New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-02-02
McCleary's
actics.
The Congressman Has Succeeded in Stir.
ring Up Bad Blood with His AD-
polntments.
Charges of Unfairness Come from Red
wood Falls as Well as Mankato.


office appointments goes without saying
that he isn't as truthful as many people
supposed him to he IS beginning to be
equally apparent.
At Mankato he stirred up a hornets
nest among the Republicans by the APP
pointment Of Editor Hunt. =:
Following the revelation of unfairness
and Misrepresentation on his part in that
matter, comes the charge from Redwood
Falls that he grossly violated his own
promises and at the same time ignored
the apparent trend OF public sentiment.
A Redwood Falls special to the Min
neapol,s Times of Wednesday reviews
his conduct there as follows:
Mr.. McCleary went through the trying
ordeal of holding parlor reception here
for the purpose of ascertaining the senti-
ment of the people regarding the post
mastership. His own admissions were
that James Aiken of the Gazette had the
lead IN the voting contest in his parlor,
but that he was followed by King, chair
man of the republican county committee,
who was from 10 to 20 behind Mr.. Ak
in. Then came Tenney, and then George
Hughes, the latter having about ten peo-
pie advocating his candidacy at the par
lor reception.
Mr.. McCleary got everybody by the
ear, as the result of his meeting here.
He encouraged them to trump up charg-
as against opposition candidates, and the
bittercst of feeling resulted. He listened
to 900 people, heard their tales of woe
postponed his departure twice, and then
left town, saying that he would announce
later. Just before he left town he told
Superinte Race, who McCleary
claimed his bosom friend in this
count ne would not make the ap-
point It'll after he had written to
him d Race was backing Aiken
Met said no more. He left for
Mankatu, renamed there few weeks
and then went to Washington. From
there he announced that he would recon-
mend the appointment Of Geo. Hughes.
He did this without writing to MI. Race,
Mr.. Hughes backing-or the backing
that won him the place---was his brother
in-law, E. S. Pettijohn of St. Peter, who
is an intimate friend of McCleary's. Pet
tijohn was auditor Of Nlcollet county
for fifteen years, and is now banker.
Another man who helped Hughes was
G. G. Whitney, state expert printer, fol-
whom Hughes worked several years. His
local backing consisted of two or three
prominent men, and the balance were
either silver men or minor workers in
the party. They numbered just twenty
in all.
In the debate on the Teller senate res.
olution, providing for the payment OF
the national debt in silver as we'll as
gold, Senator Hoar dissented from TEL
ler's proposition that the resolution ON.
ly involved question of law, and urged
that it had now come to be a question OF
honor. Mr.. Teller replied that he had
quite as much regard for the national
honor as anv other member of the SEN
ate. II am getting tired" he shouted
"of the position assumed by certain sen.
ators because they live in the eastern
part of the country. They are no moro
honest, they are no more strenuous in
upholding the public honor than am
want to say here and now that l be.
leve IN paying the debts of the govern.
ment in silver, even if that is the cheap.
Ell metal. The government has the right
to the difference, according to its con.
tract. The silver dollar, which the gen.
tleman from Iowa says is as good as the
gold dollar. is paid t. the mechanic, the
artisan and the labor in liquidation OF
obligations incurred by them, and
hold that the bond purchaser is no bet.
ter than the man with the blistered hanc
and ought to be paid with the same mo-
ney. The secretary of the treasury is
now bound by law to regard the inter
ests of the people, but that department
has been making law to suit itself TO-
twenty years."
Mr.. Teller held that there could be M
degradation in paying the bills of TIL
+ government in silver.
Contradictory reports have come GU
from Washington regarding the presl
dents stand on the money question
Henry w. Peabody, Of Boston recent,
saw the president and reports him as be
ing heartily in accord with the views O
Secretary Gage and his plan Of reform