Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-04
FOURTH DISTRICT.
washburn Don't Know of Any Pine Land
Rings-He Says So Himself-Let's See.


Rings-He Says So Hilnself-Let's See.
To the Editor of the Globe:
Capt. Henry A. Castle, who is strongly |
advocating Washburns election. ought to
be good witness. What does he say?
There was just recently published by the
chamber of commerce committee on the
Mississippi river, a report giving the rea-
sons why the saw dust bill recommended
by the chief engineer of tho war depart
ment, could not pass. In that report Capt. |
Castle is quoted as saying |
that when he went to Wash-
ington to lobby for this hill as the repre-
sentative of our business union, he found |
M<ssrs. Dunnell end Pochler the only rep
resentatives of Minnesota who were heart
lily in favor of 1t, while Window Eas &C
lively against 1t, Wasaburn unwilling to
do anything fer it because it Elected the
'pecuniary interests" of many Of his con-
stituents. ank Mcclellan. in a *'uow you
see 'Ee and new you don't see me-" sort of
condition, with oneIye on his friends in St.
Paul, the other on those in Minneapolis he
wanted to be his friends and the bill in his
pocket as the subcommittee ;cf the CONF
smerce congnittee@f the senate. \
Capt. Castle gees on to saythat call the
documentary evidence from the engioeer
of tae army strecgly sustained;
the bill" 1t had been recommended hy the
Mississippi river committee, the Quincy
river convention, the st. Peal chamber %
scommsyce, the; business re-lion, the venei-
neers in charge of the Mississippi river
Improvements and all steamboat zaen In
this country and Canada. But the ''pesu-
constituente<ere too mach for the 'bilkend
all these powerful Influences were seteside
and overcome by him and his friend win
dom. who aes de McAiEsn do their bl1sing
under penalty of losing the Minneapolis
influence Sec United States senator. And
who were these CONSTITUENTS" whose ''pe-
cuniary interests" ,eutweighed all sthe in
terests, of ell the balance of the people of
his district with Mr.. Washbunn. Capt.
Castle SAID this part of the report was
eighteen months ago.:
'Meausime, by .industriously talking
withmeMbers ofcHpgress from other states,
newspaper correspondents and others
learned that the numerous lobby of men
from Minneapolis and other Minnesota
towns who were psid $25,OO0 to go. to
Washington in the winter of 1850 to secure
a remission of the $250,0OG penalties in
Cured by pine lard trespassers,. had Incl
dentaRy put in seme effective work against
the so-called -ssw-dust'' bill They had
pointed out the injury it would be to gulch
mining in California and to manufacturing
in New England They had represented to
members from Illinois and Iowa that it
was movement to cripple TIE mills at
Minneapolis, whereby Chicago would
again have a monopoly of the. lumber sup
ply for the western prairies, ,&nd they had
drawn upon their imaglnations in every
direction for effective arguments against
the measure"
This looks very much Ikea s.'pine land
ring" And it looks very much like these
were Washburn's constituents whose "pe-
,cuniary interests" he went to Washington
to represent to the amount of .$25O,0OO in
,one single item.
If Washburn don't belong body and soul
to that ring, his strange cooperation with
them to kill. this saw dust bill. needs expla-
nation.
This explains, why he did not dare to an
swer the repeated requests of the chamber
of commerce asking him file was in fae
vor of this bill. It explains why he and
his fellow traitor Window dare not face a
public audience in this the capital of the
state.
Itexplains why his saw mill friends
got up .eorporals guard of the board of
trade, and had themselves appointed a
committee to Investigate" the saw dust
question, and muddy the water and blind
the people .uutll after the election. 1t ex
plains why Bill King wrote that violently
abusive editorial in the Minneapolis Pho
seer Press, denouncing the st. Paul cham
Der of commerce as 'liars, blackguards,"
ETC., because they were showing up the
work of Washburn and the other pine land
thieves, whose only love for the Mississippi
river is for that portion at and above Min
neapolis as far as the Winneaagoshish res
ervoirs.
Tho fact is Mashburn is the tool of the
pine land ring. The pine land ring are
opposed to the improvement of the Mis-
sissippi river below Minneapolis, and
Washburn dare not go against their -1spe-
cuniary interests" He is for VIM. d.
Washburn first. He is for the saw
mill roen (of whom he is one) and the pine
land ring (of which he is the representative
in congress} second. He is for Minneapo-
lis, third Except when he has railroad to
sell and for the people of his
district last when he wants
their votes). If the people of the
district want man to represent them,
they must elect some one besides W. D.
Washburn. He has shown himself incapa-
BILE of representing anybody but himself,
and his rings and their 'pecuniary inter
ests.'' Let US return him to his saw mill
and pine land friends and select DR.. Amss
for change. INDEPENDENT VOTER.
TIE LabOrer's Friend.
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