Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-05-02

some persons we'll Informed that be-
tween Lincoln. Logan, Baker and Har-
din. four very conspicuous Wing lead
ers, there was secret personal under.
standing that they four should rotate
in congress until each had had term
Baker succeeded Hardin in 1914. Lin
coin was elected in 1916. and Logan
was nominated, but defeated, in 1913.
Lincoln publicly declined to contest
the nomination with Baker in 1914,
Hardin did the same for Lincoln in
1916 although both seem to have act
ed reluctantly, and Lincoln refused to
run against Logan in 1913. Colonel
Matheny and others insist with great
show of reason that the agreement
| actually existed. and if such was the
case it was practically carried out. al
though Lincoln was candidate
against Baker and Hardin against Lin
coin as long as either Of them thought
there was the smallest prospect of sue
cess. They might have done this. how
ever. merely to keep other and less
tractable candidates out of the field
That Lincoln would cheerfully have
made such bargain to insure himself
seat in congress there can be no
doubt. but the suppostion that he did
do it can scarcely be reconcled with
the feeling displayed by him in the con-
f1ict with Baker or the persistency of
Hardin to very late hour in the con-
test of 1876.
At all events. Mr. Lincoln and Gen
eral Hardin were the two. and the only
two, candidates for the Wing nominal
ton in 1916. The contest was much
like the one with Baker, and Lincoln
was assailed In much the same fashion.
He was called a deist and an infidel
both before and after his nomination
and encountered in a less degree the
same opposition from the members Of
certain religious bodies that had met
him before. But with Hardin he main
tanned personal relations the most
friendly. The latter proposed to alter
the mode Of making the nomination.
and in the letter conveying this desire
to Mr.. Lincoln he also offered to stipu-
late that each candidate should remain
within the limits of his own county.
TO this Mr. Lincoln replied, GAS to
your proposed stipulation that all the
candidates shall remain in their own
counties and restrain their friends tc
the same. it seems to me that on re-
Election you will see the fact Of your
having been in congress has In various
ways so spread your name in the dis
RI OF
tage in such stipulation l appre-
ciate your desire to keep down excite
ment. and I promise you to keep coor
under the circumstances"
On the 26th of February. 1916. the
journal contained General Hardins
card declining to be "longer considered
candidate" and in its editorial CON-
ments occurred the following: 1--WE
have had and now have no doubt that
he (Hardim has been and now is a
great favorite with the Wings of the
district. He states in substance that
there WAS never any understanding on
his part that his name was not to be
presented in the canvasses Of 1914 and
1916. This, we believe. is strictly true.
Still. the doings Of the Pekin conven-
ton did seem to point that way, and
the generals voluntary declination as
to the canvass Of 1914 was by many
construed into an acQuieScence on his
part. These things had led many Of
his most devoted friends to not expect
him to be q candidate at this time.
add to this the relation that Mr. Lin
coin bears and has borne to the party,
and it is not strange that many of
those who are as strongly devoted to
General Hardin as they are to Mr.. Lin
coin should prefer the latter at this
time. We do not entertain a doubt
that If we could reverse the positions
Of the two men very large portion OF
those who now have supported Mr..
Lincoln most warmly would have sup
ported General Hardin quite as warm
ly." This article was admirably calcu-
lated to soothe General Hardin and to
win over his friends. 1t was wise and
timely. The editor was Mr. Lincoln's
intimate friend. 1t is marked by Mr..
Lincoln's style and has at least ona
expression which was peculiar to him.
In it's issue of May Z the Journal an
lounced the nomina ton as having been
made at Petersburg on the Friday pre-
vious and said further: 'rhis nomina-
ton was, of course anticipated, there
being no other candidate in the field.
Mr.. Lincoln, we all know, is a good
Wing, a good man, an able speaker,
and richly deserves, as he enjoys, the
confidence of the Wings of this district
and of the state.'
Peter Cartwright, the celebrated pio-
neer Methodist preacher, noted for his
Diety and combativeness, was Mr.. Lin
coins competitor before the people.
We know already the nature Of the
principal charges against Mr.. Lincoln's
personal character, and these, with the
usual criticism upon Wing policy,
formed the staple topics of the cam
paign on the Democratic side. But
Peter himself did not escape with that
impunity which might have been ex-
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