St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-17
And Says That He Forces His
Little Pompous Body
Into Notice.
Gov. McGill and Flower
Named as Twin Po-
litical Sharks.
The General Gives the Lie in
the Most Approved
Fashion.
To the Editor of the Globe.

dead weight on the party, was knocked
out-a man whose political treachery is
known to almost every Republican voter
in Minnesota, and nian who always
'crooks the pregnant hing of the knee
that thrift may follow fawning"-
forces his little pompous body be-
fore an intelligent public, and in
sanctimonious manner, like the
cat that purrs before it strikes
the mouse. seeks to demonstrate the
fact, that "friend Newson'' told lie;
that he, (Flower) and McGill are the
Quintessence of honor and of truth,
while l am false and have been piteous
beggar at the footstool of his (Flower's)
unparalleled pouces. Oh ye gods, now
let me give some of the facts in this case,
and then let the public judge who lies
and who doesn't.
Entering the Wabasha Dairy restaur-
ant soon after McGill had received the
nomination fol- Governor. he accOSted me
as follows: Major. want you to take
the stump Tor me. You can do a great
deal with the labor element" and i'm
mediately ch!med in Flower, eyes
you can go into the field for you
have good influence" L parried the
remark by saying: The man who is
running for office ought to take in
good supply Of eatables in order to be
able to get over the track" and left.
Subsequently Flower came to me and
desired my services, and
WISHED TO
place me upon the list of speakers.
After duly considering the matter. [
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offices: the governor is but the servant
of the people. have worked for the
Republican party twenty-five years and
have never asked or received an office,
and ] go out into the field and work at
my time of life. | can see no reason
why | can't work for the state for pay
just as we'll as for any one else. And
so in my unsophisticated simplicity, in
order that there might be no misunder-
standing, | addressed the following let
ter to McGill:
ST. PAUL. Mimi. Sept. 2S, 1856.
Hon. A. r. McGill: Your casual con-
versation in the Dairy restaurant and
other conversations with II. b. Willis,
Esq, leads me to believe that can doyo
and the Republican party of this state
some good by taking the stump in your
behalf. If L do so, it will be no child's
play, as your opponents will do all they
can to break up Republican meetings,
end it will require considerable nerve
and ability to stem the opposi-
ton. In a word, it will be hard.
iaborious work, and | trust effica-
cious. Now | ask in return for
these services to be rendered in your
behalf, that if elected you Will appoint
me to some state Office with respect
able salary, which you can do and which
act will meet with the hearty approval
OF hot only the party, but of many other
good citizens. Marking this, | do SO
more for my family than myself. Mr..
Willis spoke OF the position Of the
statlclan of the labor bureau, an Office
yet to be created. That's all well
enough, and when created would like
1t, but l prefer something more tangible
now within your gift. Somebody must
have the office, and why not /? Is not
my record good? My character good?
And am L not capable? If you will drop
me line giving me assurances of what
you will do, will govern myself ac-
eeordlngly and get ready for the fight.
Yours sincerely,
T. NJ. NEwsoN.
To which the following reply was re-
ceived:
ST. PAUL, Oct. cd, 1886.
Hon. T. NJ. Newson-Dear Sir: Have
been away, which has occasioned d de-
iay i'll answering your favor of the 2Sth
ult. l have high respect and regard
1or both yourself and family, and if
possible l
SHALL BE GLAD
to serve you in the way you suggest.
Previous to my election | should hardly
deem it proper to make absolute prom
lses of official positions. With warm
friendship for you, | am very truly
yours, A. r. MCGIIL.
NOW what is the meaning of this let
ter? Why, before election he couldn't
give absolute promises, and if elected.
and If possible, he would be glad to
serve me i'll the way | suggest. Wasn't
1t possible when he had some thirty Off
ceS to I'LL to serve me in the way Sug-
gested? If he had the high regard
he pretends to have for myself and fam
ily, why didn't he come out like man
and say frankly: Il will do so and so.''
No, that was not the game. He must
dse duplicity. Like his shadow, Flow
er, they must getaS much as they could
out of their friends; give them all to
understand that they would be rewarded
or their services, and then coolly cast
them off. These twin political Sharks
may succeed i'll quieting others: they
can't quiet me.
But more than this. After had re-
ceived the above letter from McGiIl
Gen. Flower rushed into my office on
Third street and informed me that he
had Just come from McGill-that he
was authorized to say that only one man
had been promised poSitiOn-StOrdock
and that the second man was myself
the only two persons who had been
promised positions up to that time bv
McGill. He urged me to get ready to
enter the campaign at once, and as
sured me over and over again that /
should certainly have some state DO
SitiOn, just what l had asked for.
Ii Mark ID. Flower says he didn't come
into my Office and state that he came di-
rect from McGill, and that he was au-
thoriZed by McGill to pledge me posi-
tion, he simply utters downright, un-
qualified lie! L spoke only once to
Flower about the office until | found
out from reliable sources that both he
WERE PLAYING
false, when l addressed him the letter
he quotes, and of which l am not
ashamed, as it only explains just what
am now explaining. The facts are, l
was ''importuned'e both by McGill and
Flower to take the stump and
an Office aid then cheated out
of it, and Mark d. Flower was party
to the game.
After the election, finding that Lieut.
Gov. Rice had 1900 majority and Nc
Gill had little over 1900 majority, and
that hundreds of other solemn promises
given to Republicans had been violated
by McGill and his henchman. Flower,
then concluded that he was not only a
very weak man, but very mean man,
nondescript, figure head, and that he
would carry the party down to po-
iitical grave, and thus thinking have
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