The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-10-03
THE TRUE lNwARDNEss.


to exhonorate the Democratic State
Central committee from completely in
the recent endeavor to get Senator Will
kinson to withdraw from the Congress
sional race in the Second district and
leave the field clear for Baker, when in
fact and in truth, Mr.. Wise knows the
contrary to be the case. The first attempt
to get Wilkinson ont of the way was
made by Mayor Pau, who plead with
Judge Porter, Chairman of the Congress
sional committee, and Dir. Wilkinson
himself. Failing to make any lmpres-
sion he went to SIT Paul and had con
ference with theDemocratlc State Central
committee of which it should be remem-
bered, Mr.. Pfau is a member. A few
days after this Mr.. Wilkinson was sum-
moned to Mankato by Mr.. E. g. PAIL,
Democratic candidate for Lieut-Govern-
or, and at The Saulpaugh another effort
was made to get Wilkinson of. At this
time Mr.. Pahl stated TO Mr.. wilkinson
that he came at the behest of the State
Central committee, who believed it
would strengthen the state ticket if Bak-
er could be left alone in the district to
compete with Lind. In the dining
room, and while at dinner, surrounded
by PAIL and Pfau, Wilkinson wrote g
letter wherein he laid the responsibility
for his withdrawal upon the State Gen.
trail committee where it belonged and
told the gentleman if that statement was
acceptable he would then taken under
consideration the feasibility of perman-
emily withdrawing. This exposure was
not agreeable TO the ENJOYS and they
dropped Mr.. Wilkinson for the time be-
ing. The result of the conference was
reported back to headquarters. The
Senator told Wise and other Democrats
in Mankato all about the matter at the
time, and the RevieD dare not publicly
deny the statement, or Fit does,Sts edi-
tor puts himself on record as being q
bigger falslfier than most people had
supposed, but not bigger than the editor
of the FREE PRESS knows and has proven
him to be. The Rerieor editor also knows
that when Thomas Wilson made a re-
cent visit to Mankato he expressed him
self as wholly agreeable to the scheme
of dong away with Wilkinson, believing
that the change would help his chances
for Governor.
In the course of events Mr.. Wilkin-
son was again summoned to Mankato by
PAIL, and he came here to find Bill
Murray, member OF the Democratic
State Central committee and also one of
the executive committee, loaded with
the same mission as others who had
preceded him. PAIL came later. A
secret conference was held in The Saul
paugh in accordance with facts hereto
fore published in these columns and at
which the Review editor was present
And now the published statement is
made by Wise that MURRAY assumed
the entire responsibility for HIMSELF"
but he unwittingly gives the whole deal
away when he states, that "Mr. Murray
said he consulted with certain individu-
al Democrats at st. Paul and elsewhere,
who approved his mission" Just ex-
actly. And those certain Democrats at
st. Paul and elsewhere, were none others
than such men as, when acting in their
sovereign capacity, are members of the
Democratic State Central committee.
Up to date there has not been a single
prominent Democrat advocating the
withdrawal of Mr.. Wilkinson other
than members of the Democratic com
mittee and candidates on the ticket for
state offices. The committee did not
have to pass series of preambles and
resolutions to prove to the people the
anxiety they feel in annulling the action
of the Second district Democratic con-
yention. 1t is enough for the people to
know that only the trusted leaders are
implicated in the despieable deal.