St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-03
Chieago's Famous Organiza-
ton HonOrs JeffepSon'S
Birthday.
Don M. Dickinson Delivers a
Significant Talk on Pure
Politics.
Political Larceny a Republic
can Device Which Should
Be Tab0Oed.
EX-President Cleveland Was
a Favorite With the Ban
queters.

CHICAGO, April Big natI0nal poll
tics was what seemed to be in the air
tonight at the Iroquois club. Chairmen
of the Democratic state central COM
mittees of eight contiguous Western
states do not often get together at the
opening of presidential campaign
without the event possessing special
significance, even at such important
gatherings, politically and socially, as
the lroquois banQuets have invariably
proven in the past.
Tonight not only were the eight mo-
guls indicated present, but among the
three hundred other guests were such
distinguished Democratic leaders and
party apostles as Gov. Boyd, of Ne
braska; Gov. Peck, of Wiscon sin; eX-
Postmaster General Don NJ. Dickinson.
of Michigan; Hon. Sherman Hoar. of
Massachusetts; Gov. Winans, of Mich
igan; Lewis Baker, of st. Paul: Hon.
John Dewitt Warner, of New York. and
Editor S. E. Morse. of the Indianapolis
Sentinel.
The first great outburst of applause
came at fervid reference to Grover
by the first speaker, Hon. W. G. Ewing,
of Chicago. Mr.. Ewing is clever ora
tor, and he seemed to sound a keynote
when, after nominally speaking to the
toast Thomas Jefferson" whose ami
versary the club was supposed to be
celebrating, he wound up his remarks
with an
to the effect that "ten thousand times
ten thousand men shall name him
Cleveland" When the wildly enthusi-
astic hurrah that greeted this ebullition
subsidized, the bewhiskered but finely
chiseled profile of Don M. Dickinson
loomed into view. He was at once
pointed out by the now exuberant Iro-
quoiS club men to one another as Gro
yer's personal representative, you
know
Mr.. Dickinson bore himself with much
dignity, and whether or not his speech
was inspired by the ex-president, the
latter'S former cabinet colleague seemed
to feel the Importance of the message he
was about to deliver. He began by eu-
logizing the value of party discipline and
the necessity for yielding to the decis-
ions of the party's accredited repre-
SentativeS in caucus. "When," SAID
he, "a caucus or convention has chosen
or nominated, think its choice should
have the support of all Democrats, in
Guiding those who may think that
mistake has been made in the choice,
whether the caucus or convention be
national state, county or ward.
But caucus to command this loyalty
must be a Democratic caucus in the
broadcast sense, resting its authority
upon the masses, fairly and seaS0nably
summoned, with full opportunity for
popular participation in it's deliberations
and conclusions There must be no con-
trolling trckery. 10 terroriZing to
prevent attendance, no faint of
corruption or fraud, and no well
grounded doubt of fair count, suffi-
Gent to impair confidence. Whether
from elections or conventions, no result
can come which is entitled to respect or
obedience which is gained by perver-
sion of the popular will, by the throt-
thing of the peoples voice, or by thimble-
rigging with ballots.
Political Larceny
cannot be made good Democratic policy,
because of any number of Republican
precedents, nor can the garb be made
decent by labelling liberalization. 1 take
it to be good Democracy to say that no
soldier is compelled to follow general
who goes over to the enemy, or who
hoists the enemy'S hated colorS within
our lines"
All this was breathleSsly listened to,
while sly and perhaps unwarranted APP
plicatiOn of the remarks were made on
all sides to the situation of the party in
New York state. The conclusion of
Mr.. DickinSon's speech, the eX-
preston of a belief that the party
would choose as standard bearer
a man surely representative of the
Democratic party and of the people,
was almost lost in the volume of de-
lighted yelling that greeted the pre-
ceding somewhat sensational utter
ances. The avalanche oe Cleveland
enthusiasm was held in check for a
moment by Hon. Sherman Hoar, of
Massachusetts. who said he came
Gov. Russell. The mention of the
latter's name was heartily applauded.
Mr.. Hoar with ready wit speedily had
the audience in good humor and entire
ly with him when he came to the seriods
part of his speech, and at the end
reused his hearers to a high pitch of
feeling. He said: l have no animoSity
for the man who says
SIAM Democrat,
but / prefer for leader the man who
tells why he is a Democrat. 1t is not
enough to label the young man: he
wants to know what the label means.
Democracy is facing crisis. Events
are pointing to the fact that people are
demanding their rights and the men
who represent them. The time
has come when we must lay aside
our favorite sons, as our favorite son of
Massachusetts has laid himself aside,
and unite on the man whom the people
want. With Cleveland ana reform.
there can be no doubt of the result in
1892.
The address of hon. S. E. Morss, of
Indianapolis, in response to the toast
Party Honesty Is Party Duty and Par
ty Courage Is Party EXpediency," was
a masterpiece in its way, and ranked
as one of the best received of
the many eloquent speeches of the even
ing. Mr.. MorSS took for an Illustration
the character and career of President
Cleveland and dwelt upon the latter's
rugged honesty. incidentally he noted
that Democrats in Indiana are all hon
est, and he naively limited at Gov.
Gray's claims by adding: '.Po-
lltically speaking, too. they may
always be found in the hands of their
friends" No maxim, the speaker said,
was more false or vicious than that
nothing succeeds like success. He be-
lieved with Cleveland and against
Tweed in pandering to public morality.
A novel climax to Mr.. Morss' speech
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