New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-05-27
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lployes, granting for fl,s sake 81 Tie ar
lgument fhst they might Be IS expert ii
politics IS those now in office, would nse
their experiences against Nj. Merriam for
the senate il two years, instead Of IN hia
favor. That might change the result, o.
anyway make the race up-hill and very
uncertain. Do yon blame Merriam for
being for Clough and against candidates
who will not play into his hand il this
important matter Of appointment
Merriamism is responsible for the cleo
ton Of Eli s. Warner as president Of the
state league Of Republ ican clubs. It or
ganized league club, for temporary
purposes only, in practically every vot-
ling precinct in Ramsey county, and
brought delegates from them to the st.
Paul convention to vote for Warner, as
against Bruckhart, Of st. Cloud. Itisnot
matter for surprise that Mr.. Warner is
making the fight of his life this year t.
carry Ramsey county against Clapp for
governor. The state league doesn't a.
mount to great deal in Minnesota, and
it amounts to less now than ever before.
I do not know, and therefore cannot
charge that Warner is using the league
machinery in Ramsey county to defeat
Clapp, but can say thst the charge is
made by some of the best Republicans
in st. Paul, men whose word with the
party goes a long way.
The St. Paul Republican newspapers
are also in the deal. The Pioneer Press
Merriam controls by reason of financial
interest; how it has come that he is sus-
pected of having brought the Dispatch,
if not openly, at least secretly, to his
side, do not know. I do know that
the Dispatch is charged with treating
the candidacy of Clapp with great UNI
fairness and with giving Clough decid-
eddy the long end of the pole. None of
Clapp's friends would think of asking
either paper to print anything in the in
terest of his candidate, expecting to see
the publication made in the same spirit
in which it would be offered.
The most colossal attempt at foolins
the people that I ever knew anything
about, and one that should at once and
forever condemn Merriam in the eyes of
the party in the state, is Merriam's pro-
fession of political friendship for Clapp,
and his apparent desire that Clapp shall
be regarded as part of his machine.
Merriam is shrewd enough to know that
if Clapp's identity with the machine can
be established he is at once removed from
the gubernatorial problem, and that with
out this he remains in it as very trou-
blesome factor, The personal and polit-
ical relations between these men never
have been close and intimate. They have
nothing in common, and never can have;
and Merriam's success in spreading a
very general impression over the state
that Clapp was a candidate on about the
same terms as Clough, and that there
was perfect understanding between
them, shows something of his shrewdness
in politics and calls attention to the des.
perate character of the present fight and
how determined he is to win.
So thoroughly was the work of faint
ing Clapp carried on that all over the
state men who under other conditions
would have been for him were estranged,
Scores of Clapp's personal friends were
mislcd, and his chance acquaintance and
we'll wishers by the hundreds. If Clapp
ever consents to talk about his candida
cy for the public, I will guarantee that
he will say some things which will make
Mr.. Merr1am's ears Jingle. know one
man who sent three different emissaries
to Merriam, in the guise of Clough fol
lowers. to draw Merriam out as TO Clapp.
To each of these men Merriam said prac-
tically the same thing. .We want Clough,
of courses" were his words, ssand will do
what we can for him; butt We can't ge:
Clough, why, we want Clapp." In Fa.i
bault county, where Clapp thinks he will
secure the delegation without difficulty.
the Clough men have quietly circulated
the story that Clappis friendly to Clough,
and that if Clapp delegation is sent up
from that county, it will, Of course, be
expected to be for Clough for second
choice. Can you imagine a more effect
i've way Of killing Clapp off and insur-
ing the success of Clough2 Was a more
outrageous scheme ever put under way
by public man in this state2
Ramsey county is too small for both
Clapp and Merriam, and the fight there
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