The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-13
The Third District Defined.

In this weeks Reriep our plethoric
friend sheds tears of dissatistactions
over the fact that Mr.. Fletcher has
always been Il pronounced friend and
supporter OF Mr.. Dunnell, and that
in the Third district, the fight for
representative centcred on Window
and Dunnell representatives, and
that Mr.. Owen Morris, Jr. was sue
cessful in defeating the friends of
Mr.. Window, or in other words, en-
deavors to convey the impression
that Mr.. Morris nomination was
brought about through Dunnell dele
gates.
AS to Mr.. Fletcher, everyone
knows that upon the Sesatorial ques-
ton he at least has not expressed
himself publicly. and what prefer
ences he may have are not known
but it is sufficient for the Republic
ans to know that Mr.. Fletcher, if
elected. will carry out the desires OF
his constituency in this matter, and
the Rerieu editor need lose no sleep
on the matter. In fact it is none of
his particular business, and what little
he knows about the situation of Re-
publican politics will he explained
further on.
The assertion that Mr.. Morris NOM
ination was made upon the Senatorial
question is basely false and does
equal injustice to Mr.. Morris and his
friends. The Senatorial matter cut
no figure whatever In the Third Dis
trict caucuses, or in the canvass pre-
ce,ling the caucuses. Mr.. WINDOWS
friends considered Mr.. Morris as safe
on the subject as Mr.. Evans or Mr..
Wigley would he, and SO made no
issue at all on that point. The fight
was wholly Il personal one. In Cam
bria, though more than sixty votes
were polled at the caucus, every vote
was in favor of Mr.. Morris. Lake
Crystal, Lincoln and South Bend
elected their delegates with little OPP
position and sent them to the con-
yention uninstructed, though il was
understood that the South Bend dele
CATION WAS in favor of Morris, while
the other two had expressed no pref
erence. To say because Il few per-
spns who had once been favorable to
Dunnell had supported Mr.. Morris,
and that therefore Mr.. Morris is u
DmnelI man, is not very conclusive or
tangible logic. especially when we
consider the fact that he was equally
heartily supported by men who are
directly opposed TO Mr.. Dunnell and
friends of Mr.. Window.
Mr.. Morris has stood independently
on the Senatorial question, and doubt
less will continue so until the time
for action shall come. But that he
is in any sense committed to Dunnell,
or that Dunnell's friends have any
claim upon him whatever is all bosh.
We would ask, too, where are these
boosted Dunnell men that we hear
talked of but never see There were
no Dunnell men in the convention,
and to presume that that gentleman
has any claim upon the delegation
from this county, is transparently
thin.
To show that the Recie,o has pur-
posely or ignorantly misstated the
Third District situation, we append
the statements of several well known
gentlemen from South Bend, Butter
nut Valley and Cambria, which eff
fectually squelch and relegate to the
background whatever has been said |
by the "phat" and "phunny' man of
the Reriep:
The last issue of the RecieU asserts |
that Mr.. Morris Is Dunnell man
and that the fight in the third dist
riot was directly on that issue. If
the Rerie1 has special reference to
the contest in South Bend, as we
have heard that it had, we, as two of
the delegates from that town, can
positively state that there Is not one
word of truth in the assertion. In
this town the senatorial question was
not spoken of the contest was pure.
ly one of personal preference and we
supported Mr.. Morris simply because
of his fitness Tor the position, and
not because he was Window
man or Il Dunncl man ~ any body
else 8 man DAVID l.. EVANS,
w. ii. WILLIAMS.
have seen the article in the last
weeks ReUic,o stating that Mr.. Morris
is DunnelI man and that he was
nominated sqlarely on that issue.
How the Reriep got that bit Of infor
nation | do not know. but do know
and do positively state that there is
no truth whatever in it. Here In
Butternut Valley rs elsewhere in
the district, nothing WIS said or
thought of on the senatorial question.
as all the candidates were considered
alike OH that issue. The fight in
this town as in the other towns of
the district was simply Il matter of
personal choice.
WIN. L. WILLIAMS.
We would state that i'm Cambria 10
fight whatever was made on the Sena.
tOrial issue. 1t was well understood
that there was no difference between
the various candidates on this point.
The Republicans of Cambria are with
out single exception to our knowl-
edge in favor of Mr.. Window, and
had Mr.. Morris been suspected of
being Dunnell man, we do not think
that he could have had the support |
of our town.
HENRY HUGHES.
DAVID Y. DAVIS.