St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-05
THEMAsKERs uNNlAsKED.

If the OriginatorS of the foul ISLANDERS
against the officials of our city government
contained in an article in Sundays Pioneer
Press under the head of Astounding Dis
closures" and repeated in yesterday morn
ing's issue of that paper, have a particle
of shame or remorse for their villainOus
libels, after the thorough exposure of the
yillainy and the general denunciation of the
SANDER by the chamber of commerce yester-
day morning, these slanderers would do well
to initiate the example of Judas Iscariot
and go out and hang themselves. That
would be the most decent device they could
find to obscure themselves forever from the
scon of all honest and fair-lnind people
which they so richly deserve.
In this issue of the GLOBE will be found
a full report of the proceedings of the
meeting of the chamber of commerce yester-
day morning. 1t will be seen that Mr.. Roche
appeared before that body and pre-
sented the report which the Pioneer
Press had charged was being suppressed at
the instance of Democratic officials. The
report itself was an unqualified contradic-
ton to the statements made by the
Pioneer Press concerning its con-
tents and indellibly impresses the stamp
of wiliful and malicious falsehood
upon that journal and its managers, who
did not have the courage or manhood to
appear in person. when solicited to do SO,
to attempt a justification of an excuse for
the unwarranted and deliberate perversion
of the truth of which they were guilty.
The cowardice betrayed by them in avoiding
the opportunity to appear before respOn-
sible body composed of the representatives
of the business interests of this city and
make good the libelOus statements it had
made against the personal character
of our public officers, and the
fair fame and credit of the city,
was in itself an admission on their part that
the publication was false and that it was
wilfully made for the purpose of aiding in
the election of MERRIAM and McCARDY,
the candidates who are representing the in
terests of the ring syndicate of which the
Pioneer Press is the organ and its prOprie-
tors are members.
The chamber of commerce is not a politi-
cal body and Of course is non-partisan.
1t is composed of business men who have
the interests of the city at heart, and it is
constituted for the purpose of promoting
the general welfare and to protect
the credit and honor of the city. When
charges of such grave import against prom
inent city officials had been made as were
contained in the Sunday article of the
Pioneer Press and rehashed this morning,
hot only
the character of the officers named in the
slanderous articles, but also the credit and
reputation of the city, it was eminently
proper that the chamber of commerce should
consider it. And more especially SO
when such gentlemen as Mayor
OBrien, City Attorney Murray and Comp
troller Roche whose regulations and
characters have been as pure aud spotless
as the facken snow appear before the
chamber and ask that body in the name Of
the people of the city to have the matter
brought to the attention of the courts and
the grand jury, and have full investigation
of all matters therein contained rejecting
upon themselves. There was no other
course left for the chamber of commerce to
pursue than the one it adopted, and by pur-
suing this course full and complete vindi-
cation of the city officials and of
the Democratic party from the
ISLANDERS of the syndicate organ is
the result. The chamber of commerce is
composed about equally of Republicans
and Democrats, and the singu-
lar unanimity with which the
members of that body, of all political per-
suasions, united in expressing their disbelief
in the charges made by the Pioneer Press
and an utter reputation of all
the campaign ISLANDERS it has been
publishing during the present
municipal canvass, is gratifying evidence
that the people Of this city are not yet pre-
pared to turn the control of the city govern
ment over into the hands of the Merriam
Pioneer Press ring and the syndicate of
spectators at the back of it.