St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-06
CALL A HALT,

conscientious III the discharge Of his
public duties. and that if elected mayor
he would serve the public interests
faithfully.
But if ever a man had occasion to
exelaim Save NE from my fool friends"
Mr.. Cullen is tina: man.
His friends have entered the campaign
with the evident determination to rule
or ruin the Democratic party of st. raul.
They have now reached a point where
they have thrown aside the mask of
deceney and fairness, and displayed
their cloven teet in all their hideousness.
The call which one John E. Hearn.
who assumes to be president OF some
Democratic organization, issues, and
which appears i'll another column,
should at once take Mr.. Cullen from the
lists of probable or possible Democratic
candidates for mayor.
His fool friends have shut him out
of the race, land the Democratic party of
st. Paul had better welcome the whole
organization to a common grave rather
than to further submit to tine arrogant
and insolent dictation of a pack of spell
seekers who place self-aggrandizemen
above and beyond party success
The Democratic city committee issued
on yesterday call for a city convention
to be held next Thursday. s-''i~'.
I'm making the call the wishes. as ex-
pressed by Democrats and Democratic
clubs. as to the location and number of
primaries. were followed. ..,,.,.,
The judges were instructed to accept
no votes except of those known to be
Democrats or who could prove them
selves such. .5s.is;
They were further instructed to
KEEP A LIST OF THE NAMES AND
RESIDENCES OF EVERY VOTER AT EACH
PRIMARY AND FORWARD. SAID LIST, TO
THE CITY COMMITTEE a procedure
which not only guards against fraud,
but renders the exposure Of any at
In the face of this eminently fair ar
rangement for the primaries. the Hearu
gang of boilers call mass meeting at
the Auditoriumto protest. e1.e.il.
Protest against what? The gentleman
who brought the call to the Z, GLOBE Of
fee said they were denied conference
With the committee.
If this is true, the committee did eX-
actly right. The committee represents
the party, and not the candidates, and
as its call is fair to all members of the
party. il includes the 9Hearn gang if
they were fit and loyal enough to be
styled members of the Democratic party.
The Hearn crowd have hired blather-
sixties to speak at ward clubs and abuse
all Democrats who did not see fit to
bow down and worship at their shrine.
Democrats who have grown gray in
the service and have STOOD by the party
in good and evil report, who have given
time and mouey freely to sustain the
organization, have been abused and
slandered upon the streets and iu the
clubs until ferbearanee has ceased to be
virtue.
And now as browning party infamy
they organize bolt in advance because
tionally disrupting course has placed
them beyond the pale of success.
Out upon such alleged Democrats!
The party can endure and afford de-
feat.
1t can welcome disaster rather than
longer cherish these vipers vino only
pretend to be members of the organi-
cation ON the theory that they can be
more effective in their nefarious work
as foes from within rather than with
out.
The GLOBE, honestly and earnestly
desiring to see Democratic success, has
endeavored to allay dissension by treat
ing all factions fairly, declaring no
preferences of Its own, having no per-
sOnal interests or the interests of any
specific candidate to advance.
The time has now come to speak, and
if we are to have common ruin forced
upon the party by these nefarlous plot
tiers. the GLOBE will join in welcoming
the Democratic party of st. Paul with
bloody hands to hospltable grave.
Silence is now worse than useless,
and if the men and their candidate who
seek to destroy the party can only be
defeated by pulling down the temple,
let us emulate the example of Samson,
and put OH the finishing touches.
Prior to The issue of Mr.. Hearn's
call the GLOBE would have as earnestly
supported Mr.. Cullen as any candidate
named if the party in its wisdom nom-
mated him. bat now we eXclaim-
''Never more be candidate OF the
Democratsn'
When the limits of decency have been
passed, when traitors steal the livery of
the party to secure its defeat, party
success is not to be thought of for a
moment i'll comparison with refusal to
surrender to such a cabal.
If this means defeat. let it come.
There is no further use of parleying.
Victory for the Democracy of st.
Paul in May has been in the air.
Victory is still possible. but if it is to
be won by RELOCATING the party to the
men who have no more party loyalty OF
! principle than to resort to the 'sstau d
and deliver" tactics of the highwayman,
let the gun 90 off. and may the Lord
| have mercy on the pieces.
ONE of Chicago's suburbs has refused
to become a part of the metropolis.
Morgan Park is pretty outlying town,
the seat of military school and a Baptist