St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-28
DEMOCRATIC QUARREL.

A Rumpus Between the Party
Leaders, the Legislative Delega-
ton and the Senatorial Candi-
date.
1t is very trying place to put lead
er where he holds the key to senatori-
al situation. 1t IS key that has numer-
GUS combinations and will fit good
many locks. A great many people
wanted to know my business for three
weeks at Bismarck. l am now ready to
tell it. Hon. d. w. Maratta, chairman
of the Democratic state central commit
tee; Hon. John D. Benton, late Demo
cratic candidate for congress; Hon. w.
B. Mcconnell, judge of the Third judi
cial district; Hon. w. G. Leistikrow, OF
Grafton, and George Lashell. OF Lari-
more, business partner of w. N. Roach,
late Democratic candidate for governor,
subscribed to a fund to open Demo-
cratic headquarters at Bismarck and
form lobby to elect Democratic
United States senator, or, at least, try
and advance the interests OF the Demo-
cratic party. Not in the interest OF any
one man, but the party-the plan was
to put the Democratic members in conf
munication with the party and
Have Them Work
and confer together on a common plan
and for common purpose for the good
of Democracy. But 1t was absolutely
impossible to carry out this plan or do
anything under it. The gentleman who
worked up boom for himself by Sc
curing the caucus nomination through
private work, and without any cOnSulta-
ton with his party, by sending for his
private and political FOUNDERS to work
on the Democratic members for him,
must not expect now that the Demo-
cratic party will stand responsible for
his blunders and assume his record as
party affair.
Four-fifths of the Democratic men,
bers of the legislature are good. pure,
honorable men, and anxious to do right,
and what they have done is not their
fault, but because they were
NIisled by Others.
1 have no fault TO find with Mr.. Hans
brOugh as a Republican. He is young
man who has many noble qualities to
admire. He conducted remarkably
strong canvass and made favorable
impression on those he came in contact
with; and his wife is plucky woman,
full of energy and common sense. As
Republicans, they are good people, and
we have no objection to Mr.. Hans
brough appealing to his party for sup
port. But it is now in order for the
great chieftain. who stood up before his
| party and was honored sixteen times by
| his full party vote-eXceptlng once,
when they voted for Walter Muir as
| compliment-to explain. when fourteen
| Democrats deserted him in the last
| ballot, that he had no kicking to dc.
| Nearly 200 per cent Of his army went
| down and he had smile on his face. In
the evening, at
The Sheridan House,
instead of being found with his party,
| explaining how his line came to wave
and break, and go all to smash III the
last round, his face was lit by broader
smile than the driver of the band
wagon-just as though he was on thai
wagon. too.
1t was a fact, well known in the
| lobby two days before Hansbrough was
was elected, that when he reached a
| certain vote half the Democratic mem
bers were ready to go to him.
Did any Democrat see or hear the
leader object to this? If they did, le
them speak.
The fact that it was known that {
/ large number of Democrats were going
TO Hansbrough, forced large number
of Republicans to go to him in order tt
get in the band wagon. The first
Democratic vote was the signal for
Tremendous Applause.
After that the Democratic line run
down from twenty-four to nine. Aftel
the election was over Mr.. Bidlake came
to me at the Sheridan house and showed
me a paper writing signed by Mr.. Hans
brough, all of which was in his OWL