Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-21

Graceville on Thursday AS / hurried up to
the depot met a man who told me that Mr..
Hodges was not on board. Half an hour after
| was informed by a gentleman that Mr..
Hodges was coming out with party from
Morris, and that / might meet him on the
prairie.
Did Mr.. Hodges want to meet me? We shall
see.
After dinner / left Graceville in company
with the committee, whose report will follow,
not, indeed, with much hope of meeting Mr.
Hodges before evening, but to commence the
investigation, now that there was a committee
to act. In the evening l returned to Grace
vile, and some time after Mr.. Hodges
and party came into town. He was in Mr..
Burkc's store, within two doors of where was
stopping. He knew | was there, for Mr..
Burke was chairman of the committee that had
just returned with me- A. few minutes after
he had left the store entered. They told me
Mr.. Hodges had been there. | at once dis
patched a messenger to the hotel TO look for
him and to tell him that wanted to see him,
but he had left the town. Early next morning
he had returned, and Mr.. M. J. Mcdonnell
SIC Dillon O'Brien, and he replied
that he had not time to hunt me up That
same day Mr.. Hodges and his party came into
house where l and the Graceville committee
were. at once charged him with not keep
ing his word, and he replied that he had
studied the whole matter over as he came
up on the cars, and that prompt action was
necessay
"Not so necessary" replied, Gas to keep
your word"
/ also remarked, to show my good inten-
tiOns in the matter, that / had invited Mr..
Hutchins, then present, to accompany us (Mr.
Hodges and myself on our Investigation
'No, sir" replied Mr.. Hutchins, 'you posi-
lively refused me- Then 1 saw the man I
had to deal with, and l replied, 81 told you
that MIR. Hodges and myself were going to
make an investigations" and you said ''God,
| would like to go with you" 1 replied: "Mr
Hodges will be up tomorrow; you can come
out with him, and / am to wait for him at
Graceyile.' -,
Hutehins then said, ooh! that is very plau-
sibe way to put il" l replied, 81 believe it is
the only meaning that Mr.. Monroe (the editor
of the Morris Tribune then presently and the
gentlemen present (Mr. Hodges one of them)
can give it." There was no reply, no dissent,
and yet MIR. Hodges states that "O'Bricn re-
fused to let Hutchins accom-
endeavor with his blunt candor
to satisfy the public as to his course in this
matter; he can never do so with me- ! shall
always deem that he has committed breach
of confidence, violated his word and put a mis-
cradle blOtch upon an honorable life. J.. B.
Hodges, breaking faith and word to please two
or three village bigots, is figure it saddens
me to contemplate. One remark about Mr..
Hutchins report before submitting the re-
port of the Graceville committee Anxious to
make out a case Mr.. Hutchins overdid his work
The Morris artist kept colorlng and color
ing until at length he made a perfect daub.
In order to heighten the dramatic effect he
makes the wife of Anthony Connolly speak as
follows: "Indade the prizes don't kape us sup
piled with wood"
Mark the Irish brogue, skillful touch you
say, yes, only that neither Anthony Con-
nelly nor his wife, nor one child
in his house speak word of
English VIM. Hutchns or any one else who
can get any member of this family to speak
one word of English shall receive one hundred
dollars. So much for falsehood, now for will
full deception. MR. Hutchns, speaking of the
family of Colman Molone says: ''SOn badly
frozen;" WILL it be .believed that it was two
months ago that this boy, going up, without
the knowledge of those who had got him en-
ployment in st. Paul, to Graceville started
from Morris in the evening after the cars ar
rived, to go thirty miles, to Graceville,
where he had never been, got lost on the
prairie, was two days during storm in a
snow pile and got badly frozen.
Is that the reading one would take from
Mr.. Hutchins' report?
Bishop Ireland paid $500 for this boys
board and medical attendance until he was
able to go home. On Friday last he fol-
and half, laughing and running
personal feelings of the committee whose re-
port l submit, Mr. Burke, the chairman
POSTMASTER at Graceville) has always been out
spoken and bitter in his opposition to having
those Connemara people settle in Graccville
colony.
II will no eoor that Tho .o,,r,;++o =, -. 49,
report CLOSES over nothing. On our return to
the village Father Ryan was asked to appear
was read i' to him and i he ''P was
permitted to make any remarks he pleased
No one regrets the mistake of bringing these
unfortunate people here more than those who
brought them, and who will have them a
heavy burden on their hands for some time,
but the people of Minnesota may rest assured
that they shall be no burden on the
State. Those of them who have proved
themselves altogether unsuited for farming
shall be provided for elsewere
Many of them are wholly unreliable, and have
all the cunning which a life of paupcrism
gives.
In one house which we visited Mr.. Burke
drew my attention to the fact that two little
boys who had shoes on them when we entered
were now barefOOted. 1t was so, and we found
the shoes hid under bench.
Therei is no doubt but that the Morris
people in general, with the best intentions,
sent quite a considerable supply of
provisions and clothing out to those people.
Yet we could find but very little trace of any
thing of the kind; not as much as would fill a
one horse wagon. That their children sent
them a good deal of money can be inferred
faom the fact that with one trader alone in
Graceville, Mr.. NJ. Il. Kantz, they have laid
out in cash upwards of 5000. They have al
ways cautioned the traders not to tell the priest
about the things they bought.
Since August 9Th Il registered letters di-
rected to different Connemara settlers have
passed through the Graceylle postoffice. And
Melia, the man whose case VIM. Hutchins
draws in the darkest colors, where the children
stood around pot of frozen potatoes ''like
hungry wolves, received by express on the
30th of November, nine days before VIM
Hutchins' visit, $50 from son in St. Paul
You will find his case noticed by the re-
port, which, without further remarks, | now
give. DILLON O'BRIEN.
Report of0 GraccrttIc Committee.
The following is the report of committee
appointed by the citizens Of Graceville to in
quire into the state of the Connemara cmi-
grants:
MICHAEL EARLS INTERVIEWED.
have eleven in family, one boy