St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-29
THE THIRD DISTRICT.
To the Editor of the Globe:

10 iue LullOE VI lue
THE CAMPAIGN on THE MANITOBA ROAD.
WlLLMAR, Mimi, Sept. 26.-Knowing that
your readers in different parts of the district are
interested in hearing how the feeling is in this
region upon the congressional question l drop
you few lines
The feeling in favor of Mr.. Donnelly is very
strong in Kandiyohi county. The ordinary Re-
publican majority in the county is about 1900,
but we are sanguine that we can cut it down to
AGO or 500. The American farmers of the county
are supporting Mr. Donnelly almost TO q man,
and there is break among the Scandinavians
that will take one-half of them. The Ncfthmen
reetraders, and they are tired of the present
condition of affairs; they work hard but do not
get ahead, and they see that if things continue
in this present channel they will soon be poor
as they We're in the old country, and their future
as hopeless. OF course Major Strait will send
out his runners and speakers to try to whip
them back into line, but 1 do not think he
succeed
The attack made upon Mr.. Donnelly in the
columns of the Pioneer Press, in connection with
! the suit of Ole Rice 81 Co., has greatly reacted
| to Mr.. d. IS advantage. Rice IL Co., who thought
it was capital fnn to publish Mr.. Donnellys pri-
! vate letter, realize the truth of the old ad-
| age, THAT it is royal sport TO hunt the tiger,
but not amusing if the tiger hunts YOU
and reputation by their little game, and out
| in an humble letter in the Nimar Republican,
Gazette, declaring that they never authorized the
publication of Mr.. Donnelly's private letter, and
that ii was published by ''some unprincipled
persons" Quale, who is now generally known
among the boys as ''Donnelly's Sc p-e,'
declares he did not write the letter 10 the p. p,
and public opinion has settled down to the
conviction that it was written by
Judge Rrown Arctander. Arctan-
ders friends claim that he was absent at the
time and the whole responsibility therefore fails
upon Judge Brown. And the public are the more
ready to believe that he wrote it because he is
known to be a man of subterranean habits, The,
overhauling Nh. Donnelly gave him has revived the
remembrance of many things that the public
were disposed to charitably forget. 1t is well
known among other things things that the Judge
went to ST. Paul and lobDied with his friends in
the legislature to induce them to provide place
for Arctander, by the creation OF district attor-
neyship for the Judges district; an office un-
known in the rest of the state, and about as nee
essary as the the fifth wheel OF wagon; and
that this was done to prevent Arctander from
roofing Brown away from the Judicial teat, and
taking possession of it himself; and now the two
Johns lie peacefully eide by side, sucking away
at the public pap, like couple Of little pigs
with their tails curled up, contented and fraternal
30 long as the government milk continues TO flow.
When a strong feeling arose in favor of doing
away with Arctander's sinecure Judge Brown
came out in a letter and said that it would be a
public calamity to abolish the Office. lie has
been known since "Caamity Brown. -
He probably told the truth: il would have been
a calamity TO him to have turned away from the
trough that combination of cheek and gail known
as Arctander
Browns salary when elected was 81, 500 year.
He worked and lobbied with the legislature until
he had it raised to $4,000, Then he had the of
fee of district attorney created for Arctandcr at
cost of 81, 600 year; making total of s., 800
which this worthy pair cost the people. Then
Brown forced on the county Jail at an expense
of about $4,000; and now, in the midst of these
hard times, with wheat worth less than sixty
cents a bushel, he has got the grand jury TO
authorize the building Of $4,000 court house,
to be paid for out Of the pockets Of the suffering
people. He is the most expensive piece of lux
: ury this county has ever had. 1t would be
cheaper for the county TO pension him az 5000
> a year and ship MIN back TO New Hampshire.
The people here are sincerely desirous thai
Mr.. Donnelly will bring his complaint before the
next legislature, and that they will get clear OF
5 Brown. They recognize the fact that Brown
= shorn Of his Office would return to his origina
a nothingness, if he did not fall back to the condi
ton he was in few years ago. The people are
- getting sick of the whole thing. and they will be
heard from when the proper time comes. There
= is a revolution abroad among the people, anC
II even the Scandin aysan vote, which heretofor
It made such men as Brown successful, can no
e longer be counted on as u solid factor.
The get from the
whole line is most favorable for Mr.
ID. In Murdock, the leading Republican
merchant of the town presided at Mr. Donnelly
II meeting, and the friends of Strait cannot count
!, more than three votes for him in the town. L
: Kerkhoven 1t is the same in Benson the same
. while the farmers stirred up Us they ever wer
- before. Mr.. Dornelly is working hard. ii
IS has delivered seven speeches in the last fou
e days.
4 We say to our friends all over the district {
stand firm and this end will do its duty. NJ
I Donnelly will undoubtedly carry Swift an
e Meeker counties, aud reduce the majority
" Kandiyohi to small figures. And this leaves Goo,
hue as the only other county in which Straigt
can get majority.
/. In imitation OF Judge Brown, when he wrote
r .subterranean letter in disguised hand again
IN the issue OF railroad bonds, which wou
have given us a competing line Of road and
le higher price for our wheat, sign myself
IT A TAXPAYER OPPOSED TO FRAUD.