The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-08-02
David Olmsted and Henry M. Rice.

David Olmsted and Henry M. Rice.
We had occasion, yesterday, to make
some remarks comparing Mr. OIMsrED. with
his competitor WILLIAM r. MARSHALL, and
though we touched but point or two in the
matters between them, still we demonstra
ted satisfactorily the superiority of Mr.
OLMsrED's claim to precedence 20 E02s r.
There is another candidate in the field, in
opposition to Mr.. OLMsrED. How Mr. RICE
came into that position it is not our present
purpose to speak Of 1t is sufficient that he
is there, and from past services and his po-
sition as Delegate, is entitled to careful no
tice. His friends speak largely Of his SER
vices to the Territory, and Of the private es-
timation in which he is held, for the purpose
of showing that Minnesota never had such
q friend as he has been and is, to it, and
that consequently it would be. a dea,h-blow
to the vital interests of Min nesota if he
should not be chosen as the next Delegate
to Congress 1t is assumed by them that
there can be no doubt as to the value Of the
immense services he has rendered in her be-
half, and any intimation that he received
aid, assistance or timely advice during his
career from better informed mel, is indig-
nantly repudiated The fact that during his
whole term there have been Minnesotians
in Washington, working like beavers for the
interests Of Minnesota, and actually secur-
ing by their influence and personal exertions
most of the gracious grants to her by Con
gress, is ignored most impudently, because,
of course, the results of those exertions pas
sed from the private hands of those who
brought them abont, into his, on arriving at
their conclusion, and his name, and not those
of the persons actually entitled to the hon.
ors, appeared upon the record. Mr.. RICE
has been represented as man who has toll
ed much for the Territory of Minnesota,
and we would heartily join in all the praise
TO which such q person is entitled, were it
not that self-interest has marked everything
he has touched, and that the greed Of gold
has dazzled his eyes too much. He has OBJ
tanned the passage of measures favorable to
the Territory, but he has been the advocate
of scheme of fraud which must condemn
him in the eyes of all right thinking men.-
He has used his privilege as Delegate under
the influence of personal prejudice, and he
has made many and many an old friend
grieve to see how the love of lucre could
turn him from the path of duty.
AgainstIthis man and time-serving polit-
clan, comes DAVID OLMsrED Of whose char
acter we have already spoken. Unlike Mr..
RICE his integrity has never been question
ed,--his honor never doubted. He has
borne himself well with all men, and justi-
fed his conduct at all times. :, - -.
People are best known at home How
does it stand here in St. Paul between DA-
vp OLMsrED and HENRY M. RICE, where
both have resided as citizens and are individ-
ually known? At the primary election Mr.
RICE, by trick as discreditable as it was
illegal, obtained delegates in his favor from
the Third Ward In the First Ward there
were scarcely any so poor as to do him rev.
erence, and in the Second Ward, after a
desperate effort, he was so signally beaten
that disgrace is poor word to apply to il.
In the community in which be lived he has
been denied, and in that same community
where DAVID OLMsrED also lived, his neigh
bors and friends aud even those who knew
him by reputation, rallied around him to
testify their confidence and to give their aid
toward securing his nomination as candidate
for Delegate in opposition to Mr.. RICE 1t
is conceded that if the vote of the Third
Ward could be taken over again it would
confound Mr.. RICE and all his wirepullers,
for the best reason in the world that the
great majority of the voters there are oppo-
sed to him personally and politically.
Without any effort, Mr.. OLAsrED obtain
ed the vote Of ST. Paul In spite of all his
efforts to the contrary, backed by the most
convincing arguments he could bring to
bear, Mr.. RICE was badly beaten in Saint
Paul. Those who know him and his oppo-
nent, have passed Judgment, and Mr. Rice
is condemned. iss o. biaAS ssI
People abroad will easily Judge which is
the better man, when they understand how
st. Paul, the old home Of both candidates,
has declared itself. Mr.. OLMsrED is not