St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-10

VIII let p0llcy go TO the dogs and stand
by what believe is right every time,
though the heavens fall l will wear
no mans or no party's collar, and be
made to do things do not believe right.
| have no love for politicians who trade,
barter and sell, and have no visible
means of support but an Office of some
kind. and | despise political bosses
and so called machine politicians, hence
their enmity. You will remember | told
you earlier in the nomination it would
be by 'unScrupulOus politicians 1t
has been done by that very element, and
MAJ. STRAIT Is LEADER OF THE GANG.
Sixteen years of boss rule over the
Third district doesn't seem to satisfy
him. If he cannot rule himself he pre-
ferS to have his tOwnSman, Judge Mac
Donald, or any other Democrat do So"
''What is the cause of the enmity be-
asked the reporter. ''Do you think the
major really wanted the nomination?'
''Yes," he replied, "worse than did,
and he wanted it bad. His mission to
Washington last winter was to give him
chance to gain prestige i'll securing
the nomination, and had that war tax
refunding bilI' passed he might have re-
ceived the nomination. For eight years
| was one of the majors warmeSt
friends, and l headed the first delega-
ton from this county that nominated
him at Hastings. For four terms I
spent my time in securing his nom-
ination and my own money in
securing his election, and never
his hands except to have retained in our
pOstoffice all old. army comrade of mine
who had been crippled by rebel lead at
Chickamauga; but no; he must harmon
iZe faction that had been fighting his
nomination and election, SO he bounced
the man that had shed his blood in our
country'S defense and put in one who
was sure to be lively in securing his
own denomination year after year. AS
l previously said, if that war tax re-
funding bill had passed the papers
would have howled about the powers of
the major in securing legislation, and
praised him (all paid for of cOurse)
for saving the state nearly 100000,
and his boom would have been
just what he expected and what he went
to Washington for; but seeing that the
question of congressional candidates
was being discussed freely in the Third,
and that the convention had been called,
he hurried home without waiting to see
the bill through the house, where he
was supposed to give it the most help.
He Immediately announced on his ar
rival that he was not candidate, but
as he had filled the breach when the
Republicans wanted a winning man, he
was again willing if the party wanted
him. His friends, consisting mostly of
eX-officeholders, understood his mean
ing well and went to work. Eric Eric
son, of Renville county, whom
GOV. PILLSBURY HAD BOUNCED
from the auditors Office upon recon-
mendatiOn of Examiner Knox, and had
been Immediately picked up by Strait
and given government position of
trust as mail agent, came out as a can
didate and came near beating me out of
that delegation, which, if he had, would
no doubt have been turned over to
Strait. Swift county was instructed for
Hall to keep them from me by Straits
friends. Strenuous efforts were made
to bring Lieut.. Gov. Rice into the fight
to make the desired deadlock more Ger
tain and to keep Kandiyohi and Meeker
counties from giving me any support,
but Mr.. Rice would not lend himself to
so diShonorable scheme. Rice county,
headed by Straits old postmaster,
Levans, elected a Strait delegation,
which was used to defeat me at the last.
Thus you can see the work that was
put in bya
VERY DISINTERE STED MAN,
and one who claims to be working for
the good OF the party. He wanted the
it if given by only one majority, and, in
my belief, would have resorted to any
trick to have secured that one majority,
not because he was anxious his Demo-
| cratic tOwnsman should be beaten, but
he did not want to see any other Re-
publican win in the Third district, and
there is such bond of sympathy be-
tween himself and Macdonald that, if the
nomination had been given to the
major. Mac would not have been
candidate for congress, but for Judge OF
the Eighth judicial district, and thus
the two mutual Shakopee statesmen
would ,9ave played into each others
Ian Is. ~
What about the Goodhue delegation?
Did you get the support from them you
eXpected?" the reporter asked.
No" he replied. Il had been in
formed that could rely on six of them.
| took them to be all men of honor and
men who would act for the interest of
the party. l felt it would be out of
place to electioneer them or even write
| to them, and did not except to but two
whom considered my personal friends,
Mr.. Tome and Mr.. Miller, who, be-
lieve, stood by me to the last"
He was then asked if he did not eX-
pect Wilson and Chandler to support
| him.
chandler l did, but Wilson did
not, as he never gave me any encour-
q cement. Wilson assured me he
SHOULD do all he could to pre-
vent Straits nomination. and nothing
more; but as Mr. Chandler and | had
! been warm friends for years, did look