The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-09-30
WILLIAM WINDOW, CANDIDATE FOR
CONGRESS-.

W1uuAnm VINUOMy OdNUlUdlE run
CONGRESS.
He IL Proved to be q Know Nothing.
and Something as Bad.
1t will be recoIlected that Mr.. WINDOW
received the votes of the Reputation dele
gates from Hennepin County, in the Re-
publican State Convention, upon the solemn
and public assurance of Mr.. Buck, WIN
DoMs representative, that he WINDOW
was in no manner connected with the Rail-
road interests of the State. 1t was upon
such assurances, that WINDOW was enabled
to beat NORTON. The Winona Democrat
has since fastened the lie upon both Buck
and WINDOW, by producing the articles of
agreement between WILLIAM WINDOW, and
the Transit Railroad Company, by which
the former agreed to serve the Company as
their Attorney, at the rate of $4,000 per
year-extra professional fees and all expenses
to be paid by the Company. 1t has since
been commended that WINDOW was merely
an attorney to negotiate for the right of
way. But the Democrat has disproved this,
by showing that it was Mr.. WINDOW who
negotiated, compromised or settled, on be.
half of the Railroad Company, the claim of
Mistress HALL, of Washington City, which
so shocked and Mortified our virtuons Hen
nepin county friends. Of course, no Re.
publican will contend that Mr.. WINDOW
was conducting right-ofway negotiation
with this eccentric fallen angel.
But we propose to submit Mr.. WINDOWS
reputation for veracity to more severe test
than this 1t will be recollected that a few
weeks since, we charged that he Joined
Know-Nothing lodge, and assumed the obi.
cations of member of that order, at Mount
Vernon, Knox county, Ohio, in 1854, and
that he was sent as delegate to the Grand
Council of the State of Ohio, in the same
year-thus showing that he not only joined,
but actively participated in the proceedings
of the dark lantern order. We produced
prooEirrefutable proof-to sustain our
statements. But Mr.. WINDOW, conscien-
tiOus and jealous church member as he
claims to be, has denounced on the stump,
the proofs as forgeries, and the statements
made in this journal, as falsehoods. In a
letter to the Times editor, Mr.. WINDOW
says:
DEAR SIR Il have just learned that the Flo
NEER has long article in relation to Know
NOthingism, in which, with great deal of par
AIDE, the editor charges me with being member
of the order.
l PRONOUNCE THE WHOLE CHARGE
AN UNMITIG ATED LIE!
understand Cavanaugh claims that he has
certain publications made by authority. If
this is true, he has discovered kind of Know
Nothingism never heard of.
Yours VIM. WINDOW,
Now, let us see who is the liar, Mr.. WIN
DOM or the PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT. The
following letter, received from prominent
gentleman in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, will aid US
materially, in determining this question:
Mt. VERNON, O., Sept 10Th, 1859.
To the Editors of the Pioneer and Democrat
We learn by the late files of the Pioneer and
Democrat, that William Window, formerly of
this city, now of Winona, in the State of Min
nesota, and candidate for Congress in that
district, denies of ever having belonged to the
Know Nothing Order, in this place. 1 send
you herewith the charter of the Know Nothing
Lodge. which formerly existed in this city, and
in which Mr.. WINDOWS name appear as Vice
President of the Lodge.
You are at liberty to publish the document,
and expose his position while here, to the peo-
pie of your State.
Respectfully. &C.,
Accompanying the above letter, was the
original Charter Of Knox Council, No $50,
attested by the " Seal of the Grand Council
ofthe State of Ohio" in which " our worthy
brother, WILLIAM WINDOW" was author
lied and empowered to assist in the forma-
ton of the Lodge, as its Vice President.
This Charter is as follows: