The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-10-31
HERMAN MEULLER
DUPLCITY EXPOSED
ST. CLOUD MAN BARRED AS RE-
PUBLICAN SUPREME COURT
CANDIDATE.
LOYALTY is MUCH In DOUBT
REPUBLICANS URGED TO SUP
PORT C. A. LETHERT, DEMO-
CRATIC CANDIDATE.

Herman Mueller of st. Cloud, life
long Democrat who filed as Republi-
can candidate for clerk of the Mime
sofa supreme court and won said
nomination on a 1uke, has been re-
pudiated by the Republican state COM
mite after a close scrutiny into his
pro-German utterances and Nom
partisan-Socialists tendencies.
Chairman Gustav Lindquist called
Mueller on the carpet on Sunday and
put the proposition up to him to eth
er repudiate the Nonpartisan League
or be barred as the Republican candi-
date. This action was taken by Mr..
Linquist after a mail vote by the State
committee.
Mueller claimed he was Republi-
can, and had been in spite of the fact
that he was twice elected clerk of the
Stearns county district court as a
Democrat. The Nonpartisan League
newspapers of the state since the
primaries have insisted that Mueller
was their candidate, and it was to give
Mueller an opportunity to vindicate
himself that he was calledupon the
carpet. This he refused to do.
1t is very unfortunate that Muel-
ler's name appears on the sample
ballots circulated by the Republican
committee as the Republican candi-
date. The committee is giving the
fact that they repudiated Mueller the
widest possible publicity, and they are
circulating sworn affidavit made by
one of st. Clouds well known citizens
in which he charges that Mueller
made strong proc German statements
to him, ossa Great Northern train last
summer. He also insisted that he
was Nonpartisan Lacquer and was
proud of it.
The affidavit of Mr.. Freeman fol-
lows herewith:
est. Cloud, Mimi, July 20, 1913.
"To Whom it May Concern:
"This is to certify that about ei
weeks ago on a trip from Minneapolis
to st. Cloud, on the Great Northern
train, met one Herman Mueller, and
representative business man of st.
Cloud. was asked to sit down with
the gentlemen mentioned, and we en-
gagged in conversation. / said to Mr.
Mueller. ssWell, Herman, they tell me
you are in politics. He laughed, and
said, aYes?" Then / asked him how
it came about that he filed as a Re
publican, and he said he thoubht ne
had a right to file as a Republican,
and he said he thought he had right
as he had voted for Taft for president
both times he ran.
= "I asked him then if he considered
that made him a Republican and ne
said, Yes 50
Champions Nonparty League.
'T then asked him about his in
dorsement by the Nonpartisan Lea
que, and further asked him if he was
member of the Nonpartisan League,
and believed in it. And he replied
that he certainly did.
"The balance of the conversation
was mostly on the part of Mr.. Mueller
trying to convince me that the United
State was wrong in entering this war,
and that the United States had no
right in the war.
Zone of the points that he brought
mn in nartic,,lar was the avowed state
ment that America entered the war
mainly due to the sinking OF the
Lustitania. He urged the pro-German
side of this subject, proving beyond a
doubt, that he was not only a Nom
partisan League man, but absolutely
at heart pro- German.
eI have known Mr.. Mueller Tor
many years, in fact all OF my life,
and have always been very friendly
with him. And before reaching st.
Cloud told Mr.. Mueller ! could not
conscientiously vote for him, under
any consideration, as long as ne had
the Nonpartisan League tied to him,
and especially he admitting that ne
believed in their principles.
"A Lacquer and Proud of it,"
ct later met Mr.. Mueller on the
street, and / asked him on that oc-
casion the following: Now Herman,
are you a Nonpartisan Lacquer, and
do you really believe in their prin-
.ciples? And his answer to me was
that, I am Nonpartisan Lacquer,
and damned proud Of it.
(Signed and sworn toy
William S. Freeman, st. Cloud.
Since the Mueller exposure Chair
man Lindquist urges all Republicans
to join with the Democrats of the
state in electing Charles A. Lethert of