The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-31
ON SNEDES N POLITICS
SAMUEL r. FULLERTON,s DERur
AS A POLITICAL EsSAYIsT
MADE A HIT
HELPED OUT HIS AMBITION
To Be Restored to His Old Place as
Executive Agent of the Game
and Fish Commits
sion.


commission, took an oath that he would
never vote for Swede for any office
as long as he lived. 1t seems almost as
an Endorsement of Mr.. F'ullerton's posi-
ton on the part Of Gov Van SAINT to
have reappointed MFR. Fullerton to his
old place While the governor was think
ing over the selection Of an executive
agent, his attention was called to Mr..
Fullerton's attitude and feeling towards
the Swedes. A close political friend Of
the Wdnona man, in fact Winona man
himself, learned of certain correspond
ence which Mr.. Fullerton had found time
to write after the Clough fight and, it
was said, laid the correspondence or the
substance of 1t before Gov. Van SAINT.
1t was supposed, in view of the fact that
the SWedeS had supported Van SAINT in
the recent campaign instead Of Lind
that he would be sufficiently grateful
to turn down man as ungracious as
Fullerton had shown himself to be in
his letters regarding the most consistent
element of the party in Minnesota. In
TACT, 1t was regarded as certain that the
old letters meant Fullertons undoing
but Gov. Van SAINT, instead of rebuking
F'ulIerton's sentiment, Endorsed it by nam
ing him on the commission as executive
agent. Here are the Fullerton efforts
referred to:
NO SWEDE GETS HIS VOTE.
st. Paul, Mimi, Nov. 4, 1S96-Hon. Fred
Won Baumbach, Alexandria, Minn.-NIy
Dear Colone-: Yours of recent date await
ed my return home this morning. It
nave been up to Duluth doing what 1
could In regard to election and it has
been glorious victory for Mckinley, al
though a very close one for the state
ticket, and it is all on account of the
SWedes, and took an oath this morn
n1ng that no Swede would ever get an
other vote of mine no matter how good
ne was. Men right here in the capitol
mat the governor appointed and are draw
ing their salaries voted against him. lust
because John Lind was a SWede fell
you, colonel, this sort of treatment has
made me wrathy against the SWedes
Their ciann1shness nearly cost the gov
ernor his election, and, I for one, shall
not forget it.
THE SAME OATH.
ST; Paul, Minn-, Nov. 4, 1S96-Hon. c.
s. Benson, st. Cloud, Minn.-My Dear
Berson: Yours of the LIST to hand and
contents noted. l have had a letter from
Mr.. Won Raumbach and also one from
Capt. Bird Capt: Bird says that he don't
see any necessity for having a meeting
before the LIST of December, as we will
the meeting called about the 9th or 10TH
as he has a meeting Of the Loyal Legion
on the Sth of December and the above
TINE g,, you'd H answer for both. Nj Xon
the 18th, as he has a lot of work to do
in connection with his Office in Alex
andr1a, and he is satisfied to wait until
December. OF course. I am not particu-
lar either way, but I want to see all
parties satisfied.
When wrote on the 1st, expected
to go on a deer hunt, but I don't think
that will go now, and therefore, I will
pc ready for the meeting at any time.
well, we made a great sweep for Nc
K1nley, but We have had a narrow es-
cape from defeat with several of the
congressman and with the state ticket
and the SWedes were to blame for most
of 1t took an oath this morning that
I would never again vote for a. SWede, I
don't care what he Is running for. They
have knitted the ticket right and left
simply because 1t was a SWede that was
running for governor. I spent the day
In Duluth doing what I could, but re-
ce1ved the same answers from Swedes
that I talked with and whom had
known for years were Republicans, it
was "Yohn Lind" and If they are going
to act like that, the sooner men of every
other nationality combine the better In
order to show them that they cannot
run this state in any such manner Du-
was concerned, but I don't know just
what the result will be, though 1t looks
pretty. bad for Morris at this particular
time, but of course, we will hope for the
best. Yours very truly,
Sam F. Fullerton.
Executive Agent
WASHBURN GANG HELPED.
st. Paul MINI, Nov. 8, 1S96-Hon. Will
liam liam Bird, Fairmont, Minn-My Dear
contents noted, I think you and I can
both throw up our hats at the present
time, and hurrah for our side, for we
have won all along the line. It has been
a very hard fight for the governor, and
the SWedes are responsible, with the help
they got from the Washburn gang, and
1 took an oath yesterday that no Swede
how good he is or what he running for.
We have won great victory, and have
downed the free silver god Towne, so
that he will never rise again in a polit-
the Sixth district, but the country at
large, who believe In sound money and
stable government. Yours very truly,
Sam b. Fullerton,
a Executive Agent.
RETURNS THANKS FOR CLOUGH.
st. Paul. Mimi, Nov. 6, 1896-Hon. D.
M Clough, Minneapolis, Minn-My Dear
Governor: Permit me to offer you my
CONGRATULATIONS on your election as gov
ernor. You have won, one of the hardest
hghtS that was ever waged against any
other man In this or any other state in
the Union And you deserve more credit
election. You had the combined forces
of the .Washburn gang against you to
start with: They were in opposition at
your nomination and they, kept it up
victory was won. Then you had 80 per
cent of the Swedes against you, even
the SWedes right here in the capitol
right under our very noses, voted against
you, so, say, taking everything into
consideration, that the victory you have
won Is one that all ought to be proud of,
had It figured down that they were go
Ing. to defeat you 10000 majority, and
their plans were all laid, they had false
issues presented, claiming that you were
and that you deserved to be defeated.
RMS was only subterfuge for their
real purpose, but why talk any more
about it Thank heaven ali their schemes
nave come to naught and you are elect
ed, and outside Of the mere name, 1t
don't cut any figure whether you were
elected by one or one million Of a major
ity. took an oath the morning after
election that don't care who the man is
or what he is running for, I will never
again again vote for ,, another swede. If they are
going to act like that and vote the ma
tionalfty racket, we will show them that
otner people can work at that game, too,
and and, think that they. will be sorry that
Swedes! I am writing this today, gov
ernor, after hearing that you were laid
up with very bad cold, which I hope
away to look after some game interests
and may not be back for a week, per-
haps, and wanted to offer you my con-
CALCULATIONS before T went. Yours very
truly Sam F. Fullerton,
Executive Agent.
MORE OF THE swEDEs.
st. Paul, Minn., Nov. 6, 1Ss6.-Hon.
Fred Won Baumbach, Alexandra, MINI
My Dear Colonel Yours of the 4th inst
to hand and contents noted. Well, colo
mel, allow me to offer you my congrat-
ulations ON your election. I tell you that
It was a great victory all along, and
Gov. Clough deserves great credit for
winning with the awful odds that were
against him. He hads the whole Wash
burn combine, besides the Swedes, who
voted for Lind because he was a Swede,
and tell you that We owe the biggest
part of this victory to the Germans and
sound money Democrats, who helped US
out In this fight, which we could never