St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-24
Capt, Mapatta Defines His Po-
sition and Talks Right to
the Point.
Harmony and Unity Will Pre-
vail in the Democratic
Ranks.
The Farmers Alliance App
proves Cleveland's Views
of the Tariff,
And the Action Of Church and
Ward in Assessing Rail-
roads.

By Globe Staff Contributor.
politics is strange things,"I think
somebody has remarked. To illustrate,
might quote an article from last Satur-
days Pioneer Press, which, If it didn't
prove this statement, would at least
prove that sometimes all that there is
in politics is lying. This article in the
with Mar shall Maratta, at Sioux Falls.
The pith of it was contained in the fol-
lowing extract:
1.-THE division in the Democratic party
of Dakota" continued the marshal, lis
the result of the action of the Demo-
cratic convention held at Pierre several
years ago. Inman, of Vermilion, and
l were candidates for delegates
to the national Democratic cOnven-
ton. Shortly before the vote was taken
some one started the report that | was
an Ordway man. Inman attempted to
explain, but we were scoOped by Day
and Warner. / told the assembled wis
dom of the party then that their action
was inJudlcious and would turn to ashes
on their tongues. The reliability of my
prediction has since been fully verified.
Day has now control of the strongest
end of the split, and his brains will out
weigh Church, with all his patronage, in
his struggles for supremacy in the APP
preaching conventions of the present
year. Day Is the political boss i'll Da-
kOta. Make note of that"
This looks bad, doesn't it? 1t doesn't
look as though Capt. Maratta was q
very close student of my articles in the
GLOBE, or he wouldn't talk this wav.
But we have had experience enough
with the already well-knOwn treacher-
GUS character of this paper to at least
take this with few grains of allowance.
Can we justly, knowing what we do. be-
lieve this to be true of our President
Cleveland's app0inteeS, whose duty it IS
to work in harmony with the adminis-
tration? What cause has Capt. Maratta
to speak in this manner of Mr.. Dayp
We know that President Cleveland be-
lieves in Gov. Church, and that he has
great confidence IN Capt. Maratta, and
can we believe that these two men are
NOT WORKING TOGETHER
harmo niously in. the same cause of good
government? Where is this abuse of
ing to stop? VIII we stand it much
longer? | think not. | for one am not,
and this is the reason that j am devOt.
ing so much time to this subject. Rec.
Ognizing the Pioneer Press as the lead
ing Republican paper in Dakota, 1 feel
1t my duty as a Democrat to protest
against such disreputable political prac-
tees as these. There is in my opinion
no more call for lying in politics than
in business. The time is coming, and
near at hand, when politics shall
be taken to much higher plane
than it has been. The people demand
it; it is the cry of the honr. President
Cleveland'S clean administration has
given people taste of it, and they will
soon take nothing else. Not only will
they demand the same honest conduct
of affairs in our national government,
well. It's business. Gov. Church has
given the people of Dakota taste of it
aud they like it; it is going like wildfre.
and soon they will take nothing else.
But to return to the subject Of Capt.
Maratta's interview, from which we
have wandered quite little; | had a
TALK WITH CAPT. MARATTA
at Bismarck the other day, and he made
some such good remarks that | noted
them down. When / read his inter-
view in the Pioneer Press, pur-
porting to be from Sioux Falls,
but more likely from Bismarck,
said: "What liev' for there
was about as much difference between
it and the truth as between black and
white. When i asked Capt. Maratta
what kind of a Democrat he was, his
reply did not sound much like this
wishy-washy stuff, that Pierce dishes
up to the disgust of even the Republic
cans, / should think. by this time. What
the use of this continued and unwar-
ranted lying about prominent Democrats
is, l can't imagine-unless it is that
the Republicans are awful hard up for
something to write about. Capt. Maratta
said: II am Democrat. L was a DEM
Ocrat when that species was mighty
scarce in these parts. was one of the
first delegates that ever represented
this territory in national convention.
b. ID. Kelley and l were DakOta's
first delegates to national convention.
We attended the Cincinnati convention.
Mr.. Kelley was mighty good fellow,
too, and the first deputy that l APP
pointed, after / got my commission, was
Deputy Marshal Kelley. He is at Dead
wood; one of the editors of the Daily
Pioneer. And have been just as much
a Democrat ever since. am
ALWAYS A DEMOCRAT
and they know just where to find me.
This talk about ''split" doesn't amount
to anything. Any man who is a Democrat
will stand by his party through thick
and thin. ! supported Mr.. Day for
delegate just as heartily as would have
done for myself. President Cleveland
appointed me marshal, and don't you
suppose l stood by him? Gov. Church
is governor of this territory, and don't
you suppose that he has my faithful
support in everything? am no kicker.
If every man stood up for Democracy
and supported it like | do there
would be no trouble about
successful administration. / have to
talk a good many times to amuse peo-
pie, but find that the things that are
"pan out" so that il l have any
thing that / want particularly to 90
find that the best and most
decent way is to keep my mouth shut
about it. | can't know things myself
that | tell to somebody else. Gov.
church is giving us a splendid admins
iStratiOn and he has no more ardent adj
mirer than ann Capt. Maratta is the
MOST PECULIAR MAN
that there is in the territory. No one
can tell what he is driving at-that is,
as general thing. Sometimes, as in
the above talk to me. he gets down 20
bed rock-that Is, on certain subjects,
among them, that he is Democrat and
generally 'getS there" He appreciates
the fact that Gov. Church has the con-
fidence of President Cleveland; that
President Cleveland has the confidence
of the people, and according to the old
rule, ''things that are equal to
the same thing are equal to each
other" Gov. Church has the conf
IF "a