The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-08-06
The Case Plainly Stated by an
Unprejudioed Paper.


Unprejudiced Paper.
From the Goodhus County Republican,
The Dunnell men claim the regular.
ity Of their proceedings in the first
district on insufficient grounds. It Is
conceded on their part that bogus
protest was got up against the twelve
delegates from Freedom county. 1t
is conceded that the Dunnell major
ity in the committee adopted are sol,,-
ton to exclude contested delegations
from voting on the preliminary or.
ganization. 1t is conceded that both
these acts were done to secure con.
troll of the convention. 1t Is also
conceded that the committee instruct.
ed the chairman to nominate E. s.
Youmans for temporary chairman.
1t was also resolved by the Dunnell
men, the chairman adopting their in.
structi0ns, to force a vote on that
nomination and permit no other.
The first admitted act, throwing
out genuine and uncontested dele.
gates by a trick, was an unmitigated
outrage by the men whose official
positions should have bound them
not to do anything unfairly. The
second was a more ordinary trick, it
would appear, for it was played in
Mower county in the present contest,
but yet 1t was trick the purpose of
which was to secure the organization
or canse split.
In pursuance of instructions the
chairman of the committee nominal.
ed Mr.. YOumans. He heard Mr.. s.
p. Child repeatedly address him, but
he gave no attention to him. He
heard Child nominate another man,
but he paid no attention to 1t. He
did not tell Child that he considered
him out of order; he did tell the con.
vention, but in the midst of the con.
fusion caused by his disregard of the
members of the body who had indi.
vidually more right than he had in
that presence, he says he put the
nomination of Youmans to the meet.
ing, called for the negative, declared
the motion carried and YOumans
took his place. Then Capt. Braden
was nominated by Mr.. Child with
equal authority and declared elected
with equal validity. The priority OF
election is of no consequence. The
number OF votes for either Is not de.
terminable. Both chairman Occu.
pied the stage. Both conventions re-
NAMED in the same hall. The Dunnell
convention claims to have contained
a majority Of the delegats who held
regular credentials, while the other
convention had q mojority only after
admitting the contesting delegates
from Mower county. The contest in
Mower county arose because the
chairman of the committee refused
to notice nomination as an amend
ment to the one he made.
It is worth noticing in this case
that the irregular actions alleged
against the anti.Dunnell men were
committed without concert or contri.
vance and in opposing planned and
contrived roguery and unsurpation.
Under the circumstances the Re
publicans of the First District will
undoubtedly decide that deliberate
wrong by the accomplics of man
five times honored will outweigh thu
errors of impulse into which such
wrongs may have driven the friend.
of other equally worthy Republicans
Mr.. Ward has done quite enough ir
offering to step down and out witt
|Mr. Dunnell. Mr.. Dunnell has re
ferred the question to his committ'
which may not he any more higf
principled than the one which woult
steal him the nomination.
II both remain OH the track, 1t viii
be Dunnell's fault II Democrat goe'
to Congress from the first district.