St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-06
HOW HE HAS RULED.
LOveIy's Standing at Albert Lea.
Where He Has BuiidOzed His
NefS hbOrs.

Mr.. Lovely occupies peculiar position
in his relations with the citizens of his owl
hOme-Albert Lea. Personally he is one
of the most unpopular of men, and politi
cally his methods are roundly condemned.
This feeling is not confined to people of bis
own political faith, but citizens generally
without regard to politics. His methods il
the practice of his legal profession are alsc
criticised, and 1 have learned of numerou.
instances where his clients complain o
very peculiar-if not absolutely unfair
treatment. In his intercourse with the
people of his own town, it is asserted
he has always been dictatoral
CUFF and oftentimes absolutely insulting
and by this course he has made hosts Of
enemies who are not slow now to take ad
vantage of the opportunity to ge
even with him. have been Informed by
parties here that they have experienced a
great deal of difficulty in effecting financial
settlements with him, and rumOrS of the
same tenor are too numerous to keep track
of. 1 could specify, for instance, a bill fol
| liquor incurred several years ago and
amounting to more than 500. The diff
Guilty in the way of obtaining specific in
formation at Albert Lea in regard to
LOvely's personal and private record is the
fact that the business men and citizens
generally are afraid of him. This is not
very much to their credit. it is true, but
some of them have had taste of what ii
costs to incur the displeasure and
ENMITY OF LOVELY,
and the others have taken warning. They
do not want to take the chances of being
worried. if ever they should be compelled
| to go into the courts, and incur needless
expense in defending useless suits. They
| argue that it is better not to allow Lovely
TO know their real feelings, but
to stand ready to knife him po-
litically when the opportunity offers.
And this is what they will do.
There are scores of Republicans in Albert
Lea who have asserted, in the presence of
reliable men, that they do not intend to
vote for him. but they object to having
their names printed for the reasons stated
above. In one block here where the busi-
ness men are mostly Republicans, trust
worthy gentleman, who has made canvass,
says Lovely vii! get only three votes. And
yet these men don't want to have Lovely
know this, for prudential business. reasons.
But they will go to the polls quietly and
vote against him, and thus express their
disapproval of and opposition to him.
| There is a great deal of this kind of feeling
here. [ met gentleman during my stay
who had taken occasion to
SOUND PUBLIC SENTIMENT.
very quietly, on the question Of Lovely's
candidacy. since the Kasson convention.
He had list of Republicans here in Albert
Lea who were going to vote for Wilson
| that would make Mr.. Lovely sick. if he
could only see it. And this list was not
made up on rumOrs. The gentleman had
talked with all of them personally and had
heard them declare themselves This was
in private conversation, however, and the
compiler of the list had not made it up for
publication. But the names were there
in black and white, and cannot be
rubbed out There were some thirty-fve
or more of them, should Judge, and num-
bers of them the leading business and pro-
fessional men of Albert Lea-all Republi-
cans. 1 am sure that-for prudential rea-
sons-they would not want Mr.. Lovely to
know what they intend to do, and it is not
likely that they will do any open work
against him in the way of canYaSSing for
votes, but their influence will be felt, in a
subtle and effective way. They are a class
of men who cannot be changed in their
opinions very easily, and it is my belief that
Mr.. Lovely will experience great difficulty
in ''whipping them in" 1t is unfortunate
that owing to the peculiar
CONDITION OF AFFAIRS
existing here, the names of these gentle
men cannot be printed, so that the people
of the district and the state could know the
class of men who are opposing Lovely in
his own home-where he has lived for long
years and his character and reputation are
best known. believe if the name of every
Republican in Albert Lea who intends to
vote against Lovely could be published
now, before the election, that Lovely
would Withdraw for very shame that he had
been so thoroughly repudiated by his own
fellow citZens-and l say this with full
knowledge of the reputation he enjoys for
tenacity and imperviousness to public
sentiment. Mr.. Lovely and his friends are
going about claiming that he will have from
1.200 to l, 500 majority in Freeborn county,
and that Albert Lea will give him the
largest majority ever cast for Republican
candidate l would not undertake to say
that Mr.. Lovely would make wlllfuI mis-
statement, but | cannot believe that he is
in earnest and means what he says. He is
either doing it for effect and to bolster up
his waning fortunes elsewhere. or he does
not know of the intense feeling here,
and his friends and managers have re-
Trained from acquainting him with the real
situation. No unprecedented and candid
man can spend half a day here without
finding out that
LOVELY IS MOST UNPOPULAR
and that the opposition to his candidacy is
very strong indeed. 4 little closer inveSti-
CATION and he will hear great many Incl
dents in Lovely's career here. They are
related by various persons, and are told in
such way that one can readily see the
feeling of intense dislike behind the nara
ten. But there is an exhibition of caution
always The ghost of Lovely seems to
stalk about the streetS-even if he is
absent from the city-and the
talk of everybody about him
is confidential. 1t is not probable that he
ever hears much of this. and therefore he
may not know the real feelings of his own
neghbors. They hate and yet fear him
fear him, some because of natural human
timidity; others for business reasons, and
others because they prefer to smile on him
end then stay him. 1t is so much more
pleasure to do the latter with some people.
l do not believe / have ever seen COM
munity where one man held sway under
such peculiar conditions. 1t is not claimed
that Lovely is man of conspicuous ability,
and he certainly hasn't the personal traits
to make him popular. But he has pushed
himself to the front by aggressive tenacity
and relentless crushing of everybody who
got in his way. This has been the secret
of his success But. in trampling over
people in the past, he has MANNED and
WOUNDED SCORES
who are now recovering from their injuries
and are ready TO go into active service
again. And these men are now confront