St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-19


soon be in complete control of the
county as well as the city. Go slow,
gentlemen. You may lead horse to
the water, but you cannot make him
drink. Machine politics of the small
bore variety just crammed down the
throats of the Republicans of st.
Louis county by the county
committee in their two last calls
has nearly wiped the Republicans
off the face of the earth in Kansas, Ne
braska, North and South Dakota, Min
nesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Michi-
gan. The cOtere of self-constituted
leaders of st. Louis county who are now
blindly attempting to lead the party in
ing it down to defeat and destruction
Honesty is the best policy" in politics
as we'll as in business.
Fraud Easily Detected.
At Ely the Democrats two years ago
challenged voters whom they suspected
had not been in the county long enough
to be entitled to naturalization and six
tY-seyel men turned away, admitting
that they had not been in the United
States year. This year there
will be over 1000 votes cast in
Ely, and an attempt will be made to
have the bosses and clerks of the mining
company accompany the voters into the
booths to assist them in marking their
ballots. Two years ago not vote was
challenged at Soudan, and everybody
voted and voted the same ticket.
When the Minnesota Iron company
gets after a man he had better move
out. This is entirely true at Ely, and at
Soudan if he does not get out he will be
nred bodily. 1t is now possible for
man to live in Tower in spite of
the corporation, but he cannot do
business with the 5000 or 1000 people
at Soudan. This is illustrated by the
case of Charles Mcnamara, business
man of good character. He is i'll the
coal business. A few years ago he had
law suit with the iron company, and
defeated it. Since then he has not been
allowed to set foot on the mining loca-
ton, at Soudan. This has, of course.
cost Mr.. Mcnamara some business, but
ne Is not saying word. Having
Felt the iron Hand
OF the iron company, he is satisfied to let
them alone and would not talk on the
subject to GLOBE man.
The Minnesota Iron company con-
trols the pclitics of st. Louis county alb
Solutely, 1t exercises a powerful influ-
ence on the state government, and is
able to get exactly what it wants in st.
Paul. In the Duluth land office its tools
are i'll power, and III Washington
the secretary of the interior bends a
plant knee when Senator G. K Davis,
OF Minnesota, aud ex-senator Spooner,
OF Wisconsin, tell him of the favors they
demand for this great and arrogant cor
poratiOn. Little Johnnie'' Spooner
owns stock in the company. while
Senator Davis and his partners are
its regularly retained attorneys. One
OF them spends his entire time Jobbying
around the legislature each session in
its interest, and, of course, at Washing
ton Senator Davis takes care that DO
adverse decisions are rendered.
The Minnesota Iron company wanted
certain man appointed to the Duluth
land office. and Senator Davis brought
1t about at once. Perhaps this was not
III the interests of the iron company in
the famous Section 30'' case, but the
fact that the secretary of the in
terror sent the case back for
renearlng at once looks suS-
Dicious. The lands in dispute in
this case are worth several millions. and
the Minnesota Iron company proposes
to tire out the opposition. it is said
lhe otner claimants are not so wealthy
and can ill afford so lengthy a con-
ICol' Odpl. JUG OCllWOOu ran In6
convention that nominated a legis-
lative ticket, and of course, he
looked out for the interests of
his company, but in this end of the
county Jim Boggs is so we'll known that
all the power OF SellWoOd and his Whip-
pers-in can not get him a majority.
Boggs has been in a manner in the en-
ploy of the Minnesota Iron company for
years.
Thus it will be seen that by bull
doing and intimidation this octopus
controls enough votes to make it a
power in county, state and nation. 1t
fills every office with its creatures.
from justice of the peace to district
judge; it elects its hired men to
the legislature and has United States
senators as attorneys and lobbyists. 1t
controls government land Offices. and
robs and runs all who dare to venture
Oh what it deems its preserves.
And yet Senator c. X. Davis will talk
of free ballot and a fair count.