The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-10-08
cOnfesses and Proves Himself
Falsifier.

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Falsifier.
The Times yesterday put its foot it
the Towne A, P. A. mess as follows:
ut 1.-THE Journal-Pressli is publishing extracts
from the Times of two years ago to prove that
the Times alleged that Mr.. Towne was an A..
P. A. Ye.it has not printed ONE extract in
which that statement was made by the Times. "
What do the people OF st. Cloud think
OF that. after reading IN the Times day
after day the most positive assertions
c. A. Towne was an A. P, A,-even
after Mr.. Towne had denied it over his
own signature and also at public
meeting in st. Cloui, in which he paid
his respects to c. F, Macdonald cali
ing him in effect, liar, coward and
an enemy of his country? Mr.. Towne's
denial this year is no more positive and
convincing than it was two years ago.
The only difference with the Times is
that it is now supporting Mr.. Towne.
But as to its statement that the
Journal-Press has not yet printed one
extract from the Times in which that
paper charged Mr.. Towne, with the
creature of the A. P. Aust read the
following which have been repeatedly
printed in the Journal-Press during the
present campaign;
st. Cloud Times, July 8. 1894:
On the 5th inst. the Daily Times charged
that Charles A. Towne. the choice of the Du-
luth Republicans for congress, was named by
the A. p. A. of that city as their candidate.
The allegation appears to be beyond contradic-
ton,
1t will be noticed that this is no mere
report" but that the Times CHAR
GED" Towne being the candidate OF the
A. r. A. Then again.
st. Cloud Times Oct. 6, 1894:
We urge the Populists of the Sixth district |
not to throw away their votes on Halvorson.
Every vote cast for him is a vote for Towne, an
radical member of the party from
which they seceeded. The man who votes for
Ialvorson casts ballot for the A, P, A. can
lidate, Chas. A. Towne.
This is no mere report" either-but a
lirect change on the part OF the Times.
And vet in the face of these facts the
Times had the gall to say:
"There were reports that he was supported
" that organization, and this was the sub
lance of all that was charged
The Times Of yesterday also saws;
Late in that campaign, as we remember it,
'ishop McGolrick wrote letter expressing his
isbellef in Mr.. TONNES afinations with the
l.P. a,
Now let us see what Macdonald said
bout it two years ago--three days be-
ore the acknowledgements 3, 1894:
'.Then there is A. T.. Rosenbusch for
lerely special agent of the general land office
ut now travelling agent for Duluth house.
lis present trip through the country is very
pportunely timed. He takes occasion to tell |
is customers that Towne will get 5000 to
900 majority in St. Louis county; that he
Townei is not an "A. P, A., never was and
lever will be. How does a. E. know that?
then Rosenbusch presumes to speak for Bish-
p McGolricS catholic bishops usually speak
or themselves and says that the Bishop of
duluth sympathizes with and will vote for
'owne. Now, we DON'T BELL Eve tlat the
1SuOp over Sdlu duyGuIllS VI ehluu<e out |
We DO BELIEVE that this story is. circulated
or political effect. Rosenbusch says that the
barge that 'Towne is an A. P, A. or the can
idate of that un-American society is not
nade in Duluth Now, the charge that he
vas the candidate of the A. P. A., and was
dominated by it, was made in Duluth, by the
duluth Daily Tribune (Rep). 1t was the votes
# that organization which secured him st.
.ouis county and the nomination. Even
sosenbusch does not deny these facts.''
And then referring to Rosenbusch, Nc
ionald says:
Stearns county voters do not need instruc
ion from foreign missionaries"
But this year, when this same A, E.
takes the stump for this
same Towne. the Times has only praise
or him-probablv forgetting that two
years ago it told the people not TO be-
ieve the statements he was making.
Funny, isn't it?
The fact is as everybody in St. Cloud
knows Macdonald charged over and
over again that Towne was the candi.
date of the A. P, A., and when a man |
like Rosenbusch came down from Du-
luth and said it was not SO and that |
Bishop McGolrick had no sympathy
with this A. P. A. attack on Towne-
Macdonald said he did not believe it
and that it was told for political effect
and that only three or four days before
election