St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-07


III derstood them then to be.
and at sacrifice of bis
private interests; is he indebted to the
Republican party, or is the party in
debted to him? Mr.. Torrance.to whose
name the title Of ''Judge" is sometimes
prefXed, also shouts of insincerity; if
he ever held the high Office of judge, he
should have learned not to convict
without evidence, nor to be spiteful
when sitting in judgment, because OF
mere personal disagreement Of opinion.
He was once a partner Of Judge Rea
and has long known him; can he point
to one instance where Judge Rea
proved unfaithful to trust, or based
an opinion, whether right or wrong,
upon other than his honest conviction !?
If so, let him name it and cite it as a
precedent that Judge Rea is given over
to insincerity.
The man Wakefield, who stopped to
publish letter from a personal friend
without first consulting him, came into
our Office and strenuOusly urged Judge
Rea to run for congress last summer.
The letter he saw fit to publish suttl-
GENTLY refutes the statement that Judge
Rea was candidate for congress, and
this same Wakefield, thinking that he
could influence the judge, suggested
that it was profitable for him to leave
his farm, and work for political candi-
dates.
And who or what is the Union Veter-
ans league? 1t is a Republican partisan
organization having no relation what
ever or connection with the non-partlsan
Grand Army of the Republic, and its
destiny is in the hands OF the Veteran
Mortimer, another mud-thrOwer, who is
said TO have waited until December, 1868.
before enlisting, and whose services con-
sisted mainly in acting as Gov. Hub
bard'S cook. The action of that body,
therefore, does not purport to express
the sentiments of Judge Rea's comrades.
What right has the Union Veterans
league, the Tribune or Journal, and the
many prominent" but unnamed Re-
publicans quoted by these papers to as
sumo that Judge Rea's action is sim
ulated? Inquiry on the part Of any OF
them would have revealed the fact that
he gave no expression Of his opinion
except occasionally and in private to
personal friends in such discussions
upon politics as always arise between
men associated together. 1t was only
after the papers scattered abroad inter-
views, most of which never took place,
that he felt called upon to write his
letter.
But these tale-bearers and slanderers
have not taken the pains to call and IN
veStigate: they either have seized the
first opportunity possible to strike the
hand which has given many of them
support and assistance when they
needed and asked for it, or their posi-
lions are such that their statements,
upon their face, bear the marks of par
tisan prejudice.
w. L. B. McIntire, one of the signers
of the resolutions of the U. V. H., is
government Storekeeper and gauger,
appointed during the present admins
tration. 1t is said that Judge Rea's adj
ministration of the Grand Army was not
sufficiently "offenslvely partisan" to
suit McIntire as long ago as 1883, when
he was feeding from the public p APP i'll
the district clerks office.
w. U. Beden, another signer of the
resolutions, is custodian of the govern
ment building here, and was appointed
during the present administration. The
person who presided at the meeting and
assisted in the unanimous passing of
the resolutions is one of the finest spec
linens of the fend, Ingratitude, that
ever came under my observation; ne is
George w. Grant. who sells stamps at
our postoffice, and, like the other afore
said veterans, is diligently engaged i'll
drawing salary from the postal service
over which John Wanamaker pre-
sides; every position he has held for
a number of years past, including his
present position, he obtained largely,
if not wholly, by the influence and eff
forts of Judge + ca eXerted i'll his be-
half and at his request. l have seen
this man, within the past five months,
hang about our office and the residence
of Judge Rea to obtain (and did obtain
his accommodation Endorsement of
promissory note to assist him finan-
cially, and he has repeatedly spoken to
me of the kindnesses he has received
at Judge Rea'S hands. Since the pa
pers have poured their walls Of wrath
lying solely for information upon
a few partisan newspapers. and
presiding over the meeting Of
partisan club, and in company with
other government employees, stamps his
one-time friend as hypocrite and
liar. Surely these veterans (?) who
fought for the freedom of the slave in a
land where liberty Of thought and eX-
preston is regarded as an Inheritance,
could not have been influenced in those
partisan resolutions by any feeling Of
personal interest; and surely Mr..
Wakefield, who violates the re-
posed confidence of friend
by publishing his letters with
out consulting that friend, is a
fit person to call another traitor. Or
may it not rather be true, that Judge
Rea, who voluntarily resigned his pub
lie Office more than two years
ago and has since steadily de-
voted his whole time to his pri-
vate business, is sincere and honest in
his statement of belief, land that the peo-
pie who are just now engaged in draw
ing salaries from a government in the
hands of Republican administration,
shout, as the boy said, for the purpose
Of holding their jobs" Respectfully,
FRANK r. HUBACHEK.