New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-10-15
THE SCHEME PANNED OUT.
Mort Wilkinson Bends the Knee to
Kelly and Doran, and Ignomln-
iously WlthdraWs.

Kelly and D0ran, and Ignomln
iously WlthdraWs.
The expected has happened. The
tremendous effort made by the st. Paul
bosses to induce Mr.. Wilkinson to with
draw from the race in the Second dis
trict has succeeded. Mort has written
a letter accepting the invitation to pull
out, and acts npon the request without
much ceremony. He says in a very
few words that he is not in it. What
are we to concludep
A few weeks ago Democratic dele
gates from all over the Second district
met in convention in Mankato and did
whatP Instead of indorsing Baker, as
they had chance to do, they repudiat-
ed the request that he be branded with
their approval and nominated man of
their own image-a Democrat of the
old school. That man was Morton S.
Wilkinson. His nomination was no
doubt weaker than an endorsement of
Baker, but the delegaies preferred to
stand by a Democrat to voting for man
who in the last campaign had denounced
them with all the eloquence of tongue
trained in the art of speaking on the
stump.
But the matter was not allowed to
rest there. Kelly and Doran were in
terested in seeing Baker endorsed, and
so, with the view of undoing the work of
a c convention, these two men, bosses that
they are. dispatched VIM. Pitt Murray
from their political broking office in St.
Paul and instructed him to do all in his
scheming power to get Mort to pull out
from the race. Murray however found
his man at BAY. Wilkinson was obsti-
nate and positively refused. To the
editor of the Free Press he said at the
time: IF the Democrats of this district
want me to Withdraw, will do so, but
| do not propose to do so simply at the
Dehest of the St. Paul fellows l think
it is very cheeky thing for those men
to put their oar in our congressional
matters aud attempt to dictate what we
shall do. I was nominated fairly in the
convention and it would not be keeping
faith with the party to Withdraw now in
favor of Gen. Baker. who was defeated
in the same convention. I am too old
man to be made party to any such
business. am on the ticket and shall
stay there until my party asks me to
step down. For a party to give ap the
fight in q district because it will be de-
feated would be like regiment running
away because there was no hope of car.
rying'a point which it was directed to
attack. It would be ,. desertion Of
principle which would ruin any party.
What could a party hope to do at the
next election if it basely deserted It's
principles at the previous one because
it feared defeat?'
But the St. Paul fellows did not give
up with one attempt. Mort was sent
for to come to st. Paul. He did so,
greater pressure was brought to bear,
and now we see the result As he says
in his letter of withdrawal, consultation
with men in different parts of the state,
in whose judgment he had much conf
dence. caused him to conclude that it
would be wise for him to withdraw from
the canvass. The Democrats of the dis
trict are thus left without candidate.
The question now arises;Will they or will
they not support the bosses in their die
tatoriol action and vote for Baker, or will
they again put up a man of their own or
vote for no candidate at all?
Henry Lilli, as agent for the estate
OF F. ". Broich, has sold the Broich
farm in Lafayette consisting of 16O acres
to MIR. Gebhart. who came here recent
" from Germany with his son-in-law,
Henry Durbahn. The farm brought
So, 400.
Every voter in the city should see tha
he is registered on the poll list and in
the right ward. Lots of trouble is met
with in waiting to register on election
day, and all this can be avoided. The
Judges of election will be in session at
the various polling places on the 21st
and 2sth from 9 a. m. till 9 p. m. and
will then and there correct and revise
the lists. See that you are registered.