The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

dug UP his record, and exposed his in
consistencies. Donnelly replied on the
lstunp, where few men could stand UP
against him.
| The whole state was in the throes
Of this political conflict, in which
Donnelly was the object and Mime
.apolis the storm center. The two cap
tains of industry of the period were
General Washburn and the late D.
nelly's seat Colonel Kings. synpa-
thies. were with Mr.. Morrison. Gem
eral Washburn was surrounded by q
group of able men, who were after
Donnelly's scalp. Prominent am ong
these were Loren Fletcher, C. H. Pet
tit, Major Camp, r. B. Langdon, DR..
l.. Butler, John Martin, f.. L.. Morse,
John Wander Horck and others.
This contest ended by Mr.. Morri-
sons withdrawal, a split in the con-
gresslonal convention, Donnelly's
withdrawal from the conventions, his
! nomination by a. convention of his
own and the nomination Of General
c. c. Andrews of st. Paul by the reg
ulars. Andrews received part Of the
republican vote of the district, Dom
nelly received the rest, and the coveted
prize of a seat in the house of repre-
sentatives went to E. M. Wilson, a
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ferred fairly, l think, that hundreds
of Minneapolis republicans voted for
Wilson (who was in every way a
worthy man for the office) simply be-
cause he was a Minneapolis man.
MI. Morrison's withdrawal closed
up the ranks in the party, after which
he stood for some years at the head Of
a conservative division of the party
which always had to be taken into ac-
\
until he had succeeded in plunging
the state into an angry maelstrom of
personal wrangling, in which Ramsey,
then senator, all the members of con-
gress, the newspapers everywhere and
the two rival cities were all by the
ears. Donnelly came out of it dis
placed from his seat in the house and
a disappointed man.
In 1856 there came to Minneapolis
q bright, ambitious, young attorney,
who had won a colopeHs shoulder
the war. He was a, long-legged,
sham bling gated, black-eyed enthusi-
asst, who threw l1im~olf into the tenn
perance cause and into politics under
the capable leadership of DR.. George
H. Keith, then postmaster. 1t was
Colonel r. H. Conwell. He was not
overrun with clients, but plunged early
INTO newspaper "OTk. COlOnel SCe-
|vens had been publishing the Cataract
and Agriculturist, a farmers weekly.
1t was sold to Colonel Conwell, who
changed it's name to North Star. It
was sold by Conwell to c. M. Landon,
who changed it's name to the Inde-
pendent and ran it two years more,
when it went the way of all the earth.
Colonel Conwell always restless, in
June, 1868, started a campaign daily
in the Morrison-Do nnelly interest and
ran it five months. 1t was the Daily
Star, and it's light went out in the
fall.
Major Shaw continued to serve the
Minneapolis Tribune until 1870, about
two years. He then bought the Still
water Messenger, which he sold in
about a year. He returned to Min
neapolis and started the Evening
News, A. G.. Wilcox joining him little
later This paper was run until 1873
and sold to Pliny Bartlett, who had
started paper (the Ttrnes) in 1872,
under the auspices of Colonel King.
With a democrat in congress, Tfib-
une stock went off a few points, and
Hugh w. Greene, formerly Of Con-
1lecticut, appeared on the scene with
money. He bought the Tribune and
had the support and influence of King
and Morrison behind him. Greene
was q thorogoing republican. It was
said that he had had some political
disappointmerts. He had no patience
with local partisan politics: nor with
corruptionists anywhere. He was hon
est and forceful in business himself,