Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-05-29
POLITICA POINTS.

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Judge Donat Trettel Joins the
Republicans Few
County Suggestions.
Among the former. Democrats who
have decided to hereafter support
Republican principles and candidates,
& Is Donat Trettel, the well known at
Y torney, Of this city, and formerly
Judge Of probate. Mr., Trettel is un-
4 donbtedly the most prominent and
able citizen Of Polish descent in the
county, and has very large per-
sOnal following. In recent cam
& paigns he has been one OF the most
efficient workers in the Democratic
campaigns, and there was scarcely
another man in that party in the
county whose loss will be SO severely
felt to the Dem ocraey, or. whose gain
j will do so much for the Republican
party. His position in the public
affairs OF Morrison county is such
that his utilization with the Repub-
lican party is Of great advantage to
\ it. He has made the change after
careful consideration Of the results
and promises of Democratic and Re
publican control OF public matters,
and believes that he is doing right in
aiding the Republican party in the
future. The Republicans Of Morrison
county will most heartily welcome
him to membership, and will gladly
avail themselves Of his counsel and
labor. When the campaign OF 1896 is
closed it will be demonstrated that
Mr.. Trettel has done not little to
aid the Republicans In the splendid
victory they will win. > ( "a. I.
1t is not in Morrison county alone
that the leaders and rank and file. OF
Democracy are coming to the
Republican party. The same move
luent is going on in all parts Of Min
nesota and the United States. Demo
cratic rule has disgusted thousands
Of the men who helped to make it
possible. While history. showed that
Democratic rule had been disastrous
to the country, only a comparatively
small number of the voters OF 1892
had distinct personal recOllect1Ons
Of the conditions that prevailed dur
ing the Democratic times previous to
the '6O's. One national administra-
ton under entire Democratic control
has resulted in exposing that party's
incompetency and uselessness, and
the voters are turning from it every
where. The movement in Morrison
county has assumed very large pro-
portions, but the fact that the same
tendency exists everywh here shows
that. local considerations are not
responsible for it. OF course, the
deplorable Dem cratic county ad-
ministration helped to drive Demo-
Gratis from that party, but that
simply served as q home example OF
Democratic rule in general. AZ an
example Of the Democratic losses In
neighbOring counties we quote the
following from the Wadena Pioneer
telling Of the political change In
the chairman of the Democratic
county committeeof Wadena county.
The Pioneer says: s 8.
SIT is high time that a Democratic
county convention. was being held
to elect Delegates to the state con-
ventiOn. 1T is also significant that
one has not yet been called. and II
the matter is not attended to sOon,
under the new law one cannot be
held. The reason for this is well
known to those familiar with the
situation. c. S. Feehan, who is
chairman of the Democratic county
committee, and who for years has
been prominently identified with the
local party, has experienced a change
}Of heart during the past two years,
and boldly announces to his friends
that hereafter he wants to becOunted
as q Republican. He says therefore
he does not feel like having anything
to do with the Democrats In pOntl-
cal way, much less to call conven-
ton. he has no objection to the
balance of the committee taking
action, but so far as he himself is
concerned he wants to be. counted
out. a
Mr.. Freehan was seen this week by
the Pioneer, and he stated that the
rumors which are being circulated
concerning his change Of political be.
lief were correct, and that he desired
it to be distinctly understood that
hereafter he would befound working
with the Republicans. lie said fur
.ther that a large number OF others
felt as he did, and he did not believe
that if the Democratic primaries
were held in the city today over
twenty would turn out. s5 W
In this issue is published the call
for the Republican county conVen-0
ton to be held on Thursday, June liss,
to elect delegates to three conven-
tions, an follows: Fourteen to the
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