St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-21
The DAKOTA TUSSLE.
A Day Man Views the Stu
alton From Wash
ington,
Denounces the Attempt OF
Gov. Church to Run the
Party.
A Red-Hot Convention Is
Predicted for Water
town.
Suggestions for Delegates to
st. Louis and Wash
ington.
Special to the Globe.

special 10 lDe OIODc.
WASHINGTON April 20.-HOn. Charles
c. Frost, special timber agent for Wash
ington territory, and former editor OF
the Huron Free Trade Democrat, who
is about to leave for the West to resume
his duties, reluctantly consented to be
interviewed by the GLOBE correspond
ent relative to the Democratic factiOnal
fight now at fever heat in Dakota. Mr..
Frost has always been closely identified
with the Day election, and generally
knows what he is talking about. Hav-
ing the question propounded to him as
to what he thought of the bitter feeling
existing between Day and Church
MR.. FROST SAID:
81 am much surprised to observe that
Gov. Church is prostitutlng the high
trust reposed in him by President Cleye-
land for the purpose of becoming a
leader of our party in Dakota. His
actions of late are certainly not in keep
ing with the expressed desire and wishes
of the president. You know that a
''public office is public trust" but the
high Office held by Church appears to be
more in the light of private trust for
the sole advancement of an unhOly am
bition, cloaked with garb of power
wholly unnatural, within which exists a
combination of envy and petty spite.
Now | have foreseen months back that
this truSt' would work trouble for the
party. | do not wish to be understood
as insinuating that this ''trust'' l speak
of is on the same scale as the "trusts"
lately investigated in the state Of New
York. 1t is ''trust" though, that
CANNOT BE TRUSTED
nv the Democratic party of Dakota: and
if not soon broken will cause an If
reparable break within our ranks.
During the last campaign in our terri
tory Gov. Pierce issued a proclamation
to his subordlnates forbiding them to
take any active part in politics what
ever, which was complied with by the
Republican officeholderS nearly to
man. Holding his office under
President Cleveland's administration,
and desiring to be in harmony with it as
much as possible,and knowing full well
realized that such was his unqualified
duty. and like a good official he issued
that command. 1t is certainly mOrtify-
ing to all good Democrats to compare
the action of Gov. Pierce with that of
Gov. Church in this matter. 1t is
not true that Gov. Church has
literally issued a command to all of his
appointees to take hand in the strug-
gle now going on, but by his own
actions and those of his appointees at
the present time, one is led to infer
and really believe that a personal cir
cular has been issued to that effect. |
am not commenting on this deplorable
state of affairs
AS A DAY MAN,
but as a Democrat heartily in sympathy
with thic admin c fro tiOO Gov Church
has been well treated by the president,
and it grieveS me very much that he
should be so ungrateful in this respect.
and to see the governor bringing him.
self into bad repute with the admins
tration of civil service reform is re-
GREETED by us all. If you had observed
closely the various appointments made
by Church since his Inauguration as
governor up to the present time, you
would have long since come to the con-
clusion that they were all being made
with view of controlling the coming
territorial convention. Not man who
was known to be a firm friend to M. FL.
Day, has received an appointment
at the hands of the governor, except as
to several central committeeman, who
were given places of honor solely for
the purpose of getting the control of
that important body. Some Democrats
of very little prominence, who were at
first bitterly opposed to Church, have
been
WON OVER BY OFFICES,
but such men must even deSpise them
selves.
| believe that all good Democrats
should heartily support the adminiStra-
ton of Gov. Church and extend to him
all the aid in their power to make it a
success, so long as the gov
ernor does his part, but when
his acts are deserving of criticism, it is
the privilege of Democrats to cenSure
them. Church should be above petty
warfares, and should stand aloof from
attempting to dominate the Democratic
party of Dakota. His every effort
should be to govern the people, and
assure you that if he pays his attention
to his sworn duties in this respect he
will have his hands full and no time for
anything else.
Twill the Democratic officials gener-
ally in Dakota take hand in the COM
ing conventions"
Eyes, l think so. You see, many of
Church's appointees have already had
themselves elected as delegates to the
convention, and naturally this opens
the way for many friends of Day, who
were appointed by the president and
given them chance to show their
hands, which they will undoubtedly do
with vengeance"
''Are there not some officials who will
be afraid of having their heads taken
off, if they openly oppose Church?''
"There may be some who will feel
that way, but see no reason why they
should. President Cleveland appointed
Church to govern the people of Dakota,
not the Democratic party. The idea Of
Church, total stranger, coming to the
territory to become the leader of our
party is preposterouS. AS our governor
we will support him, but never as the
leader of our party. Now Church has
forced himself into territorial politics,
and thus thrown down the gauntlet for
the leaders of our party to take up, and
after doing this do you presume for one
moment that President Cleveland would
remove a Democratic office-holder
simply because he refused to allow
Church to run the party in the terri
tory?"
IF you were in Dakota at the present
time, in your official position, what
action would you takeW
81 would
SUPPORT CHURCH
as governor, but bitterly oppose him in
his attempt to boss the party. would
stand side by side with M. II. Day and
fight until every hair in my
head had been pulled out. 1 believe
in a man being man, and
trust the time will never come when |
fail to stand by my friends or refuse to
speak when l consider it necessary to