The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-11-13
WHAT ELECTED BENEDICT, AND
~ DEFEATED RUSSELL,


as DEFEATED RUSSELL.
!. In this weeks issue of the Sank
Rapids Sentinel, &. W, Benedict, a
piece of Sank Rapids humanity held
in foe simple by the St. Cloud Pine
Land Ring, makes the statement that
the editor Of this paper "tried his ut:
most to defeat NJ. @. RUSSELL" candi.
date for the House 10 the Thirtieth
District. This is a willful aud con.
temptiole talsshoud, as Mr.. Benedict
knew it to DO when be wrote it. The
editor Of this paper did what he could
to aid Mr.. Russell, and would have
done more gladly had it been in his
power.
II Mr.. Russell is defeated, and BY
the returns given in tho Sentinel he
appears to be by maturity Of six, it
will not be necessary to 60 far for tho
reasons, which will explain equally -
we'll his slim msjority-should it up.
pear BY the Official count that he has
been elected-as compared with that of
Benedict. These reasons are
/. That Benedict sold him when
ever 1t was possible, giving votes for
LaFond for votes for Benedict.
9. Mr. Russell was not the creature
of Pine Land Ring, and so had no
organization Of that kidd to work night
aud day to secure his election. Mr..
Benedict was better taken care of.
5. Mr.. Russell announced at the out
set that he should spend no money to
seizure his election. MI. Benedict,
whose threatened disclosures of the
s~iudliug operations of this Ring had
been silenced by the nomination for
Senator, was able to command thous-
ands OF dollars from the men who had
closed his lips to use in his canvassing
and trading operations, to be repaid BY
future services to the Ring with which
he has identified himself.
4. Mr.. Russell neglected to pledge
himself to run q railroad to the door of
every man in every town in every ooun.
ty in his District. Mr.. Benedict Wa
more generous. Mr.. Russell will need to
take lessons Of G. A. Gilman before he
runs another political race.
5. Mr.. Russell did not pretend to be.
long to both political parties. here
Mr.. Benedict had greatly the advan.
tage of him. With Republicans
Benedict claimed to be Republican,
and if his right to the claim were dis.
puted no pointed triumphautly to his
nomination for Senator. With Demo.
Gratis he was Democrat, and in proof
produced copies CT bis paper in which
be had, three years ago, opposed Gen.
Averill for Congress-, and in which he
had, only this summer, bolted the NOM
instiou Of Hon. G. K. Davis and urged
the forming of coalition to elect E.
NJ. Wilson, Democrat, Governor of
Minnesota. Here, he claimed, was in.
dubitable evidence not only that he was
a Democrat three years ago, but that he
was a Democrat still.
In short, Mr.. Russell made an hon.
orable canvass, neither buying, selling
nor trading. He was unfortunate in
his colleague, and that was what defeated
him. But We hope the official count
will yet show that he Is not Defeated
he would make valuable Representa-.
tive. He has too much independence
and self respect to be the creature Of
any corrupt combination, aod too much
manhood to eat one day the words he
uttered the day before. His election
would 60 far toward redeeniug the
Thirtie.h District from the reproach o.
sending to the Senate that superservice'
able piece Of Pine Land Ring property
Ia W. Ranodict.
| ACCORDING to the best Information
to be obtained by the Minneapolis
Times, the numbering business in Min
nesota during the coming winter viii
not be more than half what it wal
during the winter of 1928. While
last year about 1000 men were en-
ployed in cutting some 200,000,00(
feet of logs, the Times is able to learr
Of but 913 men to bs sent into thu
woods this winter, who are expected
to cut 100 100000 feet of logs. Some
firms will not operate At all this year
Wages last season averaged $50 pei
month !; this season they will average
SIG. The Tribune Of yesterday say
they will average not more than SIG
to $18 per month.
|
! SINCE November 1st the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne and Pennsylvania Rail.
road has been running the celebrated
Pullman Palace cars from Chicago te
Baltimore aud Washington City withou,
change, leaving Chicago daily at 5:1t
p M. This line continues to be the
favorite route for travellers to any o.