The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-12
WHEN RocUES FALL our ETC.

The various p!undering rings Of the
Republican party have been seriously
dislocated by the election Of Mcmillan,
and they have mosved their wash-tubs
into the front yard and are now washing
their dirty linen in public and fighting
over the suds. This is the wsy the
stencil presents itself in q late number
Of the Minneapolis Mad. A Republic
can correspondent in St. Cloud writes to
that Republican paper as follows:
Those frauds consisted in the location Of inn
mense qualltitie. Of forged ''half- breed scrip"
knowing the fraudulent character Of the strip,
and it is universally believe, having an inter-
est In the same in direct cnntraventiOn of ex.
press provisions Of law. There is verv little
doubt here that the partners in that Wholesale
robbery were Gilman, 7. G Mcclure, and N.
P. Clarke, the last three being brcthers-in-law,
and all four having spent Last winter trying to
re-elect Senator Ramsey. A scheme was CON-
co.ted by which many thousand acres OF mcst
valuable pine land not yet in the market ives
secured by this infamous ring under the pre-.
emption law. Men in large numbers were
hired by N. P. Clarke to file their declaratory
statements ON land indicated BY him, and then
pine logs on said lands tor Clark e Eastman
before starting entered into IN agreement with
Clark, or him and Wait, to pre-empt the l6O
acrvs OF land thus filed on, work on 1t through
the winter getting out logs for Clark l. Co., ct
$50 per month, ther in the spring and at the
expiration Of SIX months TO prove aP and pay
for land, Clark 4 Co furnishing the money
and Eking quit-claim deeds Of the land, not
Withstanding these men had all ssooym thst
they took the Land for their O,Cn use oHd benefit
and for the benefit Of no other pers0n OF persons
vhoms0evev. Il am reliably informed that 10 les
than sixty OF these fraudulent pve-emptions were
made, and the land d.eded TO Clark & Co., at the
st. Cloud and Alexandra lsnd Offices. the Re-
ceirer at ALezandria being cousiH Of II. C..
Wait, and member 9f the 4isg.
In u e spring OF 1872 Gilman was notified
that his resignation would be accepted. He
Therefore went to Washington and was by
Senator Ramsey permitted TO dictate his sue
cs-sor in the pers,n Of H. L. Gordon, BE-
tween whom and Gilman there no doubt was
an agreement to share the tpoils, but Gordon
proved to be lco sharp for them ali, and
skinned friend or fUe indinerently. DurinG
that summer Hon. Willis DTumm0nd, COM
missioner Of the general land oMc~, came to st.
Cloud TO investigate these and other charges
which bad been made by the st Cloud Jo.r-
nal. Mr.. Drumnond stated that Gilman had
been compelled by the department to resign;
that h. had ample proof to show Gilman's dis
hOiirsty and corruption sufficient indeed to
show that Gilman was utterly unit to bt,ld any
position OF honor or trust. he legged Inst
investigation be postponed until aft<r the
the last tLaf has been h4sYd Of the matter. s.
Shortly after Gordon. app0intmeDt camo
the public land sale; and It i notorious faoe
that at that sale combination was torupsd con-
sisfing Of Gilman, Clsrk., Wait, Mcclure.
Gordon ard certain other pasone not rod