St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-24
THAT RAMSEY COUNTY CLUB.
The Secretary Sends in an Off
cial Report.

To the Editor of the GLOBE.
The report in your paper Of the pro-
ceedings of the regular meeting of the
Democratic Club of Ramsey County,
held last evening at the club room in
the New York life building, is preceded
by the following headlines:
"A Little Ructlon-Both Cullen and
Smith Endorsed for Mayor"
The report is also a very meager one
The resolutions were not published at
all, and about as much space is given to
matters entirely foreign to the subjects
under consideration as to the proceed
ings of the meeting, although a reporter
was present who wrote out a full report,
in which was included a copy of the
resolutions adopted. The idea contained
i'll the published report is that there was
a disturbance at the meeting. and a
strong diversity of sentiment as to the
clubs choice for mayor.
Now, the facts are these. The meet
ing was held at the regular time, notice
of the same having been published in
the GLOBE Yesterday morning. All of
the members who desired 10 participate
in the proceedings were permitted TO
do so, none being excluded. The meet
ing was a perfectly harmonious one,
and the resolutions herewith enclosed
were unanimously adopted, ample Op-
%pOrtunity having been given for their
free and full discussion. The meeting
was more largely attended than any
previous meeting of the club, there be-
ing more than a hundred present, and
the action taken was the most important
of any yet taken at any club meeting
during the present campaign, as the
Gab is not a mere ward club, III all
organization which takes in the whole
city and county.
While the members were gathering at
the meeting laStnight, all being allowed
to enter who were entitled TO do 50, a
certain member of the club appeared
at the door with gang Of possibly forty
or fifty men, most of whom were not,
nor intended to become, members of the
club, and admission was demanded for
them all, which demand was very prop
erly denied to those who were not mem
berS. Thereupon this man, together
with his band of would-be iIterlopers.
held a short discussion, and then de-
parted for parts unknown.
1t eel 10 me that the GLOBE, in its
report of this meeting, treated the club
very unfairly in not giving a full and
accurate report of its proceedings. and
in lending dignity to an attempted in
vaSiOn of Its meeting by outsiders. and
particularly in printing the headlines
which 1t did.
The club was not organized in the in
tereSt of any candidate, and all who de-
sired to join were always permitted to
do SO, in accordance with the bylaws.
The result arrived at last night, in in
dorsing Mr.. Cullen for mayor, was
reached, not by any sudden Outburst of
sentiment, but after discussing fairly
and thoroughly the merits of those who
are prominent as candidates.
| think that the GLOBE. in Justice to
the Democratic Club of Ramsey County,
ought to at once correct the impression
which the article referred to has con-
veyed, by publishing a full report of
the meeting anC the resolutions adopted.
Fair play is all that is asked. INC har-
mOny in our party is hardly apt to be
promoted, in my humble Judgment, if
The party organ. which is supposed to
be Impartial as between candidates,
gives the proceedings of a band of iu-
terlopers the same dignity, in its col
umnS, as those of a regularly organized
club, embracing representation from
the whole city of earnest, loyal Demo-
Gratis. Respectfully,
JAMES Ii. BARNARD,
Secretary Democratic Club of Ramsey
County.
RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, The success ana growth of
the Democratic Club Of Ramsey County
has proved beyond all tanner of doubt
that all classes OF Democratic voters are
waking up to their duties and privi-
leges in connection with the spring
election; that the people have resolved
to decide tor themselves a. to who are
tit and proper persons to conduct and
control their affairs, and are determined
to see that all the preliminarieS leading
up to the nomination and election of
candidates shall be conducted in a fair
n open II
Whereas, We have a firm conviction
that any Democratic candidate who is
fearless, courageous and business-like in
the management Of public affairs could
be triumphantlY elected by his party.
Resolved, That we reafirm the cardi-
nal principles of organization. and
that the people nave the sole right to
dictate who shall be the candidates for
their SntfrageS, and our determination
to assert that right, free from the influ-
ence and arrogance OF any S~elf-cOnStl-
tuted leaders of the party; and be it
further
Resolved, That as the public career
of Hon. y. O. Cullen has shown him to
be a capable, conservative and business
like man. and as, if elected, he would
assume the duties of the Office of mayor
unfettered by any obligations to any
distinct class of voters, we hereby rec
ommend him to the Democratic voters
as a suitable candidate for that office.
and we hereby pledge ourselves to use
Il best e%ndeavors to secure his nomi-
notion and aIoatTOp