The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-10-14
THE REASON WHY.

senator washburn Plainly Shows
the Anin,us Of the Attack Upon
Him.
Senator washburn' first heard of the at
tack maIie upon him and the anticipation
hill in the Wolcott pamphlet. the Chicago
Herald and the ST. Paul Globe. A friend
came TO 'liim and said that n most atrOcious
article wasTlo appear in one OF the chicago
papers that morning. in which he was most
yiciUuSly attacked, the party saying to him
that the Substance Of the article had been
taken from u pamphlet recently published.
Also that an attempt had been made TO Sc
cure the publication of the article in ques-
ton i'm the New York, papers, and that all
papers had declined to do so, but that the
Interested parties had finally succeeded in
getting it published in one of the Chicago
dailies. which one he did mot know. sun
day evening the reporter opf the Chicago
Herald came to him exhibiting telegram
which lie had received from his paper in
Chicago, calling attention to the article IN
question, and more especially as to what
was said with reference to himself stating,
among other things, that he was interested
largely an the inherent elevator companies
An minnesota and Dakota; that he was, and
had been connected with the great wheat
combine for the purpose of depreciatlnS
prices; that the INTRODUCTION of the anti
option bill MAS only Il blind to cover his
rascaiities MI the line Cd depreciating the
price OF svLeat, etc, etc.
When flDN senator TeluTueu HOue 10 Mill
neapoIis be WAS interviewed by Il reporter
for one OF the daily papers ANA he stated
that he had only been able ITO glance hasti-
Nv through tine publication in question, but
he had examined it sufficiently to state
that he had never known during his life
SO many IslisrepresentatlanS deliberate
cetber in any @Me publication, aaIIs far
he was concerned there Was met; a single
statement that was not only HasSe, but aD-
senator Washlaurn" asked the reporter,
s.have you any idea who is the ;anthor of
DIRECTED AGAINST ANTICIPATION.
..Of course L do not know who Us 1.-THE au-
thor WAS the reply Dut 1t Is as ier 10 e
was inspired by the opponents Oh Tue anti
option bill
II saw this because it is perfectly oelear
that fine purpose OF Ise whole publication is
to create prejudice against the anta~qnt.on
bill iR which l have taken so much inter
est and those who have favored its IbeSkg
enacted into law Similar statements slGsee
been made before and heralded all thsaNsf
the country by these same parties. This gas
been done persistently curing the last Hour
or five months and With the deliberate pur-
cconnectiCtS with this bill. There is no false
hood base enough but what these people
have circulated against NE in that tiiise
Having been utterly unai:e to answer ne
arguments or controvert the facts set forth
in my speech made in the senate on the
18th of July last, they haze sought to de-
StrOy NY 1UHtleHce Dy TtusIAG lilSe lSSueS.
misrepresentfag my motives sad traducing
my personal character. This pamphlet is
exactly in the same line. You ask as TO
who is the auiSor of this particular docu-
H,ent. l can only say that large portion
az the alleged Information seems TO have
been gathered by one &. c. WoleS&t, who
FORMERLY lived I'm this city, a persSa with
WHOM had scarcely any acquaintance. and
knew only by reputation: He had a very
unsav0ry reputation 5D this city and had
and an accomplished rascal. From what I
Snow of the man think re is just the per-
son 10 haye been responsible for q ppD)ica-