Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-06
BILLKING,S EFFRONTERY.

Proposition for the State Agricultural
Society, st. Paul and the Balance of the
State to Re tire for His Personal Benefit.
Bill King is not satisfied with running his
own end of his paper for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
of Minneapolis and belittling of st. Paul, but
when the necessity arises for some extra piece
Of skulduggery-now you see the little JOKER
and now you don't-he boldly enters the St.
Paul column for the purpose of more cunningly
disseminating his poison. Bill tried such a
game yesterday morning, by the publication Of
double headed announcements the effect that
many leading citizens of St. Paul, Minneapolis
and saltwater were anxious to unite in the
establishment of union fair grounds midway
between the two first named cities. So
far, all right. But now comes in the joker, the
Heather Chinee in Bill Kings little game.
ut IS proposed that the coming auaion fan.
shall be held in the tair grounds in minneapolis
under the auspices Of the Minnesota agricultural
and Mechanical association. as already advey-
tise1."
There, gentlemen Of the State agricultural
society, you have the programme by order Of
Bill King-Bill King, the man who, pulled up
by his own conceit, and driven
ago most treaoberously betrayed the
interests Of your society, and by cunningly
playing into the hands of the local prejudices
and ambitions of Minneapolis, organized raid
that meant the destruction Of your State or
ganization and the elevation of Bill King-aud
the standing OF his book accounts. How des-
perately he worked to accomplish his object,
does not now need to be detailed.
he failed. The exhibition made by the State
Agricultural society reflected credit upon every
person connected with it, and did moro to ad-
vertise the almost illimitable resources and pos
slbilltles OF Minnesota than all agencies before
| employed.
And now Bill King, having failed to DIES troy
| the State organization in open warfare, pro-
poses to wipe it out by characteristic trick
union OF the interests named by him with
the State Agricultural society, is undoub tedly
advisable. ST. Paul was ready for such a union
years ago. But the war has been begun by Bill
King, and the State society cannot withdraw
on the eve Of the opening of the campaign. If
Bill klng wanted union, the time to have de-
| clared himself was after the fairs of last year,
| SO that preparations could have been made
for union exhibition this year. Having
| failed to do this, and announced his intention
10 mold talr this season, the State society CEN
not Withdraw in honor. St. Paul stood by the
State society last year, and it cannot Go other
WISE than DO the same this year. or in future
years, until Bill King will come up like man
at the proper time and 20 in for union exhi-
bition.
II Bill King and his co-conspirators in the
raid upon the State Agricultural society are
honest in their profesaed willingness for a
union Of forces and objects, there is still plen-
ty OF time to complete all necessary arrange
1nents for the exhibition Of 1870 The new
short line road between the cities of st. Paul
and Minneapolis will be definitely located in a
| few weeks, and opened to business before the
time for the fair, so the union can be perfected
just as we'll now as one year hence, or any other
time in the future. Such union could be hon
orably entered into by all parties But union
carrying with it the proposition that the State
for the benefit of Bill Kings local oreaniza-
ton is an insult to both the State and the city,
and should not be accepted, unless the two in
terests are ready to cringe to Bill Kings high
Wayman's order and throw UP their hands.