The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-10-14
FULLY EXPOSED.
The Infamous Conspiracy of the
Wheat Gamblers Laid
Bare.
Senator Washburn Clearly Dis
closes the Origin Of the
Scheme.
Prominent Citizens Give the
Record Of the Man C. c.
WOlcOtt.
The Hired Tool of the Gamblers
Denounced as a Black
mailer.

The voters of the state are entitled to
know the foul source from whence has
sprung the dark and turgid stream of false
hood contained ia the pamphlet which the
Chicago wheat gamblers have supplied 10
the Democratic managers. Ihey are ell
titled TO know also the causes of the pres
ent attack upon Senator William ID. Wash
burn, the author of the anti-option bill,
and upon {. A Pillsbury and the millers
and elevator men of this state. Senator
Washburn exposes the inception of the con-
spiracy i'll the following language:
Il had long been studying the methods
of the boards OF trade ana chambers OF
commerce OF the country, and nnally be-
came a firm believer that through their
agency and gamlLing methods the farmers
OF my state and section We're beng ropucd
OF millions of dollars Annually. This con-
Viction prompted me to introduce the first
bin in the senate of the United States,
which was practically the same bill intro
duced in the house some time ago, known
us the Butterworth bill. This was intro
duced to draw the fire of the enemy, and
through senatorial discussion to attract
public attention to the bill. Upon the in,
PRODUCTION OF that bill, which was purely
upon my OWN responsibility and without
consultation with any one, Il mailed copies
of it TO various leading men throughout.
the State OF Minnesota and the country,
and wrote 10 them asking for suggestions,
so that the measure might be. perfected be-.
fore final action.
Among the men TO whom wrote were
c. A. PillsburN, and this was the first time
that his attention was ever called to the
subject by me. and l believe was the first,
time his attention had been seriously at.
tracted 10 the subject.
II received letters of all shades of Opin-
Ion i'll regard to the question from an army
of men all over the country. was par,
ticularly pleased in getting Mr.. I'illsburys
response TO learn that after his large Ell
perience i'll the grain business he thorough
ly conceded with me AS to the manner Of
checking this
which WAS undermining, III moral sense Of
the country and promising nothing but alb
ject ruin 10 legitimate trade i'll farm prod-i
ucts and rohbing the producers of the en-
tire nation in an utterly constituencies mail-'
ner. The seat and center of this iniquit-i
GUS traffic was in Chicago, and from that
city has come most OF the virulent hostility
10 this kind of legislation
lit is mot necessary togo into full par
ticuiars as TO this measure. After the dis
CuSSion had proceeded some time Mr.. Hatch
and myself met and agreed upon common
measure which he had fathered in the
house and which passed that body and came
10 the senate last spring. That it passed
the house by nearly a two-thirds majority
shows that lit was not regarded as parti-
san measure: but when it came to the SEN
ate the most Wirdlent assaults upon it came
from Democratic sources, although there
was Some Republican opposition to it.
1T is sufficient to say that some cOnScien-
tiouS senator's who favored the passage of
the bill desired TO look further into the con-
stitutl1nal points, and | was reluctantly
the session which assemblies next Deem
Der.
GAMBLERS HIT HARD.
1.-The publication of this gigantic con-
Spiracy pamphlet simply shows that in
pressing this anti-optiOn legislation We have
nut salt upon the raw with the Chicago
hoard Of tratla men. Never until l saw that
publication did /. myself realize how use
ful This class Of legislation is to destroy
the infamous, but semiarespectable gambling
SlenS of fine country.
This effort TO besmirch me personally is
fudicrOuS. when ii is known that [ have rot
now and never have been interested in any
elevator to tine amount of one dollar, ex-
cept years ago when building the 500
road. we bii1t and conducted own ele-
yatorS for a brief period
1.-The conspiracy our Democratic friends
is a myth They seem to have organized
a conspiracy against tho business repnta-
ton of very many excellent citiZnns-hoth
Democrats and Republicans-ln this
state