St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-27
CRACKING THE WHIP.

The bosses of the wheat ring and state
bouse gang are now cracking the whip over
0rassrs NELSON and GILMAN III frlshV-
mi manner. Not satisfied with heaping
insuIts uDon NELSON and GILMAN III the
state convention. the bosses are following
them I'D with threats that unless they turn
5rto line. and swallow all the dirt that has
been crammed into their mouths. the two
notable Fifth district statesmen will be read
emf of the Republican party. Official no
tfce has been served upon Mr.. NELSON that
he will be held responsible for MCGILL's
majority in the Fifth district. 1t is clear
ease of bulldoZing.
The gravamen Of the complaint against
Mr.. NELSON is that the Democrats refused
70 make nomination against him. They
seize upon this fact as evidence or Mr.
NELSON'S disloyalty to the Republican
Tartv and at once inaugurate system of
discipline to bring the supposed recalcitrant
hack into harness. The first thing they do
is to fix a standard of party fealty. They
make abiect Submission to boss domination
the test of loyalty. They give notice that
the man who questions the authority Of the
wheat ring and state house gang to DOM
mate the Republican party is at once to
be spotted as a traitor. Then they
proceed to Law down as law that the
man who does not live up to this standard
of party fealty shall be politically ostra-
cized forever and forever. They do not
hesitate to say that the Republican who
fails to stand I'D to the bICGILL rack and
TO eat boss fodder. shall never again hold
pubIic Office in Minnesota. That is what
they mean by serving notice on Mr. MEL
son that he will be held responsible for
MCGLL's majority in the Fifth district.
Whether or not the little Norwegian
giant of the Fifth district will tamely sub
nit to these bulIdozing practices remains to
be seen. During the row in the state con-
vention. when Mr.. NELSON rose up to pro-
TEST against the insults which were being
heaped upon him and his constituency, he
told the bosses that he intended to support
the nominee of the convention. no matter
who he might be. After this declaration it
is only adding insult to injury for the
bosses to be suspicious of Mr.. NELSON'S
Dartv LOYALTY and be continually
laundering into his ears the prOcla-
nation that he will be held responsible for
McGnL's majority in the Fifth district
They seem to be unmindful that Mr.. MEL
SON is only justly responsible for his own
majority. If the Republicans of the Fifth
district rebel against the manipulations of
the wheat ring it is not Mr.. NELSON'S
doing. This is free country where people
have a right to think what they please.
When Mr. NELSON had the manhood to
stand up in the state convention and de-
nounce the ring methods. he created warm
mace for himself in the Democratic heart.
The Democrats are in the business Of fighting
rings and it is natural that they should feel
kindly toward a Republican who goes into
the same business. Consequently when the
Fifth district Democrats decided to give Mr..
NELSON a clear field this year they simply
showed an appreciation of his independence
and of his manly stand in defense of fair
play and popular rights which the bosses of
his own party are disposed to withhold from
him.