The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-06
DEMOCRATIC SOUND MONEY STATE
CENTRAL COMMITTEE SECURES
HEApQUARTERS.
PARL0RS ATE THE MERCHANTS
CHAIRMAN SMITH WILL TAKE Pos
SESSION TODAY AND WELCOME
THEIR FRIENDS.
ECHOES OF tuesdays FIGHT.
Neither Lawler, Cutcheon Nor Me-
Canerty Feel Sore Over Their
Expulsion.

Daniel w. Lawler. Frank w. M.
| Cutcheon and ]. j. McCafferty yester-
day engaged Parlors A and b, at the
| Merchants. The rooms are on the Of
| fice floor, and will be used as head
quarters for the Sound Money state
central committee of Minnesota from
| now until the close of the campaign in
| November.
Chairman Robert A. Smith and Sec
rotary Jared How will take possession
| or the rooms today, and will at once
begin the carrying out of plans al
! ready made for. the furtherance of the
cause of sound money among the Dem
ocrats of Minnesota. Every Democrat
| IN the state who believes in sound
| money and desires to combat the free
silver heresy will be made welcome at
| the headquarters in the Merchants
Either Chairman Smith or Secretary
How will be on hand most of the time
TO meet and greet all callers. Other
members of the committee will also
put In considerable time at the rooms,
and within few days literature will
| be ready for anyone who may desire to
read up on the great question Of the
hour.
Mr. Lawler was asked yesterday for
| an expression of opinion touching the
action of the convention held Tues
day in Minneapolis. He contented HIM
self, at first. by saying: "Why, the ac-
ton of the convention speaks for itself,
I should thinksr
do you consider the ticket a Demo-
cratic. ticket, Mr. Lawler?"
mo, I do not; and I do not think
anybody will claim that it is q Demo-
cratic ticket. Neither do I think sup
| port of such ar ticket can be made a.
test of fealty to the Democratic party
or its principles. Democrats must sim
ply use their own Judgment in making
choice between two Republican can
| didates'' N "a
What were youf saying to the Ram
! sey county delegation during the ex-
| element yesterday"
| IT was telling them that it was g.
breach of faith, a violation Of honor,
| to deny us a poll of the delegation on
the amendment to the report of the
| committee on credentials. We were
| duly elected delegates-as much so as
| any in the convention-and went there
| on the understanding that the Ramsey
! county delegation would stand by us
| If we were attacked in our rights as
| delegates. Perhaps some of the Ram
sey county men did not understand ex-
| actly the position in which we were
placed; but in any event we were en-
titled to fair treatment at their
| hands" i-5A
Judge McCafferfy had nothing to saw
regarding the treatment accorded him
personally. He did. however, enter a.
protest against the manner in which
the previous question had been invoked
to shut off debate. Il have seen chair
men rule a motion for the previous
| question out Of order in nearly every
| Democratic convention that I have at
| tended. They have held that the pre-
vious question could not be invoked in
! Democratic convention to prevent
free speech. 1t was invoked yester-
day in most fragrant manner, es-
pecially in the case of Delegate Geragh-
ty, of Ramsey, who had secured recog-
| milton from the chair to make a point
of order before the motion Of the pre-
vious question was made. Yet he was
summarily denied the right to be heard
Another thing, common fairness would
seem to demand that Mr.. Lawler
| should have been given a hearing, on
invitation, and respectful attention, by
the free silver men. But none of them
seemed to at ALL consider the demands
| Of decency and courtesy"
| Neither of the gentlemen seemed to
feel at all sore, hover the fact that he
had been expelled,
fjsuiA
John Lind, Republican, was nom
| mated in a Democratic convention in
the quickest time on record for such
an event. There we're dozens of Demo-
Gratis in the convention who were wait
ing with lively icuriosity to hear on
what grounds Democrats were to be
| asked to nominate a Republican as
their candidate for governor. But they
were Disappointed When nominations
for governor were called for the con-
vention was in disorder. No one at
tempted to make speech, nor did
Chairman ChanipIin recognize any dele
gate to make a nomination. Some per-
son, whom none of the reporters could
locate, named Lind, some one else
seconded, third person suggested the
| nomination be made by reclamation,
| the chair stated the question in that
form, and enough of the knowing dele
gates rose up to draw the dead ones"
with them. So Lind was named,
"AetHCi IHiou6H wen AiAoeulc ca ucSi6H
| or purely owing to the confusion, no
| one can tell.
Hon. Matt McGrath's statement con-
corning the work Of the self-appointed
conference committee was an absolute
| surprise to Democrats from distant
/ parts Of the state who had not had a
chance to read Tuesdays G o b e.
Several Of these men said to the writer
afterward that they knew nothing of
the conference up to the time when Nc
Grath moved that committee be
| formally named to present a plan for
fusion. The anti-fusionists were so few
in number. however, that any protest
they might have made would not have
awaited anything.
| Hon. d. w. I4awler and Hon. F. w.