Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-05-24
FRIDAY. MAY"SS, 1866.

FRIDAY, MAY 50, 1866.
THE CONSPIRACY!
Frisads Deserving IiimAA : Daisnna:-A New
Paper.
Wei stated 81 our Last, That sdnzins M Rail-
Campaign of 1855, Earle s. Goodrich, who had
hitherto supported David 'olmsted, brought out
by the street poiiticiansAWillis' A. Gofman--
turned his pen against the Governer, and his
troops, and with one fel-swoep, pitched them
headlong down the bluff Of Despair! .Honest
Dave" became a rogue, and the "villain Rice"
became an angel. At this time il is not for rs to
inquire into the motives that actuatsd Mr.. Good
rich; he had been more intimate with German
than ourself, and doubtless knew the man he had
to cope with; it is enough to know that he utter
ly discarded him, although it is hard to tell how
soon he may again take him to his bosom. I'm
mediatcly after the shaking of Goodrich's feet
from the dust that clogged them, 'sthe Gorman
party-so Called" were in ''pucker." At that
time We were up country, electiOneering for
William r. Marshall, but gentleman connected
with our Office, took the responsibility of print
ing ne,0 paper, called the Free Press, to be the
organ of German and the lesser stars that float
ed in his orbit. A certain law firm in this city
obligated themselves to pay for the printing of
said paper, and on our return, having been guar
antied that we should receive our money, we per-
mitted the publication to continue. 1t was a
great inconvenience to Us, but assured that just
before election Olmsted would withdraw in favor
of Marshall, we felt disposed to aid the party,
that in turn was to aid us. Great things were to
be accomplished. German considered himself
the most popular man in the Territory, and had
serious thoughts of rcsigning his Office, and run.
ming "Honest Dave" off the track, and then the
boys joined in the general chorus:
swer- boui,d to al, night, s-r. b..
We're bound to run all day. n,> .r WE'D
Wen bet money ON the bob-tau nag!
Some body bet On the bay.'
But even some of the most intimate friends of
the bob-tailed nag had doubts as to his speed,
and so he was not put on the track.
German having been cut by some of his old
friends, and failing to wheedle US into his polit
ical meshes, began to realize the fact that he was
in dilemma! The Times wouldn't be his organ
the old Democrat wouldn't be his organ--the
Pioneer wouldn't be his organ-the Minnesotian
wouldn't be his organ he was alone, and in
the language of an eminent statesman, he might
well have observation-disclosures shall I gor' But
the fertility of his brain enabled him to hatch out
a nec scheme, and that was, to pay some 81 900
to 81 500 himself, and get his friends (they are
known to us) to pay an equal sum, in order to
start paper devoted exclusively to the aGorman
Delnocracy!' and so the duped ones were bled,
the paper was started, and after q brilliant CT.
reer the Cheese Press retired to private life in
der to chew the German cud which cost the par
ties $1,000!
The election took place. Party spirit ran high.
According to the figures of German Olmsted
would beat sail natur,"-but when the result
was declared, Rice was elected, Marshall came
next in the race, and Olmsted was so far behind
that he has never since been recognized. He is
lost to himself, his party and the world in genep,
ais and all in consequence of his association with
Willis A. German. The surprising political tao
ties of the Governor were highly applauded by
the Rice men, who are now seeking to reward
him by sending him to foreign mission. Hope
they'll succeed.
The election over, the note Of $500 eigncd by
German, and previously spoken Of, became due.
In the meantime we had enleavored to collect the
amount due US from the Government, but it so
happened that Mr.. Goodrich, of the Pioneer,
had hill of precisely the same amount, and in
asmuch as Goodrich had turned against the Gov
ernor the Governor refused to pay the bill, alleg-
Ing that it was exorbitant and species of
'!back-mail,'' in order to extort money from him.
Mr.. &. endeavored to prOre to the contrary-did
prove to the contrary, but still the bill was not
paid. Our bill, (the same as the Pioneer,) was
presented, but what could German do II he
allowed it. he would he obliged to eat his own
words that Goodrich had tried to levy black-mail
upon him-if he declined to pay it, he would in
cur our dspleasure, and run the risk of losing
the money due on the note, and so betwixt these
two fires he endeav ored to compromises with US,
but VIC declined compromise on the ground that
the bill was a legitimate one and we would not
take one-mioneth part of Il mill less than its
face. few days after German came into our
Office, and we spoke to him about the note. lie,
in company with oursclf, went to Mr.. DAILY, the
holder of the note, and in his presence Gorman
stated We o,ce Mr.. Ne,csoa the amouut OF the
note, and as soon get our arrangements
completed concerning the Free Press, ,ciu see it
,spaid." For proof of this we refer to Mr.. DAILY,
gentleman Of truth and responsibility. Hon.
he paid the note will be duly illustrated in our
next.
THE CoScERr LAST EvENING.---We could
not. if we should try, speak more compliment
tary of the Blakeley Troupe, than is embod-
led in the following article from the Dubuque