The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-03-17
II NOTIFY NJ, NEWSON.

This individual, who for number of |
cars has Teen totally ignored by the
'ublio, except 50 far As ho has been
bile to occasionally secure the publioa.
ion Of personal notices written by him
'slf, was thrown into such frenzy Of de-
light by the prominence given him in a
published in The JOURNAL
ot = week Or two since, exposing his
corrupt attempts to obtain granite COR
tract, that he spread himsclf over four
columns Of tho St. Paul Dispatch, in
"Ons weak, w.sby, everlasting food"
to prove that he is the 1T. NJ: n"
then referred to. His labor was quite
unnecessary there never was any doubt
on the subject ; no one else could fill
the bill.
l. He opens by stating that he had
written = letter to Mr.. Barnes previous
to the one We copied from, asking to
bid. Mr.. B. says no such letter was
ever received, and it is much more than
probable that it never was written.
2. lie pretsnds to say that when he
wrote to Mr.. Barnes
"1f you will interest yourself, We will
give you i've cents on every foot Of granite
dressed for said house,
he only meant that he would give that
price to have the privilege Of bid
ding" This is a shallow dodge. Il
his words mean anything, they mean ,
direct bride, rendered IN consideration
of the contract being secured him. II
he merely wanted to bid and could oh
tain no answers to his letters, it wouli
have cost him much less than "iv,
cents FOOT to have come to st. Clout
and pressed his claims in person.
8. He charges that the "Granit
Ring did not want 4 granite building
If it had already obtsiaed or could Oh
tain, the contract for the granite, VII,
not want the whole building construct
ed Of that material7
| 4. No contract has been let for dres,
cd granite or for dressing granite.
s. 1t is true, as stated BY Timoth
that the "granate for the trimmings q
the Union sohoolhouse came from San
Rapids''-ths window sills, caps, etc
making in all about 4 dray load. b.
it is not true that tho granite for Il
foundation (beiog tho only puroha'
spoken Of Or worth meu.ioniog) can
from there. It was taken out Of Il
; same quarry as the erauite for tbs fou'
dation of the Normal school. As sta
ed above, no dressed granite OF triz
mings have been contracted for.
6. In detailing conversation vi
Senator Wait, he neglects to state thu
n in his anxiety to obtain this eontra'
. he had offered that gentleman an int
/. est in his "dressiug machine" but IA
u ed in his purpose.
i These ara the only points-if tn
may be dignidsd to that extert-iu !
- four full columns. This whole mat,
y may DO summed up in . very Il
= words: St. Cloud was to have q n
L. Normal School building in which m.
. or less granite would be used Timot
Il Il. Newsou was the owner. Of so1
70 sort Of machine for dressing gran
j" "a machine which experience
- proved to be very much like Timot
= himself, an unmitlgated humbug; Ii
othy offers tho Chairman Of tho p
dental Committee a share in
~ profits Of the job if he will inter
70 himself in obtaining for Timothy a q
tract; his letter is unanswered ; whe
, upon Timothy, failing to find others
corrupt as himself, rushes into the L
patch and shouts "eorruption p &c
ruption" = euphonious variation
a. the somewhat worn cry Of "stop THE
10 We are fully aware that in maxi
~ this reply Ne are firing shot At exec
-, ingly small game, and should not h
:. been led into it except that whore T
- othy is not 50 we'll known ~ he
!. here, his statements might be consid
Il ed as in some degree worthy Of ,
-, dence.
n. And now one brief word by Wy
t. farewell. Timothy says:
II desire to thus publicly announce ,
- the said 4. n. NJ belongs to no LEST
I'd persouags than-T. NJ. NRwsox-a II
a honest name, somewhat known in I
~ State, and Of which the owner has no ca
u to be ashamed"
il. This "good honest name" bslonl
IT, to certain Commissary Of Subsiste
OF who, during the time Of hu oountl
great struggle, bravely embraced the d
gers Of that periloqs department Of
nj service, and faced the rebellious b
90 ct Fort Suelli"g, eight miles from
d. d: Paul. If the "owner," forgetting
the moment the ~ ... -
Dangers hs bad passed" BE-.
:. Aill FIX his mind upon an early day
., November, 1865, when he vas relic,
- At Fort Smelling, he may rsmem
u certain circumstances connected Wit
- sack (160 pounds) Of choice COVE
=. meut coffee and various other artie
n Of groceries generally esteemed ~ pl<
~ ant to have in the family. Perh
this "good honest name" may. rem,
Der how many persons were permit
I'd to "bid" on those little sundries. NJ 81