St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-22
STRAITS LITTLE GAME.
BE and His Henchmen Working Capt.
Reed Badly.
THE MAJOR FOR CONGRESS.
A Fine Trap Set for Third District
Republicans This
Year. 5l
To the Editor of the Globe.

To the Editor of the Globe. %
1nasmuch as Republicans, as well as
Democrats, must rely upon the GLOBE
for information, deem it my duty to-
inform them of nice little game that is
being played within their own party.
They need not ''give it away" but 1
doubt not it will interest them. 1t may
surprise them, but when call their at
tention to the facts within their knowl-
edge, they will wonder at not discover
ing it before, for it is not a newly con-
cocted plan. 1t has been incubating
ever since Mr.. Straits return from con-
gress, year ago. The scheming began
about the time, when some of our peo-
pie wondered what it was that caused
our eX-POStmaster Graves to go to st.
Paul to meet and confer with the major
at the Merchants hotel. The game
refer to is deep and well-laid scheme,
WHICH has been entered into by ex-Con-
gresham Strait and his former hench-
men to capture the Republican nomina-
ton for congress, or to at least
DEFEAT CAPT. A. II. REED.
The plot is, to have the convention so
composed that there will be no choice,
and the major is to then be brought for
ward, as 1.-The only man upon whom del
egateS and party can unite" Failing in
this, they are to compass the defeat of
Capt. Reed, When in congress, Strait
gathered around him number of hench-
men, by means of official appointments
secured them, and be it said, they were
true and loyal to their master. If he
wanted anything in this country, the
hrSt man he wrote to was Mr.. Graves,
our late postmaster; if he wished any
lnIly off
sent message to E. n. Leavenr, then
postmaster at Faribault. If Kandiyohi
county had to be attended to, he had
MARCUS JOHNSON,
then postmaster at Atwater, attend
to it; il Swift county needed looking
after, he had D. S. Hall, then in the
Benson land Office, attend to it-who
was also to look over into Renville
county (where he owned farm at the
same time Simmons, of Apple
ton, (brother of our Sim
mons, who is chairman of the con-
greSsional district committee, and now
helping on Graves in this scheme) CO.
operated with Hall and took care of that
side Of Swift county. Through these
men he Informed the smaller fry post
masters what he (StraiD wanted done;
and they had to do it-''don't you for
get it."
Before Strait retired" B. B. Herbert
LED REVOLT
in this county, against his having a
lease of the Office of NJ. c. and Capt. A.
III. Reed did the same thing in Mcleod
county. Their kicking" became in
fectiOus, and others initiating them,
Strait deemed it prudent, two years ago,
to not be candidate and ''retired."
But when he did. he and his henchmen,
ID
Capt. A. II. Reed and friends. They
have, they think, squared accounts with
MIR. Herbert, and now they are after
Reeds scalp; which they propose to
take by nominating the major himself
if possible. Notice how the scheme de-
velopS itself, and how each of the above
mentioned henchmen are
COMING TO THE FRONT. ..
Marcus johnson is coming to the con-
Vention, as one of the delegation from
Kandiyohi county; E. n. Leavens heads
the delegation from Rice county, and it
is gravely announced that the ''prepOn-
derance of sentiment among the dele
gates is strongly in favor of Maj.
ton from Swift county comes under the
leadership of Simmons, of Apple
ton: under the thin guise of be-
ing instructed for Straits prin-
cipal supporter and friend, ID. S. Hall.
This Appleton Simmons ''gave the snap
away" when, short time ago in Min
neapolis, he told the reporter of the
Star-News that ''the prevalent opinion
was that Strait was the coming man."
The scheme was working, you see. The
Carver county delegation is made up (of
courSe) of eX-PostmaSter John S. Mel
son and
TWO PITIABIE MORTALS.
An attempt was made to prevent Capt.
Reed securing the delegation from
Renville county, by bringing out Eric
Ericsson, an old supporter of Strait, as
candidate, but the people of Renville
county ''got on to the racket in the
eleventh hour, and the Ericsson dodge
failed. Whether there are any, in the
other instructed delegations, who are in
this scheme of Straits ] do not know,
but l have called attention to enough to
prepare our Republican friends for the
great surprise" that is in store for
them when the delegates to the next
Republican congressional convention
make the ''discovery'' that in the inter
est of peace, harmony Qouder on this
wOrd) and success Shout it is necessary
to nominate H. B. Strait. Don't give
it away" 1t is useless to make any
fuss. Reeds scalp is to be theirs.
Strait & Co. have decided that the Re-
publican party shall take him (StraiD
for their M. c. or go without any Re
publican representative.
INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN,.