Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-04
Red Wing Republican. Oct. 81


The Pioneer Press affirms that Pillsburv did
not buy in the Baker and Edgerton booms to
secure his nomination, and one proof that he
did not is that he did not need them, having
majority of the convention already & .
+ Didn't he need them 2 vt!aT ts<ssn5 so.
On the test vote on organization, taken viva
voce and thus excluding skulking or lodging,
the Pillsbury candidate had l09: votes including
8 received from Dodge and Blue Earth conn
ties, while the candidate of the opposition re-
ceived SO votes. Counting the Baker and Edg
erton 80 with the opposition, Mr.. Pillsbury
would have been beaten on organization by
seven majority. alotTH 5iG@1aG3 a'fE M. g. a:8s
On admitting the Stearns county Pillsbury-;
ties, no had the same majority, including the
same nine acquired votes. Without them the
majority would have been the ether way, and
he would have lost four votes on the informal
ballot. 80 - -
On the informal secret ballot Mr. Pillsbury
had but 100 votes, including the which we're
elected for Edgerton and Baker, and the 4
which they had admitted from Stearns county.
Without these Is he would have had but 96
votes. -es..4.s.Ja! -. er, dtaave 5.lassit..eslf
He plainly needed the 3 votes. How did The
get these7 "a, ev,.e,,.,. *.t, .. ~ IL 49,.
Gen. Bakers FIVE delegates were selected by
himself, for himself, by request OF. the conven-
ton which elected them. Baker came to st.
raul candidate for Governor. He consulted
frankly in regard to organizing the convention
against the third termers. It was he who named
US for temporary chairman and induced us to
agree to the selection. Afterwards he told our
friends that a PROPOSITION HAD BEEN
MADE HIM FROM THE PILLSBURYITES.
and he was to give them his answer at twelve
o'clock, midnight. I'VE learned what his an
swer was, when his five votes were cast against
the promise of his support f@& =. CIV
Gen. Edgerton notified us of his candidacy
for the Governorship long ago, and at once re-
ceived assurance of our hearty support against
all candidates from outside of this county.
be had such support continuously and,
knew that be had it. He wrote to others in
the city after P;llsbury was a candidate, who
consulted with us about securing him dele
CATION from this county. His own county Sc
iected delegates who were quoted in the Pioneer,
Press as for Edgerton as governor. @n7
But Edgerton's 4 and Bakers went into the
Piilsbury boom for governor and came out,
Edgerton's Is and Bakers so votes for lieu
tenan tgovernor. Ass 5ssHt,sf go
MIR. Wheelock knows the truth of the above
statements. He will do as he pleases. but we
doubt the expediency of his denying the con-
illusions which they established. The delegates
to that convention know that MR. PILLS.
BURY BOUGHT HIS NOMINATION in
the manner above shown. The read
ers of the Pioneer Press who think, KNOW
THAT HE BOUGHT 1T as aforesaid. Is it
not best to admit the facts and deny that there
was anything wrong about the bargains? OF
course, that would abandon the old pretense
that the other nominations were the result
OF trading. But there never was any truth in
it, and there cannot be much profit in 1repeat-i
ing it. II the iniquity of such trading is to
be insisted upon by the Aminidabs, the sleek
candidate who did the iniquity must be
condemned. If people see that the
Pillsbury organ continues to attribute to Mr..
Piilsbury freedom from the greediness and
thickness of ambitious politicians from which
they have seen he is not exempt, " ill not thew
suspect his other alleged virtues are equally
simulated, equally the, creation of editorial
imagination. 55@ 81 .aa + ''EsI