Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-04
FOURTH DISTRICT.

Rings-He Says So Himself-Let's See.
To the Editor of the Globe:
Capt. Henry A. Castle, who is strongly |
advocating Washburn's 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, report giving the rea-
sons why the saw dust bill recommended !
by the chief engineer of the war depart |
ment, could not pass. In tAat report Capt.
Castle is quoted as saying
that when he went to Wssh- |
sngton to lobby for this hill as the repre-
sentative of our business union, he found
Ei>ssrs. DunnelI end Poehler the only rep
resentatives of Minnesota who were heart |
lily in favor of 1t, whiie Window vas &C.
lively against L, WaSaburn unwilling to
do anything fer it because it Effected the
''pecuniary interests" of many Of his con-
stituents. aus McNE Han. in *'uow you
see Fee and naw you don't see n,s" sort of
condition, with onerye on his friends in st.
Paul, the other on those in Minneapolis he
wanted to be his friends and the bill in his
merce coagnitteesf the seErats,
Capt. Castle gees on to saysthat s'all the
documentary evidence from the engineer
department. of tass army strocgly sustained.
the bill.' 1t had been recommended hy the
Mississippi river committee, the Quincy
river convention, the st. Peal chamaeer o.
scommssrce, the business rv-lion. the eenei-
neers in charge of the Mississippi river
Improvements and ali steamboat zaen IN
this country and Canada. But the s'pesu-
iiaryaszterests of mazytSf Mr.. Washba,sl's
constituents~ere too mach for the billiard
all these powerful Influences were seteside
and overcome by him and his friend win
= DON, who 70: de Mcmillan do their baaaing
under penalty of losing the Minnee polls
influence fC United States senator. And
who were these ''const; tuents' whose ''pe-
cuniary interests ,eutweighea 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.:
''Meaatime. by ,industriously talking
within embers ofcGngress from other states,
newspaper correspondents end others
with .w2sam I kaca:ae acquainted, have
learned that the numerous lobby of men
from Minneapolis and other Minnesota
towns who were ,psid $4,000 to go, to
Washington in the winter of 1850 to secure
a remission of the $250,0OC penalties in
Cured by pine land trespassers.. had Incl
dentally put in SEINE effective work against
the so-called "sasy-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 monopoly of the. lumber sup
ply for the western prairies, ,&ad they had
drawn upon their imaglnatians in every
direction for effective arguments against
the measure
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 $250,0OO 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 if he was in faA
vor of this bill. 1t 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 eerporars 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
neer 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 Winne5agoshishr 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 ''.pe-
cuniary interests" He is for VIM. D.
Washburn first. He is for the saw
mill roen (of whom he is onel and the pine
land ring (of which he is the representative
in congressl second. He lie 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 a man to represent them.
they must elect some one besides W. D.
Washburn. He has shown himself incapa-
bic 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 DIR. Amss
for a change. INDEPENDENT VOTER.
The LabOrcr's Friend.
To the Editor of the Globe: