Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-03
ANOTHER VIEW.
The Kindred Men In Stevens County Come
Back at the Scandinavian Gang LIVELY

The Kindred Men In Stevens County Come
Back at the Scandinavian Gang Lively.
MORRIS, June ga recent communication
signed by Henry Foss and some eleven others,
regarding the political doings in Stevens
county prior to and at our late convention,
demands reply, for the reason that your many
readers might have been misled into accepting
the article as truthful and unbiased state
ment OF facts from the formidable array of
signatures attached. We must confess to
being at a loss how to account for some OF the
names that are signed TO that article, appear
ing there, and think the parties referred to
must have attached their signatures without
Knowing what they were endorsing. So
many false statements are made that we cannot
In justice to ourselves permit the article to go
uncontradicted.
The men endorsing that article are for the
most part chronic office seekers and defunct
office holders DIETER known here as the old
court house rlpg,) who are pandering to the
Scandinavian taste for the purpose Of advanc-
ing their own aims politically. II is q recog-
nlzed fact here that the paramount considera-
ton with all Scandinavians is nationality; to
such an extreme, indeed, is this clanuish spirit
carried that the Democrats of Stevens county
who are largely in the majority, have only to
nominate Scandinavian aud his election is
assured AT our last election the Republican
IL,
| received but two votes in the town Of Fran
ness, which is settled exclusively by Scandina-
VANS, while his opponent Scandinavian
Democrat, received upwards of sixty votes.
Framness. it must he remembered, is settled
almost exclusively by Nelson's country
men. Mr.. Stone, OF this county,
regular candidate for state senator, ana
nominated in convention by Knute Nelson,
was most ruthessly slaughtered by Nelson's
friends, and was offered up as a victim to the
god of nationality. This is the policy which
those men uphold, not from any love, but from
the dread of receiving in the future the treach-
erous thrust of the avenging poniard. This
Is the policy which has Disguised all genuine
| Republicans, and against which, as men Of
principle, they are now bold enough to CON-
bat. Nelson himself up to the Saturday be-
fore the village caucus, when he had CONVEX
sation with Mr.. Stone, of the VERY cOnfiden-
tial order, believed that Stone and all his
friends would work against him for his treach-
| erous conduct in the Brown canvass; and the
in6ucement which has been offered and which
| led Stone and few OF his friends to yield Mel
son their support will probably remain for
| ever buried (among the arcana of the canvass)
| "a marvel and secret"
| The first town caucus held in this county
| was held in Swan Lake township, and Kin
dred delegates properly elected. Three days
thereafter one Ames, of Douglas county, an
intimate friend ana former law partner OF
|
| another caucus. The same game was played
| In the towns of Horton and Hodges, aud Mel
| sons friends in the town OF Donnelly held
caucus for two hours, refusing to allow vote
To be counted after it was taken, threatening
| bodily violence to any one who attempted it.
10 the town of scott whore the entire COM
| munitY, excepting some tive or six Scandina-
vians, was favorable to Kindred, q few un.
| prIncipled agents from Morris lied by
Il signer OF the previously mentioned
communication held a sham caucus
an hour before the time desig-
| mated by the call and issued Nelson credentials
| This and much more was all known TO FOss
and the others, and yet they have the brazan
eiirontery to charge Mr.. Kindred friends with
| the preparation OF frauds and with BULLDOG
| ing. The chairman of the county committee,
an avowed Nelson partisan, was compelled to
admit orenly.in the convention that there had
"been skullduggery on both sides,' yet he too
with Foss and the others) now has tie incon-
slstency to deny any fraud in putting up Gre
| dentials or the many other like tricks they
charge TO Kindred friends. SO far as the re-
peated kilograms to the Sixth ward in St. Paul
| are concerned, we only know that 1T was cur
| rently reported that the Nelson men had
| tclegraphed TO a party there aud upon his
arrival here, credit of one hundred dollars
| in goods was offered by prominent Nelson
| supporter. IL all the true inwardness and
| crookedness of the work done in Stevens
| county were brought to the light, it would
| place Mr.. Nelson'and his friends in a very un-
| enviablc position. We will not dwell upon
! the unparalleled rulings of Sutherland in the
| caucus or Stone in the convention, full and
| correct accounts having been heretofore
| published in the st. Paul dailies. 1t Is suffi-
| cient to say that Nelson's orders were carried
| out. He instructed his henchmen as follows
we give his own word: at looks bad here;
II you can't carry it, run in Dem Ocrats; if you
| can't carry it with them, bolt" These orders
were delivered in the Central house, Morris,
and he even went SO far as to ask TO be tele-
| graphed, "My wife is sick" in the event
| OF the county being carried against him.
AS to the claim that Nelson's friends had
made no effort to have their unblushDg and
| false statements published, prior TO the publ
| cation of the article referred to, is not true:
| they tried it, but reputable Journals declined
with thanks. Contrast the digniied action
| of Mr. Kindred in this canvass with that of
Mr. Nelson, who is one day in Morris fixing
up caucuses, the next at Mendada organizing
| disreputabe bolt in Traverse county, and
| threatening through his friends to split the
| party in twain if he is not nominated. 1t is
| Palpable to every intelligent voter that Mel
| son. feeling confideat that as an independent
he can draw off the Scandinavian vote from
| the regular nominee is even now preparing to
| bolt at Detroit.
| There are, however, enough true Republi-
cans In this Fifth district to emancipatc the
| party from the thralldom OF lone man" rule
| and all kinds of "bossisms,' and when the
| ides OF sNovember come the old court house
| ring here and the would be Scandinavian ring
OF the district, will realize their downfall
However, this may be all Kindred men here
| regret, that the fair name of this community,
which is an exceptionally law abiding one,
has been blemished by the publicity given to
the high-handed proceedings Of the Nelson
| clique in the recent convention in this county.
A. w. Mars G Z. Richardson
| Il. +. Mars Charles COmstock
| DIR. j. r. Freeman G.. W. Sutton
| j. w. Leonard III. F. Peters
w. j. Murray I'll. III. Wells
| Paul z. BOyden g. l.. Brown
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