Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-04
Wh0 Support Nelson.

WAo support Nelson.
A casual glance at the class of men who
are found arrayed under the banner of the
Norwegian infidel bolter who is now en-
gagged by the aid and with the financial
backing of the pine land ring at Mime
apolis in an attempt to carry the Fifth
congressional district against Mr.. Kin
dred, the regular Republican nominee, is
sufficient to convince even the most skep-
teal that no respectable man ought
to be found among them, even if the
question of the disreputable manner of
his coming before the people as candi-
date were not considered at all.
First on the list is one w. D. Washburn,
of Minneapolis, whose unsavory record is
a stencil in the nostrils Of the community
who are so unfortunate as to be misrep-
resented by him in congress. A recapit-
ulation of his history which has been given
by chapters in the GLOBE at intervals,
would be more lengthy than the pres
ent article permits. The gallant (survey-
or) general who rose from the humble post
of captain of the company of militia who
volunteered for the war of the
rebellion without him, to that bloodless
though not bootless field where he so ably
distinguished himself, at one fell
jump, well deserves first place
as Nelson striker. There is
no one who knows anything about the
Fifth district bolt who does not know that
it would not have occurred, but for the
advice and pecuniary backing afforded the
boiling candidate by this chief of the pine
land ring. His personal efforts were used
while yet in Washington, among his friends,
by personal letters to those whom he
fancied he could control, urging
them to work for the nomination of Mel
son, and later declaring in his own Office,
Il would rather be defeated in my own dis
trict than see Nelson defeated in his. He
is friend of mine, and will help him
with my money, if necessary"
Next come his pals of the ring, II. L.
Gordon and others. Next the gang of land
officers who have been bounced for
fraud and those who will be bounced
to a certainty shortly. There they come,
watch them as they begin to materialize.
At the head comes Gilman, the most de-
lectable rascal of them all. You remem-
Der, Charles, when you we're in the land
Office at st. Cloud as receiver and got into
hot water, how you slid down to Washing
to and craved the privilege Of kicking
yourself out. You know, Charles, that your
fraudulent career while in that Office is
known and well known. How did you
manage poor man as you we're, to acquire
60 much valuable timber land which you
never have paid taxes on as yet?
Your duplicity, Charles, is only equaled by
your check. What steal are you contem-
plating now?' Can you see another $500
in the dim distance to line your depleted
pockets with? Your success merits the
application of the adage that "a wire-pul-
Ter is greater than statesman"
HI. (adulterer) Gordon rise up. You
come next to Gilman in the most natural
sequence as the most disreputable whelp
in the lot. You, too, were allowed the
pleasure of your coadjutor Gilman. of
kicking yourself out of the Office
of register of the ST. Cloud
land Office for fraud. You are fine speci-
men of humanity to spread yourself over
district and insult the every sense of
respectable people by attempting to lower
the reputation of a noble man to your own
dirty level. You to talk about
dishonesty, who have stolen yourself rich
and openly again and again boast of your
dishonest practices. Out of our sight, as
public opinion has driven your disrepu-
table person out of the Fifth district, and
hide yourself at Minneapolis.
Come up, R. C. Mitchell. red-headed
woodpecker from the shore of the unsalted
sea. You we're once register of the Du-
luth land Office. Why did you go? Be-
cause your outrageous insult offered
again and again to Christian ministers
and to all who believe in Christians God
SO enraged the entire community that
their unanimous protest was too heavy for
you. and like Charles, you asked leave to
kick yourself out. You went, and now
by the eternal fitness of things your i'm
pious voice is raised in the defense of
the "poor little Norwegian infidel," who
differs from you in that he does not OBJ
trude his outrageous ideas upon dis
gusted public.
Come on, Thos.H. Pressnell, you are next.
Unlike the scriptural Thomas, you are not
an unbeliever in everything at least. You
believe in feathering your nest if you
have the'opportunity at least. You went
into the presumption business in great
shape and just when you thought you had
fine thing the department fred you out
of the Office of receiver. You are a Nelson
man? Yes, don't wonder.
sc. B. Jordan, you was once register of
the Fargo land Office. Oh, why did you
go? You lost your grip too quick to tell
it in the middle of your term. How sad!
You we're willing to be sacrificed for your
coantry's good for several years to come,
but your department commander did not
need you and you went. You are over in
the Fifth district now trying to help Nell
son. Is it because sbirds of feather will
flock together" that you join the Nelson
crowd? G. B., you have made mistake.
You think you hear your country calling
you to another land Office appointment,