New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-04-21

ted 70 the people. Whereas some d
our most prominent citizens of the
better class, q: If I may be permitted
70 use the word istocracy, z have
frequently and openly spoken IN favor
of the bondhold es, BY advocating the
validity and honesty Of said claim;
hence, if the State shall restore and
elevate her lost honor and credit it is
under duty bound to pay this debt
the sooner the better. These are the
words which have been so frequently
used, but the facts which should con.
vince the masses Of the people to a
similar view have so far been utterly
omitted.
Again, there are others whose repu.
tations perhaps stand on equal rank
Of brilliancy, and whose reliability may
be as trustworthy as they above de.
scribed, who are opposed to the pay
ment Of said claim and who, consider
it unjust. They too have not wasted
much time upon the details of the
story. Yet it is to be seen that it has
made SO far q desirable effect, and as
it is the case among human beings
they are more or less in the habit to
take the worst side Of this case, as we'll
as any other, for granted although
their knowledge is entirely wanted and
remain in utter darkness about the
whole affair.an whether we have done
right or wrong by such stern refusals
to pay the bonds. Now I should think
that but very few would be mali
cious enoughto believe that such man
as Gov. Pillsbury would be SO mean
as to be induced by bride or otherwise
to defend the bondholders rather than
the interest and welfare of his own
State, if he should not be in the pos
session of such facts as to warrant him
of the true and sound policy of SO do
ing.
Yet it seems queer why these facts
could not as will be publicly displayed
rather than to be crippled within the
cirlce of a few leading politicians. No
wonder then that such an awkward
treatment Of public interest has. arous.
ed a general suspicion, in particular
among tbs laboring classes; and am
afraid there lays a fraud at the bottom
of the whole which would, perhaps, if
brought before the light be big enough
to be seen without the aid of a tele.
scope. It is yet in fresh memory that
when the last assay was made by sub.
hitting this subject before the voters
for a final justification, how the leading
papers of the State were bowling in
behalf of the bondhOlders, even some
of the leading Scandinavian papers
published in other States were filing
the same tune, but how the contract
between the State and the original con.
tractors was made, and how said con.
tract was fulfilled, was cautiously
avoided. This has brought me to the
conclusion that bride had more to dc
with those long articles inserted in the
editOria al columns than mere sympathy
In fact the bondholders knew that ONT
fifth of the entire population Of theStatt
were Scandinavians, and as a matter Of
course it would be necessary to secur,
the aid of those papers. Nevertheless
all their strife in that direction ha
hitherto been crowned by a defeat.
Now then who dare publish tn,
naked facts connected with this con
| troversy!
The probability would be lift shout,
prove favorable to the bondholder
that the majority of the people woul'
vote accordingly, if contrary it lwoul,
be 4 hint to the bondholders, not t.
waste more money in such frhitless at
temps which have hitherto proven o
no avail. Consequently the matter will
remain as it is until then.