The sun., 1873-08-27
RING RULE ~ MTNNESOTt


The Fort Smelling Grab-rhe Dcmocra,,.
Organization Promoting the schem.s 80
Republican Ktugs-Nccd for Il eiorm.
Correspondence OF The sun.
ST. PAUL, Aug. Ex-senator Justin q
Morrill, Is quoted a. threatening IN air 81.
doings of the strict OF Columbia Ring In On.
gross. While his hand Is in he might also d.
mand an Investigation Of the Fort Sncllin,
fraud, which he, in company with Mr. p,yas
and Others. combatted 40 bravely when a Demo.
cratic Administration was at its back
II Mr.. Morrill, should succeed In prohinc mi,
Fort Smelling business he would anl that tai,
Ring like tho one In Washington, which ia an
strongly defended by MIR. Eldridpc of wi.con.
sim Is composed of both Democrats and Bo,
publicans. Franklin steele, VINO yiIres "A ,b.
foremost man in the reservation fraud. is il,
reality, the representative Of a Knot ~ most
greedy politicians. Steele, no doubt, got tbs
lions share OF the grab, but the others came in
for good slices. Senator Kamscy who engl.
neered the affair in Congress, and who was
visited by Delknap's military board a. soon a,
they came to st. Paul, ia "A man who always
looks out for his own interests. He Ia, however,
exceedingly adept Mt covering his trucks and
all known positively of his interest in the ulun-
der IL that IN istjS - Gle made him.of very ac-
tive and spent considerable money toward de-
feating Rtms'y's Zoe, Donnelly, wdp was runs
Another Republican in the Ring Is Gen John
4 Sanborn, a It Paul lawyer who has q claim
Office In Washington In partnership with uhe
King formerly of this state. Sanhurn was
Adiutant Gene raj Of Minnesota volunteers In
1861, and his first Ordcr was to change the dpsg.
nation Of a rendezvous 10 Fort smelling f. m Il.
Paul, the latter having been first named in the
Governors orders aud In those the national
authorities. SanbOrn has since the war acted
as Stecle's attorney, and has not laborod f0t
nothing. No less u Democrat than Edmund
Rice, Chairman last year Of the Democratic
State Committee, Is also Interested In ''. fesor-
walton job. When the fraud .wa' being oycr-
hauled in Buchanan's time Rice was actIye
In preventing newspapers from assaililg tho
/ nspiraturs.
Henry T. Wcles of Minneapolis il anotbn,
Democrat in the Ring. lie is very rich and he.
longs to the piOus order of state. .'u"n. fle l. A
prominent member OF the Episcupaiin Chntc6.
makes great prctensions to true guuduc-. and
his name II generally mentioned In connection
with the notorious sioux scrip frauds, hy which
hundreds of thousands Of acres OF ltnl were
stolen from the Government. forced ccrtincatns
being used for the most part of the ruhperics
I II ls commonly said that most of Welless money
has a scent of Sioux scrip, or an odor of stolen
pinewood, or something Of that sort about H.
! One uf the Republicans In the reserve Ringis
| Joseph A. Wheelock. Postmaster of St Paul and
editor of the PrcsS. This man has partne named
Driscol, who Is also Assistant Postmaster.
| Taken together, this pair have II wonderful puw-
er Of absorption. They have part In all The Cow
crnment surveying contracts. building opera
! years ago, when wheelock was Frank Steeles
/ barkeeper at Fort Smelling, they have become
| very well on. Their newspaper, tie Pres, has
! tried to defend the Fort Smelling swindle, and
Congressional committee might IND out Just
! how many acres Of the reservation were put
] down to them.
Still another Minneapolis Democrat who Il In
| the Ring Is Eugene Wilson, ex-Cpncte-smm.
! He IL "A great stump talker ABOUT the rights 4
/ the bleeding South and the danger of centraz-
/ ing power but has never been known To- refuse
. to Join in bleeding the national Treasury,
! and understands centralizing the How int his
| own pocket. when the Ramsey resolution WI.
! passing through Congress, opening the WAY fof
/ hickman TO complete fioyd's fraud. " lsnn aided
/ Ramsey effectively by getting Democ ats tokeop
/ their mouths shut. II a Congress committee
I should consider II within their province they
/ misht create good deal of interest amun. r'H-
| pie here by finding out whether Mr. wilson got
any If the land.
There are others, Democrats and Republicans,
! IN the Ring but the foiegoing examples vii
/ do To show that the Democratic party, a. run n
/ Minnesota, l. merely a dummy kcpt alive by the
Ring To- prevent "A really Serviccablc opposition.
/ The Ring controls nearly all the Repuhli'an pi-
/ pers and most Of those which profess 10 no
> Democratic The leading Democratic paner,
] grab, and insisted that senator RAMSEY had te-
turned MS back pay t. the Treasury, after II WIS
/ well known that RlmsC. had done nothing u
! the kind. The pretended democratic organ IN
! Mime polls, the Times. II owned by and run Ia
/ the interest of the Washnurn Ring, the N. T.
. Welle- before alluded To being one Of the pro-
/ prictors.
In fact, the managers Of the Democratic N.
ganizdtiun are nearly all wncd bY or IN partner
! snip with the Grant managers, and that is now
/ the pine land thieves, Indian scrip fOr-crs, aud
7 other public robbers are enabled To accomplish
T their rascalities without much fuss helm made
/ However, tue Democratic voters thruuEhuut tud
7 state are finding ont how they have been cheat
! ed. and Will not allow themselves e. hc made
/ passive instrument OF Nillliny much longer,