Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-27

pleasure to be thus eminently fair, from
the fact that while Mr.. King disavows hav
ing been blackmailed, and apologies for
the corrupt rascals OF the Press, the gang of
blackmailers themselves confessed their
infamy at the time The article which we
quote from the Press of 1871, is nothing
but an abject confession. They admit
that DriscolI went to Washington, and
finding there were Two shares in the North
ern Pacific Construction company unas-
signed, demanded one.
1t is worthy OF note, in passing, to call
attention to the careful omission, both by
Mr.. King and the Press, of the fact that
the other share was Mr.. WINDOWS, and was
held for him by Mr.. King.
When the quarrel arose between the
Press gang and Mr.. King, he King says
that it did not turn on their support of
Window. Mr.. King ought to have re-
freshed himself by reading up the ''con-
fession' of the blackmailers. They con-
fessed as follows:
cat this time WE GAVE MR.. WINDOW NO
TICE that we proposed to fight the Minneapolis
SHOULD SEPARATE HIMSELF FROM MIR.
W. S. KING"
When Window declined to repudiate
King the confession" states, '.for a little
lcbile ne avere in q quGndGry aChdt to do. ut
was while in this qetandary that the black
mailers sent the mutual friend, Nichols, to
Mankato to urge Clark Thomp
son to be candidate for
the senate against Mr.. Window. With
brazen shamefacedness the st. Paul Press
of Jan. 81, 1871, contained this further
confession:
''We proceed to state three topics which did
form in their relation to each other principal
subject of the interview, and embraced one of
the principal objects of Mr.. Nichols visit One
of these topics WAS MONEY; one was Col.
Thompson; the other the st. Paul Press.
1t was after all the 'Quanda,y," and after
the visit of Nichols to Mr.. Thomp-
son that the Press recounts the fol
lowing event:
SPY the interposition of mutual political
friends another effort was made to compromise
the difficulty"
If politics had nothing to do with it,
why were mutual political friends" called
in? Why was notice served on Window by
the Press that he must repudiate King, if
there was no connection between the con-
struction contract and the senatorship? If
there were no politics about il, why was
Nichols sent by the Press to Mankato to
urge Clark Thompson to be a candidate,
| - 4ho oI,
grown lukewarm, become an ardent advo-
cate of Window after they had received
the $4,000? These are questions, Col.
King, that you do not answer, and we very
much doubt whether you care to reply to
them.
As evidence that the GLOBE view of this
bIackmailing operation is the natural one,
we quote the following comment from the
Chicago Tribune of Jan. 23d, 1871:
From patient reading of the Press account
it is difficult to derive anything but VIRTUAL
ADMISSION of the accusation of its adversary
except that it affirms it was in favor of
WINDOWS election, irrespective of the $4,000.
The Press admits that it did solicit, and
accept ''thankfully,' share in the con-
structon company; that it afterward solicited
representation in the board of directors. The
object which the untrammeled Press had in
going into the construction bushes was to vim
dictate the maj esty of st. Paul, the ring being
otherwise Mi neapolis concern; and Mr.. Dris-
COILS local. p ide having prompted him to go
down to Washington and demand, on behalf of
St. Paul, that he (Driscoll) and his partner
be admitted into the Circle other
wise an opposition "circle' would be formed
at st. Paul which would knock the Minneapolis
and Washington combination higher than kite.
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honor with all Western politicians. The Press,
therefore, seeing that Mr.. Window was
thoroughly identified with the Minneapolis ring,
which was already much disliked in st. Paul
candldly informed that gentleman that unless he
intefered in behalf of the St. Paul interest, and
disconnected himself from VIM S. King st. Paul
| would be down on him The result of this ulti-
matum, and of the activity which it must have
melted IN the candidate, was the arrangement
already noted, whereby the Press party sold out
their interest in the construction company for
$4,000. TO ALL THIS THE Press OWNS
UP; but it does not satisfactorily explain
how the selling out of its franchises III the Min
neapolis ring ''fOr less than ene-third its esti-
mated value" as it claims, should so pro-
pitiate it toward Mr.. Window, whom it had
previously threatened to oppose, as to induce it
to support him for the senatorship
We are sorry for this omission, not only because
| we desire to see the new senator enter upon his
term with skirts perfectly clear of bargains and
jobs but because we regret,to see newspaper in
fuence going off at one-third it's value at st.
| Paul or elsewhere
The GLOBE alleges that the proprietors
of the Pioneer Press are dishonest men
and Matchmaking srascals. As proof we
submit the confession of the
blackmailers themselves and the opinion
of disinterested Republican journal like
the Chicago Tribune. And here the GLOBE
rests the case.
1t looks as though Col. King would have
to try again. He should read up little
before he again attempts to supply the
GLOBE with ''bottom facts.'
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