The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-10-27
Senator Washburn Clearly Dis
closes the Origin Of the
Scheme.
Prominent Citizens Give the
Record of the Man &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 la the pamphlet which the
Chicago wheat gamblers have supplied to
the Democratic managers. They are ell
titled to know also the causes of the pres
ent attack upon Senator William d. Wash
burn, the author of the anticipation bill,
and upon G. A. Pillsbury and the millers
and elevator men Of this state. Senator
WGshburn exposes the inception Of the con-
spiracy in the following language:
81 had long been studying the methods
Of the boards of trade and chambers OF
commerce of the country, and finally be-
came a firm believer that through their
agency and gambling methods the farmers
Of millions of dollars annually. This CON
viction prompted me to Introduce the first
bill In the senate of the United states,
which was practically the same bill intro
duced la the house some time ago, known
ss the Butterworth bill. his was intro
duced to draw the fire Of the enemy, and
through senatorial discussion to attract
PRODUCTION Of that bill, which was purely
upon my own responsibility and without
CONSULTATION with any one mailed iha copies
the State Of Minnesota and the country,
and wrote to them asking for suggestions,
10 that the measure might be perfected be-
Among the men to whom l wrote were
G. A. Pillsbury, and this was the first time
that his attention was eyer called to the
subject by me, and l believe was the first
time his attention had been seriously at
tracted to the subject,
II received letters OF all shades Of opin-
Ion in regard to the question from an army
Of men all over the country. was par
ticularly pleased In getting Mr.. Pillsbury's
response to learn that after his large eX-
~ c9incided with ME as to the manner of
which was undermining tie moral sense of
the country and promising nothing but abb
5ect ruin to legitimate trade in farm prod
lcts and robbing the producers of the EN-
dca nation In an utterly constituencies man.
her. The seat and center Of this iniquit
GUS traffic was in Chicago, and from that
TO this kind of legislation.
1T is not necessary to go into full par
ticulars 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
TO the senate Last spring. That 1t passed
the house by nearly twO-thirds ma jority
shows that 1t was not regarded as a parti-
san measure; but when it came to the SEN
ate the most virulent assaults upon it came
from Democratic sources although there
was some Republican opposition to it.
4, 1T Is sufficient TO say that some conscien-
tiouS senators who favored the passage of
the bill desired to look further into the con-
stitutional points, and / was reluctantly
compelled to allow the bin to drop until
the session which assemblies next Deem
Der.
GAMBLERS HIT HARD.
1.-THE publication OF this gigantic con-
rasy Pamphlet simply shows that in
put salt upon the raw with the Chicago
board Of trade men. Never until I saw that
publication did l, myself. realize how use
ful this class Of legislation is to destroy
the Infamous, but semi-respectable gambling
dens of the country.
This effort to besmirch me personally Is
ludicrous, when 1t is known that 1 have not
now and never have been interested In any
elevator to the amount of one dollar, ex-
cept years ago, when building the 500
road, we built and conducted our own ele-
vatOrS for a brief period
THE conspiracy our Democratic friends
are endoavOring to prove the existence of
Is myth. They seem to have organized
9. conspiracy against the business reputa-
Democrats and RepnScansn this
state"