The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-09-11

Der Of falsehoods-to use word some
what longer than is actually necessary
concerning Judge MoKelvy and the
editor Of this paper. We will notice
one or two Of them ~ briefly as posi-.
BILE
That Judge MoKslvy COMPATIBILITY de-.
elinsd to be . candidate. not for re-noml
nation only, but before the people for 70.
election"
He did nothing Of the kind. To
shov just what he did SAY, We quots
al Of his letter that touched on hia
dsoiaat,ou
II have for some time dssired to return
to the practice Of my profsssioa and have
concluded that this 10 % susplolous time
to do % - win ever occur to me-. am,
therefore, not . candidate for The position
Of Judge Of this District at the ensuing
slsstion."
A. W hays already stated, Judge
MeKslvy felt that this took him enc
tirsly out Of the field, and he said 70
oil that hs was not candidate; but
there wss lothing in his letter which
could, BY any possible construction.
prevent bio accepting . nomination If
rendered him-s contingency, however,
that oesuRrsd neither 10 him nor his
friends hsrs.
That aftR The publication Of this letter,
Tie ':fris1ds Of Tn JOURNAL began to
whisper to he outskirts Of tho Distri.t such
Dat nonsense % that Collins WAS the cam
didats Of the Ring"
So far @ the above may refer to the
editor Of this paper or to any of his
friends, Of whose actions he has any
knowledge, it is wholly untrue. But,
. number OF weeks before the publioa-
ton Of this letter, and when it was
generally uuderstood throughout the
District that Judge McKelvy would be
tho nominee of the Republican Con-
ventiou for reelection, this Ring an.
nouneed publicly its intention to make
. fight on him and to spare no efforts
to compass his defeat. Capt. Collins
w.s approached by 81. L. Gordon aud
others belonging to the combination
with the tender Of their support % .
candidate in opposition to Judge Mo.
Kelyy. He declined to assent without
first having an understanding with
Judge MeKslvy. During The time
that interviewed between this and the
publication of tho letter OF with.
drawal, tho Ring made declarations As
to the Dlackgusrd character Of the war
it had resolved upon IN case the Judge
should remain in the field Is . candi-
date, and the Sank Rapids Sentinel,
oostroled BY c. A. Gilman, made, by
inuendo, low and vile attack upon
him. Whether these influences affect.
cd in any way Judge MoKslvy's de.
oision We have not the means of know.
ing. That We asserted that he was
"fozesd' by the Ring to withdraw, as
ID stated by the Press, is absolutely
false, a will be readily shown by the
following extract from an article in the
Fergus Falls Advocate, whose editor
was . delegate to the judicial Convex.
tioa and supported Capt. Collins:
"Reports have been widely circulated
along the line Of tho Northern Pacific. and
In the northern part Of the District that IN
undue and improper influence had been
brought to bear upon Judge MoKelvy to
crowd him OF the track, and that his letter
ofwithdrswA was not wholly Of his own
Tree will This va were assured BY tho
gentleman who addressed him the note, and
who now 10 and always has been . warm
personal friend Of the judges, 10 far % no
10 acquainted with the circumstances, 10 q
mistake" ..
"Bus," - The editor Of the Advo.
cate frankly odds,
1T il true, and, II 10 not denied BY
The parties, that certain members Of the
bar were dissatisfied and proposed 10 run
another candidate. Judge HeKslvy, hear
ing this, proposed net 70 enter into . per-
ssnal light In hls eva county, and avoided
Il By vitAdravsl. Up to the night before
Tie eonvsntioa he Judge assured delegates
calling On hin that he Was not candidate.
bat HsuM ssespt IL the nomination was
rendered hin" -,
These threats and this proposed
''psasonal fight" were known though
out Tho District before tho publication
Of the lsttsr Of withdrawal, and did
muoh to rouse Judge MeKelvy's friends
In the outside counties to an active de-
termination to nominate him in spite Of
his deelinat,on. And it was the kncwl.
edge Of these. things that caused Capt.
Collins to be considered, though doubt.
less without auy desire on his part, tho
candidate Of this Ring. While be was
held in The most friendly consideration
on the part Of the delegates, it was his
misfortune to stand a. the candidate Of
and to be ohampioned by men whom
the people Of the District had resolved
70 rsbuks. The Duluth Msnnesotian
expresses the general sentiment when
Il says: >.- .....-.....-....s:... r.. -.
eve deem this nomination triumph Of
TIE popular Voice over the machinstions Of
= pelitieal Ring. who hsd promised the po-
sitioA % another gentleman, who, under
any ether circumstances, might have bssn
sadorssd u the people, ',
The whole thing may be condensed
into three points: .s ~%=.&$@
1ss. Messrs. Gordon, Gilman, Wsite,
West i Go. undertook to defeat Judge
McKslvy. I.
I'd. They made = miserable failure.
Sd. They feel bad shout 1t.
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