St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-15

troubled with large ''mental aberrai
tion." His moral mental' is a little
visionary and perverted i'm some re,
spects, certainly. Now, | never men,
toned to the general-either directly on
lndirectly-at YanktOn, or at any place,
nor at any time, never in the slightest
manner, that would, under any cir
cumStances, support him for any Office
on earth. He
CANNOT POINT To ANY TIME
or place where promised TO sunnort
nm Tor the office of delegate to con,
gresS. L never made any such promise.
and certainly never had any occasion to-
because my nomination at Yankton was
made wholly and simply because / had
the votes without the generals aid OF
support. Everybody who was there
knows that, except the general himself
ana right here is an illustration
OF the generals greatest fault-his
great power of intellect does not
appear to grasp the fact that the people
OF Dakota do not want to elect him ia
any Office now nor hereafter, and he
plays the baby act. He weeps and
cries about it and parades his political
diSappolDtments, mis- dislike for me per,
Sonally, and how he got revenge at
Watert0wn-all these things before the
pubic through Democratic news
paper. Don't you think it is pitiable tG
see man with such vast possibilities
lose his respect and go into PERSONAL.
ties through a Democratic paper?
Inc general had right to oppose me
at WATERFOWL, and it may be
HE HAS NORTH DAKOTA
In 1.-THE hollow of his hand" That il
Wnat ne claims, that those delegates
were dough and putty in his hands and
were at WATERFOWL to assist him in
getting even' with Clifford. And then
ne made another very serious mistake.
He supposed controlled the votes of
my friends and could nominate him.
This was great blunder on his part.
ana am greatly surprised that man
with so much political sagacity should
nave made 1t. So you see very much
or ms III temper towards me is
unjust. No one man ever had the votes
OF South Dakota in the 'shollow of his
hand" and could throw them around
among candidates as the general does
his handshakes and rhetoric on public
occasions. | had supposed that tho
general could have found higher and
nobler use for his $50 delegates, than
the mere matter of seeking personal re-
venge. His only fault with me is, that
/ played him false.
The general never intlmated that To
me, and he never will
ATTEMPT 1T To MY FACE.
Never has he in the slightest manner
intimated this to me, either directly or
indirectly, that ever broke a promise
made to him, except in one instance.
and that had nothing to do with his cam
dldacy In any manner, and had no ref
erence TO 1t. L never was in the gen.
eral'S room at WatertOwn, nor at Yank-
ton, and never had any such conyersa-
ton with him as he states. at either
time or place, or anywhere else. AT
Watertown the general was soliciting
and urging me to support him, not
through any promise | had made, but
as matter of friendship, and he
claimed to have helped me at YanktOn.
All this while he was secretly, as it
seems,
sTABBING ME IN THE BACK.
by claiming that had broken a prom,
Use, thing he dare not utter to my
face.
This makes me feel bad, because T
thought him more decent and manly
and incapable of doing such mean
things. The general stumped Dakota
for me, as have claimed always, two
years ago, and for Mr.. Matthews this
fall. But great many people say he
was stamping during these times for
himself, that he never any time, on the
platform or off, mentioned the name of
any candidate, but ignored him alto
gether, and in every possible way, and
that ne was of no help to either of us.
think these statements are made TO
injure the general, and people will dis.
believe them. | think
HIM A GREAT MAN,
and trust the people of North Dakota
will reward him. L cannot learn that
he says anything about North Dakota
here to anybody, except those who
know all about, and are perfectly will
ing and anxious to admit it, and cannot
learn that he is doing particle of good;
but he is great man anyway, and if he
ever gets through ''damning Clifford at
WATERFOWL on the streets and hotel
lobbies in Washington, somebody else
may believe him great besides myself.
and he may do something to help his
people, and be rewarded therefor. L
hope so, because he is cer-
tainly great man and a good fellow,
but he is very liable to make mistakes
now that Maj. Edwards does not guide
him.