St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-24
DEFEATED BY TRICKERY.
Republicans of the Tenth Judicial
District Disguised.

DEFEATED BY TRICKERY.
Republicans of the Tenth Judicial
District Disguised.
BoSssrule must cease in Minnesota.
The people are disguised with the
sway of rings and corruptionistS.
The history of the First congressional
district for the past decade affords
good illustration of the feelings of the
people, the rank and file, in this matter.
The Republicans OF no congressional
district in the country have been so
cursed with small-bore political bosses
as have those of the First district Of
this state. Time and time again the
honest rank and file have arisen in open
rebellion. sometimes going SO far as to
defeat the nominee.
But hardly had one bosS~been un-
loaded until another was seated in the
saddle Just as close to the corporations
and just as far from the people.
The OwatOnna sandhauler, M. ii.
Dunnell, finally unloaded for good, has
been succeeded by james A. Tawney.
OF WinOna, than whom no more obSe-
quious tool of the corporations ever
crept into political life. But all is not
we'll with the gang in the First district
wv SdtISHCu Will IOtulildlluS Lie Call
dldate for congress without regard to
the wishes of the people, little clique
i'll Mower and Freedom started out to
name Candidate for judge in the
Tenth Judicial district, composed of
Houston, Fillmore, Mower aud Free
born. In tie judicial convention Hous-
ton and Fillmore had ma Ority of one,
and both were instructed for Judge
James O'Brien, of Houston. Through
the efforts of memGer of the Repub-
llcan state central committee, one of
.Filmore's delegates was taken away
from O'Brien. and the friends and sup
porterS of the other two candidates
joined with this man in nominating
Judge Farmer The old Judge declined.
and then disregardiny the
ID Demand Of a Majority
OF the Republicans of the district for
new convention, the judicial committee
made up against Houston and Fillmore
counties met, and named Judge John
7Nhytock, of Freedom. The friends of
OBrien at once protested. and some
announced their intention of voting fer
him anyway, while others came out for
c Hon. III. Il. Wells, the non-partisan can
didate.
One-halt the Republican papers in
Houston and Fillmore are supporting
Judge Wells, and yet in the face of this
the Minneapolis journal printed the
following special the other evening:
Judge WhytOclx Looming Up.
Special to the journal.
HoKAH, Oct. 2i.-The judicial middle in
the Tenth judicial district is now something
of the past The O'Brien press and forces
which have been sulkine since the defeat of
their candidate, are all taking a determined
stand for the Republican nominee Judge
Whytock, of Albert Lee. A short time ago
everything pointed to the election of the
Democratic nominee. Ii. X. Wells. of Pres
ton, who is posing under the name of an in
dependent nominee. but who is in reality
radical Democrat, and who Is now doing all
i'll his power to defeat the Republican nomi-
nee for the Legislature by fusion between the
Democratic and Peoples parties. Wells, by
his recent acts. has displayed his true party
principles, and no independent candidate
begging will have any effect. The campaign
will be drawn strictly on Republican and
Democratic lines.
The funny part of it all is that this
dispatch cane from the editor of paper
that was against the home candidate.
Judge O'Brien, during the contest, and
the judges friends will hardly consider
it proper mouthpiece, especially in
view of the fact that relation of the
aforesaid editor is the Republican can
didate for the legislature in Houston
county.
The friends of Judge O'Brien will be
able to see a thing or two now that they
were unable to few days ago.
In view of the claim of the Journals
HOkah correspondents the follow
ing from the LaneSboro journal, than
which no stauncher Republican paper
can be found, will prove mighty interest
ing reading:
The pronunciamento of Lafayette
French and W. A. NORM, chairman and
secretary, respectively, Of the Austin
judicial committee, among other things
states:
AT the adjourned meeting. held on the
18th of September, at Austin, al which nearly
all of the Republican members of the bar of
the district were present, after full and fair
discussion of the matter it was decided by
the committee. by a unanimous vote, to place
il nomination as the Republican candidate
for judge Hon. John WhytocK. of Albert
Lea"
Ii Judge Whytock were the regularly
and fairly nominated candidate of the
Republican party, the LanesbOro Jour-
nal would not be found supporting any
other nominee. Judge Whytoek's nom
iHation was the result of intrigue and
9alsehood, and the statement above
quoted is the rankeSt untruth, though
it has the color of truth. Judge O'Brien
syaS the Republican nominee of this dis
trict for the judgeship. He was not only
Trfcked Out of His Rights
by the clique of conspIratorS who got
WbytOck'S name before the district on
the Republican ticket. but this coward
" clique of character aSsaSsins attacked
his good name and sought to destroy
his reputation as man and public SER
yaut by wanton vituperatiOn and whole
sale lying, and Judge Whytock dis
played his lack OF Judgment and sense
of fairness and honor i'll this matter in
his ill-tempered speech before the So
called Judicial committee at Austin
Sept. Is, at which point o. q. Wall, who
was in attendance at the committee
meeting. having the proXie OF A. ID.
Gray, who was absent in DeadwoOd,
rose and stated to the bar and commit.
tee meeting that, perceiviHg the spirit
OF bitterness ana injustice pervading
the meeting he would have emphatcal-
~ nothing to do with the proceedings,
and walked out. There was not an llOn-
est or manly thing about the proceed
ings. BY trlckery O'Brien had been
defeated, and by the same
Systematic Trickery
the minority counties of the district
were given a majority of the committee.
Houston and Fillmore counties plead
for new convention, by the decision
of which they would abide, whatever
that decision might be. This the packed
committee refused to do, and it then
proceeded to nominate" Whytock. In
this proceeding the five members of !
Mower and Freeb0rn counties partici-
pated. while tNO members from Fill