The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-10-06
HLEGITTMATE POLITICS.

ILLEGI7IMATE POLITICS.
Hypocrisy, mendacity and shameless
ness on the important clements in the
political methods the Democratic lead
ers of Minnesotain the current campaign
methods which these same leaders
would discern as disgraceful and dishon-
est if applied to any other purpose than
achievement of party success. Every
thing liz the way Of truth, honor and de-
cency has been surrogated to mistaken
idea OF political shrewdness; and when
the party awakens to realizing sense
that to the sting of defeat must be added
the modification of the well-earned con-
tempt of all right thinking people, it will
begin to realize the truthfulness of the
old adage: lit pays to be honest, even in
politics The st. Paul Globe, whose
chief editor is chairman of the Democra-
tic State Central Committee, is leading,
or rather. following the Chicago Herald,
in this campaign of of defamation and
insincerity, and rush lights all over the
state are ablaze with reflected Globe
light.
Senator Washburn and Charles A.
PilIsburv incrued the illwill of the Chica-
go board of option gamblers-the power
by former and introducing into con-
gress bill to prohibit grain gambling,
the latter by championing the bill, and
the organ Of the board, the Chicago Her
aid, has taken malicious delight in mis-
representing both ever since. 1t accused
them of having defrauded the farmers of
vast aggregate sums Of money i'll buying
wheat, by manipulating the market and
throttling competition by intimidation
and bribery; Columns are devoted to
the subject, and the Globe faithfully pro-
duces them all and much more, seeking to
inAomc the wheat growers against them
by every device conceivable by ingenious
nalignity, and solely for party advan-
tage. The issue is forced and illegiti-
mate. Even if every char &c made by the
Globe against these two men, and their
fellow purchasers of wheat-the entire
elevator ard railroad systems of the
state as co-conspirators, even-then the
virulent papers would fail of making a
case. for they charge the Republican
party with frauds, conspiracies and
thefts which, if proved at all. and they
arc not. are the acts of individuals sepa-
rate and apart from any political con-
victions or affiliations of these parties
As well poll the state penitentiary and
declare that the Democratic party is
composed of burglars and assassins.
licans engagedin wheat dealing and rail-
reading. The charge is made that Re-
publican legislation has failed to devise
laws to prohibit such a state of affairs
as is alleged. Granting, for arguments
sake that the frauds exist and that legis-
lation could cure and prevent them, the
last legislature, in both branches, was
absolutely controlled by the Democrats
and their allies, the Alliance members.
They organized both Senate and House,
and SO TAR as controlling legislation was
concerned the Republicans were mot in
it." Why were these gross evils and out
RACES tolerated? Point to single law
introduced or enacted which had even
remote tendency to do away with them.
These charges are not new-the excuse
cannot be made that they were only
brought to the surface during this cam
paign. Mr.. Donnclly has been bowling
them in season and out of season for
nearly twenty years. He fought con-
gressional canvass with Mr.. Washburn
upon exactly these lines in 1873. The
same little brass kettle was dragged in
then as now-and since that time he has
occupied seats in both houses of the
Legislature, and last winter was abso-
lutte dictator of the Democratic and AL.
lance parties, with clear majority, in
both branches, and yet NOT a single
measure proposed to mitigate the al
legged evil. Out upon such hypocrisy!
Neither Mr.. Donnelly nor the Democra-
tic leaders, who are re-iterating his
calamity and dishonesty howl believe
one word of their own utterances. They
are making common cause against the
Republican party-the only party which
has ever given the agricultural and labor
ing classes any consideration whatever
in legislation. The total dishonesty of
the whole matter is shown by a remark
made by leading Democrat not very
remote, when he admitted that the
wheat matter had nothing to do with
politics, but the Democrats could make
some votes out oft. And yet that man
will have the insincerity to profess to ad-
mire Gov. Flowers recent remark when
demonstrated with for his action in
quarantining cholera that he would lose
votes by it: 81 don't care damn for
votes in matter of this kind" That is
adizzy height for a Democratic politician
to rise to, and his party pigmies OF this
state will need powerful telescope to
see him.
The issue is clean-cut ond unmistake-
able: Donelly. Democracy and deceit
onthe one side and decency on the other,
and the result will be an unmistakeable
indication of decency.
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Knute Nelson says all the epitaph he
wants on his tomb is Corporal Knute
Nelson Co 18th Wiscons;r Infa.A-.. d,