St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-07

monopoly and trust which are destruct-
i've of the rights, interests and liberties
of the people.
In its Endorsement of Mr.. Scheffer
the Democracy of Ramsey county had
the great precedents of the national
Democratic convention which, under
the leadership of such great statesmen
and true Democrats as Horatio Seymour,
Samuel j. Tilden and Francis Herman,
OF New York; Allen G. Thurman and
George II. Pendleton. of Ohio; Thomas
A. Hendricks and Vorhees, of Indiana,
and all the great leaders of that day,
nominated Horace Greeley for president
of the United States.
MIR. Scheffer heartily supported the
candidacy of Mr.. Greeley and stumped
the state for him. In 1873 he was the
candidate of the Democratic party of
Minnesota, regularly nominated by a
Democratic state convention, for state
treasurer, and received the hearty sup
port of the Democratic party of this
state. In 1880 he earnestly and heartily
advocated the election of the great SOL
dIer and patriot, Gen. Winfield S. Han
cock; and, as late as 1856, he was
UNANIMOUSLY INDoRsED
by the Democracy of his senatorial dis
trlct as candidate for the state senate.
Now, if the Endorsement of the condi-
dacy of Mr.. Scheffer, with such a rec
ord, and with views and opinions upon
the great issues of the day in entire
harmony with those of the Democratic
party of the state and nation, as ex-
pressed in the platform of the national
Democratic convention at st. Louis, be
treason to Democratic principles, let the
so-called delegates of the rump assem-
bly, make the most of it.
The fact is, and it cannot be success
fully contradicted, that MI. Doran and
his associates upon the Democratic
state central committee were at one
time, not many weeks ago, in hearty
sympathy with the sentiment that found
expression in the resolution indorsing
the candidacy of Mr.. Scheffer, adopted
by the Market hall convention.
This sentiment of Mr.. Doran and his
committee found public expression in
the call issued by them for a Demo-
cratic state convention to nominate
candidates for governor, lieutenant
governor, secretary of state, etc., as
may be seen by the following:
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
"ALL DEMOCRATS AND OTHER VOTERS OF
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA WHO FAVOR RE-
DUCTIoN OF THE PRESENT EXoRBITANT
TARIFF AND EXCESSIVE TAXATION ARE IN
YITED TO UNITE IN SENDING DELEGATES TO A
STATE CONVENTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF
ST. PAUL, WEDNESDAY, AUG. Is, 1888, at IL
o'clock a. M, for the purpose of nominating
the following officers, viz: Governor
lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state
treasurer, attorney general, chief justice of
the supreme court associate justice of the
supreme court and seven presidential
electors
ALL DEMOCRATS AND OTHER VOTERS of the
State OF Minnesota WHO FAVOR REDUCTION
of the present ExoRBITANT TARIFF AND Ex-
CEssTvE TAXATION ARE INVITED TO UNITE in
sending delegations, etc.''
Mr.. Doran and his friends on the
state central committee were not only
willing, but were anxious to have the
LAND OTHER VOTERS" unite" with
sail Democrats" I'm SENDING DELE
GATES TO A STATE CONVENTION. -
Now unless this call issued by Mr..
Doran and his committee was lying
pretenSe and fraud to catch the un-
wary voter, not only the friends of Mr..
Scheffer, but Mr.. Scheffer himself was
invited by Mr.. Doran to unite with sall
Democrats in electing and sending del
egateS to the Democratic state conven-
ton, because he and his friends, Re-
publicans as well as Democrats,
''FAVOR A REDUCTION OF THE PRES
ENT EXoRBITANT TARIFF AND EX-
cEssIvE TAXATION" and have so pub
licly expressed themselves.
If Mr.. Scheffer and his friends were
good enough tariff reformers to be in
vited by Mr.. Doran and his committee
to unite with "all Democrats" in send
ing delegates to the Democratic state
convention, why in the name of Justice
and decency should they not be permit
ted to participate in it's deliberations
and enjoy the privilege of expressing
their preference for candidates?
With Mr.. Scheffer and his candidacy
for governor, the Ramsey county dele.
cation to the Democratic state conven.
ton have nothing further to say or do
Mr.. Scheffer has, since the action of the
Democratic county convention indorsing
his candidacy for governor, come out in
an open letter, announcing that he is a
Republican, and is seeking nomina.
ton for governor by the Republican
party. His action absolves this dele.
CATION
FROM ACTING
under the instruction of the Ramsey
county Democratic convention to sup
port Mr.. Scheffer; and in the Demo
cratic state convention this delegation
will support such men as, in their iudg
ment, will best promote the interests Of
the Democratic party and lead to it.
| success.
Judge Flandrau claims for himself
and his associates that they are the only
delegates of the Ramsey county Dem
ocracy to the Democratic state conven
| ton.
Upon what do they base this Cheeky
pretense?
First-That the primaries were irreg
ularly called by the Democratic county
committee.
Second-That fraud was practiced a
the primaries.
Third-That the delegates elected by
Eha NIorl-nf hall onnuantinn do not 10Y,