The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-03-18
EWERT NOT IN CAME
HE HAS NO DESIRE TO ENTER
CONGRESSIONAL FIGHT.
Gives His Reasons Why; Much Work
to Be Done in Protecting Mineral
Lands For the Government; Els
worth and Dinehart to Have Con-
test to Themselves; Has Something
to Say Regarding Judge Brown.

Pipestone, Mimi, March lJ-Tne
September primaries for the nomina
ton of republican congressman in
the second district has been greatly
lessened by a signed statement made
by Paul A. Ewert.
Mr.. Ewert, who was candidate two
years ago in the primaries against
James L. McCieary and Gilbert Gutter
sen, has been looked upon as a candi-
latc again this year against Frank
Ellsworth of st. James and c. E. Dine
hart of Slayton, present state treas
urer The announcement that he will
not enter the race for the nomination
this year is the most important bit OF
political news given out in the second
district for many a day. In his COM
munication, Mr.. Ewert says:
Will Not Be a Candidate
Miami, Okla, March ll.-Editor
Star, Pipestone, Mimi: l desire to an
nounec through the columns of The
Star my determination not to be
candidate again for the republican,
nomination for congress in the second
congressional district / am constrain-
ed to make this public statement by
reason of the many inquiries which [
have received from friends who Loyalty
supported me III my last campaign anu
also from those who were not i'll posi-
port. / take this method of answering
generally these numerous inquiries.
"There are several reasons why [
have decided upon the above course. In
the first instance, | feel that the work
to which L was first commissioned by
President Roosevelt and Attorney Gen
eral Bonaparte, is not yet completed.
Suits involving millions of dollars of
valuable mineral lands have been insti-
tuted and l think [ should, if possible,
carry them to successful conclusion.
In Interest of Harmony.
"ln the second instance, such a
course appears to me TO be i'll the in
terests of harmony and party success.
The proposition of three candidates for
the nomination in the second district
does not work out well. We nave
tried that. l have all along hoped that
ONE arrangements might be entered
into whereby the republican party
would have but one candidate for the
republican nomination; that if Messrs.
Ellsworth and Dinehart and myself
could not agree upon who should be
the candidate, that the three of us
might join in recommending to the re-
publican voters Il man like Judge p. L.
Brown of Luverne, whose name is o.
household word in at least five of the
counties in the district
Brown Owes Something to the Party.
Judge Brown is, of course. not q
candidate, and will not be, but he owes
something to the republican party of
the second district Were [ upon the
ground l would be glad to join in q
movement along these lines. Possibly,
such Il movement is now too late.
at present the republican party
has two candidates, Frank Ellsworth
of st. James, and Clarence Dinehart
of Slayton, both of them young men of
splendid ability and character. Either
is eminently fitted to represent the Sec
ond district in the lower house and the
nomination of either bespeaks success
for the republican party at the polls in
Novcmber.-Paul A. Ewert"