St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-29
LAWLER SPEAKS.
The Young Lawyer Talks Vigor-
OnSJv IN Them

just before the adjournment at noon,
Chairman Dan Lawler was called on
for a speech. He responded in this
strain:
II would have preferred, for personal
reasons, that you had made some one
else your chairman.
but when L appreciate that you are
the lawfully chosen delegates to the
ramsey county convention, l most
gladly accept.
'We are here as the representatives of
no clique.
"We are here for no offices. We are
mere TO represent pure Democracy.
The conditions that bring us here to-
day Justify this movement.
1.-The Democratic clubs of this county,
representing $500 Democratic -Hotes,
made the request in legal and respect
ful form to the Democratic county COM
mlttee-the creation of the party, and
Which can never rise above it-that the
primaries be conducted according to the
laws of the stale. Their request was
respectfully received.
But the answer given to them was
that every request made was refused.
Every provision of the primary law
was violated. Legal votes were re-
fused OF smothered by spurious or bogus
votes.
"The ballots counted were not the
ones cast.
Everything I say is true and will be
proven to the state convention by
sworn testimony. The men who sat in
Market hall yesterday were not the
lawful representatives of the DemOc-
racy.
1T might have been possible that,
under certain circumstances, we would
have submitted to the nomination of a
man who, up to to-day, never said that
he would vote for Cleveland.
But when fraud and force are reSorted
to, it is time to protest
I'VE will name as delegates to the
state convention men whose character
and qualities will be recognized"
They gave Mr.. Lawler rousing cheers
and then Judge Williams said:
MIR. Lawler gives credit to the DEM
ocratic county committee for decency
and courtesy. He is mistaken. They
would not receive our petition and all
of our requests were ignored"
Judge Flandrau-I have little to- say.
The clubs demanded fair primary, but
we must not say that the county COM
mittee is not the authority to do this. 1t
is. But when the request is made for
primary in every precinct it is fair.
But the county committee gave only
one primary to every ward. What their
scheme is do not know. But when
find men elected on a cut-and-dired
programme and instructed to vote for
Republican, l say there is fraud at the
bottom of it.
Schetfer is so ambitious and so egotis-
tical that years ago he could not wait
for the party to succeed like the rest of
us, but left it.
Now, when we can win, Albert Schef-
fer pops up and asks us to nominate
him.
The state convention is only the agent
Of the party to present a Democratic
candidate for governor to it.
Ii that convention selects a Republi-
can, say that am absolved from any
allegiance to that selection.
have not the slightest worry about
the convention nominating Albert
Scheffer. The convention will present
the best Democrat to US.
They say good deal against Kelly
and Doran. l have nothing to do with
Kelly and Doran. don't believe they
will rule. These people can fight Kelly
and Doran, but they have not the right
to do it in this way.
We say that we were elected.
Whether or not we are elected, we are
the only ones that represent the Demo-
cratic party.
The others abdicated their rights.
When we go to the state convention,
if it is Democratic convention, we will
be admitted