St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-27
A Farmer Gives a New Version of the
Democratic Differences in Fargo
and Vicinity,
Charging That The Delegates Admitted
at Aberdeen Entered Into Trade
With Mr.. Day;
Nominated, the Nj ajority Would
Have Been Less,
And That Mr.. Day,ff NJ ade Governor,
VIII Move the Capital From
Bismarck.
Special to the Globe.

TIN Ryan IN when he states what ne CALL
the facts regarding the Democratic cOnven-
ton of Cass county. Mr.. Ryan is politi
cIan-the mere political attorney of thu
Argus-and his statements are made in fur
therance simply of his own interests.
I was present at that convention and in {
position to know what occurred there, AIT
desire to state the facts as they occurred
and as they are understood by the citizen,
of this county. The convention was prop
erly convened by the Democratic centra
+ committee and called to order by the chair
! man of that comm ttee, Terrence Martin.
When the convention assembled Mr..
/ Martin read the call and then
called to the chair as temporary
i chairman, DR.. Galloway. who was mem
/ Der of the central committee and came
next in order otter the chairman OH the
list. DIR. Galloway took the char and Mr..
Ryan took to bowling. which he kept up
/ until the convention reluctantly consented
| to listen to him. when Mr.. Ryan made a
| speech of thirty minutes about nothing,
except that he was lifelong Democrat,
| OF which he failed to convince any one.
and sat down. DR.. Galloway then APP
| pointed a committee on credentials. Be-
fore them majority representation APP
peared. no proxy being admitted unless t
was held by resident Of the precinct
from which it was issued. The committee
made its report and the convention, after
perfecting the permanent OrganlZation pro
ceeded to place in nomination full county
| and legislative ticket elected delegates to
the territorial convention and appointed a
| new central committee. This is the body,
and the action of the body. which Mr.. Ryan
describes as 1.-The minority that formed
A LITTLE CIRCLE
on the outside. and Endorsed the farmers
ticket" The convention was not inter
rupted after The speeches of Ryan, . Neil
and Morton until il had Tin shed Is entire
business. after which the . Neils ct al.
held their mock convention and oninated
a ticket composed of George Egbert for
sher if j. w. Won Media for county treas
urer. j. Mac Smith for auditor. G. L. lem
p etnn for district alto 'ney. Terrence Mar
tn for register of deeds, and A. Macdonald
for Judge of probate The next day all
these nominees IN body publicly with
drew their names as candidates, and de-
nouncrd the action of the convention that
nominated them as having been made for
the purpose of getting mp three cornered
fight and not to aid but 10 divide the Demo
cratic party and to further the interests of
John f. Haggart the Republican candi-
date, for whose election that wing of the
Democratic party has always worked to the
exclusion of any Democrat. For Mr.. Hag-
cart they have controlled every caucus.
captured every convention. and secured his
nomination at every Republ can and his in
dOrSement at every Democratic convention.
except the last. ever held in the county.
This same Martin Ryan in 1884. III the
Democratic county convention, voted against
a resolution iId0rSing Cleveland and Hen
bricks. because one clause of the resolution
demanded the nomination of straight
Democratic ticket for the county. A
straight Democratic ticket would E0t do at
that time because it would prevent their
ind0rsng Haggart. This fall. in the inter
ests of the same man, Ryan took diamet-
REALLY the opposite position. The farmers
convention having already nominated a
ticket Of both Democrats and Republicans
Ryan and his followers demanded a straight
ticket to divide the Democratic party.
AT THEIR HIPPODROME
they nominated Capt. Egbert. without any
Intention of support ng him at the polls.
and they did lot give him single vote. bur
the entire OUTFIT worked early and late dJ.
ing the whole campaign for the election uf
Mr.. Haggart. At their sO-called convention
they elected delegates TO the territorial con-
venti0n, Kennedy and Baker being among
the number. They went to Aberdeen ami
were admitted. How? BY agreeing in ad-
vance with the Day faction to vote for Mr..
Day and his measures. 1t was publicly an
nounced at Aberdeen that no couteStng
delegation would be received unless it was
for Day. The Argus prOleges. seeing their
nd II for
nit.0n, swallowed the bait. took the hook
and went in pledged to vote and work
against any North Dakota man. Some of
Dr. Galloway's delegation were approached
upon the same subject, but they Scorned the
trade and refused to go back on the single
statehood principle of their constituents
and support Mr.. Day, radical diyis0nisI.
SO declared and well known. n0twithstand
ing his recent political withdrawing. On
Nov Is the GLOBE published all article
entitled: why Certain Democrats of
Fargo Quietly Knitted Candidate Day at the
Polls" Nothing of the kind was done.
Mr.. Day saw tit after the committee OIL ere
dentialS at Aberdeen had decided to admit
the Galloway delegation. and after the case
had been Closed to have it reOpened by get
ting Mr.. Kennedy again before the com
mittee on credentials without allowing the
other SIDE to be heard and to use his per
sonal influence for the admission of Ken
needy. Baker. the Argus emplDye, ct al. The
recognition of Days candidacy would have
been a recognition of the runp Cas- county
convention. Mr.. Ryan says that
SELL. OUT OR TRADE
at Aberdeen is all boSh. 4 Squaler trade
was never made. else why should Mr.. Day
use his influence for Haggart's election.
and why should all of those so DESTROYS of
nothing but straight ticket so earnestly
work for Day and Haggart? And further
evidence is the fact that every postmaster
in CaSS county who had been appointed by
the grand governing valve OF administrative
patronage was found earnestly advocating
the election of Mr.. Haggart. The family
rumDus" has been settled. The ONeils ct
al. appealed from the Farmers convention
at Casselton ana the Democratic convention
at Fargo, both of which they failed to
ssting of the people. The case came on
for trial Nov 2. and the Judgment rendered
was in favor of the people by cyclonic
majority. by which Judgment the question
of who should govern the al
fairs of Cass county, the people or the ring.
was forever settled. and DIR. Galloway,
who was kicked Out at Aberdeen (by the
man who allows the president to consult
him only upon minor affairs) was elected to
the territorial council by a majority of
more than one thousand. Mr.. Day was de-
feated in the same county by majority of
1900. The people would not countenaace
or vote for him or any other man who was
identified with or who aided or abetted the
old ring of CaSs county. That Mr.. Day
was the cause of reducing the Republican
majority of 1884 is fiction. In 1884 the adj
minstratiOn was in Republican hands.
There was no Democratic organization and
no incentive for Democrats to come out and
vote. but as soon as the administration was
known to be Democratic the strength of the