St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-10-07
From the Msnnesottan.

AND DOUGLASS FIGHT II LAND OFFICER
CLEANED OUT.-In the Stearns county district.
which includes Benton and Meeker counties,
the Democracy - headed by Van Lowry, the
old Winnebago Trader, whom some call General
from his having filled the post of Adutant
General Of the Territorial Militia for short
time under Gov. German, who removed him in
order TO appoint Van Etten: with Shepley. the
woman fighter, one Caru,he1s. Register of the
Land Office at St. Cloud; and Tenvoorl, the
grasshopper merchant, to act as his Lieuten-
ants The Democracy we say, Of that portion
of the up-country have recently changed their
war-like tactics; and from abusing and fight
ing MIS-. Swisshe'm, have now turned in to
that Lowry and his set were determined to
allow no Douglass man to he nominated, and
i'll fact TO wipe out entirely the Anii-Lecomo-
ton Democracy. This purpose is said up
there, to be not only dictated by the fears Of
some of The Buchanan ofice-holders, but is
the policy advised by Senator Rice to his
friends, in special letters to various persons
throughout tbs Upper Mississippi counties,
where the Indian Tra'eas of his old Outfit
still possess, as they always did, the Democrat
ic party. In Stearns county there is a consid
cradle Democratic ma otiiy, made up by large
settlements of Catholic Germans therein.
Tenvoord and Edlebrook, two German
merchants of St. Cloud; heretofore led these
people along to vote as they desired: but on
The question of Douglas and Buchanan, they
>have split, Tenvoord leading one portion of
them for Buchanan, sand Edledyook the other
for Douglas. In the nominating Convention
before mentioned, the two faction met in battle
array, Lowry and his Lieutenants on one side,
aud Waite and young German, celrk of
Edlebrook, on the other. In the course of the
proceedings, Caruthers, Buchanan and Rice
Land Officers at St. Cloud, had the floor and
Was making speech, but made statement
therein which was contradicted by Edlebrock's
clerk aforesaid whereupon Caruthers jumped
down from the stand, and made at the young
Douglasiie for the purT ose of personally chas-
Using him for daring to call in question any
thing uttered by Buchanan Office holder
The result of his attempt was, that the German
knocked him down two or three times, end
showed Mr.. G. that he had walked up the
wrong passenger. As soon as Mr. C. had had
this idea pretty thoroughly knocked into his
noodle, he drew a revolver ant! snapped three
caps at the German without the weapon dis
charging; whereupon Edlebrock's clerk knock
ed him down again, and this time kept him
down, and gave him most essential pounding
-. real, thorough, and complete whipping -
The Convention nominated Eurdick, Indian
Trader, of Watab, Eenion county; one Willie,
a porlege of the Lind Office at Forest City,
Mceker county, this unfortunate district has
two Land Offices within its precincts y but The
nominee for Representative in Stearns Co, our
informant had forgotten. 1t is understood
that there will be a Douglas and Republican
ticket also put in the field.
The M;mmesot;om makes mistake in
saying the Democracy have quit abusing
us and gone to abusing each other. The
Democracy of this County never abused
us. We have never had any quarrel with
Mr.. Edlebrock, and the Democracy proper
of this region. Our whole difficulty has
been with the Lowry clique, which claimed
to rule that party. 49,. ...
So far as we know, the Douglas Demo-
Gratis here have, from the first, indignantly
'rebuked the outrage upon our press and
have shown s,irit of manhood which
scorns use of brute force upon woman.
Rutianism is not generally an element Of
the German character. It is not in Ger
man districts where we have most mobs
and rowdyism. The fellows who have
signalized themselves in the woman-whip-
ping war up here, are all Americans
Southern chivalry, and Yankee doughfa-
ces. They have now enlisted the
Administration, through its agent the Land
Office, to espouse their cause and endorse
their act; thus. proving the truth of our
statements from the first of the political
origin of our quarrel; but the German
Democracy Of this District will not, know
ingly, unite in that endorsement. If by
their votes they elect the Burglar ticket,