St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-14
A Populist Diet Set Before
Them Which They Do
: Not Relish.
THE GRAND FORKS POW-WoW
Beautiful Democratic Bride
y Deserted for an Old Mar
ried Populist Woman.
Special to the Globe.

He did rot say: My son. go out a. d
gather up some dead flies and bring
them in for your mother to make me
some soup."
But he asked for venison. For the
meat of an animal clean in its habits
and fleet of foot, Que that breathes pure
air. climbs steep mountains, feeds upon
sweet herbs, and is acute Of scent,
sight and hearing. One that it requires
the skill of a marksman and hunter to
pursue and capture.
A majority of the voters at the last
election, being tired of Republican mis-
rule. Of granting high protection to
millionaires. of taxing the many for the
benefit OF the few, of filling the coun-
try full of free emigrants. and saying
high tariff to manufacturers was for
the benefit Of labor. The people being
tired of this hypocrisy and fraud said to
the Democratic party: 'Give us the
principles of Jefferson and Jackson;
bring us savory Democracy. that we
may bless thee before the Lord"
But who has seen anything of any
veniSOn, of any savory Democracy?
Congress convened i'll extraordinary
session on the 7th of August, 1898. For
over year we have been patiently
sitting
with Our Legs
under the national table, listening to
our servants in the kitchen who took
our orders to bring in good square
meal of old-fashioned Democratic corn
bread and cabbage, wrangling and
quarrellng, haw.hawing and playing
tag, diSputing about the way the food
should be cooked and served. while we
are sitting into the second year, worn
out aud famlshing.
One thing is clear; We must have
new set OF servants; some who will
mind and do as told. The head waiter,
Grover Cleveland. has done mis- best,
but he can't make the other servants
move promptly In North Dakota there
is no venison. A few political pot hunt
ers have crawled out of dark holes and
presented Us lot of Populist indorse =
ments for savory Democracy. Great
meat this is to Support aud nourish a
SICK and Vanishing party. Such food
would bring a pauper in a poor
house down TO premature grave.
No wonder Democrats are reduced to
shadows and played-out crjpples. We
rats, lizards, bed bugs and flies and
call it savory meat. We must have
something more substantial and Demo-
cratic. When we are asked to aban-
don all our own principles,
Desert Our Own Faith,
and go right opposite to the way we
wish 10 go and think is right. can we be
blamed for hating and asking for more
light?
A Populist has right to be Popu-
list, and a Republican Republican.
But when we are asked to take Pop
ulist fol Democrat, am frank to con.
feSS | am too stupid to see how the
Democratic party and Democratic prin-
ciples can be built up in this way: and
l find many others who think aud feel
the same.
Democrats claiming to represent the
Democracy Of North Dakota met in
conv ention at Grand Forks and adopted
platform. Then they turned right
around and nominated candidates who
were already nominated on an entirely
different platform, and in many re-
spects sworn enemies to the Demo-
cratic platform and 10 Democratic prin-
ciples; and some of the Populist candi-
dates now presented to US for Demo
convention door in the very face OF
those who nominated them.
The PopuliStS and Democrats do not
agree in principle half as much as the
Republicans and Democrats. 1t would
have been far more suitable for the
Democrats Of North Dakota to have ins
dorsed the Republican ticket in full
than any of the Populists.
m. n johnson
believes in honest money. and stood
with Mr.. Cleveland when Mr.. Roach
deserted.
Roger Allen is in favor of law and
order to say the least, and would pro-
tect the rights of property and the
individual.
But why indorse any one? AS long
as the Democrats of North Dakota
claim an organization, and have adopted
platform, why not have candidates to
represent and advocate their principles?
Why abandon our own and indorse
something we don't respect or intend to
follow?
Delegates at Grand Forks who voted
to lndorse the enemies Of Democracy
instead of their friends not only proved
hypocrites, and stultifed themselves
before the world.
What would be thought of man who
made love to a pure and beautiful
woman, won her heart and hand, and,
after the wedding ceremony was over,
abandoned her at the altar and ran off
after married woman with five chill
dren, and one not in love with him at
that? This is just what was done at
Grand Forks. A declaration of love and
devotion was made for Democratic
principles. platform was adopted and
abandoned the same night. The bride
was left standing at the altar, with
orange blossoms streaming down her
back, and lot of wild-eyed, infatuated
chaps went flying Off after an old mar
ried Populist lady with five
Grown.Up Boys.
Their names are Uiand. Slette, Porter.
Nomland, Cudhie. These are the five
stepchildren. Mrs. Esenhuste is ex-
cepted. She Is not only lady, but the
first lady ever elected 90 the office of
superintendent of public instruction in
the United States, or to any other state
Office that we ever heard of, on popular
vote. Her duties are purely non-par-
tisan. She is high-minded Christian
woman. with soul and conscience, and
has filled her office with credit
and honor. both to herself and
the state. But notwithstanding this
we want girl in the family.
We are not down on women the way
some are. and would not hit one for the
world. We are not only in favor OF
giving them all the privileges they now
have. but of extending them more. Miss
Bates, her competitor, we have never
had the pleasure and honor of meeting.
But her name is only mentioned in the
hignesi terms.
NE are willing that women should
run FOR educational and noD-partisan
offices, but wiivnit comes to indorsing
Popullsls for Democrats, and running
after something we don't believe in or