Minnesota weekly times., 1857-05-23
The Election.

SATURDAY, MAY l6, 1857.
.. The Election. .-si .'
In two weeks the citizens of this Territory will
be called upon to vote for Delegates to the Con-
stitutional Convention, and if ever there were
occasion for earnest work, it is now. We are
glad to observe that our friends in Hennepin,
Dakota and Mcleod Counties, have made their
nominations, and it gives US pleasure to know
that they are just the men needed for the occa-
sion. They are all strong men, good men, staun ch
Republicans, and with anything like an effort, can
be elected. We ask our friends-ssAre you doing
anything? Are you aware of the importance of
this election? Do you know that the new State
is to be districted and that if Democracy gets
control Of it in the Convention that we shall be
defeated for State officers in the fall 20 This is
an important matter-a matter of vital import
ance to each individual Republican and to the
great Republican party of the Territory. If We
permit the Delegate election to 60 by default, it
will take years to regain our present position,
therefore is it necessary that every Republican
should put forth his most earnest efforts to en-
sure success. Lay aside local and abstract ques-
tions-take off your coats and 60 to work in a
manner which will show that you are determined
to make Minnesota great and Free State.
''"- The Jealous Chr and his Barking
% The old rotten hearted gutter politician of the
Minnesotian, whose platter has always been up
to catch the crumbs which have fallen from the
public table, is anxious to pick quarrel with US
because we gave Mr.. Taylor, the Alderman Of
the Third Ward, to understand that during his
official career we shall see that he does his duty.
The "Senior,' who is bought and sold every day
of his life, who is kicked and whipped through
the streets, who is publicly denounced ssa liar
and scoundrel,' and whose political career
is one stream of corruption,-this miserable,
envious, back biting traitor, sezes hold of a
n;sapprehension on the part of our Reporter in
order to bring The Tmss into disoredit and make
capital for his own Infamous sheet. What are the
facts? .' 9H E-
Our Reporter did not arrive at the Council
Chamber until after the election of most of the
city officers, when one Of the editors of the Min
nesotian, in response to an inquiry, informed him
that MIR. Taylor voted for the TINES and Mr.. Nc
Grorty voted for the Minnesotian. Not supposing
that the gentleman was uttering falsehood for
an ulterior purpose, We took occasion to speak
pointedly of MIR. McGrorty, knowing him to have
denounced repeatedly in the severest terms, the
editor of the Minnesotan, and being unable to
reconcile his vote with his well known antipathy
towards the man, we felt justified in showing up
his consistency! 1t seems we were mistaken
The gentleman of the Minnesotian lied to our
Reporter, for reasons now quite obvious. ."
Well finding we were mistaken, we immedi-
ately set Mr.. McGrorty right before our readers,
and in the same article informed Mr.. Taylor of
our intention to watch his Aldermanic career
When it is we'll known that the TINES gave Mr..
Taylor its support-that we worked for him per-
sonally-that the gentlemen who were the most
influential in securing his election desired him to
vote for the Times (not that we expected to be
elected, for we did not ask any gentleman to vote
for us,) and that it was a courtesy due US, our
readers can see the necessity which exists for us
to watch the action of this Don Quixote that he
may not disappoint his friends in the future as
he has done in the past. All we ask of him
is to do his duty-when he fails, the public shall
know it. J"
The vote of Mr.. McGrotry was entirely unex.
pected to us. We had hitherto opposed him
we had no claim upon him, but again we thank
him for his good will. The vote of Mr.. Taylor
we did expect would be given to the TINES be-
cause the friends of the paper, and those gentle
tlemen who worked most laboriously for him, de.
sired it should be. Let him 60. We have learnt
lesson by this summerset on the part of the
Honorable Alderman which will be of some BEN
And now then as to the course of the Minneso-
tian, the editor of which has sought on more than
one occasion to sell u.s. but who has been caught in
his own trap and may get caught again. Per-
haps we never accomplished" anything when We
defeated his favorite candidate for delegate; nor
when We laid him on the shelf at the time be
swore be would smash the Republican party into
athousand atoms (!) if it did not elect him Prin-
ter, or when he waited upon the Editor of the
Pioneer and desired that gentleman to unite with
him in "crushing'' out the Times; or when on
numerous other occasions he has sought as seeks
the midnight assc ssin, to stab us,-perhaps we
haven't accomplished anything by foiling him in
every effort he has made. We have prospered
under all his blackguardism-und all his mean,
sneaking, contemplate, traitorious acts and we
have no fears for the future. The man whose
character 10 so well known in this community a
that of the Editor Of the Minnesotian, and who
is bought and sold so cheaply, can do as no harm
Poor fool let him go!
VA laar tb,tt H. ID