The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-11-03

reform i'm that respect. since l have
been i'm the Senate my family have
spent three entire years in Winona
and also every summer hut two-
from the close OF the session until
aimIt two weeks before the com.
mnncemant of the next session. The
two exceptions are last summer when
!. was kept in Washington by cabinet
duties. as before mentioned, AMI one
other, when considerations of health
induced me 10 send them To the sea-
shore.
As to the charge of Withholding
money from Mrs. Fletcher, recently
p;,.t,ird in 70 certain menlacious sheet
published in st. Paul. / nave this to
say. that l.never received one cent of
her money, nor did j ever have any
communication with her on the sub
ject. 1t was IL business transaction
between her and Mr.. Douglas, III
which | WAS not intrr-et-'l, ami
about which / knew u thing. Not
one dollar of mine was ever used 10
pay the Judgment, nor was execution
ever issued upon it. The history of
the case rs stated by MI. Douglas is
this He bought FOR himself IN in
terest in an addition to the town site
of Detroit. Becker. county, ami il like
interest in the same designed Tor
Mrs. Fletcher, but sometime after.
finding the investment To he an UNI
profitable one. instead of conveying
to Mrs. Fletcher the interest pur-
chased for her, as he might have done
under their agreement. he assumed
the entire responsibility Of it himself
having l,ald over IS, 800 for the twp
interests. and rs soor rs possible paid
of his entire obligation To her out of
his own means. The proof OF his
honest Intentions in the matter is
that he voluntarily allowed Judgment
to lie taken by default when he had
real estate in Minnesota to more than
five times the amount subject to exc.
cution.
Another charge 10y the same sheet
is that .when Window went into his
cabinet office there were offers Oh file
there to take $500, 900 900 of govern
ment bonds at 3 per cent. interest,
which he subsequently allowed to he
Withdrawn, and then extended bonds
to Il far greater amount at 81. per
cent. interest, and thereby putting
many millions of dollars into some
budy's picket THIS is simply
another naked, malicious falsehoud,
without one particle of foundation in
fact. There WAS no law by which
bonds could he extended otherwise
than payable at the option of the
government, and no offer for them
was ever made at per cent.
SO arfrom putting money into the
pockets of anybody hy my refunding
operations. the entire cost of refund
ing over 300, OOO. 200, S and per
cent. bonds. into bonds dR,wIng 81.
per cent interest, including travelling
expenses of several agents sent To
Europe was only Si8,000. mo such
transaction was ever performed by
any nation on earth at so. slight
cost.
The old falsehoOd about paying Mr..
WheelOck and Mr.. DrIscol $50 10000
for their support twelve years ago re-
appears in as braZen Hnrf2r as if
it had not been refuted half dozen
times. The fact is that both of these
gentlemen were my friends and sup
pOrters throughout the canvass, and
it is utterly untrue SO far us | know
or believe that either OF them de
manded OF received cent for their
support, or for the support given me
by the st, Paul press. The ridicul-
Gus falsehOOd that l now have, or
ever had any interest whatever i'm the
stock of the Pioneer Press is unworthy
of notice.
recall one other charge. 1t is
said have encouraged bOlting tickets
in Steele county, and elsewhere in the
State. This charge is absolutely
false, and without u shadow of foun-
datiOn in fact. l challenge the proof
that have in any way encouraged
bolt in any county in the State. There
are but few counties i'm which the
nominees are not nv friends, and in
those ! have advised support of the
candidates whether they will vote for
me or not. My opponents depend
upon boiling for success, l do not.
Their charge that have encouraged
it is made To furnish an excuse for
their own attempts TO defeat the Re-
publican party, without which they
cannot defeat me.
These are all the specific charges
that now occur to me, | am aware
that certain disreputable newspapers
are full of scurrility and general
abuses. Their editors are paid for
this kind Of work, and they Wills
doubtless continue it until the cleo
ton. Without sense of honor or re-
gard for truth, they will invent new
SANDERS as fast as the old ones are ex-
posed. Very sincerely yours,
WILLIAM WINDOW.