St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-22
CLEAN HANDS ALONE
Should Open the Senate Door to
intellectually.

Should Open the Senate Door to
intellectually.
To the Editor of the Globe.
A large majority of the Republican
voters of Dodge county are not satisfied
with the result of the Republican legis-
lative caucus, and think that Mr.. Wash
burn should not have been nominated
to represent the farmers of the state of
Minnesota in the senate of the United
States. Mr.. WaShburn is not in Sympa-
thy with the agriculturistS of the state
of Minnesota, and never has been. He
is directly interested in the mopopolies,
and is president OF great railroad
corporation doing business in this state.
He was at one time violently opposed to
the interstate commerce law, and did
all he could to defeat it's becoming
law. But he now claims that if elected
United States senator he will in the
future support the law: but a death. bed
repentance is not considered binding by
many except for the time being, ana l
am afraid when he is in the senate of
the United States he will not
consider the promises he made
to the grangers of the legislature
binding, land will favor the repeal of the
modified that its provisions will not be
of any particular advantage to the state.
The people of Dodge county do not
think all of the wisdom of the state is
located in either st. Paul or Minneap-
oils, or in the royal Washburn family.
And they do not believe that Mr.. Wash
burn would ever have been thought of
for a United States senator if it had not
been for his great wealth. The United
States senate has become by-Word and
reproach, for it has been frequently
said that no one but millionaire can
cross the sacred portals of the senate
chamber, nor unless he will furnish a
well filled barrel, the contents to be
literally distributed among those from
whom he expects votes to be elected.
And it is believed by many that Wash
burns barrel was open at both ends,
and the contents Of the barrel were
put where it would do the most
good to secure his nomination. Now
if Mr.. Washburn has used his money
ture and thereby secured the senatorial
nomination, he is certainly not entitled,
nor should he receive the votes of the
members of the legislature Tuesday,
Jan. %, when they elect a United
States senator. On the other hand. if
he has been upright and has won his
nomination fairly on his merits, with
out using money to corrupt the men,
bers in voting for himself, then he is
entitled and should receive the votes of
all the Republicans of the legislature.
The legislature should make haste
slowly on the 22d of January, and
should not, under any circumstances
whatever, elect a senator who has used
money to secure his nomination. There
is ahost of Republicans in the state with
clean hands who are as much superior to
to Washburn in legislative ability as
he is superior to an ordinary hack
driver in st. Paul or Minneapolis. But
| many of our best men for United States
senator are unfortunately poor, and
would not use the Doodle if they had it,
| to secure their political promotion.
Such men do not seem to have any show
at the present time of ever being elected
| to the United States senate, let their tai
ents be ever so brilliant and they be ev-
cry way qualified for the position. The
writer of this article is Republican
and has beena resident of Dodge county
for more sthan a quarter of a century,
and thinks this is the first time that any
one from this state has been accused of
using money to obtain seat in the
senate of the United States. 1t does
seem strange that man of WaSfburn's
ability should be selected from the
galaxy of the intelligent members OF
the Republican party of this state, and
there must be some reason for it outside
Of his moderate intellectual attachments.
REPUBLICAN,
Dodge Center, Jan. 81, 1889.