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Wedemeyer Or Judson

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Parent Issue
Day
20
Month
March
Year
1903
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Republican Politician Denies Ingratitude Charge

Says Account Was Even

And That Judson Had Received as Much from Wedemeyer as Wedemeyer Had from Him

A republican, who consented that his views should be expressed only on condition that his name should be suppressed as he disliked personal controversy, said in reference to the Canfield interview showing the ingratitude of Wedemeyer:

"It is a shrewd move to harrow Wedemeyer's feelings. Nothing could hurt him more than the charge of ingratitude and the charge is made with much semblance of truthfulness, but in reality Judson has got as much from Wedemeyer as he has given him. As to putting up for Wedemeyer's expenses, it was not Judson's own money, and it was not done for Wedemeyer alone when done, but for the whole bunch. Judson was for Wedemeyer for school commissioner because he hoped to and did gain influential political supporters by this move. He wanted a German in whom the Germans had confidence. He had to win and Wedemeyer was the strongest man he could run. His support was not because of any particular love for Wedemeyer personally. When Judson first essayed to boss-ship he was handicapped by his inability to make convention speeches. The old timers whom he was displacing could talk. He needed talkers. Wedemeyer had oratorical ability and hence Judson needed him and so long as the two worked together Wedemeyer's ability to make taking convention speeches was always used in Judson's interest.

"At the last congressional fight it was Wedemeyer's name which aided Judson to capture a Bliss delegation. If Wedemeyer had not been a candidate for congress and Judson had not shrewdly identified himself in the canvas for Wedemeyer delegates he might have been thrown down on an instructed Bliss delegation. It was Senator Glazier's money, not Judson's, which was defraying the expense of that canvas. Judson was a passenger in that fight, shrewdly using it, however, to make a state reputation as leader.

"Looking at it this way, you will see that Judson has had from Wedemeyer as much service as he has rendered him. The accounts are even and the charge of ingratitude is made simply to weaken the force of Wedemeyer's revolt.

"Wedemeyer owes much more to Glazier than to Judson. A struggle for party supremacy is on between these two men and with the view that odium attaches to the support of Judson can you blame Wedemeyer for making plain to the people his position?"