Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-09
WHY THEY RESIGNED
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEEMAN IS
SUE A STATEMENT.
They Say Cutcheen and smal1ey Re-
signed Because the mittee Re-
FUSED to Adopt Their ReOrganiaa-
ton Plan-Mr. CutcheOn Replies.


st. Paul. Aug. 6-Dan w. Lawler,
lanes j. McCatTerty, +. q. WINSTON,
l.. NJ. Rand. Titus Mareck and David
q. Johnson, members Of the Minnesota
state Democratic ctI trail committee.
n: We issued the following in reply to
the letter of Mr.. Cutcheon reSigning
As chairman of the commiltee'
The undersigned members Ind act
ing members Of the Democratic state
central commit zee from the counties of
HenLepin 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 LIST day of August, 1894,
at st. Paul, consider 1t their duty to
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 he resignation
Of the above mentioned officers was the
rejection by the state central commit
tee of a so-called plan of reorganiza-
ton 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 IN opportunity of re-
signing in n burst Of assumed patriot
ism, a position from which he fore
saw dismissal at the hands of the com
ing state convention.
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 hat 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 20 statement
whatever, in public or / think in priv
ate, of the occurrences at that meet
ing.
"Second-Sincc, however, certain IN
designated, misleading and unfounded'
statements are ascribed to me, and
Mr.. Smalley is alleged to have been
my authority for then, / desire 1t to
be known that my information con
corning the introduction and defeat of
the LAWYER. Smalley tariff resolution
was derived originally from Mr.. ID. w.
LAWYER, who signed this manifesto. Mr..
LAWYERS account was afterwards o n
firmed by Mr.. SmaIley. 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 a sufficient ground
for the course / took, l do not know.
That would have depended upon the
apparent animus Of the committees
action, with reference to which / had
as little information as i now have
doubt. The defeat Of the tariff resolu-
ton was the direct cause Of my 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.
1t was essentially DemCClatic. But ii
will be useless to discuss that unless
the committee rescinds it's action and
permits the plan to be published"