River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-06-21
From the Chicago Scandinavian.
A Boomerang.
A Milwaukee dispatch to the Chi
cago Inter Ocean SAYS:

A Milwaukee dispatch to the Chi
cago Inter Ocean says:
Trouble has broken out in the
tenth congressional district over the
calling Of the congressional cOnven-
ton. Congressman Haugen, OF that
district, is candidate for governor,
and John j. Jenkins is actively in the
field to secure the nomination for
cor gress in Haugen's place. 1t APP
pears that by some blunder the dis
Jrict has two district committees.
Chairman Bradford of the older COM
mittee, has called the convention for
July 10, one week before the State
convention, and Il. II. Hall, the chair
man of the second committee, threat
ems to call the convention in August
unless the first date DC changed. This
com plication has arisen through the
suspicious entertained by the friends
of Mr.. Jenkins that Mr.. Haugen is
trying TO keep his grip on the con-
gressional while seeking gubernatorial
honOrs. They have inclined TO this
opinion all along, and therefore took
advantage of the dual set OF COM
mittees to get convention ante
cedent To the time for naming the
governor, and thus compel Mr..
Haugen TO formally withdraw or de-
| fine his position. On the other hand
the friends of Mr.. Haugen maintain
that their only reason for insisting on
a late congressional convention is
that the tenth district shall be kept
solid for Haugen for governor. They
argue that If the congressional can
didate is named first there is great
danger of Jenkins friends and others
becoming indifferent on the guber-
material issue, i'm which case Mr..
Haugen might suffer"
The object of the above dispatch is
to weaken Mr.. Haugen's gubernatorial
candidacy by conveying the impression
that he forsees defeat in the conven-
ton. 1t is unnecessary TO state that
the dispatch is tissue of clumsy.
falsehoods. The assertion that Mr..
Haugen is endeayoring to keep his
grip on the congressional nomina-
tion is too absurd to find credence
among sensible men. Mr.. Haugen
has always been frank, open and
straightforward in his political
methods; his public career is singular
ly free from duplicity and that kind
of bushwhack warfare in which some
of his self-seeking opponents appear
to delight
The alleged "blunder' has been
manufactured out of whole cloth.
Mr.. Bradford's district committee
passed out of existence two years ago
when the new district committee was
duly named at the Cumberland con-
vention. The committee then APP
pointed with A. Z. Hall as chairman
has been discharging the functions
incumbent upon district committee
till now. Its authority has not been
questioned by anybody but has, on
the contrary, been recognized by
everybody. Mr.. Bradford's attempt
to resurrect the old committee is
farcical and utterly absurd.
Mr.. Jenkins will regret that he has
| permitted himself to be used as tool
by Mr.. Haugens competitors for the
gubernatorial nomination. The re-
publicans of the tenth district can
neither be bull-doZed nor hoodwinked
| by unfair tactics.
| For some time Mr.. Jenkins has
been a standing candidate for con-
| gress. 1t is, therefore, very singular
that he should adopt course which
points to Salt river rather than
Washington. The election of re-
publican in the tenth district is for
gone conclusion this year, provided
the nominee is clean and able man.
But no candidate who owes his nomi-
nation to unfair means and trickery
can be elected. Mr.. Jenkins may
think differently, but he will discover
his mistake when the ballots shall
have been cast and counted. II he is
wise man ne will paste this predic.
ton in his hat and shape his course
accordingly.