The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-10-04

the Minneapolis and St. Cloud pine rings.
| thank thee, Wheeloch, Ter that comol-
nation o. words. they viii tit a good
many eases. The pine lands OF this State
instead d being i blessing are the great
n cnr.e thai ever was known. There
i not one acre in one hundred got hon
estlv. Some 81 our raea that stand high
ii church and state are stepped II cor
ruption, owing to their greet II obtain
ing pine lands.
Iii would stop with them, and in the
cities where they live, It would not be 50
bad. but their pilnps carry 1t into every
howell where there Is vote. ana
even the women % not escape the cor
rCpt influence OF money got by robblag
the state Of is most valuable lands.
County auditors in these counties can
,aea0 five to eight hundred dollar 70 Gel
! elected. when the office will pay only
EIGHT hundred to one thousand dollars
! leoallv. and then live like nabobs when
1hey get The office. plenty q money
fast horses, $500 buggies, etc. Assess
ors and county commissioners too. seem
to flourish wonderfully. Bat II a mar
stands out araiust their interests he can
never be elected to any thing. | don't
believe YOU have any idea to what extent
this thina IS carried on. Your railroad
AID wheat rim s are nothing beside them.
Tor thsy only rob a man Of ms money
bat pine and Indian and scrip rings.
(theT are three links OF one cllaln,) roe
men and women both of their money,
their virtue and morals and their soul :
salvation: and, while like PilisburE a
! business man and neic hbor, for | nave
baen acquainted with him Tor eighteen
wears. know that he will do nothing t
, cross those rings.
They can afford to spend thousands Q
,la]lar, Il elect or defeat any one; The,
came very near controlling both oranch
= Of The Legislature last winter In
most influential men in both house
were either pine ring men or thel
.pilnps and parasites" | suppose I'M
end Of the State will drive Pillsbury
bio majority. for all the rings wlll'wor
t0T him. Our only hope is that the sout
part viii rescue Us from political dan
nation. Whoever wrota that piece 90
ranipd from the R1il, 4 snort time az
! understood the situation, nave neal
= the same story, contidentally, from me
that were in the ring, but got bied y
! and others. You asked Gilman to den
i it Ia, ha, ha
Is Ii YOU could get H L. Gordon's, an
4 Capt. Taylor's. history Cot St. Cloud.
would be a sumner; that i, 50 tai
:. connected with scrip and pine.
n And the Rev. Commissioner Smith
i | have it. from good authority, satista
"A torv ia me. that he certified to the sc
~ uinen.ss OF hundreds Of forged scrip, I
So apiece, as his share. II we ever g
4 n change OF administration won't son
a of them hayeto look out?
y That Cass county affair embrace
70 some oil the most ridiculous and outra
d. eous stealing. fraudulent entries
y scrip. &c. One set embracing " rs
! lock x Co.. saw an opening, with III
y, tee, 10 help organize the coanty tn
"a oot il pla-tered all over with $500
T.: bonds. cleared about $4,000. proha6
E, themselves; then the ring men, wol
H. inr all winter before last, II both I
u Houses, got bill through to aboi
Gas, county. then Wheelock \ Co
ny certain bankers in St. Paul, into Ii, q
j. they fix it up, and Davis vetoes the o
a., doubt. sometimes, whether there
any genuine virtue lett or earth.
{ ! ours. T..