Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-02-18

cause John T. Mattson, the editor of
the SHEAF, has seen fit to aspire for
the position OF. postmaster at War
rem, position upon which Mr.. Ste
vens also has am eye, and he makes
statements aMfinsinuations concern
ing us and leading republicans in the
lefty, which are misleading and false
and which we&believe in his cooler
moments he would not have made,
and which we think he will ultimate
ly regret. ILL.,. g. .,s ~
! In the first place he says that the
SHEAF supported the Republican
ticket last fsallin return for the prom
ise of the postmhstership. The charge
is unqualifedly false. Our principles
and opinions are not forsale and we
have never yet supported men or
measures which we did not fully be-
lieve at the time to be right and
proper. We have had no pledges
for the position ,from anyone. and we
have taken the same initiatory steps
to secure the appointment that Mr..
Stevens and the other aspirants
have, namely by getting up a petit
tion. What troubles Mr.. Stevens is
that we have. been able to get up a
better petition than he has, and the
whole animus of1is unwarrantel at
tack is one of5iealousy and disap-
| pointment. Webase our claim for
the office upon the f,lct that a major
ity Of the members: of the Mckinley
and Hobart club at Warren, as well
as a majority ofsthe republican vot-
ers of the cityf;lt the last election,
have signed our petition, and they
have signed without threats or coer-
cion. The Registers charge OF coer-
cion ls wholly untrue. We PERSONAL
ly solicited the name OF every repub-
lican on the list, Sc. think, and no; one
|: can :.a saysth - 3 y, 4 8
signing. Mr.. Grindeland has stated
repeatedly that he would abide by
what the majority OF the republicans
wanted in the matter and we are
quite sure that he did not ask sin
gle person to sign our petition A
proposition was made to Mr.. Stevens
to leave the selection OF a postmaster
to the Mckinley club, but he would
not consent toshave it thus decided.
He was afraid OF the majority that
would be against him. He did not
want the majority to rule. This is
not the first time that the Register
has ignored the majority. 1t bolted
the county ticket when Thos. F. Ste-
vens failed to get the nomination for
county attorney.
The Registers: attack upon re pub
licans who have signed Mattson's
petition is base and malicious, and
he intilnates also. that it will stard
with club oter&their heads in case
they ever should in the future seek
political preferment. II that isn't
intimidation and coercion, we don't
know what to callit.
The Register says that "a. Grinde-
land, j. F. Easton, K. J. Taralseth
and G. s. Wattam did not cast all
the votes that gave Villa m McKin-
ley his majority in Warren last fall"
True enough. These men never we're
egotistic enough to make that claim.
Neither do we base our claim to the
appointment upon their signatures
alone, but upon the fact that we
have - majority of the republicans
with us. @@.s.t r.. ss@
We do not question the right OF
any good honorable Republican to
seek the place and we have none but
the kindest feelings towards all-in-
Guiding even the editor OF the Reg
lister. h., .s...t.= =-.-.s. i
/ With these remarks we will leave
the matter and do not intend to dis
cuss it further in our columns, no
matter what Mr.: Stevens may con-
clude to do.
Mr.. STEVENS says that he deems ut