Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-16
THE CENSUS SPINDLE.

| to denounce the perjured census returns of
Minneapolis, but it falls to criticising Gen.
Andrews for the inefficient manner in which
the census was taken in st. Paul. The GLOBE
has already stated that the st. Paul census
could properly be styled bogus, because it
| omitted several thousand of our actual popu-
lation. The structures of the Minneapolis
morning paper in this city simply furnish
cumulative proof, and we transfer
Ia portion of the comments
to our columns this morning.
That concern processes to be in ignorance as
to the manner in which Gen. Andrews was
| selected. In the first place, Bill Washburn,
the convicted bride giver and corruptionist,
| was shrewd enough to see that 1T was inn
portant that he should secure the services OF
| q congenial rascal to make the count in Min
| neapolis. Minnesota was to be divided into
| three census districts. There being three
| Congressional districts in the State, it would
| be the most natural thing in the world for
the census districts to correspond.
II this had been dsne, st. Paul
and Minneapolis would have been
thrown into the same district and placed in
charge of one supervisor. Bill Window,
who holds nominal residence in Winona,
is in reality Minneapolis man. His interests
are there, SO far as he has any in the State.
The swindling Northwestern construction
company, in which Window had share and
which stole a million or more from the
Northern Pacific railroad, was Minneapolis
affair. WINDOWS brotber-in law, who holds
an Office in st. Paul, lives in Minneapolis,
coming down in the morning and returning at
| night, bringing cold dough-nut in his pock-
ct for his noon luncheon. Washburn, ofcourse,
had the cooperation of the sanctimonious
Window in setting up his fraud. All that
was necessary to make the game successful
was to bamboozle Senator Mcmillan of st.
Paul. This was an easy task. Senator Nc
MILAN is a very worthy citizen. and, being
personally honest, is no match for the
shrewd rascals with whom he has to deal.
The plan to throw Minneapolis into separ-
ate district, with a cunning rascal in charge,
was easily perfected. This much being ac-
oomplished the next step of the con-
spirators was to give st. Paul
Supervisor who would be as stupid as the
Minneapolis man was rascally. That would
give the sawdust rascals two strings to their
bow.
While Senator Mcmillan in reality secured
the appointment of Gen. Andrews, Wash
burn was primarily responsible for it. The
st. Paul Senator lacked the sagacity to see
the trap that was set and carried out the
Minneapolis programme with the utmost
verdancy. Andrews is an especial friend of
Washburn's. He came to the rescue of the
family at the time of the great political fight
in this district in 1868. Bill Washburn de-
sired to go to Congress that year. Donnelly
was the sitting member and a candidate for
the denomination and election. A boiling
convention was held, and as Washburn did
not wish to destroy his party standing be
secured the services of Andrews, who then
lived at St. Cloud, to run as the boiling can
didate, and purse of several thousand dol
lars was raised for s'expenses" to induce
Andrews to take the field. There
was no expectation of electing Andrews, of
course, but the effort to defeat
Donnelly by the bolt was successful. E. B.
Washburne went into Grants cabinst as Sec
rotary of State, and he rewarded Andrews
for his services as bolter in behalf of the
titman of the Washburn family, by making
him (Andrews) Minister to Sweden, posi-
ton he retained seven or eight years, and
from which he realized thirty or forty thou
sand dollars clear profit.
On his return to this country two or three
years ago Gen. Andrews located in st. Paul,
but has never especially identified himself
with the city. When Senator Mcmillan was
bamboozled into making Gen. Andrews
selected Washburn's next friend. While we
do not believe Gsn. Andrews purposely al
lowed his enumerators to omit names in st.
Paul, he certainly was not inspired by the
have animated man who was not indebted
to Bill Washburn and his brother for what
little distinction and worldly wealth he
possessed.
And right at this point the GLOBE requests
the reader to peruse the article in another
column quoted from the Pioneer Press,
which charges Gen. Andrews with throwing
insurmountable obstacles in the way of cor
recting the census returns of st. Paul and
refusing to enter upon the lists over two
Thousand bona fide residents whose names
| had been secured by a citizens committee.
Omissions, too, which had been found in q
canvass of only ten thousand names. If the
same relative proportion holds throughout
the city the census Of st. Paul, as fixed by
Gen. Andrews, falls from eight to tenthou-
sand short of our actual popoulation.
Is it any wonder that on the face of the
fraudulent returns, st. Paul does not appear
equal in population to Minneapolis? The
plain and indisputable history we have given
shows that the Minneapolis count was made
by q shrewd rascal, especially selected be-
cause he is rascal, utterly INSCRIPTIONS,
who was ready and did commit
q crime to swell the population of
his city falsely, while the St. Paul
census was in charge of Bill Washburn's
friend, the man; who was under obligations
to the Washburn family, and who had pre-
viously faithfully served them. Putting
even very mild construction upon it the
reader can account for the lack of zeal in the
st. Paul supervisor.
The Pioneer Press insults the people of
this city by it's declaration that it vas their
fault that the census was not properly taken.
1t was not the business of the people to take
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