Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-04
Freetorn natIss to the Standard.

Especial Correspondence Of Globe.l
ALBERT LEA, Aug. This city is very
quiet. Even Williams OF the Standard, for a
wonder, does not say much. By the way,
while on that topic, might state that that
celebrated civil service reformer has serious
HOPES of reforming the present P. NJ. (Which
is postmaster) of this city out and himself
into the vacancy thus created. Entirely dis
interested his warfare on Dunnell has been
purely in the interest OF reform. His seat
however, before he gets It, will be
contested by Hans D. Hardness, who
by virtue OF having assisted In stealing
this county from Dunnell after 1t had
declared for him through its caucuses
has endeared himself to the Window heart.
Hardness is the man who, assisted by the gen.
tleman OF the rublcund nose from Alden who
was made famous at Rochester, helped to
bulldoze the county convention here, and pro
sided In most fair and impartial manner In
WINDOWS interest.
And while | am speaking OF that conven-
ton permit me to say that as piece OF fine
political theft 1t has no equal In the annals OF
this or any other country. When you come
to visit the ground and hear the minor details
OF the way it was manipulated by the Window
gang, "three card monte" and other gambling
games become at once reputable and honor
able.
Where q chairman after tie vote refuses
upon call to allow poll Of the house, some
thing must be wrong. The idea OF declaring
a test case carried by viva voca vote in such
a case as that, he certainly ought to have his
rd ms rd af
hands OF the WinGom gang in a nomination
for state senator, which he very earnestly COW
cts, but having been for years money
loaner and having been in the habit OF squees-
ing his victims, IL is reported as rather un-
likely that he will succeed.
Strange, too, it is that as soon as one of these
disnterested fellows like Collins comes up for
office, how the wicked and the ungocly will
dig up the dead ashes OF the past
and give him record. One
wicked Democrat at Albert Lee wickedly
| referred to the time in Auld Lang Syne, when
this jealous Windomite was under indict.
ment by the grand jury for the crime of rape.
OF course, such little matters as that are bet
ter buried than above ground, and / move to
inter il again. l have just learned that In the
primaries here $50 was paid to fellow who
brought in the hands from gravel train, and
thus carried a Dunnell ward by five majority.
Ofcourse, it was done in the interest Of re-
form.
As elsewhere in the district where / have
been, the white" men are ashamed Of their
candidate, and do not like to tarry long where
his lack of ability Is under discussion. They
are fearfully anxious for Democratic nomi
| nation to be made, and are busy hunting up
candidate. No better proof OF the adyisa-
| bility of making no nomination
| by the Democratic convention need be given
! than the anxiety of the White gaLg to have
one made. Prominent Democrats In this
county assure me of their hearty approval OF
giving Mr. Dunnell clear field by making NO
nom ination and then stand to one side and
watch the fun and see the moral reformers
squirm. With Dunnell and White in the
field by themselves this county would give the
former 500 majority, and it makes his enemies
nervous to face the possible contingency OF no
Democratic nomination. On the whole things
look as il they might be lively yet ip this DIS
trict. Let us see if the Democracy win avail
themselves of the situation.