St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-24
IT SPLIT The PARTY IN TWO
At the Grand Jubilee of the G. 0. P. a
Firebrand Appeared
In THE WET AND DRY MATTER
And Resolution in Favor Of the Sioux
Falls Constitution Was Struck
Out.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
MILBANK, Oak. Nov. 23.-The effort
to celebrate the national victory by the
Republicans of this county not only
proved dismal failure. but resulted in
no little bad feeling in the ranks of the
G. 0. p. The jollification was eXtens-
lively advertised for Saturday afternoon
and evening last, and the managers
made great effort to have big time,
but the bitter feeling existing in this
county between the Prohibition and IL
eense wings of the party is such that
the two can not, and will not, harmon
ize any more than oil and water can be
mixed. The Prohibitionists, headed by
ID. W. Diggs, Estate treasurer" of the
''we-are-a-State' party. attempted to get
up a street parade in the afternoon, and
totally ignored the license wing OF the
party. The latter became indignant
and refused to have anything to do with
the affair. The parade was
THE LAUGHING STOCK
Of the town-nine teams, all told, con-
shutting the outfit that marched down
Main street headed by man beating a
bass drum, and a boy with snare
drum. In the evening somewhat
larger force rallied for tOrchlight pro-
cession. but it became necessary to
press into the service nearly all the
small boys about town to carry the
The Opera house was well filled by an
audience to listen to the speeches,
there being as many Democrats as Re-
publicans present, out of curiosity to
hear what was said. Gen. III. r. Pease.
eX-receiver of the United States land
Office at WarertOwn. was the principal
speaker. The general is very agreea-
bic gentleman, personally, and has
many friends in this vicinity, but
he put his foot in it badly in his
speech, and his remarks only tended to
widen the breach between the war
factions OF the &. 0. p. here. Had he
confined his speech to national issues
the result might have been different,
but he made no end OF trouble for both
himself and the party in this vicinity
by dipping deep into local issues. He
eulogized the
SIOUX FAILS CONSTITUTION
and advocated admission under its pro-
visions. AS this constitution has pro-
hibitOry amendment connected with it,
it is naturally opposed by the license
wing of the party. In addition to this
ODleCtlOHdDlc ledlulC III pIOSiutS 1OI
set of state offices, which includes ID.
w. Diggs as ''state treasurer" and
Henry Neill, editor of the Advance, a
Prohibition organ, as Estate senator"
both of whom are thoroughly
Objectionable to a majority of
the Republican party here. After
Gen. Pease finished speaking he was
followed by John W. Bell, Esq, of this
city, who expressed himself vigorously
against the local issues advocated by the
general. Mr.. Bell voiced the sentiment
of that faction of the party who wanted
admission. but not under the machine
set up by the Sioux Falls faction. A
series of resolutions was offered and
adopted favoring division and admis
sion after a heated discussion behind
the scenes over a clause favoring the
Sioux Falls constitution, which the adj
vocates of that pet scheme finally con-
sented to strike out rather than pre-
cipitate a big row in open meetings.
Altogether, the Republican party in
Grant county is split wide open, and
Democrats are enjoying to the fullest
extent the feud that exists i'll the ranks
of their opponents.