The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-04-26
HON. A. BARTo of Sank Centre, an act

HON. A. BARTo of Sank Centre, an act
nation for congress from this district,
was in this city yesterday greeting his
old acquaintance. He is a gentleman
assured of everywhere finding a hearty
welcome in his present trip, and no one
would think of attempting to cast a
shadow over his smiling face by referring
to the fact that his candidacy is an
almost hopeless one. In the nature of
events Stearns county is expected to
have candidate for every Office, and if
any other section of the Fifth district
gets anything it is after a fight with
Stearns county's shrewd ones. st. Cloud
hardly had the nerve to make claim for
congressman this year, but the reputa-
ton of the county was saved by the
prompt announcement of Mr.. Barto that
he would canvass for the nomination.
1t may be effrontery but the section of
the country that has for many years
been the source of Stearns county's great
est political strength in the republican
conventions will this time have a candi-
date whom it proposes to support and
nominate if possible. We think that the
Stearns county republicans are not justi-
fed in making a very energetic fight
against the choice of the seth senatorial
district this year.. They should show
appreciation of favors to be received, if
not for favors done.-LittLe Falls Trans
cript.
The Transcript affects to believe that
Gov. Barto is antagonizing the candidacy
of Mr.. Buchanan especially, which is far
from the fact. The governor was an
announced candidate before Senator
Buckman's name was mentioned in that
connection. Furthermore, Senator Buck
man has specifically disavowed being an
aspirant for the nomination, not only to
Gov. Barto in person, but to Others.
Such being the case, Gov. Barto did, and
does, seek the support of the delegates
from the thirth-ninth district, conscious
that he is perpetrating no indelicacy, nor
hare Mr. Buckman's friends any cause
for singing him out among the candi-
dates as being hostile to the genial sena-
tor 1t is a notorious fact that Mr..
Kindred is the one man most prominent
in asserting, even against Mr.. Buckman's
disavowal, that the latter is in the field,
and his purpose iii so doing may only be
inferred from the past-either he is seek
ing the nomination for himself over Mr.
Buckman's shoulders, or else he is taking
this method of drawing away support
from Gov. Barto, whom he has never
forgiven for the prominent part he took
in defeating the thug mob at Detroit,
and his activity i'll the canvass which
resulted in Mr. Nelson's first election over
Mr.. Kindred
If Senator Buchanan be really in the
field it would seem that his Sank Rapids
friends and neighbors would be apprised
of the fact as early as those at Little Falls
and Brainerd. But the following from
the Sank Rapids Sentinel, paper which
ever has and will stand by him through
thick and thin says in its issue of Tues
day Of this week:
If this report is true we as yet do not
know it tor tact, as Mr.. buchanan has
not. so far as we can learn, so expressed
himself to ANY one, notwithstanding a
number of his friends have urged him to
do so. But up to this date we have been
unable to learn from him just what his
inscntions are, as regards a seat in con-
gress. ard we have learned, byeXperience,
that some times a mans warmest
friends, i'll his absence, do not act in ac-
cordance with his views and wishes. We
have no doubt that the writer knows
whereof he speaks" and yet the very
best 'posted' politicians make mistakes.
When we can learn from Mr.. Buchanan
himself that he desires the nomination
for congress, we shall know just how to
act in the matter to his benefit; but at
present we are in the dark so far as his
personal desires are concerned, and can
not say, positively, that he is or is not a
candidate as above stated. In either case
it is time his friends were informed as to
his intentions.