New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-01-25

| AHht was tile leSOlut1Ou ana sam 3C-
cepted its provisions in speech at the
time. A few weeks after, while the
campaign was at its height and the name
of Davis was word which furnished
campaign material for every Legislative
candidate, he even went so far as to
have letter published in the Renew
and one of the Redwood papers in de-
fense of his position. This letter was in
reply to a challenge from candidate
Stewart in which that gentleman asked
Mr.. Peterson to accompany him on his
rounds and discuss with him the issues
involved in the campaign. Peterson de-
clined to accept the challenge but in his
letter he touched upon one thing which
greatly concerns his action of week
ago. Among other things, he said:
I'm answer ! would say that I cannot
neglect my business to the extent
Of devoting my entire time from now
until election day in discussion of sub
jects upon which we ought to be of one
mind. The only political issue, that can
come before the legislature for which we
| are candidates for election, is the choice
of a United States Senator The Hon.
C. K. Davis has shown himself so watch
full, as we'll as able, in the advocacy and
protection of the interests of our state
that no man ought to take issue against
the pledge [ have taken to vote for him
IN case of my election"
Here then is an admission from Sam
himself that he had made pledge, SOL
emn and binding in the hour of trial,
which should in itself, out of sense of
honor, have compelled him to vote for
Davis until the last hope Of his election
was gone.
But how did Sam do this? The cam
paign of 1892 came on and he again re-
| newed his assurances to Davis friends
and to Mr.. Davis in person if the latter
is to be believed, that he would be for
the peoples choice, as manifested in two
state conventions. when the time came
for action. To the Minneapolis Tribune
he wrote in December that when he was
nominated the people were for Davis and
that up to the time of writing he had
noticed no change in the sentiment of
his constituents. Then why, in the name
of everything that is honorable and
straightforward did he not adhere to his
pledge? Why, too, did he prefer to cast
the dark bane of suspicion, which he
ought to have known would come, upon
himself and upon his townsmen, Con-
gresham Lind?
TO the Tribune he says it is no ones
| business. To the Review,in answer to a
request for an explanation for his vote
against Davis, he says that he svoted
for Hon. John Lind because he is man
of pure and spotless character"
The truth of this tribute to Mr.. Lind
no one will deny, but it will not let Mr..
Peterson out of the contempt into which
he has fallen by voting against the wish
es of his constituents and furthermore
by violating his own pledges and
the wishes of Mr.. Lind. The fact of the
matter is that Lind came west from W ash
ington for no other purpose than to do
what little he could to secure Mr.. Davis
reelection and hold his friends in line.
He labored hard to get all of them to go
into the caucus, there to give his CO.
worker in congress the prestige of an
unanimous nomination, and among 9th
er things he had the satisfaction of see
ing S. D.. Peterson of his own town and
G. R. Davis fist. Peter record their
votes in favor of the popular favorite.
He little dreamt that they would deceive
him as they did.
But it was right there that Peterson
started the web which now tangles him
in a knotty coil. Had he not voted fer
Davis in the caucus, the claim that he
wanted to vote for man of pure and
spotless character might possibly hold.
But he did vote for Davis and so did
Charlie Davis of st. Peter. They voted
for the friend of John Lind; for the fav-
orite of the people; for the very man
whom Peterson insinuates to be other
than pure and spot1ess; voted for him
whose name they did not use in vain
when they wanted the votes Of Repubi-
can constituents; for the man whom they
professed in all their public utterances
to honor and admire. Instead Of doing
this why didn't they bring out John
Lind as candidate on the start2 Whyy
did they wait until after the caucus was