St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-21
Friends Of the Measure Con-
fess That They Disbursed
Some Cash.
They Allege That the Oppos-
ing Faction Had the
Longest Purse.
Senatorial Votes Said to Have
Been Bought for $4,000
Each.

The lobbies of the Ryan and Mer-
chants were filled with groups of men
last evening, all talking about bribery
and corruption. Walking up Third and
jackson the words four thousand dollars
were heard on all sides. Investigation
proved that men of all parties and po-
litical compilations were indignant and
disgusted, charging the senate with
having been bought by the opponents
of the Duluth & Winnipeg land grant
bill. a curious point about the talk was
the unanimity with which the statement
was made that several senators had re-
ceived 81, 600 for their votes. One of the
most energetic of the friends of the bill
said: ''We admit that we used money;
we do not care who knows it; the SEN
ate showed itself capable of being
bought, and we knew that our OppO-
nents were spending money in large
sums; therefore we felt justified in u.s.
ing money. The only trouble was that
we were outbid."
One of st. Paul'S leading citizens,
man who has never been connected
with politics in any shape or form, and
nobody knows how he has voted on any
election; man who has lived in the
city for over thirty years and is now one
of the weathiest citizens, said IN the
most indignant manner, II care not
one way or the other, but this legisla.
: ture has shown itself the most corrupt.
BILE that ever sat in Minnesota. They
were bought at the senatorial elec.
tion. and 1 know they have been
bought by both sides on this Duluth
& Winnipeg bill. 1t is time the people
of the state rose and demanded purity
in the legislative halls. A man is
elected to represent the people, but he
seems to think he is there to
LINE HIS POCKET.
"This is one of the reasons why
would not dabble in politics. l should
have to associate with men whom l con.
slider beneath me in honor and every
other respect"
A prominent lawyer asked why the
senate was always the body which was
approached. Another very prominent
lawyer, who is also considerable of a
politician, said: why, it does not
matter about the house; any measure
has to pass both bodies, and there are
fewer to buy in the senate, and they
are more easily bought" One of the
leading Republican members Of the
house said that he was ashamed of be-
ing member of such a legislature. He
knew where money had been placed
and to what amounts.
Names were mentioned in this con-
nectiOn, and stories were told as follows:
One senator had it announced in yes
terday's papers that he had left for
home on account of sickness in his fam
lily. His wife saw the announcement
and telegraphed to the other senator
from that district, saying he had not
been at home, and wanting to know
whether he was sick. The recipient of
the telegram wired back that he had
simply left town to avoid a
vote. Another senator, who is
known to be chronically hard up, got
paralyzed Tuesday night, and was be.
ing put to bed by some friends in a
leading hotel. AS they undressed him,
bills to the amount of nearly $4,000
dropped out from all sorts of corners Of
his clothing.
The general opinion seemed to be
and nothing else was talked of-that
the whole affair was
DISGRACE TO THE STATE,
and ought to be investigated. No
whitewashing ought to be allowed, but
a thorough and radical investigation
should be held, and not only the
bribees but the bribers shown up to the
public.