St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-13
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Eugene Wilson has already secured
mot by his own personal efforts, for he
has declined to make canvasS) large
portion of the delegates to the state
convention. There is, and has been for
long time, strong sentiment for his
nomination.
But as Mr.. Bowen notes, that is
secondary to the question of reOrgani-
Zation of the party leadership.
On that is the fight to come. 1t is a
personal issue between Mr.. DOran and
the party.
The news of the situation is to be
CLEANED from two sources. Among the
officeholders, or those Immediately
seeking office Oh in delegations which
have been elected to the state conven-
tion through the instrumentality of
officeholders or of Secretary Miller, of
the state central committee, the senti-
ment is very strong for MI. Doran.
There his strength lies.
Among the Independent Democrats,
and wherever the Kelly-Doran regime
has been always opposed, the sentiment
is strong against DOran.
Each side has different stake to fight
for. The federal offices begin to expire
again next year, and with Cleveland's
reelection they will be filled again with
Democrats. To control these appoint
ments; to be able to say at Washington
that he is the one head of the party; to
be the dispenser of patronage and
money; these are the ambitions that are
given out cold as being desired by Mr..
Doran.
The opposition to him points to the
party troubles and dissensions engen-
dered under his leadership, and says:
''Better defeat this year without you
than with" That is their stake-party
unity, even though defeat is certain.
But defeat does not seem certain. If
the councils of the on-officeholding
Democracy triumph next Wednesday,
there are not many Democrats who do
not think but that success is very near.
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One of the leaders of the party in next
Wednesdays convention will be Daniel
f. Buck, of Mankato, who two years
ago. although Democrat. was retired
from politics by Messrs. Kelly and Do
ran.
In 1856 Mr.. Buck penned remark
able address to the party, some of the
wisdom of which is worthy of reproduc-
tion. Among points made by him were
these:
''The mass of the Democracy of this
state feel ashamed and disgraced by
the political methods of a few men," &
1T is time for the assumed leaders of
the Democracy of this state to under
stand that this is land of free speech
and equal rights, and not monarchy
where the public voice is stified and lib
erty crushed by usurpation and central
lied power"
''If the leaders, actual or assumed, of
great political party betray it, then it
should arise in it's might at the first op-
portunity, retrace its steps, purify its
life-blood and detrone its traitors"
Most remarkable of the predictions
made in 1856 by Mr.. Buck of Kelly and
Doran, is the following:
'The next step will be the nominat-
ing by them of candidates for state and
local offices without consulting the peo-
Pile, and then the issuing of their man
date as to who shall be voted for, to
complete their system of tyranny"
In this address Mr.. Buck further said !:
"This is not a mere question of the
distribution of federal patronage or the
selection of certain men for official
positions.
1t is question of unlimited arbitrary
power or local self-governmenta and the
right of the people to rule.
We are minority party in this state
and need recruits to our ranks.
How can we ask others to join US, or
hold our Democrats who feel humiliated
and loss of respect for such proceed
ings, when such odious bossisms break
out in our rankS?"
The opposition to Kelly and Doran
among the delegates to the state con-
vention is much greater than they will
| admit.
1t has grown in the last few days.
The strength now represented by it,
according to the claims of the ''antis,' -
is as follows: "
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