The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-11-02
SHOWING UP GILMAN.

Editor Free Press:
The Democrats have got new recruit
to their SANDER brigade in the person OF
that restless, persistent candidate fol
gubernatorial honors, c. A. Gilman, oil
st. Cloud, who has so recently emptied
his Shiny venom upon the head of our
candidate for governor. He has un.
corked the walls of his wrath and let
loose his venomous tongue in vain
effort to villify and smirch the reputa-
ton of man for whose muddy shoes he
is unworthy to serve as door mat. For
years Mr.. Gilman has been planning to
capture the Republican nomination for
governor, and thought when the last
Republican convention met that he had
his scheme so well planned that he
would have no difficulty in taking the
prize. So carefully had he concealed
his plans and purpose from the public
that he expected to get the nomination
in such way that it would appear to
the general public to be the spontaneous
recognition of his transcendant fitness
for the place and fairly forced upon him
by the convention. But as it often hap
pens to men of his peculiar character,
who believe they confer greater honor
upon the party with which they conde-
scend TO affiliate than the party can
possibly confer upon them, and fully be-
lieve it the sacred duty of the party at
all times to confer to their doctrine in
the nomination of its chief officers, he
is naturally filed with wrath at the fail
ure of the convention to recognize his
pre-eminent qualifications and bestowed
the honor upon one whom they deemed
more worthy to fill the place. And now
there seems to him nothing to do but to
pour out the walls of his wrath upon the
nominee and the convention that nomi-
mated him, and he does not seem to
comprehend the fact that his TRADE of
abuse heaped upon Merriam is as in
sulting to the members of the conven-
ton. That when in concert with Mr..
further into a mill stone than himself,
he offers as gross an insult
IL
and his assertions are certainly more
to himself than to any one
else in the absence of positive proof OF
their truth. Mr.. Merriam has long been
a resident of st. Paul and has made for
reputation as an honorable,
business man and pub
lie spirited citizen, and in every posi-
ton, public and private, which he has
filed has proved himself competent.
faithful and honest. If by prudent man
agement he has secured competency,
nearly equal to Mr.. Gilman's, with no
charges of dishonesty or fraud against
him in its acquisition, it should not be
without absolute proof that he
was ever SO thoroughly demented that
he was spending his money In corrupt
ing delegates to a convention to secure
an Office the emoluments of which would
scarcely pay the cost of the nomination.
Gilman virtually declares that past
however good, must not be
considered asa guarantee for the future
or in other words we might select
for our standard bearer as well
as an honorable man. But the sober
sense of the people will take different
view of that matter. The Republican
party have too often suffered from the |
arrogant egotism of such men as Mr.. |
Gilman and can i'll afford to trifie longer
with their crankIness even in this state |
unless they are prepared to abdicate |
their control of its political affairs in ia |
vor of the British Democracy. Mr.. |
Merriam is good and competent man
and should be elected by an old time
majority. Yours truly, b.