The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-03-27
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE.

That the Report of the Board of Directors of the
Milwaukee La Cross Railroad as published in the New
York Tribune of the 18th of February contains the
following paragraph:
The Board have taken steps to recover the million
Of bonds issued to the St. Croix and Lake Superior
Company and also tsoo hundyed ttousand doiiars of
boRds {Oaned to the Htnnesott and Pdcifc Rdufodd
C,mpanH, WHICH NEVER REAcHEDTHE TREASURY OF THAT
COMPANY"
Keep it Before the People!
That distinguished citizen of Milwaukee, under date
of February 18th writes follows
Il am informed, from what conceive be credible
sources, :at when the New Board came into
of the books and effects of the Road that they found
one JACKSON HADLEY charged with between $4oo,
coo and $4,000 Bonds, which he refused to account
for any further, Man that they deea used at Wash
iagton and ST. PAULto purposes ~ich, II he acere
IL disclose, tc0uid c"imindte hinseT
"Ibout $500 0Oo lam infornitd by one Of the near
Directors is tie cidtRed 10 haze been used Tor
corrufttmg purposes IN Minnesota last summer or
spring."
Keep t Before the People!
That the Daily Times newspaper the organ of the adj
vocaes the So 900 900 Loan has made the following
admission that $40 900 vas expended by Railroad
in hands of person in bfiJing the members of
the Extra Session of the Minnesota Legislature last
spring, bestow portion of the Land Grants upon it.
The Times charges that
One witness, sat the same time had in has pocket
GfcateS Of stock to tie amount ot*4oooo OF certain
Eaitroad, giren linn for his influence and that Of his
Hiends, an gehingU tW MrOugh the extra session OF
tie Legisiature!!
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That the Railroad advocates sMOTIERED the IN
vESTIGATION into these and o'her fraudulent transac
TONS and refused to examine witnesses in attendance
the Investigating Committee because of the false
pretext that certain other witness would not attend
testify Mr.. Senator NORTON the Railroad leader the
Committee, assigning a for examining the
witnesses then present that they wng Witnesses
there detrdy their friends. To betray what?
His remarks admit his knowledge of the fact that there
"frends to beray" and that fidu7s and c0rrur-
ton were to be the subjects of betrayal.
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That the men into whose hands be placed the
Bonds of the State of $1,000 ,000,for the
payment of which, principal and interest, the Ieopte OF
Minnesota bound be taxed,are the allies of the
Wisconsin rogues known ir that State the "forty
thieves :" and themselves, a majority of them,
Zone company exceped) the who bjTbed your
leg, ators who viii, not be backward in swndlng
you out this s5Oo0ooo, if You give them this chance
Keep il Before the People:
| That by the Loan of s5oooooo in dishonest hands ,
you place the State at the of desperate and SOUL
less onopoes, who will in future Cypress and grind the
people they threaten to crs every honest cti-
zen who opposes the consumaton Of their plunderng
|
CnApLEsN n. MAcEuBIS of the firm Of Mackubn E ger
ton eminent bankers of ST. Paul, will abundantly
shadow:
nave only to say that Mr.. EDMUND RICE president
of tne Minnesota & Pacific Railroad Company, the
to which loaned the $500, 900 bribery bombs of he
| NJ 4 La Crosse Company in a conversation with me
about the Railroad bill, which had in it nothing cont
al which forbid to repeat it, asuredy
did hat the S5,000000 bill was bound pass. and
tina. al who opposed il were bound 10 be CRUSHED"
or lords to that effect. When Mr.. RICE made the
threat about ''crushng replied that dffdid
o. hclg CRUSHED, whereupop he made certain quail
fcations the force OF which did not comprehend"
Keep it Before the People!
That in further pursuance Of the CRUSHING game.
the Vinona delegation in the Legislature on the 9th G.
! February, signed the following:
Eve, the unders gned members of tie Winona dele
CATION, desire erased froa the subscription
| list of the Minnesotidn and our papers stopped.
ST A. b. BALCOMBE,
NJ GROVER.
:. r. JOHNSON,
ED u. BkARCf,
SAM s BEMAN,
: NORTON"
So that the people will perceive thai ther Tree presses
are also "a h.. CRUSHED for giving them the alarm
IN . ,,roirct of the Transit, well "a Of the other
RAILROAD Companics to swinde them. The Winon
dl,,tic, h. their ,roscriptve course, have struck oe
s,tvrour papers from weekly list Of subscribers
which we confidently expect the PEOPLE will in due time
make upt u.s.
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