rspab!csns sIhsRspqBo
eleyen who are to retire next March will re-
duce the hdmhn 10 tHeatJehipe Add to these
the eight certain Republican successors of re-
firing members, and the number would be
thirty seven, The gain that has been made in
Oregon increases the number to thirty EIGHT,
or just half the senate. So that if even the
Democrats were to carry the legisla lures of all
the doubtful states there would bea tie Should
they do this and the Democratic president and
vice president be elected, the Vices presidents
vote on { tic you'd make the senate Dem
ocratic. The probabilities are, sof course, that
not all OF the states classed as s'doubtful' will
elect Democratic legislatures, and the chances
are that the senate will be Republican by about
the present ma jority. - sIss ~ 81.
= = nfshs4 H4.sest. y
Henry L Dawes, 6nised States senator from
Massa chuetts, says: 81 had been in congress
six years when Mr.. Blsine came into public
life, and have known him from that day to
this intimately, both in his private life and in
his public course. I have watched his career,
and think that am able to judge whether a
man ia honest in public life or moi, and L should
be false to my duty and to the truth i'll did not
declare NY solemn conviction. that there is no
man in public life; whose public; and p1rivate'
character is more free from stain than Mr..
hays k1ownihifm Thoroughly. Ilgye
with Nm and ~sinltered with him
have been on infinite terms of frien6ship Wfth