Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-01
COMMISSIONER GLENN.

lie Krplips TO the Grunge Coss7,siftee--And
1Mahes Mince- Neat of Their Last EaistIe.
Below will be found Commissioner Glenn's
reply to the latest screed of the grange COM
mittee on poor farm, in perusing which
readers should remember that the Same COM
m.ttee were short time ago completely
hoodwinked by Inspector Kinsell, and
cropped inn by the Millers' Observation-Disclosures
ing report certifying that the farmers have
no right to complain:
To the Hennepin County Grange Committee:
l see that you have tard;ly responded to my
reply to your one.sided report on the matter of
extravaganza i'll the poor farm building, and
that while you cuver considerable space you say
little. Concerning the few statements made
by you which seem to call for reply, have
this to offer:
You ask, '.have we not right to know and
examine the work to which money is APP
propriated?" You certainly have, but you have
no ris hit to send ono OF your number to Over
seer Lockwood and assure him that the COM
missioners lying about him." and having
got him ried, take down his statements and
all five certify to an ''examination'-mor es-
pecially when the facts do not bear you out.
You further say: I'VE are told one commits
sloner has boasttd the county money can easily
re-elect him, and ask me, What term do you
apply to such use of your money!" | answer
both Il knave and u fool--a knaye for robbing
the public, and fool for boasting of it, And
think that it is cowardly for any committee
to make such an insinuatinn and crawl behind
I'VE are told" So confident am that no such
boast has been made, that will donate every
cent receive from the county during my term
of office to the Hennepin County Grange, if its
committee will produce the man who heard the
boast made. Now cra~ fish again.
No wonder that you ARE in no hurry" to
furnish the proof You boastcd you had of
told corruption. 1t is all based upon what Mr..
Somebody told Mr.. Nnbody that Mr.. Hearsay
told the man who met his hired girl You have
hunted for evidence nearly two weeks, and
not manly enough to admit that the majority
of your committee We're misled by the az
grinding minority.
You say: AS to the moving of the dead we
beg t" assure you that is Il mistake of yours
(mlne); We had no relatives among them"
was mistaken To this extent-no more: Two of
the bodies spoken of were disintcrIed and re-
moved from the poor farm before the change
OF the cemetery site. But in correcting my
mistake YOU seek To mi>lead the public. The
naked truth is that the grandmother of the
children Of MIR. Scoted Gf he has anv-you
can figuro out his relationship ut your leisure).
one of Your committee, WAS q county chang;
that while sick he re used to care for her; that
she died at the farm and was buried as pau
per. And a near relative Of Mr.. Kimbail 10y
marriage) also member of your committee,
likewise died pauper and was buried as such.
You see that know what talking about,
and furnish the proof when demanded.
You say Mr. lockwoOd's books were exam
ined'-tnat you found them in good order
and plain to be understood" and conclude
that extravaganza in the poor farm and new
buildings is shawn. No,v mark how easily
that lie COINED by one member and passed
upon the 9th, rs) is nailed You endorse Lock-
woods management, remember. Those i,onks
show only what MIR. Lock wood spent-not what
is spent by the board. If they show extrava-
gance, whose? Yon Iyonr subcommittee did
not find any item therein r, lative to the
new building or any Of the ''extravagance' or
Improvements mentioned in your first epistle,
And yet his books are your main reliance. You
can find the building account at the auditors
otice-where you did not go. But venture the
assertion that his books plain to be under
stood only when ne explains them; his last
quarterly report was SO badly mixed that he
had to be sent for Tor that purpose.
You close by saying to the taxpayers, $50
and examine for yourselves wish they
would. Had you done You would not now
have to bolster up a one-sided report, based
upon hearsay and falsehood. Please Ego and
examine for yourselves" and then tell the
truth. M. w. GLENN.