Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-09

OF IA Action of the con,app'sJ
Refusing to Endor.. mite,
Cl~eveinnd's stand ON rsesi&.
st. Paul. Aug. Sin oon
ih'' refusal of the Denocrari,iu 'a's
trail committee to adopt n. s'ats
endorsing the action of Pr. fSsas
land and the house of ,anraSaen; CD
regard to the tariff. +. W Mutsdas
,h''rtnan of the state ro,a oqtau
Secretary +. j. Sc,alley. whu I''r
coln!ttecman-ar-l ,rse Wa
Hon. Lewis Baker, haya Place
resigiiat'ons to Vice Chair u
Mar"k Of Minneapolis. WITH aaa
ment that their action is ue sd
They wash their hands Of n, 4resoeSa
miftcc. which they considar sa'e
into evil courses and has dis aaI
and Inundated its chairman S.a u
tary by laying on the table The "
endorsing Cleveland on the t,r; ssaltj
resolution was twice offered : va
first by Hon. ID. w. LavIar ~ u}
drew 1t, and again by Sc,re,arr" S = w,
Both designations are III tbs raaa
letters. Chairman Cutcheon .Vn
his resignation anil mailef ""a 4
Marco on Wednesday e~yaninc y IN
fact was not published Thnrsdss w \
on the request OF Mr.. CLtchaon ~oa
sired TO show no Gisconrtesr sn' \
Marek by the newspapers forss,,m@ Y
official notification. Mr.. Maros
Mr.. Iutcheon's letter yesterday ' !.
copy Of it is here given: aug
"wednesday Evening. Aup , ,oa,
Titus Marek, Esq. Wee Presidar nv
cratic States Central Cou,mit,oa ny uFl'
apol's, Minn.-Daar Sir: Yon ara sla
that having e in court an "a,
not arrive at the meeting Of ~ Y
central committee that occurno, ~ \
afternoon until the members ~ ~ y
mittee were upon the point Of djsDs,,.'
1t was not until afterwards, vbsa \
gentlemen composing the commit,oa :
scattered, that l was fully ipform.a
the action of the committee in 49,.
the two resolutions offered frs, T. =
LAWYER and afterwards by Mr. Sm,a,
In view of the overwhelming yo,. !
which, as l now understand II, tboso !.
0lutions were defeated, there il onIv |
way Ill which l can at once ,dam',.'
express my radical dissent from tLo ,
ton of the committee. In order "a !
press such dissent and incidenlaly /,
RI Sret at the rejection of every nI,r :,
posed for remOdcling the party ORGAN,
ton Ill such way as to transfer q. =
tr"l of the party machinery from 4
party managers to the voters NJ l,,,,
tender by resignation of my position
chairman and as Il member Of the ~
mittee. " o Coming as it does /
prior to the expiration of nv term
service, my resignation is simply the
preston OF my personal dissent from !
position assumed by the committee. /.
' 1t is unnecessary and under the I
cumstances there will scarcely be o.
sion for me to say that this action m
my part is absolutely irrevokallp, Y@
very truly, =. w. NJ, Cutcho
Secretary Smalley's letter of resig
ton was of n similar tenor. In an lot
view he stated that the refusal Of
committee TO indorse the plan of the !
committee Cor Il reorganization Of
party had nothing TO do with his act
That is a matter upon which 10
members of the party might homes
Ciffer," said he, "and l could say DO
ing against their action in rejecting Ii
bnt when a packed committee deeiI
to indorse the president in his atteH
70 uphold the platform of the part
felt it necessary, in order t. retain
~self-respect, that / enter a protest,
the only way ] could do this was to 81
in my resignation. l have long id,
common with other members If
party, that we should have a better
ganiZation, as in fact we have had pr
tiCnlly no organiZati ton in the past. ]
plan suggested for organization was Ir
tically that of Mr.. Cutcheon, tho
Messrs. Mullen, Heffron and Wins
have labored with us in preparing
Mr. Doran seems to have had an J
that in preparing this plan We were
come way attempting to get contrd
the party, and so packed the cOmmi
meeting yesterday for the purpose Of
feating it as well as the Endorsement
President Cleveland. After the plan
the committee had been laid on the q
l submitted a shorter plan, simply ena
ing the terms of committeeman by pro
ing that instead of being chosen al =
convention on the eve of a campo
they be selected after the campaign
at the beginning of the year, ana
Office for two years, which would
them through the following camp.
and enable them 10 do good work. q
so mild a measure as this was LAID Cd
table; but, as / say, men may none
differ in regard to matters OF this =
and / had no hard feelings on TINS y
but when q Democratic state &C.
comJaittee positively refuses to stanu
the platform of the pfrty they are
posed TO represent there is nothins
me to do but step out. l dent pr
to sacrifice my ~self-respect to a -
peanut politicians who may cnane,
get control Of a central committee ac
for the sake of kc.Girg a posluu
don't know what action other Ien
of the committee vino we're ~ i%I
il dorsing the president moy 90:
not consulted with any of them.
Another meeting of the state ~
committee will probably be caus,
once to elect a chairman n secfe'