New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-10-15
Mr.. Ahlness Declines.

Christian Ahlness, who was somewhat
displeased week or SO ago because the
Review stated that he had declined the
Democratic nomination, now comes out
in an open letter and says that he will
have none of the Democratic nomina-
ton in his. The following is the letter
which he has addressed to the Demo.
cratic county committee:
'sInasmuch as never sought nomi-
naion at the Democratic county conven-
ton, and inasmuch as the sal. conven-
ton undoubtedly was aware that I was
previously pledged to the Alliance of
Brown county and occupied a position
there which would make it impossible
for me to accept a place on your ticket,
thereby respectfully decline to acceptthe
nomination of representative to which
you, as the newspapers inform me,
have seen fit to nominate me-
He has also in presence of Clement
Halverson and j. w. Kolbe, signed his
named to a pied dge which we give here
with:
Il hereby pledge myself to uphold
the resolutions adopted by the Alliance
party in convention assembled at Ibe-
ria, and especially to uphold those Sec
tions of the resolutions opposed to state
and county bonds, and in favor of the
United States Senator to be elected by
popular vote. y
The Sleepy Eye Herald in comment
ing on Mr.. Ahlness' action says: G.
Ahlness, the Alliance candidate for the
legislature, was in town last Saturday
and we held a long conversation with
him in regard to his position with refer
ence to the '.bond business and other
matters generally. He expresses him.
self in the most emphatic terms that he
is no way under obligation to the Dem
ocrats of New Ulm or the citizens of
that burg. He will stand firmly on the
platform adopted by the Alliance at
their Iberia convention. He has de-
clined to be a candidate under the Dem
ocratic flag and will run on the merits
OF the principles the Alliance advo-
Gates
We don't know whether Mr.. Ablness
could have done much different under
the circumstances. but we wonder how
the democrats of this County like it and
what they will do about it.
We are beginning to feel some of the
iniquities of the tariff. Corn has gone
down from l6 to Do cents per bushel.
Wheat has dropped from 80 cents to 81.
Oats have also fallen from 13 to 35
cents; barley has tumbled from 36
cent eminence away down to Is, while
decline from Is to so cents. Our robbed
farmers say they won't stand much of
this open, barefaced, highway robbery
or the tariff question. Now right in the
face of this ruinous decline of farm pro-
ducts. they see the products of the pro.
tected manufacturer rising steadily in
price. binders as an illustration
Went up here this year from S145 to
sl25 rs regular price, with one of the
leading makes at 800 on three years
time at 1 per cent. with several ranging
from $75 to 500. Such grinding as
this is justa trife too much for ordi-
nary mortals to stand, and the day is
coming when the oppressed will rise in
their righteous indignation and hurl the
whole caboodle into outer darkness. It
is calling to see first class mowers sold
hsre at the ruinous price of S45 and
know that the same machines are sold
to foreigners at Vienna, Austria, for the
beggarly pittance Of s1o6. It is equally
so to have the standard binders sell at
the robbers rate of from 500 to 1925
and know that at the same time the
same machines are being sold to the
foreign consumers in England at the
slaughter price Of $500, as private let
tiers from there state. Our people won't
stand it much longer. Oh! that robber
tariff lie Sueur News.
We suppose that if the Democrats
could have their way about it, they
would really hope that the country
might go to the dogs in order to prove
what they are saying about the McKin-
ley bill. Sorry for them that it can't,
but the country will have to go on pros
pering the same as ever.