Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-01
A1L THE CH4KGEs TRUE.

pudlate the OBNOXIOUS law.
ALL THE GH4KGES TRUE.
"Th2se little creatures whom God, in his
inscruteble providence, permits to edit the
majority of country papers" and support
Bill Washburn for Congress for consider
alton, accuse the GLOBE, in its zeal to accom-
,lish the defeat of Washburn, with pervert
ng the truth about him and with distorting
he facts in connection with his various ring
operations. In view of the well known his
;ory of the man, the charge is absurd rpon
is face, and scarcely worthy of attention.
But let US look at the accusations the GLOBE
has preferred against Washburn and examine
the proofs adduced to sustain them.
Primarily the GLOBE has charged Wash
burn with being member of the pine land
ring which robbed the State of Minnesota of
IS most valuable timber tracts. In proof it
has adduced the fact that although he enter
ed the Office Of surveyor general poor man,
after the lapse of eight years he was worth
sively engaged in the manufacture of pine
lumber. We have shown by the words of
the Press, which now supports him for
Congress, that 'sAMONG THE ASSETS OF
WILLIAM D. WASHBURN, the first Sur
Deyor General, at the time of his swindling
failure FIGURE 900 ACRES OF PINE
LAND VALUED AT $50 PER ACRE." We
have shown on the eame authority that
MILLIONS OF ACRES Of pine forests
have thus been concentrated in the hands of
small circle of men, nearly all residents Of
Minneapolis, and it is GENERALLY BELIEVED
THAT THE SURVEYOR GENERALS
OFFICE HAS BEEN LARGELY USED AS
AN INSTRUMENT IN THE HANDS OF
THE PINE LAND RING to facilitate their
acquisition of valuable tracts of
TIMBER Has the GLOBE lied in
accusing Wsshburn of perverting his Office
for purposes OF plumber? If so, the official
records, his schedule of assets, and his own
chosen mouthpiece have perverted the truth,
for the GLOBE has stated nothing that cannot
be proved by reference to these sources of
information.
swindling his creditors by fraudulent fail
are. The charge is sustained by the testi-
inony of all to whom he owed money at that
time, who unite in declaring that they re-
ceived only from forty to sixty per cent, of
ne amounts due them, while his assignees
testify that after settling up the business
they turned over to him balance of three
hundred thousand dollars, with which Wash
burn took his family to Europe for year,
while his swindled creditors were obliged to
cedouble their labors in order to make up
che losses they had sustained through the
compromise he forced upon Them. Has the
GLOBE falsely accused Washburn in this re-
gard? If so, more than hundred of his
svindled creditors and his chosen assignees
have prevaricated.
The GLOBE has accused Washburn of
being member of the Minneapolis Millers'
association, which has been for years en-
gagged in swindling the farmers on the grade
and price Of their wheat by means of false
weights and measures. It has proved that
he is part owner of mill in Minneapolis
which has mem bership in the Millers' as
ISOLATION, and that he consequently receives
a share of the profits e1torted from the
farmers. 1t has proved that the little
brass tester, which was introduced
and continues to be used as
standard by the association, can be
so manipulated, and is manipulated so as to
defraud the farmers out of one, and fire.
quently two, grades of wheat. Mr.. Wash
burn himself, in public speech ct Anoka,
defended both the Minneapolis Miilers' asso-
citation and the swindling brass kettle-a
singular proceeding in one who claims to
have no interest in either.
The GLOBE has accused Washburn of buy
ing the nomination to Congress with the
money he has dishonesty wrung from his
creditors and the farmers. In proof of this
charge it has quoted the words Of Congress
man Stewart, ex-Gov. Marshall and the
Pioneer Press. If the GLOBE has falsely
charged Washburn with this crime, then
have the authorities indicated testified falsely.
The GLOBE has accused Washburn of hay
ing been concerned in the Northern Pacific
Construction company, an organization
which flched from the railroad company the
enormous sum of twelve hundred thousand
dollars, without rendering an equivalent.
The charge is proved by the records of the
company and of Congressional committee
Of investigation. In this the GLOBE has not
the truth; in fact it has hardly
got at the bottom of the iniquity.
In none of the accusations it has made.
against Mr.. Washburn has the GLOBE per-
verted the truth in the slightest degree. On
The contrary it's exceeding caution
Its desire to say nothing that was
not susceptible of the strongest proof
bas prevented it from publishing