River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-03-22
RIVER FAILS, WIS, March 81. 'ss.

Ed. JOURNAL: In this Milwaukee Sem I
tinel of the 10th rImor is revealed /
which is not at all complimentary to /
Mr.. .McElroy, the recently chosen Sec
rotary of the State Repubh can League.
He seems to have been accused by
some one of being member OF little
band who seek to manipulate the max.
ing of candidates in the Republican |
Party. in the dark and in violation of |
the Constitution of the State League |
adopted at Madison on the 10th inst.
1t seems almost incredible tfat Mil |
waukee in her efforts to secure the
Secretaryship of the League should |
put forward a man so destitute of hon. |
orable motives as to seek to clandes. |
timely violate the provisions of con.
stitution he was elected to sustain; |
and it is strange indeed if Mr.. McElroy, |
after having been chosen to an place
without opposition. which affords him |
superior opportunities for improving
his popularity and making political
friends md good reputation, should be
SO stupid as to throw it all away on |
an effort to do what he is pledged not |
to do. If Mr.. McElroy is guilty, he /
would do we'll to resign before fur
Their advertising Milwaukee for stupid.
ity in selecting him, and before he
lOoses his entire influence over the !
clubs he is called upon by his office to |
assist and encourage.
But, there is side to this question |
which all may not see, and when un. |
covered it is quite possible Mr.. Nc
ElrOv's case may be much improved, !
aud quite likely he may find in it com
plete exOneratiOn.
The Sentinel mentions the name of
one Thomas b. Mills, of Millstown. as
one of the parties to this unsavory un-
dertaking, and that this gentleman
and Mr.. McElroy have had interviews.
&c. Now may not this misfortune OF
Mr.. McElroy's acquaintance with
lnOIldo Aiilos VI Mills VI hltlio
town, Elk Speaker, &C., &C., be the sole
cause of the accusation against him!
1t is we'll known that Thomas b. Mills,
of Millstown, has a very good opinion
of his own legislative and executive
abilities, and that he is given to medi
tations both dismal and nocturnal, in
the direction of high honors and emol-
uments, and il is not at all unlikely
that he, after suffering much fIom
crdnial enlargement, without cores
ponding furniture for the greater in
ternal space thus caused. this condi.
tion of things the result of the prema.
tuTe political advancement with which
the said Thomas b. Mills, of Millstown.
has been hOnored,) has, through the
fogs that hang somberly over his po.
litical vision, seen the faintest ghost of
chance to swing the great state of
Wisconsin into line through the state
clubs, for the purpose of comforting
gubernatoTial hOnors on the said Thorn.
as b. Mills, of MlllStown, eX-Spedker,
&C., &c. We but reiterate the opinions
of many young Republicans in this
mild accusation and, as it is also their
opinion that he has undoubtedly at
tempted to spread his net for Mr.. Me-
ElrOy in order to get his cooperation
in an attempt to catch the aforesaid
ghost which is Turing him on to break
ers he cannot see, we are inclined to
the opinion that Mr.. McElroy is inno-
cent, and that the said Thomas B.
Mills, Millstown, Wis, ex speaker &C..
is the sole cause of the floating rumor
through his undue haste to catch
something that does not belong to him,
and altogether too large for him to
handle should he succeed in capturing
it.
No doubt Mr.. McElrOy will make
good secretary, and Mr.. Thomas B.
Mills good private citiz Zen if the bees
ever stop singing in his bonnet.
YOuNg REPUBLICAN,