The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-01-17
THURSDAY, JANUARY II, 1893
RIGHTS OF OFFICERS.

The Senatorial situation continues
as badly mixed as ever, with Senator
Washburn far in the lead for the po-
sition. Whether the terrific outside
opposition, mingled with that of dis
satisfied and dangerous political in
huence on the inside, will be sufficient
to defeat him, remains to be seen.
One thing is certain, the friends of
Senator Washburn will never allow
their influence to go to Gov. Nelson,
and if they see that the Senator can
not be elected they will throw their
votes to some man not in the field at
the present time.
No one can dispute the constitution
al and personal right of Gov. Nelson
to aspire to the office of Senator, but
whether it is fair and just is another
matter. Gov. Nelson has made a
most excellent executive, and there
fore, when the Republican conven-
ton, composed of several hundred
members met last summer, they, by
reclamation nominated him for an
other term to end in January, 1897.
This nomination Gov. Nelson accept
ed and after brilliant campaign was
elected by larger vote than ever Civ
en- to candidate for this Office. The
individuals of the great party voted
for him with the idea that he would
serve the term for which he was NOM
mated and which, by accepting the
nomination, he tacitly agreed to fill,
and which he has no right, acting in
good faith, to desert to take an Office
more agreeable to himself and to
which he aspires, not at the request
OF the great mass of the voters of the
Republican party, but at the demand
of some of the politicians of that par
ty. Rumor has it, which is probably
not correct. that the Governor and
Lieutenant Governor are both using
the power of their official positions to
put Governor in the chair that the
people had not thought of in that
connection at the time of the conven-
ton; that they are trying to put in a
man for Governor that the people
have not indicated, by any wish, should
serve them in that capacity. We are
aware that it has often occurred with
different political parties that men
have stepped from the Office of Chief
Executive to the United States Senate,
but this has generally been attended
with good deal of scandal, and has
led many thoughtful men to conclude
that the constitution of the United
States ought to be amended so as to
prohibit it.
While the objection to selecting a
Governor to leave his office for that of
Senator does not exist in the case of a
member-elect of the House of Repre-
sentatives in Congress, there being no
scandal Of using patronage for this
purpose, yet the Republican party, in
the different Congressional districts
of the State, chose certain men to rep
resent them in Congress-, and they
should serve in such capacity. The
tacit agreement on their part to so
serve was made when they accepted
the respective nominations. In case
one of these gentlemen should be
transferred to the Senate it would
cost the people of his district, in time
and public expense, at least $4,000
for the special election of his success.
or. No man has the moral right tc
impose this burden upon the people
who have given him their trust and
confidence.
Mr.. McCleary should leave the fielc
and return to Washington.
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