The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-03
MR.. PERKINS, COMPLIMENTS
To the Maligner who Edits !, Man
kato Review. ~
ANNOY, Mimi, April 20, 1881

AMBoY, MINI, April 20, 1881 X
Editor Free Press: NJ
When returned home last week my
attention was called 10 the etlusion of
the editor of the RecieW in his issue Of
the 23rd concerning three If the repre-
sentatives from this county,.
have paid no attention to the slurs
and falsehoods which this editor has
seen fit to vomit forth through the col
umns Of his paper all through the winter
concerning three of the representatives
from this county, but since he has seen
fit TO pour forth his lies, even at the
close of the session of the legislature, /
wish to call attention to one or two of
his statements, as he has seen lit TO vent
his spite in personal manner at this
late date.
He states that the Republican candi-
dates for representatives were nominal
ed at the county convention with the
distinct understanding that they would
oppose the election OF Mr.. Sabin to the
U. 5. Senate. say the question of u.
5. Senator did not enter into the county
convention at all. / have in my posses
sion now letter written me by Mr.. w.
w. p. Mcconnell, the chairman of the
Republican county committee, dated
Jan. s, in which he states that the ques-
ton Of u. s. Senator did not enter into
| the county convention at all-which
knows the more about this matter, the
chairman of the Republican county COM
mittee, or the Democratic editor of the
ReUieWy / have also in my possession a
petition signed by sixtyiive of the dele
gates to this convention, asking me to
give nv support to Mr.. Sabin as against
Mr.. Washburn for Senator. Does this
look as though the delegates to the con-
vention were overwhelmingly IN favor
OF Mr.. Washburn? ! suppose the defeat
ed Democratic candidate knows all about
1t. lie also states that we were elected
because we pledged ourselves to hun
dreds of voters that we would not vote
for Mr.. Sabin. Does he remember that
during his campaign last fall, he made
the statement through his paper, that if
the Republican candidates were elected
they would vote for Sabin, and that he
gave as reason why he should be elect
ed, that he would oppose the election of
that gentleman to the U. S. Senate? Was
our Democratic friend elected on that
issue? i wish also to mention the fact
that have now letters from more than
one hundred prominent Republicans
from different parts of this county asking
me to give my vote to Mr. Sabin in pre-
fererce to Mr.. Washburn. Among these
are letters from such men as Geo. NJ.
Palmer. Geo. III. Clark, b. futile and
scores of others from among the best
business men in Mankato; g. h. Davis
and j. +. Rowlands at Lake Crystal; G..
q. Spaulding and p. Johnson, Mapleton;
&. III. Piper and Fri Evans, Garden City;
A. NJ. Hannay and &. NJ. Green, Shelby.
The above few select from more than
a hundred letters from just such repre-
sentative men from all over Blue Earth
county. Does our Democratic friend
think these are men to whose opinions
no attention should be paid?
In regard TO the statement that Mr..
Hunt visited me at Amboy before cleo
tions and that gave him my pledge that
/ would support Sabn, | will say that
did not see Mr.. Hunt in Amboy between
the time the convention was held, and
the time of the election, and further,
that at no time between the tine Tbs
convention was held, and the time ofthe
election of U. S. Senator, did Mr.. Hunt
ask me to support Sabin, nor did tell
him that | would. Mr.. Davis also tells
me that Hunt never asked him to pie dge
his vote for Sabin, nor did he tell Hunt
or any one else that he would, or would
not vote for Sabin, and / think people
who know the two men will not hesitate
to believe Mr.. Davis in preference TO
the blatant liar who runs the Democratic
sheet called the Rerieu. Mr.. Lossow
never heard say anything about the mat
ter.
/ had intended TO pay no attention to
the criticisms of the above mentioned
sheet, as We all know that the editor has
been unfortunate in his political ven
lures, and his desire to expose To the
view of the public his wounded places,
| had intended to accept as an excuse
for the malicious and dirty falseboods
which he has seen fit to iutlict on the
public through the columns of his pa-
per ever since the representatives from
this county refused TO be used rs tool,
by means of which he could vent his
spite on man who defeated his aspIra-
tons for the Mankato postoffice; but af-
ter more than four months have expired
since the election of U. s. Senator took
Mace and dnrinr which period those no
representatives. have taken no notice OF
his dirty slurs, he begins a personal at
tack on three of these men by stating q
gross and absolute faisehood, such an
one as could have originated only in the
mind of the dirty liar who runs this Cop
perhead sheet, thought it time TO in
innate the fact that | do rot entirely
agree with the assertions made bv this
gentleman, and that ! propose TO stay
by this subject as long as the discussion
) is kept up. II. b. PERRIN,