The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-09-28
WHOLE NO. l16.
run in the interest and according to the
wishes Of Mai. Strait.


valley man. Hence after proper show
OF balloting Judge Wilder was nominal
ed. The Judge is q high~toned, rather
aristocratic gentleman, but utterly un--
able to meet Maj. Straits peculiar and
very effective tactics. The convention
might just as well, SO far as any politi-
cal work is concerned, have nominated
Bishop Whipple
Look at the ballotting: On the 5tha
ballot Poehler had 25 votes and Wilder
32.-On the next Wilder fell to 90 and
Pochler rose to 2e. The next ballot
ought to have nominated Poehler. In
stead of doing that, he fell off Z votes;- -
Carver county's votes went to Hinds,
who rose from 3 to 16. But it was dam.
gerous TO build up Kinds too much, as.
he was regarded as very able man an6
one perfectly fitttd to 60 to Congress-,
and so the next vote Of Carver cOunty'sa
votes went to Wilder and returned to
Poehler; and the next vote those hop--
ped back to Kinds. AT the end, new
element came in, in the shape Of Hon.
Ara Barton On the 14th ballot Barton
had one vote; on the 10Th twelve votes !.
on the 10th eighteen votes; and it looked
as ii he was certain TO be nominated; and
he would have been infinitely stronger
candidate against Strait than Wilder,
but the next ballot the entire vote oil Le-
Sueur county, 10 votes was transferred
from Poehler to Wilder and nominated
him!
Major Strait was in ST. Paul and when
he got telegram announcing Wilder's
nomination he fairly danced iorjoy!
/ A Democratic correspondent OF the
St. Paul Dispatch writing from Shake
pee, Sept. 10th says
] And now wo,d about that Hastings
Hstrait'' Il don't know il / spelled that word
right ornoD Repu ublicap t1emocratic Congress
sic-banner Democratic county, would like 70
know how that tfring was managed no as to sell
ont to Wilder. We don't believe here that that
LeSuenr delegation ever meant to stlckt0 Hem.
ry Poehler, or any other Henry Of the valley
Straws generally tell which way the wind
blows, and when ! saw a certain prominent
LeSueur county delegate ..almost sitting IN
somebody 3 lap here on the day before the con-
venton" said to myself "that man is going.
to vote a strait-dsrn the word, spelled u,
wrong again Democratic congressional nOn1--
ination ticket" aud he did. Well,t il, per-
haps, the best thing after all fol- us. There
amt man here that is going to vote for VIII
der, because he il man that stands toe high
up for poor people to reach him. He may be.
. good man. but he amt Of the people, nor has.
! he been with the people sver since ha loaneA
! out money-when Pratt used to live III Hen
9 jaersonat the rate Of two per cent minute, TO-
! help the poor settlers 70 buy land warrants
with long ago. Nov, N. democrat, wan, .ha.
man Wilder, I'll first vote right straight fOx-
!, Maj. II. A. Strait, even II he Ii q Republican.
Is This illustrates tho way the entire
4 valley will view the nomination OF VIII
. der. The Democratic party was square,
4 II sold ont in that nomination.
! The man who effected the sale ane5
i delivered the goods was SeanraNe
Smith, who has been for years the tool
i. ot the Republican Office -holders Of the
j. I'd District. Only . lew weeks ago no
IL went 10 tho meeting OF the District
- committee and tried 70 get them to dis
III fanchise Scott county, 70 as to inceuso
= the people oi that county and indnCe
~ them thereby 10 vote for Strait. He was
70 tho central figure Of the recent Congress
- Iionai convention. He was chairman 81
e the Dakota county delegation, chaapman
y, Of the committee on permanent orRaniz
"A ton, hA seconded the presentation of Mr.
"a Wilder's name prOn0uncing,' BayD hi
10 organ, the Hasting's Union, - glowing
eulogcIn,n upon him, he moved ftllsI
u the convention proceed to ballot; hi
ia made = motion that q committee bc ap
:Oi pointed 70 notify Judge Wilder of hi
7Cs nomination; he was chairman ot tha
w commAtse anl the next day he haraDg
~ y. ued Judge Wilder in Red Wing in III,
- name ofthe convention. He will nov
OIL do his utmost to keep Wilder on th
les track until the sacrifice is completed.
ed Aid this i the same man in whnse be-
IN half Mr.. Perkins, the Republicans IN.
didate for senator Withdrew last fall
IL and who WAS supported by The ring D
~ republican officials led by Major Ken.
ii nedy and Irying Todd. Straits hanl
L. fcould not have boon manifested an
ne palmer Ia the manipulation ofthe rccen
fo convention il Kennedy and Todd ~
" appeared On the floor in person, instead
Ae OF by their deputy. A photograph o
- the Majer and Ssagraye - tney lockel
q at each other w1en they met, after th4
e con<endon, would depict Seagraye with
" wink and grin on his handsome coun-
he tenance and the Major with his handksr.
In chiefin bis mouth ID keep from .-tastin
re night out
~ Ifthat convention had really wanset
= 70 deieax Ssraitis would have nominatcs
II II Archibald. Barton. ourseii. or some
otAer nan. e4aally satisfactory 10 ths
IndepeldsstS bnf g. thssx awaT III
III cl4nces - - sIoasl laAhY fflnestefore.
i. Hsving soA out GrahAm ma Cox /!
- vii now sell onf Wilder. and thsn dis
- lb1nd ~ ~.
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