St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-27
A REPLY TO THE SAGE.
Some Reasons Set Forth Why Democrat
Will Not Join Mr.. Donnelly's
Third Party.
Mayor Ames Corrects Some Statements
Said to Have Been Made by
Himself
Mai. Strait Believed Not to Have Re-
tired From Political Life--
Other Gossip.
Michigan Republicans and Illinois
Democrats Put State Tickets
in the Field.
A Response to the Sage.

Mr.. 9. z. MaginniS, prominent Demo-
crat has written the following open letter
to the Hon. Ignatius Donnelly, which will
be read with interest:
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly. Dear Sir: Your
circular letter of August 1, in which you ask
me to be present at a meeting OF the JOINT
committees of the Farmers alliance and
Knights of Labor to be held at the Merchants
hotel, Sept. J. proX., has been received and l
infer from the tenor of your letter that this
meeting is to be held with view to the for
nation of new or third party. In response,
let say that have no
desire whatever to assist in the dis =
organization of the Democratic party, nor.
indeed can lend myself to any scheme that
has for its object the promotion of dscord
in the ranks of the party, the sue cess of
which believe to be essential to the best in
tereStS of our state and country. Having
spent the best years of my life in struggling
for party organization and the mainte-
nance of the true principles of Democracy, l
cannot consent to pull down the labor OF
years only to begin anew. Tine Democratic
party being party of principle, the action of
a few men cannot destroy or take that pr1n-
cipIe away, and in my Judgment the
present is most inopportune time to
attempt to set aside the traditions
and principles of that great party, just as its
administration OF national affairs is COM
mending it to the approval of all conserva-
tive thinkers, in order to experiment with
the untried principles of new party,
whether it be the so-called labor party or
Farmers alliance. If these people desire
any change, let them come to the Democracy
for relief, or let them follow the dictates of
common sense and constitute themselves the
balance of power by voting for the candidates
OF either party who best represent their in
tereStS without regard to politics. In this
way they may
ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING.
Certainly they have voted with the Repub-
lican party long enough to enable the most
ObtuSe among them to discover that that
party is one of false promiseS-a political de-
fusion and 4 snare. You wrong the Demo-
cratic party when you would imply that it
will be controlled by the railroads and their
nllied monopoies. With greater force
might contend that the Farmers alliance,
composed, for the most part, Of Republican
voters, who have, year after year, supported
q party whose only aim was to foster monop-
plies of all kinds, would be, as a dominant
party, no better than the party
out of which it is to be carved.
On the other hand, in the face Of an adverse
majority of 10000 or more, the Democracy
has at last succeeded in placing the Republi
can party on the defensive and has, by pre-
senting its best men for the gubernatorial
and other Offices, won the admiration and es-
TEEN of SO many conservative voters that
there is now hope that when the battle is
fought this fall the enemy will be ours.
The leaders stood loyal to the cause when
the fight was most unequal and they will not
desert their colors now when the enemy is
demoralized and glorious triumph is within
their grasp. Let las then all, ignoring any
imaginary or real private grievances, meet
in convention on the 18th proximo, nominate
our best and pureSt men-men OF character
and ability, of whom we have an abundance,
and then appeal to the intelligence of our
people to sustain them on platform of true
Democratic principles With such repre-
sentative leader as George L. Becker, Eugene
Wilson, Edmund Rice Charles E. Flandreau,
Adolph Biermann, or some other equally
good candidate, we can better sustain defeat
than gain victory by any sacrifice of prin-
ciple. l am, yours very truly,
CHARLES P. MAGINNIS.
Morris Mimi Aug %