Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-06
A FEAST FOR ST. PAUL.
Will the Voters Of st, Paul Sustain the
Hand that Smiles.

Hand that Smites.
Every one comedies that Bill King is a
business man of Minneapo-
lis He differs from many that he is hon.
est enough to let his views aud position be |
frankly understood. We can honor him |
for his frankness, while we differ with his |
views. Bill King is jealous advocate of |
Bill Washburn, because he knows that
Washburn represents the hostility he feels
toward st. Paul. Washburn sneakingly
stabs this city in the back, while Bill King
meets US face to face.
The following letter Of Bill King. pub
lished in the Minneapolis newspaper,
printed in st. Paul, shows the sentiments
of Bill Washburn towards this city:
To the Editor of the Pioneer Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. lin the whole his
tory of the discussion and investigation of
the ''sawdust" question, and affecting the
navigation of the Mississippi river, there
has never before been presented, from any
quarter, document so false in its state
ment, SO evidently malicious in spirit, SO
rude and discourteous in style, and so Jes-
uitical in its entire makeup, from begin
ming to end. as the report of the committee
of the chamber of commerce of st. Paul,
which appeared in the Pioneer Press of
yesterday morning. Overwhelmed by the
array Of practical evidence taken by the
Minneapolis committee, and by
4I,o %
such eminent scientific authorities as were
qnoted in last Sundays Pioneer Press. the
disappointed and malignant owner of st.
Paul boom stock seem to have easily per-
suaded the st. Paul chamber of commerce
| to become responsible indorsers of the
falsehoods embodied in the report referred
| to, and to sanction in the most emphatic
and public manner, a report which, by
reason of its unfair, undignifed and IN
truthful character, is disgrace to the men
whose names are attached to it and to the
| body which gave it their sanction and ap
| proval.
| For body of men who would publicly
| sanction so disgracefnl document as the
report referred to, to set itself up as i'm
partial or honest judges and attempt to
throw ridicule and odium upon
|
measures only their insolence and their
dishonesty. Proposing first to pass upon
the whole sawdust question, and to contis-
cate the rights and property of the Min
neapolis lumbermen, without permitting
them hearing, these st. Paul consp;ra-
tors now complain that the Minneapolis
saw mill men appoint themselves to sit in
judgment on their own cases and reported
themselves not guilty of any damage to
the Mississippi river by mill debris and
sawdust." Ii even one man in the St.
Paul chamber of commerce had desired
to be honest in the treatment of this
| subjec. he would have chal-
lenged that falsehood on the spot by
reminding its authors that the Minneape
lis committee besought the aid and CO.
operation of their st. Paul accusers in in
vestigating and deciding this question. If
there has been just one man in that cham
Der honest enough and brave enough to
desire that the truth should be known, he
would have told them that these St. Paul
boom accusers of the Minneapolis lumber
men literally sneaked out Of their own
sought Investigations; that not one mem
Der of the st. Paul chamber of
commerce, not one of these
Munchausen steamboat captains, not
one of these frequently representing sea-
serpent river pilots, and not one solitary
man connected with the government river
improvement service could be coaxed or
induced to accompany the Minneapolis
committee to aid in their investigation or
to point out any single one of the many
"sawdust;' sand lars with which they
claimed the river was filed between St.
Paul and Hastings. Having thus refused
to participate in an investigation for which
they had clamored, these same men now
turn upon the Minneapolis committee
with cowardly malignity, and in a full col
umn of blackguardism and faisehood,
which is promptly Endorsed by the
chamber of commerce of St. Paul,
attempt to prejudice and determine
this question against both practical evil
dence and scientific authority, and wind
up their ill-mannered TRADE by proposing
to ask the government to undertake that
duty out of the performance of which
they so ANONYMOUSLY sneaked, through
court proceedings to be instituted against
the Minneapolis lumbermen by the attor-
ney general of the United States. Gen
tlemen of the st. Paul Boom company and
chamber of commerce, you can go right
ahead with this programme as soon as you
please. The Minneapolis lumbermen and
her business citizens all will promptly &C
cept any issue you may choose to force upon
the n. All fair and honest investigation
you lesire in this matter they will favor,
but for your cowardly intrigue and Jesuit
ical conspiracies against their rights and
property they have nothing but con-
tempt. The truth is this sawdust matter
they desire to have brought out, but they
will expose the receptions and the lies with
which you seek to clothe this issue, though
they be endorsed by every member of your
chamber of commerce, individually and
collectively. The war you seek to wage
against the rights and interests of the city
of Minneapolis will be one of your own fore
ing, but once begun it will not be settled
upon your terms nor at your discretion.
w. Z.
How do the people of st. Paul like to
pocket the insult?
How do they like being abused in this
manner?
Has not Washhurn demonstrated thof