The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-10-17

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Flielh Iniershaage 81 Claims to
!. 81 Republican support. I sgf g
WHAT T11Es.Rlaa,. KNOW Aaour
.s:gs<.a CONsIsTENCY. -
[Phoe-Baok room 81 tho Land os5oe, !
=, lPresent-c.sA A, Gilman, T. G. Mcclure,
n. r: Clarke; Il. G. Wait, II. I. Gordon,
ana ne oread.and-butter hangers-on.1
IN the roof-Our "dsvil" taking
d1IkAH-'I Was Receiver Of tho Land
Once. was kicked out ana (oonfdentially)
for gosdS reasons:, I then turned To- Andy
johnson and went TO the Philadelphia
Coav0Aion - . conservative Democrat
I worked for The election Of Democratic
nsmbsref Congress. got into tho Land
Once again, bat was sosn kicked out by .
Republican Senate, for my trsaohery. l
~ dirt and orawled back into tho Republic
can party to get Office, and VAS again ap-
pointed 10 tho Land Office, and, again kick
ed out because Of malfsassnoe. BY ju-
ai'ious sals Of my vote whom in the Son:
ass.1 got you fellows Tie positions from
which you hsys oil got rich on very mod
crate salaries. helped elsotes Democrat
iosslater in stearns county last TALL, and
I think am entitled to the Republican
nomination now"
CHoRus-"Wea ara oil good Republicans
~MoCIuRE.-'.I was an Andy johnson
man, too. I WAS Chairman Of the only
johnson meeting ever bold in St. Cloud.
I then accepted the situation I helped
defeat the Republican candidate for sena.
tor last fall. lam in the Land Office now
and therefore am good Republican,
cHoRus-"we: are all good Republic
cans % ~
WA1T.-"I was elected as q Republican
to the State Constitutional Convention, and
turned Democrat after going to St. Paul.
F was appointed to the Land Office as "a
Republican, but became an Andy johnson
man, and, held the best Office in The State
during his entire administration, while Re-
pubhesns al over the country were being
turned ont: Il" bolted Gen. Averill two
years ago. bolted J. D. Carr when the
Republican candidate for the House. I.
worked fora Democrat for State Senator
1ast'fall. 1have made money by political
operations. but as did not get the Man
kata railroadto run to my grist mill, and
as this has been "a pretty poor year. hope
people wont be too hard on me. (Tesrs.) l
would likefto go to the Senate again and
see to that little railroad matter"
sCHoRus-"We are oil good Republicans
GoIDoN-"l Was q candidate for the
Republican nomination for Senator last
fall, and was defeated. moved tho unsn~
insus nomination of my competitor, and
then did all I could to defeat him. I need
net takesup'yeur time, follow members, by
al the details, but I spprehend that I can
successfully claim to have done more dirty
work than anytman among yen. assent
al srouad: Ana, moreover, by the aeci-
dental " disshar.se,of my musket while 1
was all alone one evening At Stone River,
l was enabled to, get out of the army by
the presentation Of short thumb, thus re-
lieving the Union army OF one sollier-
though, to be sure, he was one who never
did the enemy any harm. I have made q
nice thing out Of the Land Office,
though the rest Of you chaps had the
cream oksthe g pine land scrip. am, At
present. Republican.
CHoRus--"We.ss.sl l good Republican,"
C1ARK.-''My only appearance in poll
ties hss been;as Democratic candidate for
Clerk Of the District Court Of Stearns
county. was for Andy johnson, as Wait
wanted to keep his Land Office. You all
know that, q with the rest Of you. politics
with me is 6usiness: l think would be .
good candidate for Senator, ~ have the
notss Of 1ota Of the farmers and mechan-
ics Of stearns County, and they know if
they would not vote for me, would put
them through, 1voted for Democrat for
Senator last fall"
: C1oaos-~s'Wears ali good Republicans. I"
: Experiences were related by the subor-
dinates = present, one OF. two Of whom
thought they had just as good claims as
these others for the nomination Of Senator,
pr esenting about the same reasons. 1t
was finally decided that it did not make
any difference which of their number might
be nominated, he would, if elected, attend
to the interests Of the whole "Ring."
"They are having husking bees in Min
nesota, and pine for New England pumpkin
pies and sweet cider to enliven them
Washington Chronicle.
Bless your heart If you want to eat
pumpkin pies made out of squash that
would take the first premium at the worlds
fair, just come to Minnesota. The good
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