The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-08-09

Democratic Committeeman Issue a
Statement.

Democratic Committeeman Issue a
Statement.
st. Paul. Aug. G-Dan w. LawIer.
James j. NIcCafferty, F. G. Winston,
l.. M. Rand, Titus Mareck and David
q. Johnson, members of the Minnesota
state Democratic ccI tral committee.
hs We issued the f0lloMin. in reply 10
the letter Of Mr.. Cutcheon in resigning
as chairman of the committee.
'The undersigned members aud act
ing members of the Democratic state
central committee from the counties of
HenEepin and Ramsey, in view of cer-
tain public statements made by the late
chairman and the late secretary of said
committee concerning certain proceed
ingS had at a meeting of said commit
tee on the 1st day of August, 1894.
at st. Paul, consider it their duty Ia
inform the Democratic voters Of the
state that such statements are mislead-
ing and unfounded in so far as they
attribute to the Democratic state cen
trail committee any feeling of disloyalty
to the administration of President
Cleveland or of wavering In Demo-
cratic principles
''The undersigned emphatically state
that the real reason of the resignation
of the above mentioned officers was the
rejection by the state central commit
tee of so-called plan of reorganixt-
tion of the political committees Of the
state, concOted by Mr.. Smalley, which
was unwiSe, illiberal and undemocratic
and which had for its main purpose
the retention of its author in office for
an indefinite time. Mr.. Cutcheon was
absent from said meeting until after
all business had been transacted and
rrdoubtedly received his report thereof
from Mr.. Smalley. The latter official.
in disregard Of the fact that the meet
ing of said committee was executive
and in violation of his obligation of
silence, chose an opportunity OF re-
signing in burst of assumed patriot
ism, a position from which he fore
saw dismissal at the hands of the conf
ing state convention.
1.-The undersigned in view of their
past record in the Democratic party
of this state deem it unnecessary and
gratutious to say to the good Demo
Gratis OF Minnesota that they are as
devoted and loyal as they have always
been to Democratic principles, and
are confident of success at the coming
state election"
In replying to this Mr.. Cutcheon has
issued the following.
"FirSt-I have made 60 statement
whatever, in public or think in priv
ate, OF the occurrences at that meet
ing.
"Second-Since, however, certain un-
designated, misleading and unsoundea>
statements are ascribed to me. and
Mr.. Smalley is alleged to have been
my authority for them, / desire it to
be known that my Information con-
cerning the Introduction and defeat of
the Lawler- Smalley tariff resolution
was derived originally from Mr.. ID. w.
IIawler. who signed this manifesto MIR.
LAWYERS account was afterwards con-
flrmed by Mr.. Smalley. Both accounts
corresponded substantially with that
contained in yesterdays Globe.
''Third-As to whether should have
considered the committees refusal to
recommend the proposed plan OF re-
organization in itself o sufficient ground
for the course / took, do not know
That would have depended unon the
apparent animuS OF the committees
action, with reference to which / had
as little information as / now have
doubt. The defeat OF the tariff resOluR,
ton was the direct cause OF INK de-,
cision, the rejection of the plan OF
reorganization, perhaps bit in and fixed
that determination,
"Fourth-As to the character OF the
plan, whatever else it may have been,
It was essentially Demeelatie. But it
will be useless to discuss that unless
the committee reScindS Its action and
permits the plan to be published"