St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-30
GILMAN ON MERRIAM.

Mr.. MERRIAM will be interested in
what Gov. GILMAN had to say about
him at st. Cloud yesterday. The gov
ernor INDUCED III some very plain talk.
and furnished one instance, at least, of
a charge of corruption which Mr.. MER-
RAMS managers cannot charge up to
the account of Democratic campaign
ISLANDERS. Gov. GILMAN, Gov. MCGILL
and Mr.. SCHEFFER were candidates be-
fore the convention which nominated
Mr.. MERRIAM. and If there was fraud OF
corruption in that convention they were
the victims OF it, and consequently
ought to know what they are talking
about. In public interview Mr.. SCITEF-
FER has already stated his convictions
upon the matter. Gov. GILMAN had his
say yesterday. and in his speech pub
licly stated that he had from Gov. Nc
GILL's own lips confirmation of what
he was then stating concerning the cor
rupt methods that were employed to Sc
cure Mr.. MERRIAM's nomination.
The GLOBE is free to say that as a
rule it doesn't take much stock in sore
heads. As a general proposition, when
men go into convention and are beaten
they are in honor bound to abide by the
result. This idea is based, however,
upon the supposition that honest meth
DDS and manly practices have been
adopted. There is we'll settled
principle of law that any contract
tainted with fraud is null and void.
So it is in political conventions
where corruption prevails every men,
Der is abs0Ived from allegiance to the
nominations. 1t is clearly upon this
ground that Messrs. GILMAN. SCHEFFER
and MCGILI feel that they are released
from all obligations of party fealty. and
in the discharge of the duty of honest
citizenship propose to exert their indi-
vidual efforts towards rebuking what
they consider crime against popular
suffrage.
1t will be observed that Gov. GILMAN
not only makes the distinct charge of
corruption, but he files bill of particu-
lars with his indictment against the Re-
publican candidate for governor. Com
ing from such high Republican source
and presented in such definite form, the
charge of corruption can no longer be
| ignored by Mr.. MERRIAM or by his
friends unless he and they are willing
to have the public accept their silence as
a plea of guilty.
The GLOBE admits that both Gov.
GILMAN and Mr.. SCHEFFER would have
done themselves more credit if they
had stood up on the floor of the Repub-
liean state convention, and then and
there have denounced the methods by
which Mr.. MERRIAM was nominated.
| But their lack of moral courage in this
respect does not lessen the force of the
statements made by Gov. GILMAN in
his speech at st. Cloud yesterday. If
| they are not true, Mr. MERRIAM owes 1t
to himself and 10 his party to meet the
! accusations specifically and refute them
| by incontr9vertible evidence. If they
are true, then it would be disgrace to
! Minnesota TO place man in the execu-
tive chair with the brand of corruption
indciibly impressed upon him. For the
honor of oCr own community and of the
state, and for the hitherto fair name of
WfILIiM L. MERRIAM, we hope that he
VIII toe the mark like man.
The three leading Republicans of the
state have united in the statement that