The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-10


OF the candidates on the Towne ticket. We
cail 1t the Towne ticket because the meth
obs used in placing it in nomination were
not Republican. judging Republicanism by
the men who founded the party. When
Mr. c. A. Towne became a candidate for
congress, and the time came to take steps
10 carry the primaries in his interest the
various candidates were called to a meet
ing held in room adjacent to Mr..
Towne's office. On arriving there our in
1ormant, who was candidate, was notified
that Mr.. TOwne was poor man and
pehhlieSs, hence he could not put up the
amount OF money necessary to carry the
primaries against O.. D. Kinney and his
crowd of rich corporate men, and it
would be necessary therefore to assess all
candidates for county offices from 500 to
sfoo each 1t was claimed that the sum
Vi $Z,VW would be required to defeat the
rotten and corrupt Kinney gang" and
that the candidates for sheriff had been
assessed by this Towne appointed commit
zee $40 each; the candidates for other
olnces Sloo to $500 each, and that all who
refused to put up their money, would not
De let into the Towne pool of Republican
reformers. Our informant tells us that the
money was put up with the understanding
that the successful candidates were to pay
pack TO the unsuccessful candidates the
respective sums which they were assessed
10 carry the primaries for Towne and re-
form! Our informant tells us that $1,000
was raised in this way unless he was lied
to and robbed. This money was to be used
TO convince the voters of the city of Du-
luth that Mr.. Towne was the only legiti-
mate republican reformer in the city, and
each candidate was required to pledge him.
self that he would submit to allowing
either Mr.. Towne his committee to name
al the delegates in the city, and that I'M
der no circumstances would they presume
TO run delegates in their own interests.
These gentlemen tamely Submitted for the
common veal and tho
named all the delegates. A few ward
meetings were held in halls which cost
from s. to IS a night, except one meeting
at the Temple Opera House, and few
men We're sent on the range, at a cost of
s20W! Duluth was carried overwhelmingly
Tor Z. a. TOWne. In West Duluth the
french Roman Catholics were brought into
line for Mr.. Towne for his denunciation of
MI Mallory Ia Republican, as president Of
the "A. p. \. of that section of the citv
and close watch of the polls during the
Democratic and Populist primaries dis
closed the fact that largely the same gangs
OF men voted at those primaries who were
so enthusiastic for Mr.. Towne, which leaves
suspicion very strongly in the minds Of
many that some of this $1,000 was corrupt
~ used in this and other quarters of the
CITY.
When Mr. Towne was accused of being
an ~. f. A., or of being in league with
them, he came out in a letter DENYING that
he belonged to any secret order in the
world. and that he was under no pledges to
the A. 2. a. or any kindred order When
MI ToWne wrote that letter, he lied. This
Is PLAIN English, but on applicat ton of Mr.
IoWne. we will furnish the proof The
NeWs-Tribune. in an inspired article, de-
clared edtorially, that if elected to con-
Sress Mr.. c. A. Towne would vote for
ana advocate no measure desired by the
A. 2. A. Mr.. Towne has never denied
that the NewS-Tribune told the truth in
that editorial, and Mr.. Towne is now the
nominee of the Republicans of the Sixth
| district of Minnesota for congress.
When the county convention met the
| ring within the Towne ring had It's preferred
candidates for the various county Offices
and these were able, by the assistance of
| Towne's lieutenants. to knock the persim
mons. After they were nominated, the de-
| feated candidates called on the successful
| ones to perform their contracts, and pay
| back to them the money they had put up
| to aid in carrying the primaries when 10!
d part of them refused to do So They
! had gone into a shady deal to secure office
| had feeced the innocent victims, who went
! IN with them in good faith to aid the
"Pennlless Towne," make an honest G.?
| campaign, and having the 'cinch by rea-
| son of Towne's favoritism, secured their
| nominations, and now refused to pay back
the money, as they all agreed to do. 1t is
| now question whether or not some of
| these men put up any money, and if they
did not work the other fellows, and by
means Of the secret aid of the Towne COM
| mittee, get the full benefit of the money
| spent, without being out dollar. This is
reform!
when the great fire came and man were
| wanted to go out and look after burying
| the dead and caring for the living o. D.
| Kinney took train and went out with
| party and worked like a beaver at anything
| his hands could find to do. Mr.. Towne
| not to b outdone-and he a candidate for
| o,,ir
Were telling us all about TONNES relief
| train. How could Mr.. Towne hire train
| and organize a relief crew when he was
| 'penniless? Think about a man attempt
| ing to make political capital out of such an
| awful calamity! And the Towne train went
out, and what did Mr.. Towne do? We will
| leave this for a gentleman who knows to
| tell later on. Liberty finds no fault with any
| man because he is poor or penniless. This
| does not disqualify him from going to con-
| gress. But do find fault with a man
| who is poor, bowling about the rich using
| money corruptly while he appoints a COM
| mittee and authorizes them to bleed all
| candidates in his interest, and denies them
| the right of having anything to say in the
management Of the campaign, or of saying
who any of the delegates shall be, when his
| friends doodle to defeat his opponent
| while they are shouting corruption and
| Doodle at the opposing faction. We OBJ
| ject to men who go into a corrupt deal
| ana after cOrruptly winning, attempting to
| beat other candidates out of their money
| when they agreed to pay it back. We OBJ
| ject to man attempting to pose before the
public as a great philanthropist by taking
| out a relief train, and having his party pa
pers herald it abroad that the C. A. Towne
| relief train was doing wonders at the
| front when they were enjoying a ride,
| smoking cigars and wearing their kid
gloves! In fact we object to frauds! If
any one asks why Liberty did not publish
these facts before the primaries, we make
answer that did not then know them.
We supposed that Mr. Towne and his
friends were making a manly, honest fight
for principle. We were mistaken.
1.-The time has come for the Republican
party to recognize it's battle line before it
is too late, suffer defeat in November
Mr.. Towne cannot and will not be elected
to congress. There many the
Republican county ticket who will be de-
feated. We have the names of all the cam
ddates who put up the money, and who
have paid back money, and who have re-
fused to keep their word and pay the
money back to the unsuccessful ones who
put it up In brief, to aid Mr.. Towne, the
nominations We're sold to certain men who
bid highest-who would put up money to
aid in purifying CO the electors of Duluth
Such q deal as this was cannot win at the
polls. The Republican central committee
of this district should remove Towne from
the ticket, and the county Republican CEN
trail committee should, if it can be done,
take from the county ticket all those who
were parties to this Boss Tweedism, and
give the people a clean ticket. If this is
not done, all will so down in defeat in No