St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-11
BE CONGRATULATED.
"FeIix Mecca" Proud of the DEM
ocratic Representation in the
State Senate.

"Felix Mecca" Proud of the DEM
ocratic Representation in the
State Senate.
To the Editor of the Globe.
In your issue of Saturday, April Z,
1888, headed ''The Next Legislature"
there are some statements that give
erroneous impressions to those readers
of your valuable paper who have not
the election returns for reference, or
who may not think to refer to them.
First, it says: sit is quite plain from the
number of counties in the state Demo-
cratic on any issue but legislative one,
that, in this latter particular, neglect
has worked to the party's HARM" BY
referring to the returns we find only
eleven counties out of seventy-nine,
that gave majorities for President Cleve-
land, while at the same cleo
ton there were fifteen Demo-
cratic senators elected out of
forty-seven. From this proportion it
would seem that the Democrats of the
state should be congratulated and en-
couraged for their energy and success,
instead of being branded by neglect to
the party'S HARM" Let the blame rest
where the records show it should. The
second statement in said article, which
should be corrected, is, Dakota county,
another Democratic stronghold, elects
regularly Republican SENATOR" The
correct statement is, as shown by the
election returns of Dakota county, that
there has not been since 1865 but one
senator elected from Dakota county who
was nominated by the Republicans,
and that was in 1882, when A.
III. Truax beat j. F. Norrish.
[ could not vouch for the political bias
of every person nominated and elected
for senator during all those years, but
they were all, except Truax, nominated
by the Democrats. Again in 1856 the
regularly nominated Democrat for SEN
ator was, according to Republican
county canvasSing board, elected and
given the certificate of election. The
evidence in the contest showed an in
crease in the majority, but there
happened to be four senators who
were elected OH Democratic tickets to
that body who were either so adverse to
having farmer sit in that body with
them. OF they believed that citizen of
Duluth, railroad contractor. could
represent the interests of the people of
OdhOtd equity anu tIlO StdtO DctttI Gudu
a farmer could who had lived in the
county thirty years, so when the decis-
ion of the contest came on the Goth of
January. 1887, they helped to unseat the
Democrat who held the certificate of
election to that body, given by Re-
publican canvassing board. Here
they are: Henry Keller, of Stearns,
voted to unSeat the Demo-
crat and to seat the Republican.
E. w. Durant, of Washington. was ex-
cused from voting on the resolution be-
cause he said he did not understand the
testimony, although the full text of all
the testimony in the contest had been
printed and copy of it given to each
senator Everything had been done so
any intelligent person could have had
fair understanding of the whole matter.
On the call of the senate Childs, of Nc
Leod, and L. E. Bowen were not found,
did not respond to the roll call and did
not vote. With all this the vote stood
90 to 16, so the wishes of majority of
the voters of Dakota county were ig-
nored. Yours to command,
FELIX MECCA.
Hastings, April 8.