The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-09-12
Positively no Opposition to
jenkins

jenkins
In another column reporting the
fusion conventions under the head
But Little Opposition to Congressman
Jenkins" we leave Mr.. Parker standing
as the nominee of the silver republic
cans. Since the article was prepared
Mr.. Parker has withdrawn in a fury
and authorizes the following statement
to be published, which Indicates that
somebody has not been playing fair,
and that Mr.. Parker, would not run
unless he saw some show of being
elected and as he did not see such pros
pect he simply withdrew and gives his
reasons III the following stronga and clear
manner;
Several people seem to be interested
in knowing why l have resigned as the
silver republican candidate for con-
gress, and az some absolutely false and
preiudical rumors have gained currency
and credence, | deem it but right to all
concerned that the exact reason be
known.
'In the first place | never sought the
nomination. | had been asked by a
large number of republican, populsts
and democrats to accept the nOmina-
ton, but | had at all times unqualifedly
refused. No one was more surprised
than myself when it was announced
that, after several hours of discussion
and balioting, | was the only man upon
whom the joint committee could agree
The silver republican convention i'm
mcdiately nominated me and the demo-
Gratis about as Immediately refused to
''Shortlv after | learned that Mr.
Remington was still trying to get the
nomination and was secretly
WORKING BY CUMBERLAND
MEANS
TO displace Inc as the nominee. On
Tuesday | learned that Mr.. Remington
had been to Mr.. Towne in Duluth and
had received from him a letter of intro
duction to Chairman Jones Of the Dem
ocratic National committee and had
ton to Chairman Jones of the Demo
cratic National committee and had gone
on a pilgrimage to Chicago with a view
Of getting Judge Bundy and myself off
the tickets and have his name substl-
tuted for ours. This was all done with
out my knowledge or that of the silver
republican committee, and when We
learned of 1t We were 1T loss to know
what the Democratic national committee
had to do with silver republican ticket
in this district. 1t occurred to us that
Mr.. Remington was labOring under the
differentiation that We were sort of side
show to the democrats, which never
was, is not now, and never will be the
fact. We organized as republicans and
as | stated the night we organized, "our
object is not to fight the republican
party, but to maintain it. We are still
republicans, and we fail to see anything
in recent local events which would en-
ticc us into the democratic ranks.
The editor of the Citizen recently
sought ~ read me out Of the republican
party, but after a careful search among
the archives, fail to find any record Of
the election of Mr. MOnger az reading
clerk of the republican party, l there
fore deny his authority.
"a local democratic politician was
quoted in the Telegram as saying that
an Involvement" would be offered me
to withdraw. No inducement to with
draw was necessary as under existing
conditions, there was no inducement to
remain. A composite political party
whose principle parts are plotted by
pcrtidy, pucriity and pusillanimity is Il
poor proposition with which to make
an aggressive campaign. With treason
and Yacilation III our camp, and a total
disregard of pledges by our putative al
lies, the nomination for congress was
not worth having, and l therefore re-
signed"