St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-22
IN THE THIKD DISTRICT.
One Republican Organ Admits
the Convention in Renville Was
Not Above Suspicion.

One Republican Organ Admits
the Convention in Kenville Was
Not Above Suspicion.
After their first outburst against Capt.
Reed, the Glencoe veteran, the Republi-
can newspapers seem to have come to
their senses. and several of them are
now asking for Information regarding
the charges made of crooked work
in Renville and other counties.
These have evidently heard
something regarding The record of Capt.
Reed as brave soldier, who left an
arm on Southern battlefield. and also
as Republican worker for the past
forty years. Perhaps. too. some of the
business men, the wholesalers Ut the
Twin Cities have told a few facts OF his
honorable record as bu siness man. At
any rate. the following from yesterdays
Minneapolis journal shows that there is
now disposition to learn the facts re-
garding the outrageous conduct OF Heat
wOle's heelerS in RenVille county:
Not Above Suspicion.
1.-The alleged crooked work that was
done at some Of the primaries in the
Capt. A. Ii. Reed. of Glencoe. .an excuse
for boiling the nominee of the Chaska
convention. If the facts are credited,
the primaries in several of the Third
district counties, especially in Renville,
were not above suspicion, and while
Mr.. HeatwOle is not responsible for the
scandal, an attempt will be made to
make him suffer OH account of it."
The manner in which the Heatwoe
men secured delegations from Scott and
Meeker was almost on a par with the
Renville method, and before this cam
paign is much older the evidence will
friends, particularly the old soldiers, do
not propose to submit to the treatment
accorded them, and will at once set
about preparing his petition. One of
these, an old soldier whose Republican,
ism no one in Renville county will ques-
tlon, Joseph Smith. late of the Second
Minnesota, makes the following state
ment:
No Primaries Held.
"Mr. Heatwole was determined to
have that nomination at all hazards to
party interests, if we judge by the
actions of his friends in Renville county.
All living in Renville county know we'll
that nine out of every ten Republicans
living in this county prefer Capt. A. II.
Reed for the Republican candidate to
oooi hoatWoie, out, iioLWitnStduuiHS
this, his henchmen, like bowling, of
the Renville Star-Farmer, who, being
beaten in his own town for delegate,
filled his pocket with proxies, and other
friends, with bogus credentials and
proxies, took possession of the SO-called
Republican convention held at Hector.
Aug. 81, made the chairman, secretary
and committee on credentials, and brow
beat the honest sentiment of the party
down by fraud, who sat disguised; and,
after the bad element had adjourned
and left the hall, organized and elected
the following delegates:
&c. Il. Christian, of Renville; C. G.
Peterson, III. A. Paulson, Sacred Heart;
II. II. Oleson, Wang; S. L. Souther,
kingman: John l.. Kenny, Bird Island;
Joseph Smith, Morton, and John Thomp-
son, Camp. These men were backed by
large majority of the Republicans
of Renville county, and they should
have been seated instead of being
turned down with a scant hearing, won,
by the way, only bv the threat of Gen.
S. p. Jennison. That convention-the
Heatwole men in it. | mean-Gid not
want TO do us justice"
Hon. Henry Wadsworth. one of the
leading merchants of Glencoe, who
headed the Mcleod delegation, went
home feeling more bitter than his
friend. Capt. Reed. A lifelong party
worker. he declared it his duty, as well
as pleasure, to support Capt. Reed.
ln this he has the support of every one
of his fellow delegates. To these gen.
tlemen the following article from the
Litchfeld News Ledger, published by
w. ID. Joubert. chairman OF Heatwole's
committee, will be apt to have some
effect:
JOubert Is Excited.
"This mornings papers contain
manifesto issued by A. II. Reed, dated
the nth. announcing himself an inde-
pendent Republican candidate for con-
gress. Finding the people preferred Mr..
Heatwole, he could not take his defeat
like man, but in his low.born desire
for craven's revenge has decided
upon this course with the hope of tax.
ing enough votes from the nominee to
elect the Democratic candidata. His