Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-06-30
THE FIFTH DISTRICT.
IL Supplying Funds for Knute Nelson.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.1

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MooRHEAD, June 2S.-Ths Washington
special to the Pioneer Press of to-day, 9th,
| supplemented by an editorial from his old time
fugleman OF the same tenor causes a general
laugh. The idea OF Washburn who does
not coyet the magic letters .: 8. s., which
are always SO near and yet SO far from the en-
tire family, is decidedly rich. Especially hoi-
low and empty does the denial sound when
we remember that, at least, at two separate
senatorial contests within the last ten years
has "little William" by ways that are dark, land
tricks that are Twain been busy intl iguing for
senatorial honors. That this oily pOliti-
clan has not voluntarily assessed himself in
Nelson's interest there may be some little
morsel of truth in, for our little William
never willingly assessed himself for anything
except for the small moiety which he threw
to his creditors few years ago, about as you
would throw bone to a snarllng yellow dog
as the only means on earth to keep him quiet
railroad business, and that exchequer is not
SO handy now to draw from as. it was few
years ago for campaign purposes. But
this fact remains that the "pine
land ring" which the virtuous William
does know something about, are just as anxi-
GUS to provide for future steals as they have
been in the past to prosecute them, and have
as much, If not more, funds to accomplish it
with. One thing is absolutely certain. An
obscure country lawyer has not the financial
surplus to prosecute such canvass as is be-
ing carried on in the Fifth district in aid of
the Scandinavian candidate, and people have a
right to surmise as to the source from which
it springs. Nearly all of the pine lands in Min
nesota are in the Fifth district, and should a
congressman be elected not en- rapport
with the Minneapolis gang OF
pine land sharks who have 80 long been plum
dering the government and enriching them
selves, it might go hard with them. 1t is
thus very hard to prevent a surniise as TO
where the campaign fund being used for the
Scandinavian hero SO literally comes from.
Pending the time when the people of this dis
trct shall have had time to believe that little
William has not written any letters or express
ed any preferences for Knute Nelson would
it not be well for some letters from Slippery
miles distant from here to be Of
fered for publication. No doubt
he would relieve the recipients from any obi
cation to regard them as private. All things,
however, have their day, and the time has now
fully come when the people Of northern Min
nesota want relief from the rule of the Min
neapolis pine land ring, and unless the signs |
are all WTOnk tuey arc SOlug 10 nave Ib' Liz
people of the Fifth district are as much capa- |
BILE of selecting their own representative as any
other Kdistrict in the country, and |
the time has now about come |
when they will not brook outside interior
ference. Although Republican district, a
bolt might not be quite SO safe as imagined |
by those who are openly threatening it. AS |
Mr.. Washbrrn has, after denying that he had |
a preference and then coming out for the |
d1nau ian low 6ocIarnb -thrnuUh his |
that he not only has no senatorial |
ambition, but that in this Fifth district fight |
he is also to be counted out, it is to be sup |
posed that his hand will no longer be traced |
in the figuring now going on. Still no one is |
to believe the absurdity.