The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-04-25
II. l.. GDRDpN ON GOVERNOR

1t would he difficult to imagine any.
thing morc amusing than the gushing
'ntorest which the Ring propr,otors of
the Organ have Of late oyinced for
IGoverror Austin. They charge The
JOURNAL with having been unkind and
unamiable toward the Governor in
t,imes past, and with having said
! naughty things concerning him. II.
l.. Gordon devoted considerable pots,
ticn Of an articls in recent issue of
sho Land Office sheet-to this subject;
aud in aysabssqpeat number, he ,.g1Qte-
himself letter from ST. Jo;, iur whiahs
ho referred sadly and abntsily to this
papers unparalleled dl e,urtesies to.
ward Goyeraor Aust;n."'
So far As, The JOURNAL and Gov
esnor Austin are concerqed,s We have no
desire to take back Q single word We
have written. Our course vas dictat-
ed BY what We felt to be for the best ill.,
tercsts of St. CLOUD and Northern Min
nesota. We, teIieyed the Governor to
have acted unjpstly toward this part Of
the State, and We said SO, aud said it
plaiply. g.. During the same time, Mcss.s.
Wait, Gilman, Gordon. Clarke and Nc
Clure denounced him in the most un~
spariog terms, charging dishonesty as
we'll as injustice. In this assertion, We
will be borno ont b. almost any citizen
Of this place; for their abuse was pub
lie.
I But VIC would now refer moro par
ticu!ariy - II. L. Gordon, Register Of
the U. s. Land Office. Does he re-
member two-cvlumn communication
he forwarded to the St. Anthony DEM
ocrat Cater i. had been refused by both
the papers 10 this city), and which Was
! published in the Democrat Of April ID,
1871 ? Has Mr.. Goldon's newborn
affection diumed his recollection of
this by-gcne estimate of the Governors
moral and other qualities? As this
would seem. to DO the case, We will
make few misunderstanding fer the TO-
formation of the general reader that the
action Of Governor Austin in conneo-
ton with Selah Chamberlain's bond bill
was the matter under review by Mr..
Gordon. We quote, italics and all ~
This bond bill provides tor the appoint
ment by the Governor alone Of three com
| Rissioners to constitute Court to try the
legality of the Minnesota state Railroad
| Bonds.
1t has leaked out that Gov. Austin hada |
! hand in drafting it He is en- origiu4l
| party to the proposed swjnd'e. |
Austm appoints the commissioners, and |
is thus able 10 decide in advance whether
| Chamberlain shall nave cent, and how |
| much, if "nythin1, ho shall have. Poor
| SHlah don't know who they will be any
lio' y IMAM IhO u1tA III tuS NAOUD no
.Vte who are to ratify the bin before they
"'s 'lpp nl'aD have got q great advantage
We: C@amberliin. riley know Governor
-'";'m! Thy can trust him! They know
nc Is A'"tst, ('or he says &c. and they eau
hands al,ne. And why shouldn't they have
know lie "leues the denr people," Di'r.i !
| IA n foil tho h, b,k 1.
ve!o, would have stolen 100000 acres OF
their land, built $40 miles OF frontier rail-
road where there is nobody but "Inj ans''
to ride on 'em, misunderstanding in
jured the future prospects of the beautiful |
| titles of st.. Peter-and Cold Sprin es? |
This Cold Springs reference was fer the
| benefit of Mr.. Gordon's friend, Senator |
Wait, who owns historical ''railroad'' |
mill at that place.. Didn't he Oeto the St. |
| Cloud Normal School bill, and thus save !
| 92O, 0OO TO the State, an1-and-teach
Representative Moore, of St. Cloud. net to
''>lop over" and speak disrespecttully of the
sovereign Governor of the State Of Min
| ncsota?
Has he not shown the highest moral
cow4ge? Witness, how in his veto-mes-
| sage of the Gland Divide" he publicly
| threw down the gloue Of combat and dared
The ''grabbers' to meet him on the field Of
battle! Again witness his heroic refusal
| to nay for o barrel of fish, which, after he
| had eaten them, he discovered to be rotten
| Can the people doubt his ply s,cal courage
to heat Chamberlain out of the Capital if
he comes to demand his bonds? See how
he has taken the big bellied, double listed
| Ksllrcad monopolists Ivy the slack of their
breaches. and ''shake2 them over hell" till
they cried like babies
| might enumerate many more historical
facts, to prove that the confidence of tho
people in Gov. Austin is we'll founded.
might speak Of the Willius serenade, where
Austin swore he was an honest man, $50
help him BOD :"
might speak Of the brave manner in
which he resented the insult to his hat,
hen he was as yet but an humble teacher
of village school; but the people know
! Gov Austin. They can trust all their
millions of interest in his hands, for they
| know lie is honest and q "high moral hero"
| They know, too, that he is ''sharp.' They
| know how he is ''euchred" the unscrupulous
grocery firm of 3 & X ., and they have the
utmost confidence that he will take Selah
Chamberlains fright bower" with his
''seveu spot"
Ii Chamberlain had any money (be is
very poor now) or even his bonds back,
and Gov. AUSTIN was not q thoroughly in
corruptible man, he might make . fortune,
and Chant eriain, too, by going into part
nership-in Austin's Granite Falls lo,on-
site, &c. but Selah is cut Of money, and
Austin is honest $50 help him Goa!''
Just before concluding, Mr.. Gordon
pays his respects as follows to his friend,
MIR. Jos. +. Wheelock, editor Of the
St. Paul Press, with whom he is just
now DESTROYS to be on especially good
terms:
Think how Yoseph Of the st. Paul Press
would # el if he we're down en- Boston Com
mon with q whole bevy Of Ojibway squaws
on his hands to provide ter-out Of money
Out at the toes-out at the. elbows-for-
lorn -forsaken, and nobody to lend him q
ccut, or ask him to "walk into'' the Custom
House for shelter, or take ''nominap' in
terest in a Railroad Construction Company
at $50, 900 or less, and ul-avina EN-! NJ
wonder Yoseph can't stand the pressure!
Ync bllauce of the article is in the
sane manner aud STYLE, The gentle
u1a! y, claste, and polished style, the
"cou1sesy" OF Mr.. Gordon cannot but