Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-11-04
Richardson and His Appeal to
S% the People. ~, e

Richardson and His Appeal to
A. the People. r
NY opponent, N. Richardson, is
out with u circular cont aiming some
statements req ard,ng which deem
1t well to make some comment. 49, (
He states that he has been In office
continuously since 1876, and feels
greatly aggrieved because the Re-
publican convention saw 1T to give
me the nomination. Such proceed
ing he evidently cUnriders an out
rage. upon his ancient and time
honored custom of holding Office.
He claims that by reason OF the
fact that ia All early day he secured
slice Of territory from Todd county,
on account of the fact that he ia the
veteran office holder Of the state,
and by reason OF hi> being poor he
should be continued In office.
Az to his work In securing the
towns from Todd county he certain
~ deserves credit, but, has not 40
years of Office holding about can
celled the obligation the people at
the county were under to him for
the service. especially az several
other early settlers. who never held
an office. wore equally instrumental
in bringing about the result? He
has. no viewer, appropriated to him
self all the credit, and claims to hold
q sort of mortgage on the county.
He does not directly charge fraud
on my part in securing the nomina.
ton, but rather insinuates that some
improper methods were used by me.
Such was not the case. Neither l
nor any one upon nv behalf used
any improper means to compass my
nomination. l was, prior to the
convention, in but two towns in the
county outside this city, and was in
those solely to ascertain the feeling
of the public regarding his continu-
ance In Office. I found the sentiment
against it. l set up no caucuses. I
in addition to this wrote quite q
number of letters to prominent Re-
publicans throughout the county
stating that l was a candidate sub
iect to the approval of the Republic
an convention. and candidly asked
for their support. This was neces-
sary on my part to the end that the
people should know l was candi-
date. It was not necessary on his,
as he had been a standing candidate
on the Republican ticket for more
than generation. II Mr.. Richard
son can show single improper act
by me or my friends In securing the
approval of the convention 1 will
tomorrow step down and out, and
give him a clear field. Iwould scorn
to accept nomination obtained by
the use Of q cent Of money or an I'M
proper act. and~-I am willing to let
the people with whom I have lived
IL years say whether such methods
are consistent with my character or
not. Let MIR. Richardson present
proofs of his intimations, or have
the candor to admit that they are
without foundation. By presenting
proofs he can secure q clear field,
and to refuse to do 50 is to admit
their falsity. Such insinuations are
not fair to me and not worthy of
him.
He talks OF ring rule. He finds no
fault till turned down, and then ne
proceeds to kick vigorously the men
who held him up long after he was
capable Of filing the office. simply be-
cause it was "Uncle Nate" His can
didacy can not result in his election.
1t may result in the election of Smith.
The men who urged his running
independently were largely Demo-
Gratis, and from a Democratic stand
point 1t is good politics to have him
run. The Republican who votes for
him, in effect, casts vote for Smith,
but do not believe that the Repub-
licans of this county can be fooled
by 50 apparent a trick.
He who goes into convention
seeking for q nomination implicitly
agrees to stand by the result Of that
convention, and II Il convention has
no binding force then holding such is
a rank farce.
Even at the close OF 40 years OF
office he is not satisfied with asking
a denomination for himself, but bis
son runs on the Democratic ticket
for sheriff. Were he a candidate
could he give loyal support to the
Republican ticket under such circum-
stances?
His last claim for consideration ia
that he IL old and 4 bankrupt. Had
this rule been applied he " ould never
have held Office himself, and the ap.
plication Of such principle would