St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-12
AFRAID OF GROVER.
The Lone Fisherman OF Buzz
Yards Bay Troubles Some
People,
And the Republican Managers
or Tools Try a New
Dodge.
An Anonymous Circular De-
signed to Foment Trouble
Among Democrats.
Chairman Campbell'S Apt
Characterization Of Such
Underhand Methods.

lh- tlIlC Jul IC OA q duOul iliOuS pam PillCl
of some twelve pages, purporting to
have been written by a Democrat for
the purpose of defeating the renomina-
ton of the eX-president. The most
casual examination of the circular will
convince almost any one that it is the
work of the Republican national COM
mittee through one of its most ignorant
tools. The circular commences with
short address to the public, Introducing
letter from "a prominent business
man of New York" which, strange to
say. is dated Washington, and adj
dressed to the "editOr of the Democrat"
The Introduction opens up with an ac
count Of an anti-Clevelaud convention
claimed to have been held in Spring
field, Mass, in June, 1885, and gives a
choice array of the blackguard eX-
pressions used. as the writer says, on
that occasion. by delegates from seven
teen states" The last and strongest of
them runs as follows:
The Internal regions will be sold at
action for skating rink before Cleve-
land shall ever again hold office by our
vote"
OF High Standing.
AllSl DiCdllliiiS oil tUtSt Uldl0ulC-
tons ''calmer counselS' are said to have
prevailed, and committee Of five gen.
tlemen of the very highest standing"
was appointed TO 90 to Washington and
consult with the president and particu-
larly ask him if he did not think the
Democratic party. presumably the five
gentlemen themselves. after long years
of waiting was not entitled to a clean
sweep. President Cleveland is stated
to have SAID in substance:
IF people would attend to their own
business | will run the government"
This answer, the anonymous writer
states, was communicated 10 the mem
bers of the Springfield convention So
called, and "we"-mark the "we"-
immediately organized for action" the
circular proceeds, land promptly adopt
ing The policy of our great leader,
Samuel j. TiIden;
s'Still Hunts Was Enaugurated
which has disclosed the existence Of
over 100000 of anti-CleYeland DEM
ocratS, every one of whom is pledged,
lrrevocably, TO vote against him, no
matter who the opposing candidate
may be-"
After this astounding statement, one
should be in frame OF mind to expect
almost anything. but the very next
paragraph completely knocks one
silly" to use a common expression. 1t
is nothing more nor less than a decla-
ration that these 100000 Democrats all
belong to great
Anti-CleVeIand Secret Society,
with its grips and passwords. In 1888
Mr.. Cleveland received 5,53S, 233 votes,
so that it will be seen that according to
arl Of Io
entire party is not only against CleVe-
lands denomination, but have become
so fearful that he will win in spite of
them that they have banded themselves
together in way totally un-DemOcratic
and un-American. The paragraph is
so absurd that it is reproduced here. 1t
follows:
"We"-meaning the 100000 anti
Cleveland DemOcrats-''meetf reQently
and secretly, have our passwords! and
grips, and visiting delegates whose bus
mess it is to report progress and see
that all branches of our order work in
harmony, and we are prepared to pre-
sent an lnYulnerable phaldnX against
the
Election of Grover Cleveland
to any public Office. And now, deem
ing it time to make known our position,
we have decided to reprint the able let
ter OF prominent business man of New
YORK, published some weeks ago, and
send 1t broadcast throughout the land,
as IT clearly, c0nclSely and forcibly pre-
SentS the feelings and intent of our
branch of the party and gives a
ringing declaration of true Democratic
principles, as we'll as forcible expose
of the true inwardness of the present
mixed and unnatural situation of gov
eminent affairs, business and social
problems"
The letter of the prominent business
man OF New Ork is, Strangely enough,
dated Washington, and not New York.
The writer first wants to know how
Henry WatterSon knows that the peo-
pie OF the country want Cleveland, and
then gives the result of a straw canvass
taken by himself in his travels on the
favorte
This is summarized as follows: Dem
ocrats-Hill, 81 per cent; Cleveland. q,
and the balance scattering. Republic
anS-Blaine. 70 per cent and Harrison )
per cent. The latter then proceeds at
great length to denOunce Mr. Cleveland,
and makes the astounding statement
that he ran behind his ticket in Louis
lama, strangely confusing the War
moth-NlcholS with the presidential
fight in 1883.
The real inside of the matter and the
hand OF the Republican manager, scared
at the prospect of Cleyeland's renom-
nation, is seen when the long list of
available candidates is mentioned.
Among these the following are sug-
gested: Carlisle, Morrison, BoieS, Gray,
VOORHEES,. Crisp, Palmer. Pattison. Vest,
Russell, Bland, Springer, Mills, Camp
bell, Gordon, German and Hill.
Hepu biicans Afraid.
The republican managers are afraid
OF the denomination of President Cleve-
| land and have set out to create dissen-
sions in the ranks, thinking that in this
way they can fOment discord, if not de-
| feat his denomination. State Chairman
| William NJ. Campbell, who was shown a
copy of the circular yesterday, thus
neatly dissects it:
Il have waded through e~pamphlet
bearing the title 'Antl-Cleveland' which
| you handed me- said Chairman Camp
| bell. lit is but one of several indica-
tions that the Republicans are making
strenuous efforts to prevent the nominal
ton of Mr.. Cleveland. They are play
ing now to secure anti-Cleyeland dele
cations to the next national convention,
and this thing is designed TO foment a
feeling that exists among some OF those
Democrats who failed to receive Office
at Mr.. Cleveland's hands, and who
would naturally like better to see one
of their kind nominated. The Repub-
lieans see defeat in the nomination of
Mr.Cleveland. / assume that the pamph-
let has a Republican origin because,
| among other reasons, it says that they
| are proceeding to secure the defeat of
MIR. Cleveland by an un-Democratic
method, the organization of q secret So
ciety, oath-bound, with grip and pass
word. That isn't the Democratic way
We fight out our differences openly in
our conventions, and accept the results
as decisive, whoever wins. Another slip
indicating its fraudulent origin is the
statement in the preface that it is writ
ten by prominent business man of
New York, :" whose name is carefully
omitted, while the letter is dated at
| Washington. 1t is addressed, too, to
| the editor OF the Democrat, and at that
! date, March o. 1891 no paper was pub