The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-06-18
THE wAsEl16aHzi aAsD' ooxHELLY

0oonssuu 1eD1ocsacy. an her AfsE
election, As . Stass Ramsey, the II Re-
put l@ "a candidate, % for G Governor, wa,
defeated BY the votes Of Indians, ii
breech-cloths, -and blankets, and. by re-:
turns from election precjnctswhe no.
body livod. At the second, the. Re
Ppblieens y rallied, and the two parties
came together in the ,dercest political
encounter I ever saw. The Democrats
brought out their strongest mon as can
;dldates, and had s,ll The aid n the party
in power could give '@' For Lieutenant
Governor. they nominateda Generals. B.
Lowry, a Southern gentleman, ofgreat
ge.ltA !. i.nd such personal popularity
that be had generally been regarded as
political dictator Of the Territory from
its first organization. Al Indian trad;
or ana interpreter, = mail contractor
and Plesident Of tie Claim Club vi who
drove out Of the country--whemsoever
they would, hesvsaa never oondeseend:
to represent thssTerritory saDsleeate
II Washington, but sent some .subordi-
nate, while heoontzolled matters at.
home. p To:oppose him the Republicans
nominated MI. Donnelly, an Irish law
yer who had distinguished himself BY +
his eioqusst appeals to his country men,
in favor Of human freedom. It vas /. /
most hotly contested election. schurs,
cotsx and Grow stumped the State - =
but none did better service than Don
nelly, Who j. 4 most logical and convinc-
ing reasoner. in addition TO- tie. usual
qualities Of = capital stump speaker
The Republicans now triumphed and
the Democrats we're 50 completely beat
On that there can be no good reason to
fear = Democratic majority in the
North Star State, at any time in this
century. Donnelly ran ahead Of his
ticket, although these very charges
which Mr.. Washburne now makes,
were then made, and reiterated in ev.
cry Democratic paper, in handbills, in
circulars, and public speeches, and scat
tered broadcast all over the State: I
WAS perfectly familiar with. them, and
eonsidered tziumphantly disposed Of
long before the people rendered their
verdict. ..~-~s -. :, .,,-..s 81. 81 .7....7
Wh,a1the Republicans took charge
Of The Governnent,s tho State finances
: :Hale nj j dsplorable condition. The,
people ro.elected every State officer by>
increased n.jorities Il tho end Of their
dt stesm; there certainly had been and
continued = !. 4. 70 b, : vast Improvement in
the State credit. -; y, ,s r>,", ',>.'
When Mr. Lincoln was first elected,
there ~as.a very thorough canvass of
the State; leading Republicans c.lcu-
lated, in case Of big election, that the
patronage Of the general government
would be gwen to those who labored
for that contamination. There were
several contestants for the: Surveyor
G Generalship; but the people, in the
! northern district, expected it to be CIV
en- to Stephen Miller, who hal. since
been Brigadier General aud Governor
of.the State: He had been ! delegate
to the Chicago Convention, and d chair
man Of the Electoral Ticket, = had can:
vassed the State, Is an effective public
speaker, and contributed literally . in |
money @ to defray expenses, was thought
to have claim second to none, to the /
best appointment. the party could give.
G Col.zAarioh, the Congressional repre-
sentative commended BY MI: Wash
burne, nowledged that claim. I my
selfsaw his written pledges to secure
the appointment lor Nj. Miller: There
were two other, prominent aspirants,
whose names ! have forgotten, but whose
claims are strong ,.sez Vii =. s. ..* >
the appointment was announo-
81 thete III, 1isiSi much such 4 sensation n,
when Mr. Pierces =. !. i unoniinated tor.
President The question was; aWho
ieBfaak Pisreel'','s Nov i = u, sWho
i Malhbturtne r's$s.s aWashb,rns -
WalhburnellY Men would oo,sl,itate,,
"Whers did hs come from 's...ss,, ;..@ IT,, IT,.
Ii explanation Of his broken pledges,
Colonel Aldsieh states that tie ~ Wash:
butses iaSCohgress had demanded this
position for the Washburne Who was ,ilI
not in Congress i; and. tha. twas ~im-.
possible TO ignore their influence. AS
their interference ia aMinussota affairs
Vas thus clearly indicated it is, perhaps,
not unfair 70 infer that to it the Repub-
.licans q that Stats are indebted to srueh.
asdistributisn Of Gov ernment patronage.