Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-24
THE BLOODY FIFTH.
The Game of Paul sletton and Gang of
Nelson Strikers.
Correspondence of the Globe !

Correspondence of the Globe
DETROIT, Aug. %, 1885,. -This is the worst
kindred town in America. There is no place
In the dirtrict not excepting Brain
sfu' twhere everybody is for himl
"here the tide sets as strongly in
favor OF the peoples candidate as it docs here.
Men, boys, girls and women are all of one
mind on the congressional subject and are not
slow TO let their preference be known. The
moral sense OF this community does moi take
Kindiy TO the infldel from Alexandria and for
Tue me vi me / can't see how any person who
believes IN The Christians religion can recon
Gle themselves to the support of man who
SETS the principles of Christianity at defiance,
anu VINO, IKE Inc fool IN the scriptures, "hath
SAD IN his heart there is no cod"
Ihe monotony of one-siGed public opin.
| ION was somewhat varied last week by the ap-
pearance In this quiet hamlet of a yafrabond
| by the name of Paul sletton, who d,sgraces
the elvll service by holding land office at
Crookston, and who spends more of his time
IN politics than he does in his Office. He
came gown here Tor the purpose OF setting up
whom he thought would draw more
votes from Kindred than Nelson, and right
mere want to say that The time the whole
nelson gang spend in that direction, from
hnuty himself down to such small potatoes
9s eetton is loves labor lost. ;, for intelligent
democrats won't be caught by such chat. 1t
ueHlo9slrates, however, the spickle the "Bed-
ouIns are In. But to resume my narrative, Paul
has weakness like most of his countrymen and
that weakness is for booze. Wherever whisky
IS ike the needle to the pole thither is Paul
drawn Such was the case here where he in.
obliged III terrible spree aud fully maintained
Inc character which he has SO meritorously
acquired at home of being common drunk
ard.
But for Paul this was not the worst mart nj
IL. Whlle IN his cups he divulged much tina,
The gang he represents desire to keep hidden.
he waxed voluble and garrulous in proper
tlon TO the amount Of bulge he absorbed ane
lost the discretion which an ordinary
Tool when sober possesses. Tc
say nothing of the DISCUS
which naturally attaches TO a cause renre.
sented by a low bar room drupkard. PAM snc
ceeded in damaging the cause of his patro,
SAINT oy his indlscretion. Ia fact he stopped
j over worse than he did in his Tribune inter
view when he said the only class Of infsuen :,
: Mr.. kindred possessed was the low taioo,
crowd ITO which class Paul himself belopgs)
Wnen the Nelson gang desire to make
nomination for the Democratic marty as fhe,
do now, it would be better for them TO tax
such men as this Paul Sletton and tie then
up-slt down on them--suppress them i,
some way to prevent disaster and ruin to thei
/, cause. There is not Nelson man scarcel
whom you meet that Just now does not ey
press himself certain of the election of q cel
!, tain Democrat If nominated, and declare them
selves ready to vote for him themselves. No
j, one out of one thousand of the entir
lot will do it, and not only that, bu
:. after securing Democratic nom
u ination on which they base their entire hor
OF salvation, they will beg. buy or steal ever
Democratic vote they can in any wav captnr
They will not deceive any one, however, fo
thanks to Paul sletton's infrmity, their ola
is known, and when man claims to be r
publican and says he will vote for such ar
e such Democrat, IL nominated, you can nil
Y times out of ten set him down for q Nelsc
: nsn and a liar