St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-25
PIERCE RUNS AWAY.
Something for the Foxy Senator to
Explain.


Special to the Globe.
GRAND FORKS, N. D., Oct. 24.-This
city seems to be the hOt-bed of the cam
paign this year. There were two big
meetings here Wednesday night. One
Republican and the other Independent.
Gov. Miller, alias Honest" John, the
farmer, and Senator Gil Pierce were adj
vertised TO speak at the opera house.
and Hon. w. w. Ir win. of st. Paul, and
Walter Muir, the Independent candi-
date for governor, were advertised to
speak at Odd Fellows hall. They were
all on lland as per appointment. except
Pierce. Pierce came up here from Bis
marck week or more ago to look the
ground over. and nail up the loose
boards Oh his senatorial fence.
lie began by Substituting the country
500 cash and promise to $3.50 cash and
two promises. He secured number of
newspapers in this way. as your CORE
spondent is in position to prove, if
Pierce denies. Iii running around over
the state, however, Pierce began to dis
cover that everything was not SO har-
mOnious this year as it was last year.
lie began to feel an opposition which he
did not expect and which he could not
overcome. The legislative nominees in
the various districts in the'Red river
valley were uncompromiSingly against
him. 1t became known that he was in
the lottery deal at first, and was one
of the first men in the state
who knew of the intentions of the
lottery men, and it was proven here
that he helped along the deal at the be-
ginning and then rushed to cover wnen
The people rose up and cast the unclean
thing out. Then the GLOBE, containing
the impeachment Of his record reached
here. Pierce entered not syll BILE of
denial, bu the same night, after read
ing the charges in tine morning, he can
celed all his appointments in the Red
river valley and ran off to st. Paul. He
confessed in this city that hewas sick
of the fight. He was advertised by the
Republican state central committee to
Oct. % and at Neche Oct. %.
None of these appointments has
he kept. He lett Fargo last
Monday for St. Paul, where he is now
in consultation with railroad corpora
tons, his masters, imploring them to
come to his assistance and furnish him
money to secure the election this VIII
ter. But the people are awakened aud
have spoken through their nomina-
tions in way that makes Pierce
ShreWd politician as he iS-trembIe in
his shoes. The very fact that he got
scared and ran to st. Paul for aid will
cause the detection of what few friends
he has i'll the Red river valley. The
people here will this year repudlate
and resent all outside influences that
attempt to dictate or NEEDLE with Da-
kota politics, and the fact that Pierce
thus seeks assistance from the corpora
tionS OF ST. Paul to carry Dakota SEN
atOrShip will brand him with the people
OF this state, and particularly the Red
river valley. The fact that he did not
show up here as per his appointment
can bear but one Interpretation, and the
newspapers of this city criticised him
the morning after the meetings when
he was advertised to be here because he
did not come. The Republicans of the
city were ashamed of the cowardIy ac-
ton of their leader in running away,
and did not turn out to the meeting at
the opera house. Gov. Miller ad.
dressed an audience of forty-three
people by actual count. Over at
the Odd Fellows hall. however, Bill
Erwin and Muir had packed and
| crowded house. There were, over 500
people present, and at least 100 we're
turned away because they could not get
in hearing distance of the doors. MIR.
Erwin spoke for two hours and ten min
utes, and held his audience GREATNESS
in their attention. He made power
1ul speech and closed with the thrilling
words: And if your representatives
betray you in the legislative halls, the
time has come to shoot them from the
public streets when they return"
Since these meetings the leading Re-
publicanS of this city are OutSpoken in
their opposition to Pierce. They say he
has not acted fairly with his friends nor
with his party. They also say it is
strange Pierce has not before this en-
tered denial of the charges brought
against his senatorial record. They say
that. since these charges have been so
prominently published, he should have
at least entered general denial. In
nocence would have denied the charges
and demanded investigation before the
sun went down on the day the charges
were made. There can be but one con-
clusion. Pierce has not entered a de-
NAL. He dare not deny. The charges
must therefore be true. The charges
are true. Come, Gil, get move on
you. If you are innocent the
people will give you Justice
If you give them chance. And if YOU
must acknowledge the corn, you had
better move back to Minneapolis, and
then you can save mileage between
here and there whenever you want a
conference with your masters, the cor
poratiOns. Nom ID. PLUME.