New Ulm review., 1913-01-15

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8 snum 6eute III ri1nS 80 Tk6y Nv
sincs bscon,e sesp spsctabls. IL I.
He learned Ia COMMON with othei
young iconU:lasts something Of the ex
tstsuce and character and aims Of tht
personal government which lny behind
the formal aud Of the marvelOusly
woven system BY which the dominant
personalities twisted the form Of gov
ernnent to their purpose. Being q
yonng Raa who thought himself in
sl,ired. he was aghast and the more de
termined to destroy that system. NOl
wholly lacking a sense Of proportion.
he realized the tenlerity Of him Wlu
, undertook such wholesale destruction.
But his youthful optimism and faitl'
In the people had not failed. Ills task
was to expound the machine to 8the
people Of his state. Always be saw
victory just one year ahead.
!. In those days-tO be exact, three
years after the destruction of the
Sheehan machine there wax strife IN
the organizations Of both parties. Upon
the devoted heads Of Murchell aud
Duny, the respective bosses. hurt:ed
abuae. from strange quarters. Anxious
crin. ranx from the deck Of the ship
Aurchell had steerel 70 long. Then
the storm burst.
The biennial election OF stn4s treas
urer was 4, hand. There avpeared to
John one day plausibie gentleman
who discussed the troubled waters. He
was In state Of righteous Indignation.
AurcheIrs domination had continued
too long: Patience with his tyrannicaf
ways has ceased to be virtue. His
unltness had been proved by his
breach Of contract to let SherrOd sue
cet.d Beck. Aud he. the messenger.
was glad to say. In confidence. that
those able and distinguished patriots
and leaders. Mark Sherrod and I'hi-
lander Parrott. were organizing re-
volt and proposed to make the treus-
urership uOminatiOn q test Of strength.
And they had commissioned him to
urge that other able. ETC.. John Dun
meade, the man who> had licked
Aurchell In his own back yard" to
Join the reform. he was deeply hurt
when John refused.
Haig. who also had made New Chsl-
ses his legal residence. invented sun.
dry jurid epithets to describe Johns
foisy and urged reconsid esatioa. John
ahook hls head.
'But. ! thought you, wanted to put
4srchell ont OF buslness7'
met Murchell. I'VE grown past
dat I'm rather sorry for him Just
oow. And Id ratheryAa him run
thsnss than Sherrod. It's TIE In
solution we've got to deGtsey- as ID
tood me hinaeif once. NotAiug 3 gained
4 We substitute one boss for smother. =
Then what are you going to Do. my
destructive friendf'
Try to slip in between them. !
think-put up an Independent candi-
date
John made his campaign. When the
primaries, had been held. he was him.
self aat0nished to discover that nearly
q squarter Of the delegates chosen were
pledRed to his independent candidate.
But before daylight on the night be-
fere the convention John learned that
q had been used to draw delegates
ffOm ron Murchell for sherrod's purpose:
be saw his hand dwindle to faithful
handful.
When the convention met. Rherrod
vas In control After the preliminnrles
Sohn. answering to the roll call Of
counties. placed his candidate IN nomi-
nation In q speech that couid ha rtlly
~ heard FOR jeers and catcalls II
vas brought to an abrupt conclusion
oy yell from the gallery. .'Sit down,
Denny. Only money talks In this con.
vention: Even the delegates Joined
= the roar Of laughter. Ard then the
,oup was accomplished. The rarrUtt-
ShenOd candidate waa.withdrawn and
sherrod himself substituted. Amid
that amounted aimest to q
lot he was nominated.
A aonpartisan candidate was mt M |
hat fail. John md Jerry Brent were
nost active in his support. They made
What was saId to he q remarkab bic
'ampafEn. and In every county they
we're met with tremendous enthusi.
IAN. People flocked By thousands to
lear them and cheered themselves
'oarse az the Young orators excoriatel
he bosses. But on election day the
'eople marched to the polls. voted as
hey had always done and elected the
Id party ticket by a majority Of
more than 1OO.OOO.
The campaign fixed Johns place
rmly in the public mind. This plnce.
ne that a practical man would have
bonght twice before seeking. was won
t the cost Of much Of his buoyant
pt1mism. It Utmost cost him bis life