St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-10-10

to be forfeited to the State, if ten miles IF
saul Road ,-between St. Paul and Saint
Anthony, we're not built this year.
While this regalvanixings process was
going through the Legislature, Mr.. Rice
exhibited . contract with one Barnes, 4
tgreat Engineer (said, to boy Of Pennsylya-
i MIA, who would inevitably Sbuildethe road
if he lad only the chance-he was repre-
:sented as al undoubted capitalist who
could arrange for all the money wan
ted" Sc, &C., all in the style Of Mr..
Riees old ''smultaneous" letter -. .,.s,-s-:
:Well-the Bill passed the new lease Of
life: vas given--apd people waited-to: see
the; cars put in taetion by the harnesses
and the kices!
They waited IL yain-ffor. Mr., Barnes
turned up bogu, and didn't come to time.
After while, however, Messrs. Drake,
Winters h Co., gentlemen from Ohio,
came along, They had money " They
had capital. They ''meant business"
MIR. Rice offered them fair They put up
the $4,000 forfeit with the Governor-
they brought two bran new iocomotive5
they brought here considerable quantity
ct iron aud more was known to be on the
way-part Of the track was l.id-the bell
was RING and the cars started-just =
little way! So. @.ss. s~+e
These Real Railroad Builders had now
g1t III about 100000 ''cash money! and
now was the time for tho Sham Railroad
Takers to come forward and do their part
What was that? They asked them to
''fork over" about $4,000 more "cash
money ~ the slight preliminary to their
icing alto,ced to spend any more Of their
money for the benefit Of St. Paul aud the
people IF Minnesota ''2'Ss.+
Forty two thousand dollars of black mail!
Forty two thousand dollars Of gift to
the gang who bribed Legislatures, rnd in.
tlicted Five Million Loans aid bad ourren-
cy on the people! .''
But the Real Railroad builders said no!
+ They said, eve are willing to put $42,
900, aud many times that sum, into Rail
roads, but not dollar into the pockets of
Fancy Railroad Men" 80 ss,.5"'..
So, the ONO Contractors hav, taken
back their property-stoppsd the Road
and Intend appealing to the ncxt Leqisla-
ture for redress, aud to be allowed to build
= Railroad without the interposition Of
lAea Of Strar! "..'''a'f ''.' r.
But soft! Said Men Of Straw are also
quite ready for the emergency! They tn
s"d % be IN that Legislaturc IN JuN
force themselves, aud so sway 1t. action.
| Look at it In the Democratic Con-
vention Mr.. Ned Rice managed to get him
self nominated for the Senate. In the
Uujon Convention his father in law, Mr..
Henry Acker, the faithful Cover Il e lett
representative Of last winter, managed to
secure y denomination. .0.....
While up looms that time hono.ed Rice
man and old land partner Of Henry NJ.
Rice-to wit: Mr. John r. Irvine-duly
nominated for the State Senate; while
George L. Otis, Mr.. Edmund Rice's own
right hand man, is named for the house !
Thus, out Of five representatives in the
next Legislature to which St. Paul is en-
titled, there is bold effort now being
made to secure At least four IN the inter
ests Of this old Railroad corporation-these
old Strdw Railroad Men, and continue
them still longer IS Stumbling blocks IN
the way of Real Railroad Men-at least
until the latter agree to purchase them ut
the cost of 81, 900 black mail; and how
much more the Lord only knows.
People Of st. Paul and Ran,sey
lountv! l have told you a faithful and
true story. y.,...
Another crisis of our Railroad Affairs is
upon us. =,
l now warn you-as l often truly did
befo.e-that if you cxpec, to see Railroads
built you must clean out entirely now and
forever, the old Straw Railroad Men head
ed by Edmund Rice, who are seeking at
this ensuing election to DO represented in
your next Legislature BY him-by his
father-in-law, Henry Ackcr-by his
brothers old partner, John r. Irvine
and By his own immediate and particular
chum. Mr.. Otis. - a.
This is all l have to say "a nod is as
good as = wink" to intelligent people.
: ~ D THOMAS Foster,
| = -. Eormer Ed;rnr Of uMinnesOt;sn !" ~