The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-10-29
A SAMPLE LEAF FROM MIR. GIL.
MANS RECORD. +
One Of the Reasons why He Resigned
the Registership.

MANS RECORD.
One Of the Reasons why He Resigned
the Registership.
FACTS FROM OFFICIAL REPORTS,
From the St. Paul Dispatch.
"a NAN TO BE DEFEATED"
The Ring candidate for the Legis-
lature in the St. Cloud (stearns
County, District is Charles A. Gil
man. Mr.. Gilman is certainly a
very presuming man to place himself
before the people as a candidate for
any Office. He presumes that the
public is endowed with a very short
memory, if he supposes his trans
gressions have been forgotten.
In 1871 the fraudulent pine land
entries became so enormous that the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs ap-
pointed a commission to visit Min
nesota and report the result. On
page "a Of their report, dated Sept. 4,
1871, we find, amid a mass of other
rascalities developed, the following,
which especially pertains to the St.
Cloud Land Office
Schedule F contains the names of par
ties who, according to the instruction Of
Hon. J. D. Knox, former Secretary Of the
Interior, made personal application to To-
cate their claims under the treaty of 1854
for Lake Superior scrip at the Land Office
in St. Cloud. Nearly all these persons
came into St. Cloud with one Of the Red
River trains-a long procession of carts that
comes annually laden with furs from the
Northwest and the British Possessions
These half-breeds, and others, camping on
the prairie near St. Cloud, were taken in
charge and brought in crowds to the Land
Office. They subscribed and swore to ap.
plications, were identified in due form, 10.
Gated their eighty acres and Immediately
conveyed it to their friends, who 80 kindly
informed them of the bounty of gener.
GUS government, and receiving in turn from
SIS to $40 each they went their way t.
their carts and to their homes in Canada
In these 116 successful applications, We fine
by the most diligent search, the name of only
one man who belonged to tho Chippe
was Of Lake Superior in 1854, Edward
Wells, and he had already received hi
scrip under this treaty.
Turning to schedule F. We find
the following certificate appended tc
the 11e fraudulent entries:
COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF c. A. GILMAN
REGISTER AT THE LAND OFFICE AT ST
CLOUD, IN REFERENCE TO THESE APPLI
CATIONS.
LAND OFFICE, ST.. CLOUD, MIMI, !
| August 10, 1871. !
| I hereby certify that all the application
for land under the treaty Of September 80
1854, with the Chippewas of LaPointe
|
returns made by this Office to the Genera
Land Office, and being numbered l to III
inclusive, were made before me as Register
> by the claimants, who were -.4ixed blood
of the Chippewa Nation, and that each o
said claimants was informed by me, or i,
my presence, just what conditions wer'
necessary to constitute him OK her lega
applicant for land under said treaty, ant
that each of said claimants were duly swor,
by me to the statements, to which they at
fixed their names and the statement O
each claimant was substantiated by tn
sworn testimony of two witnesses, VIII
were, IN most cases, known by me to be re
liable. And further, that the action of thi
Office in receiving such applications wa
considered by this Office to be entirely i,
, accordance with the rulings of the depart
ment proper in such cases.
G. A. GILMAN, Registe,
1t thus appears that Gilman, Will
a United States officer engaged in tn
fragrant fraud which is SO graphical,
described by the committee that W
, do not need to repeat it. The vieV
taken by the committee of his con
duct and the enormity of his ofenc
is embraced in the following conclu
ding paragraph of the report:
Sixth. As to what course should be pun
sued, if any, to secure the punishment G
parties to the frauds which your commits
sion has declared, we do not feel calle
to express an opinion, further than to sug
, gest that the interest of all true govern
ment, both of it's honor and justice in com
ing time, seem to require that such fagran
wrongs as perjury and subornation o
perjury, and forgery and embezzlemen
should not be permitted to escape the mari
of condemnation and punishment, and ea
pecially do We hold it important that a,
!, officer of the government made guardian
of the nations wards, should not be pei
mitted to enjoy with impunity the fruit
gained by such crimes, at the expense Q
these wards.
Mr.. Gilman was allowed to escap
| punishment by resigning, and insteat
? Of being satisfied with that he actu
, ally asks the people to elect him t.
the LEGISLATURE.
, Mr.. Gilman's opponent, Hon. N. F
>. Barnes, is both able and honest. H
. proved faithful and efficient mem
Der Of the House last winter, and it i
not even probable til At he will not b.
) again returned in preference to tn
> pine land grabber Gilman.
i ~ Vote for "Honest Joh1
Owen" for Commissioner.
THEIR OLD STORIES.
, Meaere Gilman C1orLo MoC1,,,o 1