St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-09

during his whole term. But let me tell
you, this Is nothing compared TO what
is coming in the future. We are living
or the top of a volcano. After clearing
the penitentiary and controlling the SEN
atorial church fair. what do you sup
pose Is in the wind now? A scheme to
steal all
THE SCHOOL LANDS.
amounting TO millions. They are de-
yelOping plan TO have them fall into
the hands of bogus bidders at a low
price. They want to get them out OF
the hands of the state into the hands OF
a ring, where they can be sold and
leased at an enormous profit: where
they can rob the educational fund and
make themselves milliOnaIres. L tell
YOU this is true, for | have had IL pro-
posed. If the taxpayers don't wake up
they will find themselves out of doors.
Just look at the condition of the state
now. Drilling along, borrowing
money TO pay the expenses of Il legfsia-
ture. good portion of the country
bankrupt from poor crops and chattel
mortgages: new state with everything
to raise and run by tax on the people,
and scheme in hand to steal the school
lands. When it was all one great, big
territory it was better than it is now.
We had Uncle Sam To help pay the
bills; We only had one set of offices and
officers to support where We now have
two. Now Uncle Sam has gone. Our
expenses and cares have more that dou-
bled, and see how things are gong. l
tell you. you watch to see some fellows
make fortunes out of plundering the
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than they ale M ". L am convinced now
that dividing the territory was mis-
take. We all thought il would make
better times TO be divided and admitted
as two states, but it is going to be an in
jury. Nobody will care TO come and
help assume the burdens of new state
when they can go to territory and get
rid of them. And the state officers
elected are no Improvement on those
appointed. In fact, not so good. The
gang can fool and get round every one
of them. The tact is, while
l am a Republican, the parties
should be more evenly bal
anced. When they are evenly balanced,
you have to put up the best men to win.
Now with great Zig bull-headed ma
jority you can run in thieves, murder
ers and swindlers of all kinds, and
there is majority to back them up. L
tell you it is all wrong. / am not
Democrat. but something must be done
to make the Republicans more careful.
Everybody appeared to find fault with
Church. but that man would not be run
over. Since the territory has been di-
Vided we have two skunks in place of
one. But this school land steal they
are cooking up. tell you. IS serious and
no joking. There will be three tickets
in the field next time. johnson is going
to run independent, to pay them up for
not making him present of the sena-
tOrial church cake. instead of selling 1t
at auction. The Farmers alliance and
ProhibitionistS will have ticket. Then
here will come the unterrified-and you
see If the Democrats don't make good
showing, better than ever before. But,
that plot that is developing TO steal the
school lands. Don't you think that is
any joke. If you ever
WRITE THE GLOBE
another letter. touch that up before the
people are caught IN it, and you will do
more good than you could TO live
thousand years" Gentlemen, here you
have the conversation of a man on the
swearing train "a good Republican, and
q man who claims to know. | don't
know anything about it; never heard Of
it before; can't express any opinion;
only, know this man was terribly in
earnest-cOuld not see any froth around
his mouth, but will bet the farm his feet
were not cold.
| will believe anything, however, that
one Republican will say about another.
If Que should say he knew where half
dozen men were in comfortable circum-
stances by getting man out of the pen
itentiary, would believe that. If one
should say senatorial pound-cake sold
for thirty-fve thousand, and ten men
got half of it | would believe that: aud
if he said there was a plot on
foot to steal the school lands. l would
have no reason to doubt it. Why should
l, when a man SAID so who is thor
Ougbly acquainted with them alp If |
have said nything wherein any partic-
ular Individual recognizes any facts he
is familiar with that have not quoted
correctly, if he will leave his name and
card | will be happy to make any cor
TectiOnS desired. | am only stating
matters from hearsay on the authority
of one Republican against another, and
when we get so we can't believe the
Republicans, who can we believe? To
any one who was never on swearing
train, some of these points may be OF
interest TO know just how fellow does
feel Smarting under the political toe of
friends boot. BUDD REEVE.