Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-01-15
-ApvERrIsERs SHOULD REMEMBER THAT The
MINNEsor1AN HAS A DAILY clRooLAiloN
GREATER THAN ANY OTHER PAPER IN SAINT
PAUL
Touching the Remfniscehc y. NAe
0Anciento of the I1mes aDous M''
-.a,. Nomination for U. 5. Senator.


-. ,h. Remiuisce noes OF the
6 Auetento Of the Times about Mr..
un6,s Nomination for U. 5. senator.
Our venerable friend of the st. Paul Daily
Times. the organ of the Republican branch of
the Sibley party-id est, the Chronic Moccasin-
ties publishes letter from person named
Henry d. Hurr-a gentleman who recently
EXPRESSED the opinion that he was Gin the
wrong pew" when acting with the Republican
party-a remark, by the way, of singular sa-
cacity, considering the source of its emanation.
In publishing this tremendous letter from
this tremendous source, the editor who boasts
of his age, but not of his decrepitude, treats
the public to these predatory comments:
Henry ID. Huff was an especial favorite candi-
date for the U. s. Senate one year ago of the very
men who control the press that would now read
him. and all who think with him, out OF the party
He was nominated in Republican Caucus, lOr that
high office, through the management OF !homaS
Foster, David Cooper, and others who engineered
the nominations made against IL. NJ. Rlce ana
James Shields 1t is well known fact among Re
publlcans that no one connected with the lines
office, or then, were responsible In the least
degree for these nominations. Therefore, Mr..
Huff may be SAID with truth to be witness from
the midst of these self-elevated party managers.
rising up to condemn and repudiate their course "
Now, o venerable OWENS, we have not
read Mr.. HurFY "out of the party that is
an operation he alone could perform
Why, man, he tellcth us himself he thinks
he is Z" in the wrong pew and would you
have us attempt to over-persuade an eminent
individual Of his calibrc to remain In quarters
where he asserts he is uncomfortable? Most
certainly no such cruelty can be expected at
our hands.
Touching his nomination-his very singu-
lar and peculiar nomination for United States
Senate-allowius to contradict the veraclous
asseveration of this "poor old man whose
trembling limbs have borne him to the door !"
of the NEwsoNIAN Jove or so much of his article
as alleges that Mr.. HUFFY's nomination was
effected through the management of THOMAS
FOSTER, or of DAVID COOPER! We suggest
that the "others" he mentioned had more to
do with this management than either of
US In the first place, as our high principled
friend of Welsh decent very well knows, the
THOMAS FOSTER" aforesaid, at the time
of the nomination-for long while be-
fore, and for long time afterwards on
his back, upon bed of pain writing in the
agonies of infammatory rheumatism, and
barely able in the intervals between the par
oxysms to scribble off at side table, or die
tate to an amanuensis, his articles battling
the Pioneer and Mr. OWENS friendSIBLEY, in
their attempt to grasp the power of the State
through shameful and barefaced fraud sur
passing John Candle-box Calhoun's opera
rations in Kanzas
Under these circumstances, we think our
aged friend should relieveIus of what he seems
to think is the terrible burden Of having had
anything to do with Mr.. HUFFY's nomination!
Nor do we think that true gentleman, high
minded man and eminent Republican, DAVID
COOPER, had aught either to do with the
splendid operation. The Times writer, we
are aware, hates Judge COOPER with bitter
hate, because the Judge has more than once
befriended him-there are such inverted ma
tures-but even his venomous nature should
see, that the Judge had little power over the
deliberations of the caucus, else he would
have had himself pitted against SHIELDS as
the weakest man, instead of being set up as
he was against HENRY NJ. RICE, who, at that
time was too formidable to be beaten by any
body
Doesn't Owen ap Owens perceive the point,
or is age obscuring his faculties?
In sooth, and in truth, it was the ''Others''
alone that did 1.-THE Winona delegation
headed by SAINT ANDREW d. BALcoMBE
were the irresponsible" parties that did it
Southern Minnesota presented HUFFY as their
man, and how could the Northern delegates
object to the person of their choice?
The Times tells one truth, in its remarks
most singular to say.
1t tells us, most solemnly, that "no one
connected with the Times office then or now
were responsible in the least degree for these
nominations"
Why, that is true enough. Who ever
charged them with such responsibility
EARL S. GooDRIcu and Rotary MILLS of the
Pioneer, will be next disclaiming, also, that
they were not responsible " for these nomi-
nations!
And that would be just as reasonable as
the disclaimer by the Daily Times. The Re-
publican party would be composed of set of
judys if, when constituting its caucuses or
making its nominations, it should consult its
enemies concerning the one or the other
neither those who are open and above-board
enemies like the Pioneer folks-nor yet those
"cow-boys" who, playing between the two
political armies, act as spies for either, and
take brides or plumber from both
Of course, in this view, the Times men would
not be consulted-and not being consulted,
how could they be irresponsible
The ancient man of the Times reasons yery
queerly. His liquor must have been mixed
lately!
How 1T Occurred.
The statement by telegraph, the other day,
fhot tho RapuhI;o,,, ,,,ox~lo - r A, ~.