Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-20

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neapolis NHllers association and would seem to
der any further notice of him or his ISLANDERS wholly
unnecessary. Inc farmers, in whose behalf he at
a mrs. PRETENDED 10 speak, but whom he 80 quickly
aoanuoned can now see what th knaye
was working for when he opened HIS camnaian ~
1asenooo ana SANDER against the Minneapolis milers
Inc repnted author of this internal lie is one
OF me EDITORS OF the Pioneer Press. of st. Paul.
n -, - pflgnl ornament of the beautiful CITY
OF minneapolis. He is a truly representative
man OF Minneapolis. He is bankrnnt finan-
cla ny politically, and morally. He was elected
70 .? gress by the Republican party Of this
uis1rlce he is said to have bought and paid
lot' IN ready cash, the necessary number of del
egates IN the Republican convention which
nominated him for Congress. Referring 10
enis sAamerul and wholesale bribery and cor
fuptlon, one OF his present associate editors
very truthfully remarked in the columns of the
TESS, mat this political strumpet was stalking
III naked horror through the land buy,ne men
as putchers BUY up sheep for the slaugh-
ter, or words to that effect and
SUN later, after he had been elected
by the Republicans Of this district nv means
Of the most shameful political debancher;es
That ever disgraced Christian Community
an ". ne nad been compelled to fee from the
oiiicers OF justice to a foreign land-after he
spent the same winter he ought to have been in
MS seat IN Congress, in skulkine around the
pun pens ana sheep yards of Canada. after the
leg ~ OF minnesota by solemn resolution
Called upon MIN to get out of those Canadian
bull-pens and show his honest face once more
Oh minnesota soll-after all his brilliant ex-
plolts as the most corrupt LOBBYIST of A still
more corrupt Congress-after his Pacific Mail
operations, the consequences of which brought
the prison bars wildly before his imagination
- n al tnls MS present associated editor of
ZIG t0'seef 11tSS contemptuousIy ailudes to
MN as 'perjured scoundrel."
VI such are the defenders of the yha.4 ,;,,
Tue pine land ring, and every other ring whose
soie opJect Is wholesale robbery of the public.
my well known amiability and good nature
renders any further punishment at this time of
ehls PeiJared scoundrel' very unpleasant
task. Not wishing to be personal. avoid y, an
tloning his aishonored name.
was nominated for the legislature nv the
working men Of st. Paul, without any hint or
hoIice OF their Intention. The idea of the
nomination had not entered my mind.
was again nominated by the Democratic
both nominations have come unsolicited and
uhsohght. am not at all certain that would
have accepted either nomination hut for the
brutal assaults daily made upon me-
nave been in the legislature Of
Minnesota before. My business there then
was to deliver my constituents from the grasn
or a gang OF public robbers.
r. lucy were worse gang than the present one.
IAAOAOJ, more DRAINS. more
character. They embraced some of the most
powerful cor! torations in the State. They hi
the dust. w
OFFICE HOLDING,
IVY idea OF this thing of office, is that If The
people, spontaneously pick fellow up and
nominate him for any Office of trust or resnon.
sibility; if the office seeks him he has No r;ah,
to avoid it, but, if he seeks the Office Tho nan7,1,
should avoid him. VIZ poopAe
AcGing on this principle, I shall scrupulous,y
avold the usual appliances of the politician
IL may as well be under,tooo
at once, that have too much
personal independence to engage in going from
door to door begging votes I might possibly
do 1t for friend to save him from defeat. h,,,
would Thousand times sooner suffer defea,
myself than become political mendicant.
can travel In the ranks with my old flint
LOCK nusket, or you can by sending me to tht
leglslature-arm me with the most effective
weapons. Suit yourselves, and you will suit
me. Inc hight is going on all the same till thu
robbers are routed.
THE BLUE-RBBoN BLATHERsK1TE.
Ahere is covert insinuation in the article
quoted IN the p. p. that have been decora+ed
Win the blue ribbon. Without QUESTIONING tbe
right or taste of any one as to anv snch deeor.
.ioh, confess to distaste of being decorated
like one of Bill Kings prize bulls at conn11
fair. oo0'io'
80 far as the iblatherskite'' goes. beino an
lgnoramus" am not supposed to understand
1oliy al the refined language Of an ex-coneress.
man. however, Whatever its present siynifi.
canoe, 1 propose to make the term honorable or
lar as lies in my power.
FAIR WARNING
IS hereby given to all concerned, that anv
further personal abuse will be promptly met
ana further engage to defend myself in nv
own way, with such weapons as I deem most
eiiectlVe, and damned be he who first cries
hold enough!'
And now, my friends having yerv rel,,cta,+l,
resented the base imputations of the wheat
ring, let us seriously address ourselves to the
business before us.
IL Is Well-known fact that the wheat trade of
al that fertile region tributary to the st. Paul
racine rallroad-a region of boundless resour.
ces-a region possessing soil and a climate
p adapted to the production of the
hnest wheat in the world, is, and for wears has
been IN the grasp OF the Minneapolis Millers'
ASSOCIATION. They hold the wheat trade of this
vast ana fertile region in so firm grasp that
all healthy competition is destroyed.
:, NO sooner does st. Paul. a Red Wing. Far
lnault or any other miller or buyer 90 on that
me OF road to buy wheat than prices are at
from the market, and as soon as he is bulldozed
Oh the track, down go the prices, lower than
ever. NO buyer, no corporation of buvers.
nave as yet been able to buy any considerable
amount of wheat on that line "a
road. They hold monopoly of
that trade as effectually as ever the Hndson
Bay company held the MONOPOLY of the fnr
trade of British America. They virtnally e :
the price and grade of every bushel Of whea,
on that line of road. 20"
In fixing that they fix the price of wheat
lands and the price of all labor EMPLOYED in
raising wheat. 81 - = ~ - -
The wheat growers become the serfs of the
wheat ring. True, the title to the soil is vested
in the farmer, but just what share Of the Farm.
er crop will satisfy the greed Of the mononn y,
list Is Tor the monopolist to say. The farn,e,
Is virtually the tenant of the monopolist, and
completely at his mercy. Every. OF nearly
every portion OF this great State is parcelled
OUT ana dlvlded up among just such Hd.
MoNoPoLIEs, HI
and they are banded together by the ties Of .
common brotherhood Mammon ia their God
and they are devout worshipers at his shr;ne
The little brass kettle-the little iok,r--is
their Bible, and through its inspirations the1
ind their warrant for plundering entire com.
munities. e2a - - -
The wheat rings of Minneapolis, Milwaukee
and Chicago have organized a system of NH
lie plumber so ingenious, SO complicated ano
so comprehensive as to entitle them to the eve
cratlons of every man who earns his bread h,
the sweat of his brow.
Elevator companies play into the hands o.
these public robbers, connive at their rascal;
ties defend than ord Il