New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-10-25

them or vow vengeance against them
because they supported Baldwin. Bin
now, when Mr.. Weber was nomin
atel, then, yes, then it is a differen
thing, and vengeance must come owe
Peterson, because he supported Web
Der. Redwood! Redwood! What are
your principlesa You surely ought t.
be gentlemen enough to be willing ia
be willing to allow to others the same
right as yon claim for yourselves. Bu>
incredible as it may sound, the nomi
nation of Mr.. Wr!,,>ry far Judge is the
true clnse o. the opposition to Mr..
Peterson in Re !N,D colnty. I am
lad to learn from reliable parties
chat this theory Of vengeance is not
approved by TIE majority of the vot.
ers in Redwood County. 1t is only a
few big politicians from Redwood
Falls and vicinity who are working fol
the vengeance theory.
In New Ulm although Mr.. Peterson
has host of friends, he also has a
few most bitter personal enemies 1.-THE
cause of the enmity is so well known
that it is not necessary to state it here J
These New Ulm personal enemies to
Mr.. Peterson heard of the hatred
against Mr.. Peterson in Redwood
County, they thought the time to do
Mr.. Peterson a great spite had come.
A conference was held between the
Redwood ''soreheads' and Mr.. Peter
sons personal enemies from New I'm.
and it was determined to defeat him
if they could. They began to flock
around for a man who would be will
ing to run in opposition to Mr.. Peter.
son. and as luck would have it, they
got their eyes on Col. Pftpnder but ur.
fortunately she at first utterly refused
to accept the nomination. Very
likely he did not like the company.
He has always professed to be a
straight Republican; he has held to
the principle that majority in par.
ty has the right to nominate and elect.
and that when the majority has decid.
ed, and fair play has been given, then
the minority has no right to complain.
He is man, who has been more ia.
vored by the Republican .fparty, than
perhaps any other person at present
living in Brown County. And now
he should 60 back on his own princi.
pies, go back on his own party and
join in with clique Of Mr.. Peterson's
political revengers from Redwood Co.
and his bitter personal enemies from
New Ulm, and work to defeat the re-
gular nominee of the Republican par.
ty. It would not look we'll. No won.
der that he at first utterly refused to
to accept the nomination from such a
clique. But stop! Don't decide
80 fast. Was not the Redwood delega.
ton misused at the republican senator
ial convention at Sleepy Eye? and that
justifies Col. Pf@nder in acting as he
does. Well, we will see. AS every.
BODY knows, at the republican senate
rial convention at Sleepy Eye, there
appeared two full sets of delegates
from Redwood County. It was there
fore necessary for the convention tt
decide which of the two delegate.
were entitled to seats and votes in thu
convention. And l hope everybody
can see it was impossible for the com
mittee on credentials to go:to Redwood
Falls and investigate about caucusses
notices, credentials, etc. They had
to go by the best evidence furnished
them at Sleepy Eye, and if there wa.
any trickery or any unfairness display
In Redwood in regard to caucuses anj
credentials, the delegates from Brown
County could certainly not in any way
BE- to blame for it, and the good people
in Redwood would have to settle that
among themselves. But now, one sci
of delegates from Redwood County
brought with them, besides probably
made out credentials, two affidavits tc
the effect, that they were the regular
and only true delegates from Redwood
County, while the other set of dele
gates had no affidayits at all with
them. What could under such cir
cumstances the convention do, other
wise, than acknowledge the delegate
who had with them the best evidence.
And so it was done. If they were mis-
led by untrue evidence, it was some
thing they could not prevent, and
something they could not be to blame
for. How were then the Redwood
County delegates misused? Who car
tell! But suppose the Dickinson dele
cation from Redwood County had beer
admitted to the convention. woulC
that have changed matters any? Mo-
at all. The Dickinson delegation con
sisted only of seven delegates, while
there from Brown County where ter
delegates, who all were in favor of S