Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-01
Where He Offers to Cut Stillwater's
Throat in Return for Votes.
MORE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Washburn Refuses Saw Mill Refuse to
AnokalsPoor and Throws it
into the River.
A GENERAL CUT THROAT JOB.
Which Can he ChecSmated by Down
With Washburn and the Swim
ding Brass Kettles.

Oil WashDuEns campaign for seat in
Congress will go down to history as the moss
disgraceful and shamefuly corrupt in the ex
1stence OF the State, not even excepting that
OF Bill King. Having secured his nomina
ton by corrupt bargain and direct purchase
and having put en- army Of characterless
ward bummers at work dispensing his swaq
over the district, Washburn himself, in
hated beyond measure With en- idea of his
own ability, essayed Campaign addressed
to the intelligence of tho voters of the dis
trict by series Of meetings as come of the
most Important points, though refusing to
divide the time with his opponent, the poo
Pies champion, Hon. I. Donnelly. The his
tory Of this portion of Washburn's cam
paign is briefly written. II was still-born at
Anola, in sight of the Touring mill owned
By him solely, and used by him as an engine
to Cypress the people, and within hearing of
the curses Of the laboring men and the walls
Of the widows and orphans defrauded by
him in his swindling failure and settlement
and it expired in ignomy and shame at
Morris, where, after one Of his Fointless and
insipid harangues, the sturdy farmers and
laboring men gathered together to his
defense, showed their appreciation O. the
man and his cause, by rising us almost one
man and giving three cheers for Hon. Ig-
Mathis Donnelly, tie Incorporating foe
OF ali rings and the enthusiastic and able de-
fender of the rights OF the people. Though
having the hide Of a rainoceros and
conscience OF adamantine the rebuff re-
ceived at Morris satisfied Washburn with
speaking campaign, and he left the stump
for brothel end swag dispensing campaign.
In mapping out the work with his co-labor-
ers in the dirty work of corrupting the voters
Of the Third district, Washburn took upon
himself the task Of fixing st. Paul, Saltwater
and Pine and Chisago counties. In pursu-
ance of this plan he spent four days in ST..
Paul last week in personal opportunities and
in placing large amount Of money. His
operations here are now matters of public
notoriety. With the better class Of citizens.
men above the reach of money brides,
Washburn approached them as sycophant
nendicant, almost literally on Bonded knee
and with profuse promises of loyalty to St..
Paul interests, begged their support of his
candidacy. Among his numerous promises
made to these men was his aid and assist
ance of the st. Paul boom project. Indeed
he was to be SO loyal to st. Paul that he knew
10 should incur the hostility of his intensely
sectional friends of Minneapolis, but
if elected, lie could afford to see beyond the
narrow limits CT that city. So desperately
brazen was he in his opportunities that
leading Democrats, supposed to be O little
lukewarm in their advocacy Of Mr. Donnelly,
were approached and importuned in the mos
AFFECT and s!avishly servilo manner, to give
their support to him, man whose every
political act and instinct has ever
been opposed to Democratic
principles. Couple with this the
open and notorious purchase Ct score Of
purchasable ward bummers, and saloons for
headquarters, and you have Washburn's CO.
reer in St. Paul.
Having, as he thou ,ht, fixed st. Paul,
Washbu1n, with GLoBE reporter on his
trail, takes his way to Saltwater, where the
same dishonest tactics are used. His friends
are sought out and importuned, IS they hope
for aid and assistance from him and his
friends, to take of their coats
and go 10 work, and save him,
if possible, from the overwhelming
defeat staring him in the face. Messrs. La.
fayette French and William Getchell are Sc
lected to dispense the swag Thus having
fixed his corrupting programme, ho com.
menced his game of promises. Seeking out
the lumbermen, and surprising from some
cause that they are hostile to the location o.
boom privileges at st. Paul, he promises
them that he will use his every effort to de
feat that measure, which he tells confdentl,
hs CAL do. Further, he promises
the most extravagant appropriations 70
the improvement of the st. Croix, aud tn
advocacy of every other measure in whicl
the people Of that section are supposed t,
be interested. Here, as in st. Paul, Wash
burn also approached leading Democrat
with the same profuse promises, but in tli
he met with rebutfs fully as humiliating, an,
possessing more lasting sting, than tina
met with at the hands of the farmer voter
of Morris and vicinity. Giving him fullswa
totell his sycophantic story and make his lynn
promises, these Democratic lumbermen toll
him that they were too old to be caugh
with chaff; that Minneapolis and Stillwate
were rival and antagonistic communities
that through his manipulation of the SUI
veyor Generals office, and the pine land rim
formed during his administration of that Of
fee, he and his associate pine land thieve