The Worthington advance., 1880-10-07
GEN. BAKER FOR WARD.
Il Ringing Letter on the Congressional
Cont St Yard the Regular Nominee

Il Ringing Letter o.. the Congressional
Cont St Ward the Regular Nominee
Tile Machi,,e q Doomed D,.nnell q
Pers nal Usurper- Contest lies
betreen Ward and sWells-S SAFE the
District by Voting for Ward. y
TO the Editor of the ri 'neer Press.
In your issue of tle-inst. you are
pleased to express adoubt 8 to wheth-
er am really booked for certain speech
Is in the First congressional district.
The chairman Of the Republican Con-
gressional committee, Hon. H. W. Hol-
lev. has SO posted me, and by my express
authority. It IS of my personal knowl-
edge, being present and Il most atten-
tive observer, that the Hon. W.
Ward WAS duly and fairly nominated at
Waseca. Knowingithis to I've true. under
the circumstances should feel that nv
Republicanism could be Justly impugn-
ell if failed to give Mr.. Ward a cordial
'pp"rt. After twenty-three years of
answering fidelity to Republican duty,
cannot expose myself to so serious Il
charge. Mr.. Ward, in my Judgment,
congressional flag in this district, and
am not unaware that the Hon. NJ.
II. Dunnell assn nes to he a Republican
candidate in this district. So far AS I
am concerned he might as we'll assume
to be the Republican candidate for pres
ident. His title would be quite us good
in one case as the other. He is simply
in the field as guerrilla, Fighting on
his own hook.'' Mr.. Dunnell has over
estimated his own Importance as 4 po-
litical factor. Having failed in the con-
vention and by adjustment to secure
the nomination by coup d. etat, he has
sought to place himself ut the head of
the column. The audacity of the act ut
first inspired a brief following. Bntre-
fection is teaching the people that au-
| dacity does not make ambition virtue.
| 1t is only another unanSwerab!e fact,
demonstrating that his methods are
wrong. To submit now would he to
make dummies of every man in the par
| ty, and hand it over bOmnd to it's mas
ter. Mr.. Dunnell has nothing of which,
to complain. He initiated the wrong
| at WaSeca by inStructing his men to
take fOrcible control of convention
clearly against him. If his nomination
had been possible, this arbitrary act
would not laye been necessary. But
the men whose official position should
have made them thrice armed again t
injustice were but the swift registers of
their masters will. For once the ma.
chine had gone too far, and Mr.. Dun
nell was slain in the meshes OF the net
he had woven. lie had mistaken the
| temper of the men with wln m he had
to deal. They were but the representa-
| tives Of the spirit Of the rebellion long
abroad in the whole district. From
| that hour on, the story has been sim
pie one. Mr.. Dunnell is enacting, il,
broad farce, the last desperate game of
ambition to clutch at fading power. Ills
frantic efforts to save the party are SIM
ply efforts to save Mr.. Dunnell. If he
cared fig for his party, Why did he not
accept Mr.. Wards magnanimons prop
osition for both to retire? Or still fnrth-
er on, Mr.. Wards propositim to sub.
nit to a new convention? But either of
these would have consigned Mr.. Dun-
nell to political retirement.
The truth is that the great body of
conscientious Republicans in the dis
cally dishonest. and that his methods
are sapping the life Of the party. the
Pioneer Press itself has gone through
|
nells fitness for tie office he seeks. We
may therefore be justly rardoned for
not following its later advice on tile
grounds of expediency. against the ear
lier and better demands TT principle. 1t
is useless for the press to longer affect
virgin innocence with regard to the con :
di ion of things in the First district.
The ga,,ze whicl, is daily spread over
the facts by the two leading journals
only serves to make the nakedness more
| apparent. Set it down in VOur book
OF rrophecis and calculations that the
work OF reform in the First district will
go on. The people have ordained that
Dunnellism must go,-the machine is
doomed. We h1He this battle to fight,
and there is nothing to gain by pospon-
ing it. Our path is lighiened Ivy your
own luminous example. For All inf
nitely less cause the stalwart Republic
cans Of st. Paul and Minneapolis join
cd hands in 1868 to teach Mr.. Donnel}y
that he had become stumbling block
III the Republican path. Feeling that
we have the aff-ctionate sympathy Of
all those wise Republicans. we take
courage by your example and profit b.
your admirable teachings. IL that fight
we let you alone, and we only ask to be
let alone while we teach Mr.. Dunnell
the same lesson you taught Mr.. Donnel-
ly. The whole responsibility of this EN-
tanglement lies 1T the door of Mr.. Dun
nell. Seeing that lie was an insupera-
bic obstacle to Republican unity, cover
ed with fifteen years of honor and emol-
uments: he could magnanimous|y afford
to retire. He affects to lean his action
upon the advice of a ''committee. 1t
| 90 ,1.,<Jn ft,nf
''commlttee" was ever appointed in the
was an afterthought. made to a street
meeting after the convention had ad-
journed sine die. Upon this thing of
air he lays the responsibility Of his acts.
The fact is his candidacy is personal
usurpation, and should he so treated by
every loyal Republican.
| After careful canvass of the leading
Republicans of the district. am fully
satisfied that the contest lies between
Mr. Ward and Mr.. Wells. Republicans
must cast their ballots with that under
standing. Changes have been. and are
now going on. which narrow the con-
test to these two. To vote for Mr.. Dun
nell, therefore, is q vote more than
! thrown away. We call upon every Re-
publican IN southern Minnesota to pre-
vent this district, through the insane
| ambition Of one man, from falling into
the hands Of the Democracy. and. stand
ing firm within the lines Of party organ
ization. to rally to the lawful standard.
Very respectfully. J. II. BAKER.
| MANKATO, September 81
! SPEAKERS AND PA PERS.
The Dunnell men cackle q good deal
over the fact that Gov. Davis will not
take part in the Congressional contest