St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19
FOR SHAME.

In the Dispatch of last evening there
shameless defiance of both truth and
decency, affords the best measure of
the straits to which the supporters of
Mr.. Doran are reduced. 1t represents
Mr.. Cullen as the center piece, about
which are arrayed in a circle the in
mates of wine rooms, gambling dens
and other disreputable resorts. The
Inference intended is obvious. The
context goes no further than to sug-
gest that, while Mr. Cullen is a man
above reproach, his policy as mayor
would be governed by the least reput-
able elements of the community. This
is stated in so many words in the ac-
companying text. t
The baseness of this needs no words
of comment. It is in line with the
Republican policy of personal Vilifica-
ton; going a step beyond all precedent
in authorizing an assault upon a man
as universally respected and admired
as Mr.. Cullen. We can regard these
methods with much equanimity; be-
cause they show the depths of turpi-
tude to which Mr.. Doran and his man
ayers are willing to descend. They
recoil invariably upon the heads of
those who resort to them, and the
people of st. Paul will hold Mr. Doran
personally responsible for this shame
ind 0ff only &c r-aI1
worth while, however, in such case,
to contrast the position assigned to
Mr.. Cullen with what Mr.. Doran him
self has said personally and publicly.
When the committee Of the Prohibi-
ton party interviewed the Republican
candidate, he told them that he would
not agree to enforce the laws regulat-
ing the saloons. He said that enforce
the cause of Republicanism ten years
That is his only thought; not whether
laws should or should not be enforced,
but how their enforcement would af-
port of the committee that interviewed
him: "One argument presented by
Mr.. Doran in favor Of liberal policy
was that travelling men would not
spend their Sundays in the city if
they could not be served with liquor
at the hotels, and that no discrimina-
ton should be made. in the liquor. sell
ing privileges between these hotels
co1 Sc hot <oF
impudence, effrontery and indecency
for any supporter of the man who ex-
pressed this advocacy of the wide
open" policy to make such a charge
against any other.
We pass over the report current
about the city to the effect that the
saloon men have been told on the quiet
that they may expect the restoration
Of the "nickel-in-the-slot" machines,
and the profits Of that Illicit and most
pernicious form Of gambling, if Doran
is elected mayor. But we desire to
brand as they deserve the campaign
methods which charge an honorable
citizen, standing on a platform as
cApllCll DIS WOfOS can make 1t, with
| intention to encourage vice and i'm
morality, while his opponent, making
high pretense to decency and NOR
ality, Is relying on the secret assur-
ances of his friends to every agent
of disorder in this city that they will
have nothing to fear from him If he is
successful For shame, gentlemen. for
shame. If you dare not say openly
what you are talking in corners and
the back rooms of saloons, have at
least the manliness to desist from at
tributing to your opponents that of
which you yourselves are guilty Dc
the Republicans of this city desire that
the present campaign shall be con-
Quoted on the plane and by the meth
DDS to which the injudicious friends OF
Mr.. Doran are endeavoring to lower it?