Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-11-01

enough to WIN the nomlnatl0n.
Then the completion Of the deal
would have been for the Democrats
to nominate . man who could be
easily defeated. The combine that
was brought into greater public
view just after Buckman's defeat
in the Republican convention was
an old one, and no intelligent voter
can doubt but Vasaly, Meyer and
Shaw would be manipulating mat
te,s in Buckman's interests if he
was now the Republican nominee
for the senate, and that Buchanan
would be shaping the Republican
cam paign in harmony with the in.
terests Of Meyer, Vasaly and Shaw.
That was the condition into which
the Buckocrats hoped to get the
politics Of Morrison county. .G
The second plan of Mr.. Buck
man and his Democratic allies was
for Buchanan to bolt the kepub.
]ican convention if he was defeat.
ed, and to run independent with
the combine between the boiling
Republican and the Democratic
office seekers an open and avowed
one. This last plan was not as at
tractive as the first, as it was
bound to arouse open hostility Of
men who could be deceived by re.
cent deals. But after Buckman's
defeat the second plan was all
there was left unless the combine
was to be abandoned. The Demo-
cratic office seekers needed and
wanted Buckman's help, and they
must give him somethingin re-
turn. They had used their follow
ers to aid III carrying Republican
cauc uses for Buchanan, but Fuller's
Republican supporters had been
too numerous to be defeated by
those methods. The only thing
left. for tn EN- to do was to- support
Buchanan in an independent"
candidacy for the senate. t
For that reason the 'ecom bine"
now trying to control the politics
of the district and county made
the trades and bargains that are
knewn to exist. The Democratic
organization, controlled 4 by
Meyer, Vasaly and Shaw, is sup
porting a Legislative ticket com
posed Of Buchanan tor senator and
Stivers and .Vasaly for representa-.
tives. After the Democratic man.
ayers controlled the Democratic
legislative convention in the inter.
ests of Buchanan, their future
work was comparatively open and
public. They did hold the auditor.
ship nomination up in the air
about . week-but finally failed to.
find trading market for, that
position and a Democrat was
placed on the ticket. eas.,
But Mr.. Buchanan 8 position be.
fore the public could not be open
and plain, Democrats we're urged
to support him because he Duck
MANI would deliver 1000 Republic.
an votes in Morrison county to
the entire Democratic ticket. II.
took some such rank exaggeration
IS that to at all justify Demo.
Gratis in selling out to Buchanan.
Neither Buchanan nor the Demo
Gratis have ever made public the
terms Of the sale ofthe Democratic
votes. Private statements are
made By those on the inside TO
suit the temper Of inquiring Re.
publican or Democrat. A Demo.
tcraat ID told that Buck KHAN and IN
immense Republican following
will support Lind, tTowne, and the|
Democratic Legislative and county
tickets \ Repub llcan is, assured
that the deal is not against any Re.
publican nominee but Fuller.
While Buchanan is running his
campaign in connection with thsl
Democrats, and contributing his |
money to the estab lishment Of : |
Democratic daily, haswill tell the