The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-11-20
Benedict's Treachery.
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A Scathing Article from
the Pen Of Mr.. Russell.
HOW HE WAS BETRAYED By GEMS.
sARIEs OF TIN ST. CLOUD LAND
~ OFFICE RING" 49,:
A reconnaissance CESS PoOL OF
MORAL. AND POLITICAL
=. &. . ROTTENNEss."

COUNTIES seem to develop a majority
for Lafond over Russell Of six votes.
Il is probable that were we able to ex.
pend the time aud money necessary,
enough frauds could be ferreted out to
yet give us small portion of the four:
hundred majority that is justly and
houorably ours in the District to-day.
When we say "enough Frauds we.
mean enough, outside the barefaced
and outrageous treachery practiced by
those who were supposed, and ought
to have proved, to have been friends,
supporters, and defenders of the Re.
publican ticket, in Morrison aud other
counties below here. Our majority in
the District, we repeat; should right
fully have been 400; but while the
straightforward citizens of Crow Wing
county were using every effort to give
Mr.. Benedict a handsome majority
(and the gift Of votes they gave him
was a prinoely one), the emissaries Of
the st. Cloud Land Office Ring
friends Of Mr.. Benedict, but enemies
TO- Crow Wing county and its candidate,
despite their loud-mouthed professions
Of frlendship-were all ever the "weak
parts'' Of the lower; country, Morrison
county in particular, trading Russell
off BY the hundreds, crushing out reg.
ular tickets, and stu&ng in "Benedict
and Lafond' tickets, thereby defeating
Russell by six votes in the whole Dis
trict of five counties. This is the man
ner in which we we're defeated-by
the basest outrage ever perpetrated
this side of a felon's crime, and if Mr..
Benedict was innocent of completely ijn
the whole deep.laid scheme Of: his
:friends1we must say it was the strang.
est case of innocence to be found on
any record, political, civil or criminal.
We cannot, even inrthe face Of all the
circumstantial evidence to the contrary,
believe that "Ben." was:a party to this
villsnous plot agalost us and the good
people Of Grow Wing county, or was
even oognizant Of the damnable scheme
against us-he could not be, if he pos
sesseda spark Of manhood, especially
in the very face of all we and our
friends did for him. The "election is
not over Jet, however, and We have
three hundred friends in Grow Wing
county who will delight to see, justice
done in this matter, though the heav-
enc tall and split wide open, besides
and We shall also delight to stand in
any breach, in defense Of their rights
- against the, villanies, treason or en-
cro.ohments Of any Ring, Monopoly or
other d.mn.ble wart Of corruption, by
which the country is: now cursed to
black prostrat,on, :, The St. Cloud
Ring, o. .ny. other concentrating cess
pool Of moral and political, rottenness
may come to the borders Of Crow Wing;
but they must not tasten on to our
skirts with their poisonous +fangs else
they will soon find that but one.twenti.
eth Of our population ere in sympathy
with them. They rightly Judged that
Russell was not the man to be made
their plant tool in the Legislature,
hence their dishonorable plot to defeat
him and elect men who they th;nk will
do their bidding. But we shall see
what We and our friends can do about
this latest outrage Of a dirty Ring
against the people. Grow Wing PEG.
pie SO far, are "free and Independent"
and propose to remain 50. ' i
:" When the voter; = Of th,e, Thirtieth
Legislative District defeated Russell,
through the advice and influence Of a
rotten Ring, they did, a derry bad
Thing tor their o,or interests! a., <,>:
a. = ..-- -, - !. 1919. -..-.:4 - "
|Its'-Ffesh proceedings have been COM
menced in New York to throw Jay
Cooks % Co. into bankruptcy, and an
injunetitn has been issued restraining
them. from dlsposing fj.auy Of their
assets. = oaH :t@<;4n@ ~~:f.'- ~
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The sellle< Of Cuban bonds has been
commenced in Philadelphia by an
agent. :. They are sold at: % cents on
the dollar, and as they bear I per cent:
;ntoroot manu- nrominent citizans nro