The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-15

us Just before the March convention
in which letters Hodgson gave thu
wheat inspection business Che was 8
wheat inspector) a black eye, in the
way of declaring dark and mysteri.
GUS frauds land at which time he
declared in our office that eff the in.
spection system would not remedy
all the evils of the farmers nothing
else would!" At this time Hall was
not only numbering Hodgson's repu-
tation, but wrote of Sprague las big
rascal as he took him to be!''
Hodgson was to be one of the origin
al stockholders of the Alliance Insur-
ance fraud which the GREAT WEST
squelched.
Third District.-J. L. Wright. Our
readers must not carry the odium
which attaches to the old political
ring to those whom they have selec-
ted with them. We presume Mr..
Wright is a very excellent gentleman.
Fourth District.-J. C. Neill.
Fifth District.-C. H. Roberts.
This gentleman is very highly spok-
en- of, but he is not a farmer. His
occupation is a teacher in the public
schools.
Sixth.-Eric Olson. 1t is unneces-
sary for us to make any remarks re-
garding this person. He is known
largely throughout the state, and
his own county can take care of his
standing. If not, then application
can be made to Will Nichols, of St.
Paul; or to the poor woman who
made it interesting for Olson to come
to st. Paul only in the night time, on
account of two or three hundred
dollar investment in that gentle
mans credit.
Seventh.-C. w. Brandborg, one of
the strong Hall workers at the Con-
vention.
Eighth.-D. Jenkins.
Nnth.-Albert Warren. Mr.. War
ren has until recently been a minis
ter. He has been opposed to Donnel-
ly and the GREAT WEST, but voted
for D. under instruction of hi. ALI
ance. A candidate for Congress at
the Kasota Convention who did not
get any votes. Mr.. Warren, within
a week, in this Office, strenuously
argued with several of us that if
frauds are not discovered and ex-
posed before a convention adjourns
it ought not to be exposed-that the
GREAT WEST has done wrong to ex-
pose the frauds. We understand by
letters received that Mr. Warren does
not represent his county-though we
express no opinion about it. Mr.. W.
is a thorough Hall man.
Ienth-Geo. W. Sprague, Presi
dent of Albert Scheffer's Fire Insur
ance Co., said to be on a salary O.
$4,000 year. His history has beer
given. 1t is enough to state that hi
sent prominent man up to our Of
flee late on a certain lively night, tc
arrange with us that if we would not
expose him he would give up the
celebrated Insurance scheme-anc
then started for Minneapolis and Da
kota to throw overheard Scheffer-
and then our dispatches got ahead
of him, and he didn't do it.
E7eventh.-E. S. Erickson.
TWelfh.-John Hohr.
InHteenth.-J. La Due. Mr.. La
Due is a very estimable gentleman
from Luverne. The daily papers were
in error in stating that La Due was
in a bank. We believe it is his sor
that is in the National Bank. Mr.. l.
is a farmer-a very successful breeder
of fine horses. His mare "Polly" is
known over the world, has received
medals from the Russian govern
ment.
Fourteenth.-Chas. Canning. Mr.
C. was the late candidate for Con
gress in the 5th District on the
Democratic ticket. Hewas then run
ming a grain house at Hendrum, Nor
man County. He is now in the eleva