Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-18
That They May Be Held Up Before
the World and Turned Loose
in the Republican
Party
ANOTHER RING swINDLE.
They Charge Minnesota Consumers
the Same as New York and
Boston and Pocket the
Freight.
WAsHBURN's COMPLETELY
Facts Which Show Conc1usively
His Membership in the Ring.

Driven to desperation Washburn has de-
termined to make last and final effort t.
save himself by the additional use Of money
and the preparation of glaring frauds OF
the frontier. We have the best of reason fo,
announcing that Mr.. Washburn and his I'M
scrupulous pals are preparing to commit
frauds in the sparsely settled counties, with
which they hope to offset the righteous indig-
nation which is rising to overthrow them.
We warn these scoundrels that thew
are attempting dangerous game. Both
Eugene Wilson and w. w. McNair were
fairly elected, and Mr.. WasLburn and his
scoundrelly associates cannot repeat the
game with impunity. There will be a
rouslng Democratic majority in the House
to handle this matter, and the villains who
thus attempt to thwart the will of the peo
p, may find they have gone one step too
lar. Ii they, with their candidate, should
land in prison instead of Congress, it will
not be surprising.
The attempt to purchase Democrats to work
Tor Washburn is another matter demanding
attention. Having saved three hundred
thousand dollars from his swindling failure
Washburn has money to spend freely in an
attempt to buy his way to Congress. We
regret to say that there are men who call
themselves Democrats, who can be BOUGHT,
but they should be exposed and ostrscise
at once. We will thank friends in any part
of the District who will send us the name of
any Democrat who is working for Washburn.
The fact that any Democrat works for
Washbufn is prSa0G fac50 evidence that he
has been bought, and the GLOBE desires to
print his name and residence, that he may
be known of men and politically ostracised.
Let all such men join the corrupt Republi-
can party. The Democracy have no use for
any one who sells himself to the strumpet
of corruption.
Waslburn's Connection auth the Whent
King ProUen.
Despite all denials every intelligent person
understands that Washburn is head and
front of the Infamous wheat ring which has
its headquarters al Minneapolis, and is rob-
bing the people. Mr.. Washburn is president
of the Minneapolis & St. Louis railroad, and
active IN its management. Bearing that fact
in mind, read the following from the Shake
pee Argus of the 18th:
1.-THE Minneapolis Millers association reaches
all over the State. That mill ring carries it's
baleful influence into Scott county, In the
town of Helena, the people wanted switch
and shipping station on the Minneapolis & st.
Louis railroad. The railroad company agreed
to put in the switch and ship freight from
Helena, if the parties interested would do the
grading free and build free warehouse. The
people did the grading and built the warehouse,
and the railroad company commenced putting
down the side track, and the people rejoiced.
But 10! their rejoicing was short.
The Jordan members of the Millers
ring did not want to give the people of Helena
a chance to ship their wheat and -four and pro-
duce from their own town, but insisted the
people must bring their wheat all to Jordan,
where the millers' ring could control the mar
ket and get No. l wheat as No. 8. Thus the
ena. Frank Nicoliu goes to Minneapolis and
the side track at Helena, and stopped it was,
even after the grading had been done free and
a warehouse built free
Can there be any clearer proof than the
above that Washbura is part and parcel of
the gigantic scheme to rob the producers of
this State. He not only robs them through
his mills at Anoka and Minneapolis, but by
means of his railroad position he increas es
his territory for robbery. If he allowed the
stations on the line of his road to have full
accommodations it would advance the price
of wheat, and that is what this plunderer of
the people does not want.
The people have the remedy. If they en-
dorse him at the polls he will continue to
rob them, and they will deserve to be robbed.
The war cry should be, down with Wash
burn and the swindling brass kettles.