Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-01-22

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We don't care mnch, ordinarily, to NEEDLE
with the quarrels of our Democratic contem-
poraries, neither of those who are open and
in their advocacy of the pro-
slavery cause, nor Of those who act as Sow
boys" and sneakingly sustain the same cause
by hanging around the Republican army, pre-
tending to be of it but slyly plundering its
baggage-wagons or shooting in the dark its
sentinels. The Times and the Pioneer, after
billing and cooling at great rate for while
back, have at last had ''tiff," and are reali-
zing to the public the truth of the old adage,
that "when rogues fall out, honest men will
come to their own" The first positive out
break Of the quarrel occurred in the Pioneer
of Saturday, the 18th, which thus gave the
Times 'salting- down.:
An EXTREMELY NATURAL SUGGESTION.
Times the other day, charged with a remarkable
degree of boldness that the reason of our opposi-
ton to the precious scheme Of the St. Paul Bank
ers the City Council and the Board of Supervisors,
owing to the fact that the Pioneer and Democrat is
not in the enjoyment of either city or county pa
tronage,
This is very natural suggestion for the Times
to make, as it is pretty well understood that ats
advocacy of political and financial measures, is de-
termined sosth mathematical precision By the exact
amount of "light'' that 1t receives from Railroad
companies political opponents and political friends
but our courteous neighbor, fixes entirely too bosC
a price on our services, (but sts oaon standard
\ vl~xs hot co.
tract to perform small amount of county print
ing, we could be induced to advocate a scheme OF
undoubted lawlessness.
Out of mere sympathy for our neighbors, we
would like to see county scrip brought up to par,
especially in view of the fact that it IS now doing
the county printing at about fifty per cent below
its actual cost if the Board of Supervisors and Mr.
Newson live up to contract, which was so honor
ably obtained, and SO legally awarded.
The Times is SO correctly and happily hit
off in regard to its mathematical principles
that the public have universally recognized
the picture drawn to be an exact and striking
likeness! But the Pioneer was not to have
it all in its own way. The Times, In return,
made its Sunday paper, Of the 10th, the pious
vehicle Of the following bold and free crayon
sketch of the pure features of the Pioneer
"L1GHr" ON DARK SUBJEcrs.-The Pioneer is
satisfied unless it gather into its greedy
NAV all the patronage not only of its own party,
but unless it can secure evesy contract for print
it fail, then we hear howl more dismal than the
spirits damned. -..
Witness its advocacy last winter of placing the
State scrip at par while it was enjoying the posi-
ton of Territorial Printer.
Witness on the other hand its denunciation Of
the citv and ccrip and ITO ahy1ca of those
who favored the project of placing this scrip al
par, simply because its friends were disguised
with its hoggishness and would not throw it any
more bread and butter, to keep it alive.
Because the Times reminds the great, fat, over
grown Pioneer of this fact, and because we have
shown that its opposition to the city and county
scrip grew out OF its hoggishness it takes occasion
to ampnte to us nercena'y mOtices in our advocacy
of the Railroad interests.
The Pioneer is the very last journal in this State
to taunt US with any such motives, when it know.
better, for if any editor has receiUed "lighf' o'
political or other services, THE EDITOR OF THE
PIONEER.
From the time that journal sold David Olmstead
and his friends; from the time it cast German ant
Van Etten overheard who contributed to its sup
port; from the time it bought up members of the
late Legislature. to the time of the awarding of the
State Printing contract, it has had "light enough
to guide it through many dark valleys and fill it:
Golfers with Government gold.
eight" on these and other dark subjects, particu
larly touching the hows and the wherefores of tha
two years lease on the Auditor for the State Print
ing Our lamp is in order, and if necessary We
can apply the match.
Thus far, the two organs are about even.-
The Pioneer shows that cit is pretty aoell I'M
derstood" that the advocacy by the Times O.
"political and financial measures" is deter
mined by the amount of the figures, the dol
lars and cents, that it receives from Railroad
Companies, political opponents and politica
friendsH The Pioneer seems to "speak a.
one having knowledge" and we should b.
much obliged if it would only ventilate thu
terms Of the last purchase of the Times by
political opponents" How much did its edi
tors "receive?" Did they go cheap or dear
But, on the other hand, the Times comes w
to its work manfully. The greed of the Pho
merits "hoggishness Its advocacy o
"scrip" at one time and its denunciations o
that species of currency at another, are ad
mirably hit of-and that picture about I" tn,
great, fat, overgrown Pioneer" is decidedly
happy, especially if people only contrast i
with the little, lean, and dying-out Times
Then, how vigorously, not to say venomously
the assertion is made, that if any editor ha.
received light for political or other services
Is IS the editor Of the Pioneer!'' The variou.
illustrative facts that follow in support of Thu
position. are all exactly to the point We con
graduate the public on being so much illumin
ated as to the light" which has been reflect
ed from time to time upon two of their faithf,
and honest guardians of the press
The Pioneer Of yesterday, however, ais,
comes up to its work in another vigorou.
round, closing with staggerer":
49, The SCRIP SwINDLE AND THE TIxRs.-If thu
to the charges freely banded through the city Iy 1T
political friends it must learn in the discussion O
political questions, to manifest decent respect fo
the proprieties of the profession This it did not
city and county scrip scheme, with being solel,
moved thereto by the fact that we do not enioyy
either city or county patronage.
Even If the charge was true-and of conrse it i.
MOTT would not affect in the least the argument.
we have advanced in opposition to the measure
ers and their dupes in the city and county govern
ment and elsewhere.
If the Times editor will mind his own business
and cease to impute improper motives to Others as
the basis OF their action, its editor may dispose Of
himself and has press t0enty times a soeeE to a,
many different parties, without our reminding him
ofthe transactions.
The expression by the Pioneer" Even il
the charge was true-and of course it is not
must charm every one by its naivette and
inconsequence The allegation, that the
mathematical principles " of the Times, are
" freely banded through the city," sustains
what we said the other day, to the same eff.
feet; and, in return, we commend the Pioneer
for its liberality in consenting to allow JOHN
T. OWENS ito dispose of himself and his press
twenty times a-Week to as MANY d;Haront