St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-04-21
r hing /. the N Plan.

/, Land Offices Of THU district held 9thei
n Convention for nominating candidates 70
mex tfall campaign They met at Fofes
City " the Land Ofice there, Col
4 CARUrHERs segister ofthe ST. Cloud Office
and JIMMY SHEpIY, the Man Millinel
and burglar Of precious memory rcpresen
ted this county II " SAM ADAMS va "a,
I present from w right; and one Of the
\ great family Of the SMITH i, our inform
ant could not learn from whence, figured
some what in the proceedings.
The Moccasin programme up to that
\ tilno had been to run G.. y. ANDREWS to,
IC ongress;@ but Mr.. BUcHANAN's Land
I Officers concluded they could not let thai
l, I g o,ltof the family. So, Col. CARuTHEas
and his four or Eve frienus nominated him
/ Congressional Candidate for Congress.
/ 10 ANDREWS they rather thought they
would give the State Senatorship, provided
they could not, whit, succeed ~ buya;ng
| Henry g. Wait. 81 .l.s3 .s..1> 4
~ was to be offered to WA1r, upon con-
|dition he would walk into The Moccasin
ranks; but if he refused ANDREWS was to
get that and Shelby take his place on the
Legislative ticket. @s@Hs
~ Lowry having some business Of his own
in Washington, was to represent the case
to the powers that be; show them that the
only hope ot'sending q mate for RICE, Is
5u.. ). Senate; and q brace Of doughfaces to
the Lower House, lies in retaking
the 10th District, and thus getting
possession Of the region, where Moccasin
returns car be manufactured ad inJ;nitsne.,
i.% so, urgent was the case that the con-
vention thought Government funds could
be obtained, sufficient to establish an organ,
and :. beQr the expenses cfthe campaign"
and Stcarns County was to be the battle
held OF the State contest. We wished to
publish the whole programme at once; but
yielded to the earnest entreaties Of friends
to wait. If we said anything then, our
means Of acquiring future information
might be cut of, and so We waited, simply
stating SO much Ut the plan as refers to|
Nov, they have innocentlyf
suggested faint allusion of the arrange.
nent in a letter from Forest City, to the
Pioneer, in which the writer, most likely
CAEuTJERs himself, suggests himself as
the most suitable person for Congress, and |
endorses himself as the first orator in the
State but does, not know, for himself, /
whether himself aspires to a seat in Con-
gross; but rather !" kalkilatcs " he would mt
refuseif the dear people should insist
II LcsWRY is in Washington e accordin to-
le contract while CAR urHERs, and SuEp-
LY before iha town election, openly boast
,i*that they would have g: p'enty of mon
" from Waslimgton;s and offered any a.
mount for influence and votes. 81 We have
reason to believe that the offer Of The isstahed
senatorship~ made to Wait, with any
ahnsoullIt money he pleased TO name, and I
my and every pledge Of future promotion.
] This part Of the plan did not work, for
WAIT was heart aud soul with the Citizens
Ticket; and stood firmly as an anti Lee
compton DemDcrat, while . goodly number
of tho Douglas men have not been proof
against the offers of cash in hand, and Off
les ID future; butaas the leaders here, are
illfng the general programme laid down
throughout the United States, z, organ
ling on q straight BUCHANAN platform,
determined Ito crush Douglasisln along
RithRepublicanism, they can scarce fail OF 8
Iignal defeat in OCTOBER. 81 @s1 \. I'M
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