The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-12-25
TAE sAUK RAPIDS TAIL To THE
ST. CLOUD KITE.

The owners Of the St. cloud Press,
feeling uncertain from week t, week w.
t" lust how long their oo.npcs'tors will
continue to work without being paid,
aud not Enowiog one week whether
they will be able to get out paper th
next have considered it advisable to
rely moro largely on their Sank Rapids
orgau-the Sentinel, which is entirely
controlled, if not in most part owned,
by the Press meu-for circulating such
false statements as they believe will
work the greatest injury to St. Cloud and
most eaeotually retard its growth.
Much of the valuable space Of the
Sentinel is devoted this week to the
abuse of this city aud the editor Of
The JOURNAL. First, . correspond.
eut who signs himself "Tax Payer"
(probably because of the Insignificant
amount Of taxes he pays) attempts to
discuss the bond question, and makes
a. sorry failure as did the Press last
week and two weeks before. 1t will
be time enough to again 20 over oil the
points involved in the bond bonus
when the Press or the Sentinel ex-
plains Why Mr.. q. 9. Wait went to
St. Paul one week aud lobbied for .
100000 bonus, and the next week
denounced IN $4,000 bonus as Fan
unjust, unnecessary and uubearable
burden" When either or both these
organs succeed 10 satisfying the PEG
pie that Mr.. Wait acted throug h tut
for tho interests of St. Cloud, then We
will give them some other ugly spots
| in their Rings record to clear up.
After having carried to the utmost
limit the Press policy of declaring St.
Cloud to be ruined 10 its CONNER oial,
manufacturing and mechanical inter.
erts, and crowded into his letter all the
talsehoods he could possibly invent
that might in any way prove injurious
to this city, this correspondent comes
to the real grievsnce-a pitiable whine
over the fact that one year ago The
JOURNAL was successful IN its efforts
to defeat Mr.. G. A. GilGan for the
Senate. In doing this, THE JOURNAL
was laborine for the best interests OF
st. Cloud ADD of Stearns county, and
for the best interests Of the Republican
party. The substantial benefits reaped
by this city and county from the sue
cessful efforts of this paper 10 that d.
rection abundansly sustain the wisdom
Of the course then adopted.
There is an editorial, based on the
communication, which is positively toe
weak and wishy.washy to merit any re-
ply whatever.
These continued attacks by the Sen
'inel on St. Cloud come with ill grace
from . paper whose editor soours ou1
streets every few days for such crumbs
Of patronage % bis pertinaoity may
bore out Of St. Cloud merchants.
ONE week after the unexpected re-
turn of Mrs. D. L. aow, J. Il. Butter
field quite as unexpectedly made bis
appearance in St. Paul. The diferen
reporters interviewed him in succession
and the "erring brother" confessed tt
all most penitently that be had beer
guilty of great wrong and that hi!
only purpose ID returning was to make
all the reparatiou that lay in his power.
He said he had determined, when he
left the United States, never again tt
set his foot on American soil, but tina,
his conscience gave him no rest, and
he relinquished a lucrative position
abroad to come back and face his cred.
itors. He declined to say just where
he had been, or to talk about the $50.
cial wrong" he had done.