The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-10-04
FRENCH SCORES.

FRENCH SCORES.
Senator Peterson Turned Down by
the State Committee.
At the special meeting of the Re-
publican State committee, held in St..
Paul last Friday, commencing at noon,
for the purpose of hearing arguments
pro and con in regard to the French
Peterson Senatorial imbroglio, the
committee finally decided that Judge
E. D. French, of this city, was the
regular nominee for Senator on the
Republican ticket, from this county,
and that S. D. Peterson was not. W..
w. Smith, the committeeman, from
this district, was present, and pledged
himself to support the regular nom
inee, and the charges against him
were dismissed. &{rHr% .
The matter came up in the form of
charges against Mr.. Smith, made by
/. Mr.. Lind, to the effect that Smith was
not loyal to the party, of which he
was representative man, by support
ing Peterson, who was not a regular
Republican nominee. He went over
the whole ground carefully, and had
the officers of the recent convention
present to back up his statements.
Editor Hays, of the Sleepy Eye Dis
patch, was present, and championed
the other side, but he was compelled
to admit that all of Mr.. Lind's state
ments were true. At the conclusion
of the arguments the committee went
into executive session, and after DELHI
Grating on the case, reported the fol-
lowing resolutions as having been
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, Charges haye been pre-
ferred against w. w. Smith, mem
Der of this committee, to the effect
that he is not a loyal Republican, and
is not supporting the nominee of the
party for the senate in the Ninth SEN
atorial district of this State.
And, Whereas, There is dispute
as to who is the regular nominee in
said district, and the question there
fore involved question as to which
oftwo candidates claiming the nomina-
ton is the regular nominee;
And, Whereas, This committee after
investigation of the matter are of the
opinion that E. D. French, is the
regular nominee for the State senate
in said senatorial district;
And, Whereas, Said w. w. Smith
has announced before said committee
his loyalty to the Republican party of
this State and his willingness to sup
port the regular nominee of the party;
Now, Therefore, Be it hereby re-
solved that said charges be, and the
same are hereby dismissed.
According to Jim NOVEL;, of the
Globe, who is known to be Peterson
follower, so far as Democrat holding
Office at Washington can be, the Pet
erson men were badly disgruntled
over the result, and left for home feel
ing more determined than ever. SEN
ator Peterson smilingly made the fol-
lowing statement to Mr.. NOVEL;: u.
"The matter was all worked up bv
men who have been turned down by
the Republicans sof Brown county.
Beaten at home, they have appealed
to higher power in the interests of
the elevators and the corporations.
The people are with me, and I am
going to be elected. 1 can win with
out lifting a finger. The ring politi
cans and elevator men, the latter op-
posed to me because / introduced and
had passed law that is very obnox-
ious to one of them, the old member
of the State committee, Charles L.
Roos. Roos, as we'll as the balance
of the crowd who came down here to
fight me, are played out in Brown
county. We retired Roos from the
State committee at the last convention,
and we propose to keep him in the
background in the future. I have my
Legislative record, which is an open
book"