The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-20

mocracy In condemnation of his tactics.
IA. L. McGhee-Js eless that party victo-
RES should be so stubbornly fought for,
that men give UP their time and spend
their best efforts to elect men of their
party faith, If those elected and charged
with the duty of protecting their par
" interest and principles, give of the
best fruits of their victory to their OPP
ponents. Mr.. Bantz no longer represents
the best sentiment of his constituents.
we Democrats of his ward cannot un-
derStand his standard of party faith and
duty; Whatever duty he felt he owed TO
hImself sinksJ into iittleneSs when one
recalls his pledges to uphold his party
ana ms former conceptions of party duty;
personal qualification or revenge has no
place where party duty demands thing
be done. 79F
e. A. Morfissey-T consider the ac-
ton of Mr.. RantE in casting his vote for
a Republican fors the Office of corpora
non attorney ca most reprehenSible
preach or the trust imposed in him by
the voters of the Eighth ward. /, as
one or the delegates who supported Mr..
Bantz for the aldermanic nomination on
the Democratic ticket and later for the
chalrmanSh1ntof the Democratic coun-
" convention, feel that Mr.. Rantz has
mlsrepresented the voters of the Eighth
ward, and should resign forthwith.
milton GargesrI think that his action
IN voting Tor Mr.. Markham WAS certainly
unoemoeraticf- He did not in any way
represent thecsentiment of the people of
MS Ward-the people who put him into
Once once Having failed to represent the
views of his constituents / believe he
should resign. The Eighth ward Dem
ocTatic organization, by formal vote,
Endorsed Mr.. McDerm0tt for this posi-
tion ana Mr.. BantZ had promised to see
that the wishes of the party were COM
piled with
Joseph Jarosz-Mr. Bantz certainly
dld not: act like Democrat. The DEM
ocratS IN this ward elected him and he
should have at least voted for a Dem
ocrat. think he ought to resign and
give US chance to have an alderman
that We can rely upon
FIank Robert fri do not Think he is
democrat, although elected by them.
and having betrayed the trust reposed in
MN, ne should resign. II he did not feel
like voting for either Mr. Michael or Mr.
McDermott there were plenty of other
,l'emccsass he coull have voted for.
II. MeyeF-I 10 not approve of Mr..
Bantz s, action IN the matter. If his res
lgnation was handed in l would be in
favor of accepting it = / do not believe
he was xoieing the sentiment of tie
democrats in the Eighth ward when he
voted for Mr.. Markham
ri. A.. Loughren-I am very much sur
pr.sed to think that Mr.. Bantz voted for
MI Markham | consider his action I'M
temperate and contrary to the wishes
resignation proper at this time.
+ Joseph MacAuley-I was very much
surprised at the action of Mr. Rantz. L
always thought him a loyal Democrat
times. think he should resign, so as to
give tae Eighth ward Democrat in The
council
William J. Preston--The action of Mr..
Santz In voting for Mr.. Markham is de-
serving OF seReTen criticism and shows
mat he Is not9a loyal Democrat. / think
he should resign and a man put in mis-
pace that VIII represent the Democrats
OF this ward ina fair manner. The DEM
ocrats elected him, and it is not more
than right that he should have voted for
a Democrat. -SS--t L
Charles Jesss1t;alnlgA II Very We much. disap-
prove of the ACTION of Mr.. Bantz in voting
for Mr.. Markham. r 1t was the Democrats
II MS own WaEd that put him where he
IS, ana ne should at least have stood by
his party.
George J. MFchl9I do not consider Mr..
Bantz loyal pehfocFat He was elected
6y the DEMOCRATS and should have voted
give US cfanceafto have an alderman
that will represent the Democrats.
Rudolph HeiazAI do not approve of
Mr; Bantz,s action last Saturday. He
believe he ought to resign.
A.. j.. Reiszf1 do mot approve of Mr.
Bantz voting for Mr.: Markham Even
if .he,r could not. have voted for Mr..
Michael or Mr. McDermott, he should
at 4eastthave voted for some other DEM
oerat. 4r Is .t4 -
Henry Steinkamp-I do not think he
acted right, He could at least have voted.
for some other Democrat. .. ~ -
F F. Koelndorfer and F. Schmitz, also
delegates, both said that they" did not
filser.' the way Mr. Bantz acted in the
matter -" eH~ aI't5 1A1t1
Representative q. r ,lJmland-R Regard
ing the vote of Mr.. Bantz on the Office
of corporationa attorney, 1 think that that
is matter fer Mr. Bantz's own political
eonsciencento decide. LAS a Democrat /,
of course, ocannot agree to his stand taken
in this II1atteT6 p,thee election Of an Off
Ger the ecempetefcy OF eaaiy of the Demo
cratic candidates cannot be disputed, ard
(meaning Mr.. sBantz and Mr. Hunt)
should have stood by their party. They
will live. ]. hope to regret their action.