St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-29
Charged by Redwood.

W. W. Smith. of Sleepy Eye. member
of the Republican state committee for
= the Ninth district. should be made to
resign or be removed from that coin.
mittee. He is all open boiler, dissat-
isiied mover in the Republican ranks.
He openly participated In boiling
convention, and apparently advised the
action.
Maj. Smith is member of Gov. Mel
sons staff, and was the governors Sc
lection as a member of the committee
from this district. He was candidate for
state treasurer before the last conven.
ton. He wore Sam Peterson's collar.
He got RedwOod'S eleven votes Oh the
first ballot as matter of courtesy, and
with the understanding that he would
reciprocate on the senatorial matter.
Failing to secure the nOminatiOn,h he was
placed on the state committee by Gov
Nelson. He returned home, continued
his political debauch with Senator Pc
terson, and apparently gave his advice
and consent to Sam Peterson's actions
in the politics of Brown county.
He was named as delega te
convention. He refused to go into
the hall where the senatorial committee
called the convention to order, but re-
manned OIL the outside, boited the legal
convention, and went into 4 boilers
convention that manufactured twenty
delegates out of a single mau from this
county, and nominated Sam Peterson.
Maj. Smith is in open revolt against
the Republican party of this district.
He is opposing the Republican nominee
He will have charge of the funds for
this district and will use them for Sam
Peterson. AS recognized Republican,
he will assist in the election Of Demo-
crat OF the
Success of the Dirtiest Horde
of political smellers that ever dragged a
campaign through the mlre-PeterSon,
Hays. Smith ct al.
The Gazette is satisfied that Bill Mer-
Ram is backing Peterson. Gov. Nelson
is certainly aware of existing condi-
tons: Peterson has been used before;
can be used again if there is Doodle
around, and Bill Merriam always has
plenty of that. If these two men, who
evidently have the Republican machine
of the state i'll their hands, countenance
this diSloyalty, which they are doing
every moment that Smith is allowed to
remain OH the committee. it is time for
open revolt; it is time that the Rupub-
lican party casts aside these rotten rags
and assumes new gown. 1t is time, if
Smith is allowed to remain on the COM
mittee, that these men are repudiated,
even at this late day. aud men of poiit-
ical honor put in their places. Let action
be taken at once.
While there are many interesting
facts revealed in the above article, par
tlcularly The statement regarding MIR.
Smiths handling the money of the
stale central committee. the real facts
in the case. as stated before the COM
mIttee yesterday by MI. Lind, are that
the whole trouble arose over the desire
Of both counties to have the senator.
Added to this was bitter local fight in
Brown between Lind. Rees and their
friends and Senator Peterson and
his followers. The latter appear to
be the strongest numerically, and
routed the Lind faction at all the con.
ventions held this year. This resulted
in MIR. Rees being retired from the state
committee aud the selection of Mr..
Smith iii his place. Senator Peterson
supported Smith for the nomination for
state treasurer, anu, in return. Smith
was strongly in favor of Peterson for
reelection to the senate, and was one
OF the delegates to the district conven.
ton chosen by Peterson.