Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-17

and subservient tool of Mr.. Window. Now,
it so happened,tha during an exciting po-
litical canvas in Winona county, in which
Mr. Window was interested, that a gentle
man of this city, former resident
of Winona, addressed me letter. Now, as
I was going into the postotfice one morn
ing, met the postmaster going out.
went to the delivery, received nay letter
and l saw at once it had been opened. 1t
was still wet where it had been resealed.
1 followed Mr.. Blanchard, the p. NJ, right
out and followed him to the rooms then
occupied by Mr.. Window.
Now, sir, this man Blanchard was de
tected in this crime. He confessed to me,
III the presence of Mr.. Window, that he
had opened and read the letter. He con
fessed to all, or nearly all, the prominent
men in Winoha, and he begged every
body's pardon, and promised the public
never TO do so any more.
Now,sir, Mr.. Window, knowing that this
man had violated his oath, had committed
a crime and seemed ready to commit any
crime in his (Windom's) interest. Yet,
shortly after, Mr.. Window took him to
Washington and kept him in Office as long
as he lived, and he died only year or two
since. Now, | do not refer to this fact in
the life of this delectable candidate, think
ing that it will be an objection to the syn
dictate that is supporting him here, but
refer to it, sir. as one of the facts, familiar
to the people of Winona county, which has
enabled them to form a just estimate of
his character.
INITIATING POMEROY
In the meantime, Mr.. Speaker, our hero
at intervals during the recesses of congress
at home, in emulation of his great proto-
type, Pomeroy, of Kansas, was assuming
the character and playing the role of the
Christian statesmen to perfection. And
although the people of Winona county had
learned to question his integrity and doubt
the sincerity of his motives, and had re-
pudiated him in fact at the polls, yet, sir,
in many parts of our state where his dis
honesty, where his hypocrisy, had not been
exposed, he was still regarded by the moral
and religious people as the very Ajax of
personal and political honesty,
and every means within his power
was utilized to disseminate that
fraudulent idea. He came here to St.
Paul, and like the lamented Pomeroy, he
presided at state Sabbath school conven-
ton, and, have no doubt, like Pomeroy
he told the little children what good lit
tie boy he had been, and how his parents
we're too poor to give him costly educa-
ton, but they sent him to the Sabbath
school, and how he obeyed his parents and
his teachers, and was studious and always
had his lessons, and summed the compan-
ionship of bad little boys, and that he
finally grew up to be great and good
man, and he attributed it all to the infu-
ence OF the Sabbath school. It was by
such swash as this, Mr.. Speaker, that he
attempted to retain a foothoId among
the moral and religious people of the state,
and even "Brother-in-law" Douglas, with
his immense power, was brought into re-
QUESTION to assist in disseminating this
idea. This man originally called, I be-
lieve, to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ
to every creature, abandoned his profess
sion, disobeyed the divine command and
became an agent of Windom, under pay
of the government, to perpetuate lie
among the people of the state. Why, sir,
this religious blatherskite, this pious
swashbuckler, has held the Office of wet
nurse to the moral and religious character
of our Christian statesman for years. His
headquarters have been here in st. Paul
where he could fly at moments notice to
any part of our state to repair any in
fraction made in the moral or religious
character of Minnesota's candidate
for the presidency. 1 pray God, Mr..
Speaker, that Minnesota may be spared
the humiliation and disgrace of a repeti-
ton of that weak and childish farce known
as the ''Windom ten" Such, Mr.. Speaker,
we're the means adopted to maintain a
moral status at home.
CoNsoRTING WITH JoBBERs.
And in Washington, on the surface, to
the outside world, he was as devout and
contrite Christian as ever kneeled at an
altar or read prayer book, but he never
worshiped Gin the little church around
the corner" Where gold worshiped, where
wealth paid its devotions, there VIM. Win
dom paraded his pretensions, but this
was for the multitude. Behind the cur
tains, underground, he burrowed
and made friends with the iobbers
and robbers and the thieves
who harbor in our national capital and
who have debauched the administration of
our government for years. It was Dorsey,
Mr.. Speaker, it was Dorsey who commend
ed William Window to Mr.. Garfield as a
proper person to occupy a chair in his
cabinet. 1t was Dorsey, the chief of the
star route thieves, who stood sponsor for
Mr.. Window, as Mr.. Window had stood
sponsor for Mr.. King few years before.
Ny God, Mr.. Speaker, what a backing for
a Christian statesman.
PACIFIC MAIL.
But there was another circumstance in
the history of our country and in the life
of this great and good man which had a
tendency to open the eyes of the people
of our section of the country. 1t will be
remembered that corporation known as
the Pacific Mail Steamship company was
before congress asking for a subsidy. At
that time Mr.. Window was a member of
the lover house of congress, and William
S. King was postmaster of the house
of representatives q believe he was post
maStar at that timal opd on ;nA1a,4;oI