St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-30
From Yesterdays GLoBE.1
This FOR The PEOPLE
Ramsey County Committee
Defend Their Course To-
ward Scheffep.
He Was the Choice OF the
Democrats Of Ramsey
County.
Doran Interfered in Politics
Where He Had No
Right To.
Both He and Kelly Working
for Their Own Personal
Ends.
ST PAIL InlY 81. 1885

the adherentS OF MeSSrS. Kelly and Do
ran in this city, touching the last
county convention for the election of
delegates to the state convention, and
the action of such convention on the
presentation of the name of Albert
Scheffer, we have determined that for
this once we will answer the aspersiOns
that have been cast upon the Democracy
Of this county and the members of the
recent convention, by giving to our citi-
ZenS an accurate and Succinct history of
the entire matter. 1t is no part of our
Intention or purpose, in doing this, to
indulge in personality OF recriminations,
but we merely confine ourselves to a
statement of the occurrences as they
have actually taken place, stripped of
all attempt of either argument or abuse.
For great many years it has been
the uniform custom on the part OF the
Democracy to call the caucuses or pri-
mary elections within two or three days
of the date of the holding of the paltic-
ular city or county convention for
which they were intended. This Gus
tom has been uniform and unbroken,
| and has been well understood by every
cltlZen OF ramsey county, ana
THE CUSTOM
which we have alluded to has been es-
tablished and carried out in all of the
political parties in said county. Repub-
lican as well as Democratic. These
primary elections or caucuses have
always been called by the county COM
mittee, and the same unbroken rule of
custom prescribed that the committee
should nominate the judges and appoint
the places for the holding of the primary
election. 1t has equally been the uniform
custom to converge all of the election
districts contained in each ward into one
district for the purposes of such primary
election; and the polls have been kept
open for two hours, between the hours
of and Z in the evening. The primary
elections recently held in this city were
conducted with regard to and in strict
observance of the rules that we have
referred to, and not solitary prece-
dent concerning the calling of the eau
cuSeS, the times and places of holding
them, the duration of the polls and the
naming of the judges has been de-
parted from.
1t seems to us that under these cir
cumStance there is little occasion for
any honest objection to the results,
whatever they may have been.
So far as the presentation of the name
our esteemed fellow citizen, Albert
Schetfer, for the consideration of the
coming Democratic state convention is
concerned, we believe that the conven-
ton, In doing SO, expressed the wishes
of the Democrats of Ramsey county. In
order that full expression of opinion
should be had upon the subject, and
that the voters who chose to attend the
primary could act intelligently, and
| that the delegates whose names were to
| be voted might have full knowledge of
the proposed movement, which, in our
Judgment, requires neither apology
NOR DEFENSE,
| the name of Albert Scheffer was
printed upon those of the tickets which
were protfered by the delegates or the
proposed delegates who were favorable
to him; and with that all-Sufficient no
tice and full and complete knowledge of
all of the circumstances, the vote was
| overwhelmingly in their favor, and to
| such an extent that not a man was
elected as delegate to the county con-
ventiOn who did not, when assembled in
| the convention, give his entire and
| hearty acquiescence to the presentation
| of the name of Mr.. Schetfer.
The Democrats of Ramsey county did
not in this action, nor do they now,
| propose to dictate to the rest of the
state, or to any voter in the state. AS
the result of their observation of the
political condition of the state of Min
nesota, the demands and interests of
our people, the issues to be determined
by the popular vote in the coming cam
paign. they have exercised their judg-
ment in expressing at this time, and at
period that gives ample time for study
and reflection, their preference for Mr.
Scheffer, and this they have done with
| full knowledge of the man. his political
attitude and his political beliefs. 1t is
no part of the duty or purpose of this
committee to euiogiZe or advocate Mr..
Scheffer in this communication, but we
can and do say, without fear of contra
diction, that
that his requirements are amply suf-
ficient, and that at his hands, no matter
what party he represents, the people Of
this state will receive and have the
benefit of the services of an active, hon
| est and intelligent executive. His
political faith was in conformity with
the political platform of the Democratic
party nominating Horace Greeley. He
was the endorsed choice of the DEM
ocracy for state senator in 1856 in Ram
sey county. His votes in the senate. his
everyday life, his anti-mOnOpOly views
ON every question affecting public inter-
ests, mis- well known views on revising
the tariff and reducing the national sur
plus, and his nomination by the farmers
of the state on platform identical with
the national Democratic platform as
their choice for leader to give them
the utmost and cheapest facilities to the
markets of the world for their produce,
| mark him politically as leader bold,
fearless and firm, like our great chief,
| Grover Cleveland, to lead the Dem
| ocracy to victory i'll this state and give
| the electoral vote of our commonwealth
to Cleveland and Thurman. 1t might
be well, perhaps, after this explanation,
to allude to the position taken by the
| two gentlemen
WHO ARE ARRoGATING
| to themselves the right to dictate, not
only to every voter of Ramsey county,
| but to every Democratic voter of the en-
| tire state, what his particular actions
| shall be in the matter of the exercise
| by him of the elective franchise con-
| ferred upon him by the laws of his
country. AS to one of these gentlemen,
| Mr.. Kelly, it is enough to say that the
| echoes of his most recent and public as
| sertionS, that he has forever retired
from all political Intervention of any
| description, have scarcely as yet died
away. For the other, Mr.. Doran, we
can say that he is not a resident of
| Ramsey county, cannot exercise the
| elective franchise here, is incapable of
holding any Office at the hands of this
community, and we may be pardoned
for remarking that we do not recognize
his right to interfere in our local mat
| tiers.
1t would be perhaps sufficient for all
purposes to terminate this communica-
vidual and respected citizens of this
community who have been publicly and
wantonly attacked by the emissarles