St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-22
The Observation-Disclosures
Ticket in North Dakota
Cannot Be Defeated.
A United, Enthusiastic Attack
Upon the Tariff Robbers.
in Every County.
The Democrats and Independ-
ents Agree to Divide South
Dakota Electors.
Rumor Afloat Affecting Some
b0dy's Integrity Regard
ing Fair Receipts.
Special to the Globe.

GRAND FORKS, n. D., sept. 2l.-1ne
campaign has opened up IN North Da-
kota under circumst stances very favOra-
BILE to the Democratic party. Ever since
the campaign Of two years ago. which
was so effectively prosecuted under the
gallant leadership of Capt ID. w.
Maratta, of Fargo. there has been
growing tariff reform sentiment which
has this year eliminated in a revolt
against the high-tariff politicians of the
Republican party in every county in
the state. This revolt has been gradual,
but sure. 1t was first noticeable in the
decreased attendance of farmers at Re-
publican caucuses and Republican con-
ventions in every county, and the dis
sent and disaffection have sprea until
at the last Republican state convention
held in this city the attendance
of delegates was confined exclusively
to the old-line politicians who have been
delegates and candidates for every va
cancy since the good old territorial
days, when Jud La Moure played in
herd of bronchos against batcn of town
lots in Bismarck during legislative
poker game at the capitol. And one
shrewd politician remarked the day of
one familiar with the politics of North
Dakota could have named every dele
gate in attendance from memory with
out being present at single session of
the body. The
Widespread Disa Hection
among the voters of the state against
bossism first took tangible shape in the
compact and permanent organization of
the Independent party. and the recent
nomination of full Independent state
ticket. with E. e. D. Shortridge, an old
line Missouri Democrat, as standard
bearer. Shortly after followed the reg
ular Democratic state convention at
Fargo, by which Farmer Shortridge was
unanimously indOrSed as the candidate
for governor. The entire state ticket
of the Independents. except the elec-
tors and the candidate for congress, was
also indorsed by the convention with an
unanlmity seldom witnessed in DEM
ocratlc meeting. The Independents
had placed in nomination DR.. o. M.
Tiegen, prominent Scandinavian, for
congress, under the belief that he would
draw strongly from the nationality
strength of CONGRESSMAN Johnson. This
nomination did not suit the Democrats
for various reasons, and they placed in
nomination Judge O'Brien, of DEVILS
Lake, one of the finest legal minds in
the state bar Another vital point at
which the Democratic convention diff
fered from the previous action of the
1ndependent-RepublicanS was the mat
ter of
Presidential Electors.
Capt Maratta, Capt. Mccormack,
| Hon. w. n. Roach, Hon. John ID. Ben
ton, Judge Purcell and other old-line
Democrats who have fought out the
Democratic campaigns in the Northwest
for twenty years past, could not support
the idea of placing on the ticket other
than tried and true Democrats to rep
resent the people in the electoral col
| lege, and so they placed In the field
| electors other than those put forward
| by the Independent convention. With
these exceptions the Democratic party
and the low-taritf Republicans are this
year directly Ill line and stand
ing shoulder to shoulder against
| the robber tariff and Repub-
| lican bossism in North Dakota.
Practically, therefore, there are but two
| tickets in the field in this state-the
Republican ticket. composed of politi-
clans of the old school exclusively, and
| the Independent-Democ ticket,
composed of representatives of the
people. The Republicans are split into
numerous factions, which have grown
bitter and irreconcilable since the last
senatorial campaign; while the new
movement is solidly unified by the
ardent enthusiasm attendant upon a
new cause, whose votaries feel sure they
are right. The fight is on. The CAM
paign promises to be hot one. and
victory seems assured to the people and
Cleveland Democracy.