Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-13

WILSON AND WINDOW.
They Cross Swords snl Winddm Gets
Excited.
Judge Thomas Wilson, of Winona, and
Senator Window of Minneapolis, have
been having brief correspondence. Win
dom accused Wilson of having circulated
ISLANDERS about him, and the Judge stated
in reply:
| charge that erery statement made OF
concerning me in that speech so for os I
coz, learn by the report, is a malicious,
iraHton, bdseleSs, co,oarttiy .falsehoOd.
have spoken in this campaign only il the
towns of Fremont, Saratoga, st. Charles
and Lewiston. There were hundreds of
our best citizens and some of his lackeys
present to hear me. No one can be mis-
taken as to what I said. His cowardice as
well as his falsehoods is made apparent by
the fact that he dared not utter these cal
umnies until the last night before election,
when he knew ] was in a distant city, and
that there was no opportunity to expose
| him until after election.
I challenge him-the fabricator-and
| you-the publisher and endorser of these
calumnies-to establish by single reput-
able person the truth of one of the allega-
tions as to me. I leave it with a people
whom he has attempted to deceive in such
a cowardly and mendacious manner to
say whether he and the little coterie Of
'.phorisees and hypocrites" who in the back
| alleys and private ways retail his false
dc do oNf hn ~ ofo
honorable man.
C'His attack was a wall of despair. He
| hoped that before his mendacity could be
exposed it might have some effect. Other
charges equally untrue were privately re-
tailed concerning me in almost every town
| in the county. Though urged by my
friends to publish denial 1 refused to do
| so, leaving the answer to the people. They
have answered. Some say that "a lie woli
| stuck to is as good as the truth I don't
believe, Mr.. Editor, this IS your code ofmor
| ais. I. therefore cannot doubt but that
you will denounce
ISLANDER. that foalest whelp OF H."
even tG,ough the slanderer is potent in
| your party. Yours truly,
THOMAS WILSON.
Senator Window indulges in an elabo-
rate reply wherein he sums up his case as
follows:
Judge Wilson denies seriGtun, that he
ever uttered the ISLANDERS contained in
said sheet. My charge was that by his
comDlicity ocith their circulation he had
made then, has osca, and is as much re-
sponsible for them as if they had been
uttered by his own tongue, and l pro-
ceeded to criticise his conduct in plain
terms. Judge W. also says: II did no5 re-
peat in my speech referred to Or at any
time any such charges against him
as he refers to-" The people
The ISLANDERS lie has repeated over and over
the last thirteen years will read that state
ment with some surprise. In almost every
political speech ne has made during that
time he has INDUCED in charges against
nv character, and have heard of his
whispered ISLANDERS from hundreds of per-
sons whom he sought to poison, but have
remained silent until forbearance ceased
to be virtue. When l caught him In COM
plicity with the disreputable characters WHO
. we're spreading these falsehoods broadcast
: ever the county I denounced the act in
terms which every right minded, honest
: man III that audience approved Judge
: Wilson says: He dared not utter these
calumnies until the last night before cleo
ton when he knew was in a distant city,
etc. To which [ reply that the paper which
s contained the charges against myself was
not published until Saturday evening and
1 did not know of Judge Wilson's partici
q patton in its circulation until two hours be-
:, fore denounced it on Monday evening.
q He returned from the "distant city, OF St
. Charles early the next morning.
He says he left the answer to the people:
and ''they have answered" True, they
/ answered in this city lwhere alone Ily
e speech was known on the day of the elec
e. tion) by giving him smaller majority
e than any other Democratic candidate on
le the congressional or legislative ticket. His
is majority in this city was less than Bier
a mans by l25, and less than Bucks by Lon
IS votes. He was beaten in his own ward b.
il, forty votes, and even G. F. Buck received
twelve votes more than he did in his (Wil
e. son's) own ward, thus upon his own theory
justifying my classification of the Nv.
rt men.
AS for the striking coarseness and VIZ,
garity'' of my speech am happ3~ tc
% abide the judgment Of the many hund
~ reds of ladies and gentlemen, comprising
= large proportion of WinoHa's best citi
zens, who listened with such evident in
terest and approval. Very many of thes
u have expressed their unqualified apprO
!, 70 baton of my remarks, and but ole, so fa
H. as know, has deprecated their uttarance
mis- objection being, as understood. base
lS upon the belief that I had been misir
ie formed as to the part Judge Wilson Ia
has taken in disseminating those cainu'
e MES. Very truly yours, WILI1AN "1st'o7.
- Shameful Treatment.
On Saturday night man named Law
renee, an organ ;imaker, was very muc
mistreated at saloon on Carroll street
near harrington avenue, kept by NAL