St. Paul daily globe., 1886-11-13
Why Certain Democrats of Fargo Quietly
Knitted Candidate Day at
the Polls,
And Are Now Asserting That His Infu-
enoe at Washington Will be at Best
But Small.
Dakota's Next Legislature - The
Democrats Make Gains in Both
Branches.
A Most Remark able Revolution In
Political Sentiment Reported in
the Pembina District.
Special 10 the Globe.

Special 10 tne Glooe.
FARGO, Nov. 12.-The Sun, of this city.
which claims to be Democratic, and the
only paper of that politics in North Da-
kota. takes exception to the statement in
the GLOBE that Mr.. Day, as the candidate
of the party for delegate, and in view of
the remarkable vote he received, will be
accepted at Washington by the administra-
tion and the Democratic leaders as the ac-
credited exponent of the party in Dakota
and it is un willing to concede him any
considerable share in the work that effected
the splendid result and came so near over
! turning the Republican majority of two
wears ago of $4,000. The Sun finds it
necessary to disparage Mr.. Day and his
candidacy III order to justify its course and
that of those it represents, in refusing to
support and vote for him, by which course
Mr.. Day lost several hundred Votes in CasS
county, and the party is placed i'll an awk
ward position as regards the national or
ganlzatiOn. In view of the fact that the
editor of the Sun was member of dele
CATION that went to Aberdeen claiming to
represent the only simon pure, ''blown IN
the bottle" Democracy of Cass county, and
were denied seats, presumably, in the inter
est of Mr.. Day. allowance should DE made.
if even proveroal amability and religious
devotion to the party did not avert
TINGE OF ACERBITY
and reluctance to genufect gracefully to
the inevitable. 1t is not surprising that
the Sun and its co-workerS felt chagrlned
and aggrieved when so summarily and, as
it seemed TO others, almost wantoniy re-
fused admission at Aberdeen, but the cir
cumStanceS would not seem to warrant the
supposition that Mr.. Day had any personal
interest in the matter. He did not go to
Aberdeen as a candidate for the nOmina-
tiOn for delegate. He was an ardent sup
porter of Mccormack, and only consented
! to become candidate after all efforts had
| failed to induce Capt. Mccormack to ac-
| cept the position. Why should he have
/ had any concern as to the disposition of
contesting delegations? The Sun and its
| friends came home in ill-humor, very natur-
ally fretted by the jeering eXultation of the
admitted delegation. and attrbuting their
discontinue largely to Mr.. Day, hastily
took ground against the nominee of the
convention. The canvass was too short
for their embitterment to fully Subslde be-
fore the election. and they allowed the
ballot box to make record of their grlev-
ance. 1t leaves the party in Cass county in
J a somewhat critical condition. There are
nominally two organizations, but it is a
good time for the statute of limitations and
a new beginning. The man whose inter-
ests were the real cause of the split has
| been permanently quieted by the emphatic
voice of the people. He will have no fur
ther use for Democratic contingent, and
there is no good reason why all the ele-
ments of the party should not come to-
| a. S,,tf n in M nth 81 afpc
after they have had
FAMILY RUMPUS,
forgetting the past and pulling together for
the common cause. With harmony and
proper effort Mr.. Won Media, or some
other solid Democrat. can be elected mayor
o Fargo next spring, and good start made
ward control of the county. 1t is useless
to deny or ignore the fact that Mr.. Day will,
in view of his emphatic Endorsement by the
party at the election, weld greatly en-
hanced influence at Washington in all mat
ters pertaining to oDakota-especially in the
dispensing of patronage by the administra-
ton. 1t is believed he Will labor unself-
ishly tor the good of the territory and the
Democratic party. He will seek to pro-
mote the harmony and efficiency of the
party in every locality, and it is to be hoped
that all Democrats in CaSS county will rec
ognize the situation and look to the future
with their backs to the past. Statehood is
looming mp in the early future. and they, as
the Democracy of the most populous county
in Dakota, want to be i'll position to make
their influence felt. They will have life
long Democrat in the chief county office for
the next two years. and have another in the
higher branch of the legislature. They
may make the election of such the rule by a
timely welding of all the elements and Sc
curing united party.