The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-04-01

". B, MITCHELL. EDITOR.
Thursday, April l, 1869.
THE NORMAL. school,. SITE.
In tho Times Of last week are two ar.
ticles relating to tho Normal School
site. The one editorial-sharp and
spicy as tho Times editorials always
arc, sharp as the end Of cotton bale
and spicy as a last years Almanac, in
which the editor Of this paper is inoon-
tiucntly used up aud forever e1tin-
guished-the other, a communication
evidently written by tho gentleman &C.
cupying the position Of "resident men,
ber'' and also to all inteuts AID purpo-
ses that of Attorney for Mr.. Cram.
1t is we'll known that Mr.. Mitchell,
the Editor of THE JOURNAL is absent
and has been for moro than two weeks,
and therefore cannot write any Of the
articles that may appear. The writer
Of this, as we'll as the editorial of last
week upon the same subject, is now
and has ever been opposed to the
Stea1ns House site, has never found
fault with tho judgment Of Mr.. An
drews in favoring the Cram property,
and has only condemned aud criticized
the gentleman's course, when it became
outrageously wilful, ana was evidently
guided by a stubborn determination to
accomplish his schemes, without regard
to the means used. In the communi-
cation it is alleged that Gen. A. early
in March abandoned all hopes Of Sc
curing his tavorite location, aud in
compromising spirit joined with Messrs.
Barnes and Gorton in an effort to Sc
cure the Seminary site, that he attend
ed the session Of the Normal Board at
Winona and urged his associates to per-
manently locate tho building "there-
on, and that the Board gave Mr..
Hooper five days more in which to
make a conveyance of the Stearns prop
erty and in his default therein thirty
days were allowed to procure title to
the Seminary site. That failing on mo-
ton of DR.. McMasters the Cram site
vas to be taken"
If Gen. A. had abandoned his pro-
ject in regard to the Cram site, was
honest in his endeavors to secure the
Seminary Block why require the title
to be perfected within thirty days. He
knew that one month was not time
enough in which to correspond with
Mr.. Brott in New Orleans, with Mr..
Brott's Assignee in bankruptcy, also in
New Orleans, and so fully lay the mat
ter before the latter as to receive the
wished for REIMBURSEMENT. He also
should know that more than thirty days
are necessary in which to complete the
legal steps incident to vacating the
street and the Park Block. Had this
been attempted it could not have been
done, and eventually the Cram site
would be chosen. This scheme wa.
detected by his associates on tho Pru
Dental Committee, aud they immedi
ately took measures to thwart it. Blu
it is further detailed that
son reaching St. Cloud he found hi
colleagues ON the Prudential Committee hat
shifted their position. They went to worl
to assist Mr.. Hooper to make q conveyanc,
OF the Stearns property (these gentleme,
reside and own property in the neighbor
hood Of the Stearns House.) and decline t,
assist getting title to the Seminary site.
We are authorized by Messrs. Barnes
and Gorton to say that the statement
hat they chad shifted their position
Is false in every particular. They cas-
lily detected the thin attempt of tn
PRESIDENT member" to secure his favor
lite situation for the School and adopted
the only method to prevent such re
suit. 1t is stated that Messrs. Gorto1
and Barnes reside aud own propert.
near the Stearns House. Mr.. Barne
resides four blocks from the Seminar,
and two from the Stearns House. MI
Gorton's residence is FIVE blocks from
the Stearns and but one from the Sem
mary building, while the most of hi
property in town would be much NOR,
benefited BY the selection Of the Gran
than by the location upon either of tn
other sites.
Both of these gentlemen were stron,
supporters Of the Seminary property
worked tor that place, and readily me
Gen. A. in his proposition to select it
They only abandoned the project whc1
satisfied of his bad faith and duplicity
The communication concludes:
The following are some OF the defects o
Mr.. Hooper's title:
1. 1t does not clearly appear that b
conveys an acre and his deed convey
larger boundaries than have ever been con
veyedto him.
2. A mortgage on the Stearns Hous
and lot, unsatisfed to the amount of ST. so,
still remains in favor of c. T. Stearns.
3. A lien accrued on lot six by the judR
ment in favor Of r. Martin, July 1867
while said lot stood in Brott's name, {
similar incumbrsnce prevented Mr.. Gorto
from purchasing lot on which to build
milL)
4. Judgments against G. T. stearns ar
a lien on the same lot six, allowing that Ii
tic had ever passed to him.
S. The claim Of the Railroad Company
With such objections, (still existing) t.
the title, to say that Mr.. Hooper made
perfect conveyance Of the property to tn