St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-21
HAPPY Over SEARLE,
The Judges Nomination Very
Satisfactory to Col. Graves
and Supt. Rupley.
But Their Satisfaction Is Not
Likely to Be a Win
ming Card.
Extracts From the Testimony
and Report Of the Wheat
investigation.
Graves and Ripley Were the
lien Who Did the After
Dark Shipping.

among the visitors in St. Panl yesterday
were Col c. II. Graves. of Duluth, and Supt.
Rupley, of the Lake superior Elevator com
pany. The former gentleman. i'll discussing
the political situation in the Sixth district.
predicted the election of Judge Searle by Il
handsome majority The judge, he said. is
popular man with the Duluth Republicans. -
Pioneer Press, Aug. 20.
Judge Searle is Popular" was the
heading under which the morning Re-
publican organ, in st. Paul. yesterday
printed the above clipping. Of course,
Judge Searle is popular with Col. c. II.
Graves and Supt. George Ripley, of
the Lake Superior Elevator Company of
Duluth. He is popular with them for
the same reason that he is a prime
favorite with the Great Northern Rail-
way company. 1t is not, however. nee
eSSary in this connection TO show the
reasons for the friendship of the latter
corporation for the st. Cloud statesman,
because they are all matters of record
in the various courts of the Seventh
judicial district as we'll as of the SUI
preme court Of the state. But the great
admiration for Judge Searle expressed
by Col. Graves and Supt. Ripley makes
brief investigation of these gentlemen
both necessary and interesting.
wi. -. u. VII dNtS II lIlC SC4llOl llNuI-
Der of the firm of G. II. Graves d Co.,
wheat dealers in Duluth. This firm
was one of those that figured in the
famous wheat investigation year ago
and in the minority report OF Hon. Z. y.
Moore figures as follows:
The shipments made Dy G. II. Graves &
Co. from the Duluth elevators between July
90 ana Oct. s. 1856. after having been fully
corrected by the agent of the Lake superior
TraT NJ ora cOOppdp6 n have
been made by the elevator companies as FOL
lows: Al dates between July % and Oct 5.
1856. 1925 bushels of wheat, which is not
inspected, and shipped by c. II. Graves to
not appear upon the books of the elevator
companies as reported by the experts en-
ployed by the joint committee.
An Endorsement by Col. Graves in
view of the report of this investigating
committee ought to help Judge Searle
greatly in his campaign.
But Supt. Ripley figured even more
extensively in that little scheme by
which thousands of bushels of No. l
hard wheat were shipped out of Duluth
after dark and under the label screen
ingS." The minority report makes the
following mention of Supt. Rupley:
The testimony shows that between Jan.
u and March q. 1881, George Ripley, super
iutendenI of the Lake Shore Elevator COM
DUlN anu llC mon prov cI4C4iI L4tN GlOI
company shipped 10 ). :. Guthrie d Sons.
Buffalo. y. /, at night. secretly and design
edly. without the knowledge CT the state in
SpectOr or Weighmaster, 81, 23623 bushels OF
No. l hard wheat billed as screenings which
was taken from the elevators at Duluth. ana
the evidence shows that this shipment does
not appear upon the books Of the elevator
companies. This shipment is hot disputed
by the elevator companies, nor is the manner
OF the shipment disputed
oil +bo
through this report; indeed, he and Col.
Graves seem to have been the prime
leaders III this class OF work. Further
along in the report Mr.. Moore says:
The experts of the joint committee have
reported III testimony that there appears
upon the books OF the Lake Superior EleVa-
tor company and the Union Improvement
Elevator company that there was shipped
from Elevator L between The dates of Oct. Il
and Nov. IT. 1886 2590S6 $3.50 bushels of
wheat of which there is no record i'll the
grain inspection department. There is an
other class OF shipments which, from The tes
timOuy and the opinions Of the attorneys as
given before the committee, warrant positive
differences 1t viii be remembered that all
of the shipments by car from Duluth which
have been detected as beng noninsrected
wheat were marked screenings. The sched-
ules prepared by the house committee showed
list of over $40 cars of wheat and screenings
of which no record of inspection appears
1t appears by the testimony of Mr.. Marvin
that the account books Of the elevator com.
panies contained no record Of these cars
billed screenings, but that the screening sc
count was kept in private book by George
Rupley. the manager"
Of course Col. Graves and Supt Rup-
ley are ''Solid" for Judge Searie.
But the great mass of the people in
both the city of Duluth and all North
ern Minnesota are opposed to him for
the very reasons that Col. Graves and
Supt. Ripley are favorable to him.
The prosperity Of the merchants and
business men of the entire state de-
ponds upon the condition of the farmers.
If the latter prosper trade fourishes,
and if the farmers are in distress every
other branch of business suffers with
them.
The farmers Of the state want a free
market for their products and they are
going to have it.
The people of Duluth want a free
market there for the farmers in order
that the grain Of this state may go there
rather than to Chicago and other COM
peting points.
The people of the Sixth district when
they understand the situation will not
approve of man for congress who is so
eery satisfactory to Col. Graves and
Supt. Ripley.