Daily globe., 1882-10-05
KNUTE NELSON'S RECORD
AS a BOlter. Land Grabber, Claim Jumper
Infidel and Pine Land Candidate.
Review by One Who Knows Him

| Review by One Who Knows Him.
Knute Nelson's plea to the Norwegians
in the Fifth district to secure votes at the
coming election on the ground that he is
poor ''little Norwegian" is getting a little
too transparent to the intelligent voters.
1t matters little to the average American
citizen who he casts his vote for if he does
so for an honest man, and one who will not
betray his constituents.
Mr.. Nelson's campaign pamphlet, writ
ten by laundering Gordon, will have little
effect and force with the voters Of the Fifth
district, as it is characteristic of the man
who wilfully makes false afidavits to the
governor and is known as prostitute and
scoundrel from one end of the district to
! the other. The question as to who was
the regular nominee of the district con-
vention, has been settled by the state
central committee, and it is known fact
that Mr.. Kindred is the regular nominee of
| the republican party for congress in this
district. Knute Nelson is chronic bolter
from Wisconsin, as has been conclusively
proven to the satisfaction of all.
That he is an outspoken infdel has not
been denied, and yet he has the gall to
come before the voters in this district and
ask their suffrages of them. That he is
the pine land ring candidate cannot be de-
MED, when you glance at the array of
thieves who are his hackers and supporters.
Charley Gilman, one of Nelson's princi-
pal strikers, is an ex-U. S. land officer, who
was turned out of the st. Cloud land Office
for breach of trust. II. L. Gordon, one
of the worst pimps that ever disgraced
any official position, is also an ex-U.S. land
| officer who was fred out of the land Office at
st. Cloud for actual stealing. L. K. Aaker,
| of Alexandria, is another ex-U. S. land
| officer who filed an official trust and
| assisted Knute Nelson, as an officer of the
law, in defrauding old man Kilbourn out
of his claim and turning the old man out
poor and penniless, after robbing him of
his only earthly possession and home.
| Tom Presnell is another ex-U. S. land
officer of Duluth, who is an ardent sup
porter of Nelson and who was actually
kicked out of the Office since the present
campaign commenced for his rascality.
Paul Sletton of the Crookston land Office,
who is holding his position not because he
is qualified to fill it. is spending nearly all
his time inisaloons and other places work
ing for Nelson.
1t there is any question in the minds of
the honest voters of the fifth district as to
whether or not this man Knute Nelson is
the pine land candidate, let them look at
the array of names who are his supporters
and who are running the most gigantic
monopoly for stealing in the state. That
there may no longer be any doubt in the
mind of any intelligent voter in this dis
trlct, let him look at the array Of ee-ot-
ciats who have disgraced this state, and
used their official positions of trust to
steal themselves rich, and who are now
Nelson's supporters and strikers.
That Nelson is appealing to the Norwe-
gians in this district for their support on
the ground of nationality, and because he
is poor little Norwegian" cannot be de-
MED as you will see by his little primer
| written by Gordon the boss liar, falsifer
and forger.
That this is a free country is we'll known
to all and thousands of dollars are spent
annually by our state board of emigration
to encourage the poor and oppressed Nor
wegians to emigrate to this ''land of the
free and home of the brave'' as we'll as
other nationalities cannot be
contradicted; as well as thou
sands of dollars spent by our railroads in
sending circulars and pamphlets, and even
sending men into all parts of Europe to
encourage immigration into our State.
When once here there is no reason why
any particular nationality, and especially
the Norwegians, who are not in the major
ity, should put up one of their number for
one of the highest Offices under our form
Of government, and vote for him because
he claims to be ''little Norwegian" Con
formity to our laws, customs and usages is
rightly and justly expected; and disre-
gard of our nationality and our in
stitutions and substitution of
others, is an abuse of the welcome
extended, and really fraud upon our civil
and social modes. Nelson is to-day ap-
pealing to his nationality, and hopes to
carry the entire Norwegian vote regardless
Of his past record as bolter, who has be-
fore betrayed his countrymen and his con-
stituents, and besides being an outspoken
infdel The damning disgrace he has
brought upon himself and the Republican
party in this state, regardless of the record
he left Wisconsin with, is enough for ev-
cry voter in the Fifth district to know to
cast their vote intelligently.
He should be repudiated by every Re-
publican in the district that knows him
to be not only chronic bolter and inidel,
but the candidate of the Pine Land Ring
that is only trying to secure his election
that they may plunder and steal all the
pine left on Red lake and the other five
reservations. Only last Winter Washburn
| endeavored 10 secure the passage of bill
through congress whereby the Pine Land
Ring could steal about Eighty Million Dol
lars worth of this valuable land. This
same ring only last winter gobbled up
three and a half million dollars
| worth on the Mile Laos Reservation.
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