The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-08-20
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
The End OF Negotiations
The Remedy.


The Remedy.
The Congressional Committee
which met ut Albert Lea, it will hc
remembered, councilcd Mr.. Ward to
propose new Convention, open Ia
all, rs a final settlement of our Con-
gressional middle. In letter in re-
ply To this proposition. written from
Owatonna, under date of August 10th,
Mr.. Dunnell refuses 10 submit his
claims 10 new Convention. He pre-
ters 10 hide himself behind the thin
and gauZy technicalitirS of the Wal
SEGA convention, of July :, ana slams
the door in the face of amy further
negotiation, and declares that he will
stand rs candidate ut all hazards.
II is now evident that Mr.. Dunncll
knows nothing on this earth of such
supreme Importance, Is Mark ii. Dun
nell. 1t WAS always possible for him,
by Il Semi-heroic act of Sclf-ahmega-
ton, to have cleared the field of all
its dangers, and 10y that very deed in.
sured future promotion. But every
act of his life demonstrates that he
is not made of that mould of which
grand and generous natures are form
ed. He is possessed of lust for Of.
flee as Unsuitable as the grave. From
this abnormal appetite, the man must
thenceforth be judged. We now NE.
lievc the story, told ly his regiment,
that he was the first man ia Wash
ington after the defeat ut Bull Run.
Selfshness is the supreme law of his
nature. His flight from Bull Run.
his telegram to go 10 haul
ing sand" and his "hack.ray' his
tory, all elucidate the base clements
which compose his structure. His
appetite has grown by that on which
it feeds. He has come To think this
district his personal property, and I'll"
Republican voters. rs his vaSSalS. If
Grant was beaten at Chicago 10y rca-
son of his Identification with ma
chine" politics, then 10y parity of
even handed justice, Mr.. Dmncll
should be dcthroned, for the worS;
form of "machinc" political d"viltry
ever yet invented, has sprung up in
this district under his fostering hand.
Those outside of this district 90 not
fee. the force of this statement. In
u measure they look upon il as Il bat
tie between the Inns amd the "OutS.
Never was there a greater mistake.
1t is a revolt of the people themselves
who neither hold or expect official
favor. against the "machinc' in It's
most shameless form. That the OPP
position To Mr.. Dunncll is composed
of those who want his place, or places
under him, is an unmitigatcd ialShOod.
Behind that lie he seeks shelter like
u culprit. 1t is Il rebellion Of the
people against ''maChimc' rule. He
took this district with fixed maJOll-
ty of ten thousand he has reduced it
10 twenty nine hundred aud ninety
five. Thus travelling the dccrnding
grade, he was admonishcd that lac
was no longer wanted. That his hour
had come. That the measure of his
political usefulness WAS full. \ man
of Il sensitive and grateful nature.
covered with twenty years of office
and emoluments, would have grace
fully retired, when he discovered that
he had become an obstruction to Re
publican harmony and aSccndancy.
But not so with this man of Unsuitable
greed. His wOlf-likc rapaCity has
come TO destroy the best Republican
congressional district in the United
States. Too long continuance III Of
flce and the slavish subScrvicncy of
his vassals, has turned him clean daft.
lie has set himself above his party
and every Republican interest, and
now practically tells the Republicans
Of the district "yOu shall have me or
/ will smash the party in pieces !"
The ides of November will teach Mr..
Dunnell who is smashed. The only
remedy for all this, is Il series Of mass
conventions all over the district,
pointing to grand central mass con-
vention, which should place Il fresh
candidate in the field, free from all
acknowledgements, and thus by IN appeal
to the Republican masses, save the
district, save our Legislative and
county tickets and thus secure that
Republican ascendancy, now denied
us by this over.fed political destruc-
ZIONIST. Otherwise Mr.. Ward will be
resolutely supported and the victory
will go to the enemy, and on Dun
nell's head must rest the sole rcSpOn.
sibility.