Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-19
GILMAN'S RACKET.
How Famously 1t Does Not work In the
Fifth District-The Doom OF the Pine
Land Gang.

Fifth District-The Doom of the Pine
Land Gang.
Especial Correspondence st. Paul Globe.l
sAUK RAPIDS, Aug. 16, 16S2.-Eyerything
is very quiet at this usually bustling town at
present, for each farmer is busy with his har-
vest which, by the way, gives
promise OF being exceptionally fine. 1
found, however, a very live state OF
feeling among the business men l met on
political topics, and especially on the subject
of the coming congressman from this district.
Among Republicans found an almost uni
versal sentiment In favor of G. T. Kindred and
was assured that the Republicans OF
Benton county were almost unanimous In his
favor. II there be minority opposed to him
in the county, and it is at all like that OF this
village, 1t will be SO insignidcantly small as
to be of no political importance whatever.
There were few Republicans here who were
honestly of the opinion that c. A. Gilman's
protes!atio that he had an even show with
the other candidates for nomination at De-
troit were real bona fide expectations, based
upon positive information which be possessed
When, however, they came to witness the in
significant figure he cut there and have had
their eyes opened to the fact that be never ex.
pected to receive q nomination himself, but
was simply playing into the hands of the old
ring, who have taken the contract to supplant
our present efficient governor at the end of his
first term, with this unscrupulous and Shiny
gusted with him and it is safe to say that in
the future his influence will be
st explained by that Arabic
character which we write twice at the right of
the numeral one to make one hundred.
Gilman has had Benton and some of these
upper counties for several years past as a sort
of trading stock, and this has given him an
appearance of importance and influence which
is not as genuine as might be supposed. He
is one of those plausible, th.tongue citi-
zens, whose first or casual appearance is more
prepossessing than thorough acquaintance
will support.
He is politically and mentally very much
over-rated, or has beea, but like all fluids
must inevitably obey the law of nature and
find his own level. 1t is quite amusing to hear
his methods recounted. In Benton county,
for instance, where he has had some friends,
whenever they were about to hold a county
convention the bland Charles, with his grave
and sedate visage, was always sure to be on
hand. Now, he would say, IL
you will send Ben (Brother-in.law Ben
edict) he could do me more good than any
one else, all of which of course must have
been highly fattering to the intelligence of
the Republicans of Benton county. After a
time, however, anything of that kind from
constant repetition becomes monotonous and
people tire of 1t. This has become the case
in Benton county, as was instanced by their
emphatic refusal to let Brother-in-law Bene-
dict take the delegation to Detroit as the oily
Gilman wished.
Another thing, too, has contributed to the
general disfavor of Gilman in the upper
country, and that is his interference in every
little local nominating convention and his at
tempt to run them in his own interest. It is
amazing with what degree of cheek he
would encourage candidate whom he was
quietly striving to slaughter. Not muscle
quiver as he would tell candidate that he
would be nominated on the next ballot when
he had made arrangements for his certain
slaughter.
Then too the happy faculty he possesses of
being "all things to all men," while affording
him, no doubt, vast deal of pleasure, is sure
in course of time, to react against him. BE
stance, few years since. when he
wanted to 60 to the legislature and
was to secure the passage of bill
which would give them the management
of one of the city schools. Well the bill when
passed. as he framed it, did not work. He
can meet twenty candidates for the same Office
in one day and promise them all his support,
SELF His talents in the undercurrent OF politics
might be styled versatile. AS citizen he is re-
garded as an average man, but in politics he is
what might be called "devilishly crooked"
When the ring accerted him as the candidate
for governor one ysar from this fall they
were greatly deceived. Instead of his being
able to bag the entire list of counties which
he professed to carry in his vest pocket to be
turned off to Knute Nelson at Detroit, he
only, in point of fact, took the four
delegates from Stearns county. and
even these by course Of po-
litical fraud and violation of solemn con-
pact which ought to consigu any man to an
eternal political grave.
But the day for the supremacy of any such
political shyster as the Hon. C. A. has
achieved the record of is about played out
up here and he will he relega.ed to the
quietude of private life when his present term
of lleutenant-governore expires
At present he is as busy as a bee circulating
scurrilous newspapers, which team with the
abuse of Kindred. 1t is to be hoped that he
will take the stump for the boiling candidate,
where he can be more thoroughly held up to
the people of the district. When a. few like
him publicly espouse the Nelson gang, that
unfortunate and disappointed candidate may
well exclaim, "Oh Lord, preserve me from
my friends"
had almost forgotten to say that saw our
lieutenant governor at Sauk haploS IN nuntlng
garb and with double-barreled shot gun in
bis buggy. asked the honorable gentleman
if he was out shooting snipe, but he was
quick to inform me that he hsd not,
as yet, shot any. I would advise the
gentle G.. A. to le ave his gun at
home, for if nice covey of young prairie
chickens rose before him he might be tempted
to forget that it was violation of the law
to shoot the birds before September 1. The
Democrats up here are in favor of Barnum, of
Sank Center, as far as l can judge, for their
old wheel horse of the party, and never says
die. The weather is very hot and must be
uncomfortable for men in the harvest field.