St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-10
CONFIDENCE OF HIS PARTY

| was natural bildG SUCH u Hail SuOulu It,
| ceive the
CONFIDENCE OF HIS PARTY
and in due time his appointment as mar
! shall was announced. 1t was also natural
| that such a man should receive the oppo-
sition of men that dread to see positive
characters rise to power in the territory.
| Here was man whose ascendency was
| dangerous to the perpetuity of the old
powers. Hence the fiat went forth, 1--WE
| must down Maratta." The leading organ
of the gang, the Fargo Argus, recently
published the following:
The South Dakata papers are going for the
United States marshal, and now that it is an
| nounced officially that his reported confrma-
ton was q ruse to stop the war on him, gotten
up by Washington correspondent in his pay,
the Democrats are letting loose their venom,
and it begins to look like the renewed vigor
displayed would have a tendency to prevent
favorable action by the senate.
The idea that sit is officially announced
that his reported confirmation was a ruse
to stop the war on him. gotten up by a
Washington correspondent in his pay is
ridiculous. 1t is not likely that Mr..
Maratta paid to have war gotten up on
him by Washington correspondent, con-
Struction plainly admissible under the
quoted language. Again what official
would consider it a part of his duty to re-
port Officially" that certain newspaper
report was "a ruse2"
Again quote, 1.-THE Democrats are let
ting loose their venom, and it begins to look
like the renewed vigor displayed would
have a tendency to prevent favorable action
by the senate" The reader will notice that
the acknowledgement result is thus fore
Swallowed by those to whom the ''wish is
father to the thought"
Now, then, who are the Democrats who
are thus aiding and abetting the gang fight
on Maratta? The Aberdeen Republican,
by G. Boyd Barrett, in recent issue made
an onslaught. He is the one who is
accredited with letting loose his venom, -
| and his attack is not only a disgrace to
| himself and his paper, but upon the
party whose honor it is sup
posed to vindicate. The attack does
not contain single germ of truth. 1t adj
| mits the marshars fruitful and. able admin
istration of the duties of his office, and BY
such admission practically wipes out all
grounds for making public complaints about
him. A public officer who faithfully per-
| forms his trust is not the proper target for
| bile shooters. whose grievances are purely
personal. What, then, gives birth to this
attack on Maratta?
A CAREFUL ANALYSIS
of Mr.. Barrett's attack reveals but one rea-
son therefor. Immediately after Mr.. Ma
| ratta's appointment he received the follow
| ing telegram. wOrded. as near as [ can
rec0llet, having seen it two weeks since, as
| follows:
| "Accept my congratulate MS. Appoint nc
deputy here until you see me-
| Signed, c. BOYD BARRETT
To this Mr.. Maratta replied as the
nature of the message demanded, indicat-
| ng that he (Maratta) was the marshal,
Who would have done otherwise who in
| tended to conduct the Office properly?
| Who would submit to the dictation of any
one regarding who his subordinates should
! be? There is a wide difference between a
| peremptory command and a respectfully
submitted petition. The proposition which
the marshal could not entertain as an
assumed right to dictate he would
| doubtless have been ready to grant
| if consistently asked for. Mr.. Barrett
construed Mr.. Maratta's reply as an
! affront and therefore condemns him in
| toto, except that he tacitly admits that he
| is good marshal. This is the basis of
Barretts ''venom." He calls Maratta a
| fool because of the retroactive effect of his
| (Barrett's) own act upon his mind If this
| were not enough TO condemn Mr.. Barrett's
attack on Maratta, the intelligence of the
| territory will not fail to place just appre-
citation upon the utterly false. causeless
and vindictive onslaught by comparing it
with the efforts of the bosses to down" Mar
alta, because he is an independent and
competent official. do not pretend to say
that Mr.. Maratta is without fault, but do
| submit that real Democrats ought to love
| him for the character of the enemies he
has made The political liaison between
the alleged Democrats who are
fighting him and the Republican
gang that is also fighting him, is too
plain to need comment, and makes him
the exponent of principle which the
| Democrats cannot afford to lose sight of or
| fail to vindicate. Democracy wants har-
mony upon her principles; the united will
| to vindicate them, and the sand to stand
| by her faithful and honest members when
ever they are attacked. Yours truly,
Fargo, Oak, July 6. J. E. HALL.