The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-04
WAR ON THE SLOPE
Patterson's Turnabout Has Upset
All Calculations.
BREACH BETWEEN THE FACTIONS
Register Had but One Majority, but
IT'S Good as 1OO-Review
of Situation.

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Ing political volcano and in this one the
republican ticket, supported by the old
time leaders of the republican party of
the capital city, has gone down to de-
feat. By majority of one vote Frank
Donnelly was defeated by F. H. Register,
the citizen candidate for the Office Of
mayor, who was Imported by Editor Mof-
fett, l. p. Baker, former democratic ma
tional committeeman, and the element
that has always trained with them rein
forced by the support of Mayor Patterson
and his lieutenants.
The mayors heart has been bad since
| last December, when Judge Winchester
| issued warrant for his arrest on a
charge OF keeping a gambling house, and
his bitterness has been intensified by the
fact that he was forsaken by the leaders
OF the republican camp, with whom he
| formerly fought and through whom he
got the postoffice appointment for his wife.
| When the first opportunity came to ''play
even" as the mayor termed it, he did not
sulk in his tent, like Achilles, but buckled
| on his ward armor and went out to fight
with his former enemies and against his
former friends. He carried his ward by
forty majority against the republican
ticket, where 1T was formerly his custom
10 bring 1T In by as large if not larger,
majority for the republicans Thus are
the political lines changed and there are
| strange faces on both sides of the fence.
Lghtning-Like Changes.
The story is long one and somewhat
interesting as evfncing the quick changes
Incidental to slope politics. In the first
place, Patterson has been mayor of Bis
marck for several terms, put there by the
force of his persistent ambitions and the
pontlcal organization which he helped to
defeat on Monday. Springing originally
from the ranks of the Baker Moffet ele-
ment as ward politician he forsook that
element and came into the republican
camp where he was welcomed as a.
valuable addition to the disciples of prac-
tlcal politics. His political work brought
MIN positions, until he was nominated as
candidate for mayor and elected.
Reaching out further for political reward
his wife was recommended for postmaster,
Wnen bitter fight was made against her
confirmation by the element with which
the mayor worked in the political battle
OF Monday She was finally confirmed
through the efforts of Senator Hansbrough
and largely at the instance of Alexander
Mchenzle, TO whom Patterson was a.
valuable aide
The mayors growing ambitions brought
ABOUT Jealoustes, resentments and party
chickering's. At the last state convention
ne wanted to head the delegation from
BurIelgh county to the Grand Forks con-
Ventlon and was turned down. The
mayor and Judge Winchester fell out.
Inc Judge was another republican leader.
Rumor said that the Judge wsnted the
postoffice held by Mrs Patterson for his
son-ln-law. Patterson accused republi-
can leaders Of double dealings with him.
lie is man OF vigorous and forcefuI lam
guage and indiscriminate criticism. Thus
the breach grew and the republican work.
ers drifted farther apart.
Patterson and WInchester.
In the last genral election Patterson
was accused Of being lukewarm in support
or the republican county and district tick
ct, especially in the case of Winchester.
Patterson's ward in the city of Bismarck
neid no election. Patterson and Baker,
as representatives Of the republican and
democratic organizations. were accused of
preventing an election in the ward.
hundred voters were disfranchised. Judpe
winchester lost the city and county. The
soreness grew and more fuel was added
to the fire. Attorney Asa T. Patterson.
one or the younger republicans aspired to
nomination for the legislature. He was
turned down and attributed II largely to
tne influence Of Mayor Patterson and At
torney E. S. Allen. In December war
rant was Issued for the mayor on a charge
or running gambling house. The mayor
dIuTIDuted II to vengeance on the mart of
Attorney Patterson and Judge Winchester
PATTERSON was held in 5000 bonds for a
hearing. The case fell through from the
Iact tnat w. H. Sanderson swore he
owned Inc building in which the mayor
was alleged TO have conducted his
gambling operations. But the bitterness
became more intense. Patterson gave II
out during the session Of the legislature
that Winchester would be impeacbed.
AmdaVits and evidences were obtained.
OF what nature has not been disclosed.
out the matter was never submitted.
W1en the city campaign began to warm
up, Register, the opponent of Winchester
at the previous judicial election. was
nominated for mayor. The republicans
neld mass convention and named DON
nelly The battle began. The election
ngnr was the hottest ever seen in the CITY.
NOW there are other things to be
settled One of them is what will be the
eHect OF Patterson's fighting the repub-
llcan ticket on its claims for the nostofice
for another term. Other republicans are
also accused of having given aid and com
Iort 10 the enemy. They claim that no.
llt1cal lines In city election are NOT hind
ing. So there is enough in sight to keen
the pot boiling for little time and I'd
keep the atmosphere charged with poIiti
cal lightning.
Movement for Mckenzie.
The refusal of the supreme court IN
grant the writ of habeas corpus for
Alexander Mckenzie will not be unex-
pected by the friends Of that poIiticaI
leader IN the state, was nevertheless a
disappointment. kilograms have been
gong In TO Washington from all parts If
the state, asking the president to nardon
Mckenzie The Mckenzie matter has
peen discussed by political leaders Of the
state ever since the California court nro-
nounced its sentence, which fell like q
DomDsheI upon the friends of Mckenzie
Iney were utterly unprepared for SO Sc
we're a sentence. During the session of
the legislature a petition ASKING For
elemency for Mckenzie was signed bv tho
state officers and by nearly the entire
membership Of the legislature. The ne
tltlon was formulated by the late Judge
bartholomew. Had Bartholomew lived
II Is possible he would have been sent to
California as McKenzie's repsesentative
before the court there, and as a Ieadipg
citizen and distinguished jurist of this
state, asking that the sentence be niti-
gated whether the president. will take
any action in the matter is q nuestion
that friends of Mckenzie have asked
themselves many times The records
snow that such action is almost uithon+
precedent, but on the other hand such .
sentence is also almost unprecedented
mere Will be no relaxation of the activi-
ties of North Dakota republican leaders