New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-09-17
RAILROAD LAWYER WILSON.
He is Nominated for Governor by
the Democratic Bosses.
E. G. PAIL, ofNew Ulm, gets Second
Place on the Ticket.

St. Paul last week and nominated Tom
Wilson of Winona for governor, E. G.
PAIL of New ulm for lieutenant govern.
or, A. I. Lindholm of Saltwater for
secretary of state, Chas. NJ. Foote OF
Minneapolis for treasurer, A. Bierman
of Rochester for auditor, David Calhoun
of st. Cloud for attorney general, and
I. +. O'Hair of Wheaton for clerk of
supreme court. The convention was
run by the bosses as was expected.
Durant, Ames and Buck succeeded in
getting few votes, but as Wilson was
the candidate of men whom the Mime
apolis Journal styles as '.two of the
most arrogant and domineering politi-
cal bosses that ever sat astride the neck
of a political party the railroad cor
poration attorney went through with a
big lead on the first ballot. After hav-
wing named the head of the ticket, the
bosses evidently had their fill and were
willing to allow the delegates to choose
the rest. This was done without much
of a scramble, and the convention last
cd but short while, and was lacking in
enthusiasm and spirit.
The candidate for governor, Mr. Viii.
son, is not unknown to the people of
Minnesota. In early years he came to
this state, and has at different times
held positions Of prominence. He was
appointed to the office of chief justice of
the supreme court in 1864, and five
years later resigned 10 become candi-
date for the United States Senate. All
this while he had been an active Repub-
lican, but when defeated IN his fight for
the senatorship he was disgruntled and
soon became democrat. Four years
ago he was candidate for Congress in
the First district. He made his canvas
on the theory that be was just as good
a Republican as he was Democrat
and was elected. Two years later he
ran again and was defeated by Mark
Dunnell. This in short is his record.
Added to the fact that he is corpora
ton attorney, it doesn't reflect great
deal of credit or show great deal of
shrewdness on the part of the party
that nominated him, especially when
that party had opportunity to do honor
to a man Of honesty, integrity and strict
adherence to party like Daniel Buck.
It is true that Wilson is shrewd, willy
and cunning and that he has the quail
tications to make lively campaign,
but that is all. FIe is not the kind of a
man to draw votes. He is of all the
men who were candidates before tho
convention, the easiest to beat. The
Republicans could not desire different
opponent.
The nomination of E. G. PAIL, of this
city, as the Democratic candidate for
lieutenant governor is an honor'to Mr..
PAIL as well as to New Ulm of which
both may rightly feel proud. To be
given, with hardly any opposition, the
place on ticket next to the leader of a
great political party is no small COM
pliment to a man, showing as it does
the esteem in which he is held by the
leaders of his party, and we repeat it
that, although there is really no hope
of his election, each may take just
pride in the nomination.
The platform has good deal the
sound of you'll be damned if you do,
and you'll be damned if you DON'T"
1t asks for free binding Irvine, but
doesn't stop to consider that Repub!i-
senate has just placed that article on
the free list. 1t favors and demands re-
ciprocity with the southern Republics at
the very time thata Republican congress
is doing its best to make reciprocity the
principle feature of the tariff bill. 1t
wants the Australian system extended
to the whole state, but forgets that a
similar clause is embodied in the Re-
publican platform. 1t denounces the
election of Senator Washburn. and vet
none have been mere forward in scor-
| ing that weak act of the legislature
than the Republicans themselves. 1t
bowls for a pure ballot, OF in other
words the same thing that the Republi-
can press and platforms have been
fighting for all the while In other
respects the platform is after the same
old order as it used to be- tariff forrev.
enue only, eulogy of Cleveland. denun-
citation Of republican principles, patting
the laborers on the back, roasting
Speaker Reed for doing just what was
right and just what was needed, con
demning a wise silver measure, and s
lot of other stnf, which, however, is d
no interest in Minnesota gubernatori