St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-20
1ority than man that has been in but

authority than man that has been in ou'
about ten towns.
It has been told me in several towns that
Maj Straits postmasters are circulating his
answer to Mr. Dounelly's Glencoe speech by
putting them into boxholders' boxes, and
also by folding them into papers printed out
side of the state, one OF those
papers printed in Ohio. l at one time
was in a postoflice as deputy, and
if l remember correctly that kind of work is
violation OF the postal law and my advice
to the postmaster is ''look a leedle oud,"
you may get yourself into a boat. My mem
cry serves me that anything going through
the postoflice must be paid for by postage
stamps, unless ii is congressional reports or
'oflicial business" OF the postal service. 1t
may be that Major Straits "broadside" is
congressional reports, and as the ct ngress-
man controls al the postmasters, it may be
1t Is 'ofiicial business if so l beg to be ex-
cused for my ignorance The store keeper
here, this evening said he saw men in town
from long distance, some Of them had not
been in to vote for three years. Mr. Dom
nelly is making such stampede in this dis
trict that Major Strait and his wind bags
can't stop it. AS we were passing thresh-
ing crew yesterday coming from Kingston,
they all took off their hats and gave three
cheers Tor Donnelly and reform.
In his speeches Mr.. Donnelly gives this IL.
lustration of Straits dishonesty. He says:
''FeIlow citizens, l charged in ny Glencoe
speech that whenever an issue was made be-
tween the railroad companies and the people,
Major Strait voted on the side of the rail-
roads: and to prove this 1 iDstanced the fact
that in several cases he had voted to give
back to railroad companies millions of acres
of land which they had forfeited by failing to
build their roads within the time fixed by
law" To this Major Strait replies;
''He Donnelly) failed to mention the fact
that in ommittee and in the House l favored
and voted for all the other forfeitiug acts that
passed the House, And he then instances
a Mississippi grant, a Tennessee grant, an
Alabama grant, New Orleans and jackson
grant, and an Arkansas grant. Now Major
Strait intended the people to suppose that
these were separate bills and that an issue
had been made upon them between the rail-
roads and the people and that he had voted
on the side of the people.
Now what are the factsl All these era ts
were included in one bill, and it passed the
house Jan. 81, 1884, "a. R. $500 without
division, y that is without opposition enough
to call for tellers on the ayes and noes. (See
McPherson's Manual 1884, p. 1861 The
otiGI VII NC Nblcu 4OF WAS q Oh IIlS
Texas Pacific grant passed oy the house the
same day by vote of go yeas and l nay.
Is it any credit to Major Stait that he voted
for bills that everybody else voted for and to
which there was no opposition?
But on the forfeiture Of the Oregon Cen
trail grant, June 4, 1884, the vote stood yeas
139, nays 20, and get 1lGjor Strait aid not vote
at all. Here there was something of fight,
and the major lodged. (See McPherson's
manual 1884, p. 1851 And yet the major
boldly declares that che voted for all the
| other forfeiture bills that passed the house.
The Pioneer Press calls me a liar twenty
times day. How shall we characterize
man who puts forth such unblushing false
hoods as to matters of official record?
The house also passed June 6, 1885, bill
to forfeit the lands of the Central Pacific to
Portland, OREGON. The vote stood 159 to II.
Mgjor Strait did not cote at all.