St. Paul daily globe., 1894-09-20
REED A CANDIDATE.
The Glencoe Veteran Appeals
to the People Of the Third
District.
MACHINE WORKERS on TOP,
And the Voice Of the True Re-
publicans Stifled by Cor
ruptionists.
BALDWIN IN THE SIXTH.
Another North Dakota Con-
Tremendously With
Politicians.
BALDWIN IN THE SIXTH.

Capt. A. II Reed. the one-armed vet
eran of Mcleod county, has announced
himself an independent candidate for
congress in the Third district.
While his friends may vote for him in
the convention at Chaska today, he will
refuse TO abide by the decision of a
packed jury.
The Glencoe statesman has at last
grown tired of being cheated out of the
congressional nomination in his dis
trict, and this time will enter protest
against ring methods that will count.
This course has been und er consider
alton by Capt. Reed ever 81 nee the Heat
wole managers. by means of proxies
and forged credentials, turned Rem
vile, county that Is and always has
been almost soldly for Reed. into the
Heatwole column. For a time he hesi-
tated. He thought the party leaders
might come to their senses, throw
Heaiwole overheard, and agree upon
some man like Mayor Donald Grant, of
Faribault: but when he counted noses
yesterday and found that enough dele
gates would come to Chaska with halt
erS around their neckS TO insure the
seating of the Heatwole delegation
from Renvile, as we'll as the nomina-
tiou of the Northtield editor. he hest
tated no longer, and before leaving for
Glencoe last evening, he issued the fol-
lowing address to the voters of the Third
district:
Reed Declares Himself.
GLENCOE. Mlnn., sept. II. 1>94-To the
Voters of the Third Congressional District of
Minnesota:
Having learned by experience that the
venal and corrupt politicians of the Third
congressional district have taken full control
of all the party machinery, and through that
machinery have wholly ignored the aims.
wishes and ends of the people, without con-
sidering their interests or the interests of
any one except their own, have determined
to ignore the action of machine work ers''
and scheming politicians. and su bmit my
cause TO the arbitrament of the legal voters
OF that district for their decision in the pend
Ing elective contest.
Fraudulent and Dishonest
l am forced to take this action by the
fraudulent and dishonest methods which
have been employed against me at so-called
Republican caucuses and conventions, where
the honest expressed wishes of the people
have been again and again thWarted and
falsified.
have, therefore, concluded to ignore those
bodies, as they have ignored the people, and
submit my claims to the legal voters of the
district pledging myself, if elected to serve
the people of this district faithfully and hon.
estly, without being bound TO any party,
clique or faction.
Therefore announce myself as an inde-
pendent candidate for congress from the
Third congressional district of Minnesota,
and solicit the support of all voters desrous
to return to honest political methods in all
elections. Respectfully submitted,
AxEL Ii. REED
Once Too Often.
This is severe and terrible arraign-
ment Of the Republican leaders of the
Third district. but those who are famil-
lar with the methods that have been
used on three or four occasions to defeat
Capt Reed will agree that it is deserved.
This time. however, the bosses went too
far, and the Glencoe veteran will ap-
peal to the people direct. He will make
vigorous campaign for two purposes
first, with the hope and expectation of
being elected; second, to expose the
corrupt methods used to defeat him a nd
all other men who dared to enter the
contest.
Tuesday afternoon Capt. Reed came
to st. Paul, and took up his headquar-
tiers at the Merchants. He had before
him reports from all parts of the dis.
trict, as well as requests from party
friends and old soldiers in every county
to give them a chance to vote for him
for congress.
The reports from Sibley, Carver and
LIE Sueur convinced him that with the
vote of Renvile county contested, the
Heatwole men had the convention and
would be able to settle that contest and
the nomination as they pleased. Always
loyal Republican, Capt Reed decided
that lie would give the leaders a chance
TO save themselves and he hurried off
TO Faribaut on Tuesday evening
tram. There he called on Mayor Don
aid Grant, an old friend in whom he
as we'll as the Republicans of the dis
trict have confidence. He frankly told
Mr.. Grant that he could not, and would
not submit to the nomination of Heat
wole.
Ready to Support Grant.
"If you will take the nomination |
will pledge you the loyal support of my
friends and myself" he said.
But Mayor Grant refused to consider
the proposition moment. Rice county.
he explained, had chosen him delegate
TO the Chaska convention, and directed
him to vote for Heatwole, and while he
was frank to confess that he had all
along thought better choice could
have been made. as he has told his
friends, he could not become candidate
or allow his name to be sprung. This
settled the matter with Capt. Reed,
whose mind was at once made up.
Then shall be an independent can
didatc," he said. "The voters of the
Third district shall have chance TO
decide between Mr.. Heatwole and me.
and we shall see if they approve of the
methods he has nsed 20 foist himself
again upon the party"
With this, Capt. Reed left his old
friend Grant, and came to ST. Paul.
Tuesday afternoon and evening and all
day yesterday he devoted to preparing
for the step he ha:i decided upon. lie