The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-03-13
The Wisconsin Gophers Unearthins.
The following letter was received by gen.
tleman of this city from distinguished cti-
Zen of Milwaukee:

Inc Wisconsin GOpherS UneArthtng.
The following letter was received by gen.
tleman of this city from distinguished citi-
Zen of Milwaukee:
MILWAUKEE, March l, 1858.
DEAR SIR Your favor of the 23d of Feb
ruary, was this day received. Every one of
the Corruptionists, who visited your State
and were connected with the La Crosse Road,
not heretofore resigned, have been invited to
do so. There are but four OF them left viz
Kilbourn, Goodrich, Hadley, and Kneeland.
They are getting beautiful sitting from our
Legislature, as you can see from the enclosed
extract from Madison paper. In less than
80 days, they will be driven out from this
State. and their place of refuge will be in
Minnesota. They are in hot water here.
P.S. TO convince your folks into whose
hands they have fallen, look at the editorial
in the Railroad Journal of New York, Of the
18th of Feb. The La Crosse Road cost
$4,000 per mile: thus far. 1t should have
cost $4,000!
CHE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF Mr..
KLBoURN-BAsHFoRDR REPORTED TO Be In
PT.ICATED IN THE CORRUPTIoN-The city is
full OF rumors in regard to the progress of the
investigation into the Land Grant frauds.
Messrs. kilbourn and Falvey have been ex-
amined. If half Of the current reports be
true, one Of most pervading, monstrous, and
damnablc series of briberies and frauds will
be disclosed that ever startled the public.
The suspicious If the past, big and black as
they have been, are likely to be resolved into
verlties OF even more astounding proportions,
and Of yet darker and more repulsive charac-
teristics.
at is said that ex Governor Bashford is fn.-
plcated in Mr. Kilbourn's testimony
latter is reported to have sworn that he paid
to Gov. Bashford $4,000 in railroad bonds,
and since that time that he has cashed
$4,000 OF those bonds. THIS is the story
current in the lobbies and about town gene
rally.
u this prove true, which we sincerely trust.
will not be the case, it will 20 great way tc.
shake out of us, all confidence IN human ma,
ture, since We have had not only tue soler, -
assurance OF Gov. Bashford 10 The cnntr, -,
hut the positive, downri.ht. unqualified d..
nal. OF Mr.. kilbonrn, himself, over HI our,
signature, written fot the express pu cn,se
publication.
here arc various stories, in re,.rd IN
other points brought out By the ,.omm;,,e,
These tend to Snow that with a few h. n,,,
bic excepti"ns-doubly honor ahle in con,r.s,
with the pervading corrup,ie IN and in =, nre ..
sence Of >uch tcmptatlon- The while Ic .,sl,-
tnre OF 1896 were bought ND. body. soul ard
breeches. We prop"ee to rive the tac,s a.
they appear, without te' ar or favor. We Shall
e h'd to lay aside all part;zan feeling in
this respect; to SHE i'd no guilty man out of
personal friendship and to misr epres. mt no
INT, ri, ont Of p'lit' cal or personal hostility
The people wish to know the facts and 50
lar as We can AID ia. bringing them OUT that
wish shall be e ratified"
Had not the investigation of the corrup.
tonsat our extra Session been smothered by
the Railroad Corruptionists here, witnesses
would have testified to black catalogue of
rascalities, by which our Land Grants were
purchased last spring. Let the people re-
member this