St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-17
Degenerated Republicanism.
Especial Correspondence of the Globe


SPRING VALLEY, July 15.-Yesterday after
noon it was rumored that Milo White was in the
city engaged in packing caucus for which no
proper notice had been given through the col
umns of the Vidette, nor in any other usual way
to reach the voters of Spring Valley township.
IN the evening the purchased strikers, who
afterwards claimed to number thfrty-eight, in
Guiding Greenbackers, Democrats and Republi-
cans, and all of whom reside in the city, were
seen filing into public hall
VIM. Loucks, Esq, happened to be in the city
from his farm in the townships he had been
chairman OF the township board for some years,
and he mistrusted that political steal of the
township was about to be made, and he with q
few other Republicans hunted up j. D. Farmer
to lead them into the den.
There they found the postmaster (who had boon
pledged to the support Of Hon. Thos. II. Arm
strong) C. G. Edwards and their hireings under
their limping guard, with their thin lips smiling
the smile Of two years ago, in obedience to the
winks and blinks Of their masters.
Hon. j D. Farmer then took the floor and in
sisted that a caucus drummed together in such
hasty and irregular way and under such iniu-
ence did not and could notrepresent the feelings
and wishes of the Republican voters of Spring
Valley township, and was q very unfair and a
very unjust way of claiming that the voters of
the whole township had employed them to appear
of the county convention to do the business of
said township.
He insisted that they would be claiming rights
and obtaining privileges by fraud and under false
pretences, which if promptly prosecuted and
properly adjudicated would send every one of
them to the penitentary. John King, DR.. Thorn
hill, C. j. Lampson, c, o. Howard, VIM Far
mer, L. M. Ashley, Elba Henderson, II. Jorris,
Chas. Robson, A. r. Holman and several other
life long Republicans came forward and support
ed the words and thoughts of the speaker.
Mr.. VIM. Loucks then took the floor and moved
that they adjourn their meeting until the next
evening, and that notice be sent out of the city
and over the township to the Republican voters
to come in and give their expression about who
should be delegates to the county convention and
under what instructions they should go. The
motion was seconded promptly and as promptly
voted down By the hirelings, who claimed that it
was their caucus and that their bosses should be
the delegates. If Milo White Is to be presented
as candidate for congress by delegates made in
such way from all or any of the petty villas in
Fillmore county well as from other counties in
the district, then may God have mercy upon the
slaves of farmers and the masses of the people
who are thus ruthlessly robbed of their
rights as freeman and as voters. When the
bosses of my party, be it township party or
county party, or the party of congressional dis
trict, commit such damnable robberies OF the
people within its own ranks, and become so cor
rupt and reckless about the rights of the people,
there is but one remedy left to wit. march direct
IL across the line and vote for the Democratic
candidate whoever he may be.
The house will have q Democratic majority
anyway and it will do the country no harm to
concide to it one more vote coming from the
First COMPRESSION district of Minnesota
Humiliating as such confessions and such
proposition may be to Republicans, including
the writer hereof who has ever been and hopes
to always be @ Republican, they are nevertheless
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