St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-18

local Seif-SOVernment ana a trdVoSty on
the right of home rule! And 'sthe pres
ident and heads of departments are re-
queSted to recognize no other indorse-
ment from this state" Whata political
monstrosity! 1t is the very essence of
idotic stupidity and the qulntesSence of
deSpotic autOcracy. It Is standing
menace to every Democrat who believes
in the constitutional right of petition,
and an insult to the people who believe
in their right to have their grievances
redresSed. Seventy thousand Mime
sofa Democrats will not submit tamely
to this insOlence and tyranny. Weshall
| never have peace or harmony in our par
ty until that resolution is wiped out and
its further enforcement made impOS-
sible. 1t is not the voice of the people,
but it is the utterance of a small COM
mittee, large part of whom were them
selves office seekers. and thus sought,
by betrayal of the rights of the peo-
pie, to secure official positions for them
selves. That committee well knew that
it possessed mo power, but in the greed
for Office and self-aggrandizement it
passed a resolution which is mOnu-
ment of folly and tyranny unsurpassed
in the annals of the country. When
the political campaign ended its power
ended except to call another state con-
vention. Whether that resolution was
passed through ignorance or intended
uSurpation. it was a betrayal of the trust
confided to the members of that commit
tee, and their places should be filled by
men who will not attempt to constitute
themselves the guardian of the peoples
rights by uSurpation of powers
NEVER CONFERRED UPON THEM.
And it has been enforced with spirit
| of defiance and boaSting in strict keep
| inp with tha rnotiynS which originated
| it. The sight of two men masquerading
| over the country back and forward as
| civil service reformerS for Minnesota
with that resolution in their pockets.
| boasting of what they have done and
will do, is discreditable and disgrace
| to the Democracy of this state. And
what is the result of this usurpation?
| 1t has brought discord and dlssenslons
into the ranks of the Democracy where
we should have peace, harmony and
united party. 1t has brought disgrace
and humiliation upon the Democracy,
| annoying and dlScouraglng, When we
should have had policy broad, liberal,
comprehensive, giving us life,
strength, courage and victory. 1t
has made the people believe
| that many of the Federal offices have
been peddled out as commercial trans
actions instead of bestowing them upon
the deserving Democrats who were the
choice of their party and honest, faith
full and capable men. 1t has dehed the
will of the people and forced upon
them in many instances officers they
did not want regardless Of fitness or
qualifications for the position. 1t has
placed in office men whose political
conduct has always been menance to
the Democratic candidates, and dis
turbing element in the Democratic
party, instead of rewarding Democrats
who have always been true and faithful.
1t has neglected the claims OF the labor
ing man, and it has left unnOtlced the
great agricultural interests OF the coun-
try and with an arrogant autocratlc
landlordism disregarded the prlncl-
Piles of the national plat
form, that labor should be fos,,
tered and cherished. 1t has boldly and
defantly opposed the cardinal principle
of Democracy, anti-monOpoly, by con-
stituting mOnopoliStic Office brokerage
business unheard of before, and unSur-
passed in its despotic execution. 1t has
been used to aid and strengthen the
power of the grinding mOnOpollsts of
the state, that they might keep their
burden upon the neckS OF the people.
1t has diSregarded the doctrine of CIVIL
service reform, aud made it farce and
a mockery in this state. 1t has struck
deadly blow at the very life of self-gOv-
ment, and. unless repudiated and over
thrown. will blot out the right OF home
rule and local self-government in every
community in this state. 1t has been
faithless to the just claims of the old
and SCARED soldiers, whose endurance.
bravery and SufferingS saved the union
of these states forever, instead OF allow
ing them to become the dead mother of
independent. antagonistic republics.
DEMOCRATS OF MINNESOTA,
| with such proceedings and such results
before US, what shall we do? We cam
not encourage such proceedlnss nor de-
fend such results We cannot go to the
Republican party for redress or salts
| faction, for it is full of centralized
| power and intense bosSism. Its legisla-
| tors, its juniciary and its prominent
| leaders are continually travelling in the
! direction of centralizatiOn, rising higher
| and higher, step by step, until thousands
would gladly leave party where such
| power is always on the rise and never
| falls. That party suffered defeat in 1884
| because of its boSSism and its exercise
of centralized power. Ii 1t exercised
| that power less braZenly and more
gracefully it did it quite as effectually,
| until the aroused indignation of the
people swept its power away. But the
| day of bOsSiSm has not passed. 1t
| has arisen again in our own ranks,
bold, defiant and inSolent. 1t StareS
us in the face, it meets us
at every corner, tits hurled at us through
the newspapers, until degraded and hui
inflated we wonder if two men are ev-
erything and the people nothing. Is not
offensive partiSanship equally as repre-
| henSible when exercised towards the
harc of onQ,c nartV uhpp
ercised towards them by a political OPP
ponent. To punish the latter and re-
| ward the former is not meeting out JUS
| tice. nor the exhibition of a successful
political policy. In the various COM
| munities in the state there are hundreds
| of able and faithful Democrats who
have grown gray in battling for the
| faith they have loved and never turned
away from, seeking no office, but they
will never submit to this usurpation,
| though their voices are Stit1ed
! and their wishes disregarded for the
time being. Look at Minneapolis
| Great in her capabilities and industries,
| great in her wealth and the intelligence
of her people, with thousands of faith
full and intelligent Democrats, yet they
must travel to st. Paul and bend the
| knee to one or two men before that city
of 140, 900 people can have a postmaster
of her choice. Will that city endure this
| in silence. or will her Democracy arise
and help punish this crime against the
liberty of her people? And this usurpa-
ton goes out all over this fair young
state of ours, stencil in the nostrils of
| every decent man. If these proceedings
are tolerated, the next step will be the
nominating by them of candidates for
state and local offices
| SWITHOUT CONSULTING THE PEOPLE,
and then the issuing of this mandate as