Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-31
SUDDEN SOLICITCDE.


ested in the prosperity of Minneapolis
and st. Paul. This is very kind of the
Minneapolis papers. Their sudden solicit
tude for st. Paul ought to be duly re-
corded
The cause of all this anxiety grows out
of the fact that the Washburn family CIV.
D. and c. c. have concluded to sell out
the Minneapolis & st. Louis road land in
cidentally Minneapolis to the Chicago
& Northwestern company. 1t is not
a matter Of surprise that the
Washburn family should seek to feather
their own nest From the time when W..
D. Washburn, as surveyor general, took
advantage of his public position to en-
rich himself to the present he has never
failed to improve every opportunity to
put money in his purse. His failure in
business and settlement with his creditors
in cats and dogs, having three hundred
thousand dollars remaining, is another
indication of his style. The Washburn
gang having received quarter of a mil
lion bonus from Minneapolis, having bled
every town between Minneapolis and the
State line, on the plea of an independent
line, now desire to levy further black
mail. They are trying to sell their stock
in the Minneapolis & St. Louis road,
which cost them nothing, and are endeav-
oring to bring in certain cities and towns
as competitors with the Northwestern
road for the prize. c. c. Washburn
openly advocates the sale to the
railroad, while brother Bill demurs,
and urges the people to GENE
in and bonus the Washburn family
over again to keep from being betrayed.
He impudently expresses solicitude for
st. Paul, and the three Minneapolis pa
pers named call upon this city to join
with Minneapolis to keep the North
western from making the proposed pur-
chase.
The Washburn family and their news
papers need not worry about st. Paul,
If we may be permitted to quote from
the classics, we should say that St. Paul
proposes to let them askin their own
skunks." st. Paul does not care who
owns the Minneapolis & St. Louis
road. 1t was originated and built
in hostility to this city. When
the opening celebration took place not a
solitary resident of st. Paul was invited.
Bill Washburn came to the legislature
and asked for legislation to injure the
St. Paul & Sioux City road in order to
divert business from st. Paul over the
Washburn line. And still this hypo-
critical knave writes to his papers that
the sale Of the Minneapolis & St. Louis
road will ''destroy the possibility of
"building up at Minneapolis and st. Paul,
'an independent, commercial center, but
"will leave them both ultimately as way
''stations," ETC. Also that Minneapolis
kite
The assurance of the man, even though
he bears the name of Washburn, is some
thing marvellous. 1t will not win in
bleeding st. Paul to put money in his
pocket Any change in Washburn's road
Will be to the advantage of st. Paul. Be-
sides ST. Paul has not fears of being
made way station any more that Chica-
go is. st. Paul is already a commercial
center beyond destruction and
whatever she has achieved has
been in the face of all the puerile OBJ
stacles the Washburn family could devise.
The citizens of st. Paul took four or five
hundred thousand dollars stock in rail-
road, in order to secure connection with
the Northwestern. We arc not afraid of
more connections with that road, and if
Washburn's line passes into the North
western hands it will be far preferable to
the present situation.
The Minneapolis Journal is moved to
say:
"Can it (the railroad) fight incessantly
against fate? Perhaps it can with the timely
aid of the wealthy cities of Minneapolis and st.
Paul"
Here is the gentle suggestion for St.
Paul to come down. When Minneapolis
wishes aid she is very courteous. Even
the great and good DR.. Keith calls on ST.
Paul to aid Hear him.
The people of Chicago must be wonderfully
| well pleased 10 see the citizens of St. Paul and
Minneapolis quarrel over handful of peanuts
| while they are coiling themselves about us.
No alarm about the t:coir' down here.
St. Paul is no longer a village to be
snuffed out When the people of Min
neapolis were holding their secret eau
cuses last summer to invent lies about the
census and encourage Charley Johnson
TO commit perjury, they did not manifest
great deal of solicitude for st. Paul.
1t would be well for them to have suf-
fcient self respect to adhere to their own
affairs, and not plead the baby act to
secure help from S.. Paul.
z STANLEY MATTHEWS nomination to the
supreme bench seems likely to meet with
vigorous opposition when it comes up
for confirmation in the Senate. His
| chief cminence in the Senate was gained
while lighting the cause of the Pacific
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