St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-16
desire to relieve me from active duty in

its behalf; l shall retire with compla-
cency, and whenever it is deemed that
the "harmony of the Democratic party"
will be promoted by the humiliation of
Michael Doran to crafty the ambition
and vanity of such character as the
mayor of Minneapolis, and to appease
the wrath of few disappointed office
cause, blame me for their failure to have
their itching for Office gratifed, then let
there be no hesitation; let me assure
them that no matter what punishment
may be threatened with, L will never
humble myself to either him or them,
nor have [ any doubt as to what the
Judgment of a majority Of my fellow
citizens will be in regard to my conduct.
The doctor very cunningly announces
himself as 1.-The champion of the peo-
pie" This is the cry of every dema-
gOgue, and no longer deceives any one.
The doctor has very large-siZed Opin-
ion of himself in referring to tbs last
campaign; it is noticeable that he never
ways to himself, as II done" so and so.
The stress is always laid ON the per-
sonal pronoun "f.'' His demands
don't stop with being candi-
date for the vice presidency,
chairman of the delegation to st.
Louis, etc. he also demands the
Democratic nomination for governor, as
''the champion of the people," and any
one who dareS to oppose his pOmposity
he declares to be an enemy to the peO-
pie, friend to corporations, ''a boss"
etc, etc. 1t must be patent to any one,
it seems to me, that resort to such
clap-trap i'll ones own behalf should
stamp him as an unprincipled dema-
-hnINtnp IC nI-
mitted on all sides that the great issue
in the coming campaign is the tariff
issue, and Notwithstanding that the
doctor has been before the people for
the past four years, it is fact that he
has no record upon that one all-im-
portant question, unless it be that he
referred to it in the last campaign as an
''Old issue' which he would not have
intruded in the canvass. He was in
favor, he said, of bringing forward the
new issues, and the only new issue he
defined was the question of soldiers
home in this state, and claimed the en-
tire credit for the introduction of the
demand for the same in the Democratic
platform, when it was we'll known that
he had nothing whatever to do with
that demand, but that the request came
from the committee of the G. A. r.
which was appointed at Faribault at the
department encampment the winter be-
fore. The reduction of the Republican
majority in the last election, and for
which he individually claims all the
credit, resulted from causes in no way
connected with his individuality,
and in spite of his windmill
exhibitions, which in many in
stances. were disgusting in the extreme.
He talks loud about "bosseS" and
Sthnccfc,,, fna Af foa u,
there never was such an exhibition of
bossism as his present attempt to COM
mand the Servile obedience of our par Y
to crafty his desire for any and every
office which his insatiate ambition and
unbounded vanity may prompt him to
aspire to. He is, | assert without fear
of contradiction from any man who
knows him, the most typical ''boSS" Oh
the continent.
Il have neither time nor disposition,
nor is it necessary that | should pursue
this impudent and characterless brag-
CART through the entire vaporings of
his two interviews, except that l might
add, in regard to his knOw-nothing
ing. The foreign-born citizens of this
state will know how to interpret it
without any comment from me.
''AS to his ridiculous claims of his
strength in Thursdays convention, his
delusiOn will be dispelled when the roll
is called"
The Doran allies claim to have 225
delegates who will sustain him for dele
gate at large to st. Louis. 1t is not
necessary to name the counties here,
since theyinclude allthat Ames does not
claim. Ramsey county is put down in
the Doran list, and of Hennepin one of
fhnf n,.tn &lo4
majority of that delegation favored
Doran. The organization of the Doran
men has been quite thorough, and, while
they are on the anxious seat, they do
not concede any possibility of defeat.
Their estimate of the strength OF Ames
comedies him only fifty delegates.
A delegate from the Fifth district to
the state convention said yesterday that
there would be in the convention large
peace element who would favor the de-
feating of both Ames and Doran unless
they patched up their differences. The
outside county delegates have the idea
that it is bad time for Democratic
row to be inaugurated, land are for peace
at any cost.
A curious story told on the Ames fac
tion is going the rounds. 1t is to the eff
feet that if the doctor wins he will use
his influence to have the present fed
erai officeholders of the state terminate
their official existence when their terms
expire, and be replaced by friends of his
own. In this way the United States
marshalship, internal revevenue office
and others are said to be parceled out
out, much to the annoyance of the pres
ent worthy Democrats who occupy
them.
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