St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-18
WHY WOOD WITHDREW.
Wouldn't Be a Party to q Ropub-
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lican bureau. AZ !
To the Editor of the Globe.
The Pioneer Press Of today makes
some incorrect statements In regard to-
the reasons why l would not permit
the certificate of nominating me for the.
position Of sheriff by the independent.
Democrats and file with county auditor
The Independent Democratic club is
organized for worthy purposes. aud its
members are honorable men. and l
have no fight with either so long as the
purposes for which the club was organ
lied are adhered to. When l met the
com Mittee yesterday l gave them some
OF my reasons for not desiring to make
the run, and they were, ! will admit,
greatly disappointed. Still. some of
them thought my reasons satisfactory,
and SO stated to me. Some diSgruntled
member of the committee. who seems
to stand well with the Republican party,
rushed down to the Pioneer Press and
made statements for publication, de-
signedly putting me in all unfavorable
position before the public. l believe l
have the right, il choose to use it, to
refuse to run for Office without giving
any reasons for it; but 1 preferred to
state my reasons, in part at least, to
those gentlemen. aud did so. The let
ter l showed them was from a par
ticular friend and benefactor and was
courteous in its language. and should
have been considered confidential by all
Of the committee, as it related to my
private affairs. The writer of it was at
that time in the court house. and l re-
Quested the committee to call upon him.
but they declined, No blame should
attach to him, as his motives were good
and for my best personal interests. Now,
as to my other reasons for declining to
be candidate. When l asked Mr..
Fuller who was to pay the expenses Of
putting our ticket in the field. there
being but Mr.. Sauer and
myself. he Informed me that
the Republican candidates would,
but would not say which particular can
didates. Upon inquiry of other parties.
whom l regard as truthful. l was in.
formed that the present sheriff, MIR.
Chapel. was one of the contributors. Ii
am wrongly informed in this matter /
shall be pleased to he set right. But
believing that was correctly informed
did not think it was proper to thus
make cats paw out of me, and the
ests of the Republican candidates. l
consider this was done in my case. and
also in Michael Doran's case, for the
placing Of Mr.. Buell. i'll the field by the
club was done entirely In the interest of
H.F.StevenS for senator of the Twenty
eighth district, and Mr.. Buell. told me
that certain other prominent Democrats
mad aided i'll the matter. That MIR.
Chapel has right TO be candidate all
will admit. He was also a good and
loyal soldier. but just why he has any
pre-eminent claims for Office by reason
of military services cannot understand.
He did not put down the rebellion SIN
gle-handed. There were thousands-of
whom the writer was one-whO served
the country as we'll and longer. and
who today are less able to earn living
by manual labor than he is, by reason
of their wounds and disabilities, and
yet they do not make an eternal claim
for Office on account of it. For thirty
years he has been continually in Office,
at a good salary, besides drawing a
large pension from the United States
government. There are plenty of old
soldiers competent to share his patron
age; but how many has he appointed?
A number of them in his own party
have told me that he promised them,
Uut never keut HIS pfOtuiStS. EV6u
though they were as competent
for the positions as those to
whom he gave the places,
AS his principal qualification for
office seems to be his militia ry service
and his disabilities incurred therein, i'll
all conscience, have we no. had quite
enough of him? Mr.. Miesen did not
have an opportunity of being soldier
i'll the late war. but he has always been
staunch friend Of the old veterans and
always will be. He has also demon
strated the fact that he can make llv-
ing outside of officeholding. and is
highly respected by all as one of our
most industrious, energetic and honor
able business men, and at least as we'll
fitted for the position as any of his
opponents. Unless all signs fail, he
will be elected by his fellow citizens the
next sheriff of Ramsey county by an
overwhelming majority. Respectfully
yours, Il. ID. WOOD.