St. Paul daily globe., 1892-10-26
WANTED TO BE ssFIXED"
Polk County Republican Leaders
Set a Trap for the Peo-
pies Party.
The Support of a Paper offered
for Four Hundred
Dollars.

The following correspondence ex.
plains itself. Either the writer OF the
first letter made mistake in not ap-
preaching the Republican state COM
mittee, which is sOrely in need of the
support of newspapers in Polk county,
or he Intended to entrap the state COM
nittee of the Peoples party. Louis
Hanson expresses the belief that the
latter. was his intention. and that the
paper is already in the employ of the
Republicans. The name of the writer
is concealed out of charity. for whether
his design was to sell the support of the
paper to the Peoples party, OF to entrap
the committee, it is reprehensible. 1t
the motive was to entrap, it was GER
tainly inspired by the political party
which the paper is supporting as an
offset TO the terrible exposures which
have been published of the efforts to
purchase the support of papers. The
CORES pOndence is as follows:
Louis Hanson-Dear Sir: My employer
Mr. Strong, editor of the Polk County Re,
view, in the early part of the campaign
waivered as to the policy he should pursue,
but later followed his early inclinations yet
not radically Republican. The G. O. p. have
view. He is well posted i'll facts and figures
and could make it very interesting for the
balance of the campaign. | am positive that
500 will swing him into the line for our
party. [ think be will be in st. Paul Tuesday
or Wednesday, and telegram 20. X. CALI
addressed TO me here will try to fix the mat
ter SO he will call and complete the bargain
On one of those days.
He is about completing arrangements to
start daily paper here, and think it would
be powerful lever for the Peoples party if
the Review could be swung into line. What
is done must be done quickly. AS to my re
liability and devotion to the cause | refer you
to DR.. E. ". Fish.
East Grand Forks MINI. Oct. %, 1892
Secretary Hanson has sent the fol-
lowing caustic reply to the above let
ter:
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Oct. "a. 1892
Esq.-Dear SIR: Your letter of the ODD inst
at hand. and contents carefully noted. You
evidently must have addressed this commu-
ncation to the wrong state central commit
teeAas our party claiming, and | hope IL is,
the reform party of this country-aSkiug in
what you term i'll your letter Ito grease the
wheels of the press of the Review of YOUR
city. Now, in answer, | will say: That we
have not given one dollar brlbe, and would
not give one cent TO any paper in the state
regardless of what Influence the paper may
have, or the man who IS running ii, as we
work tSr principles. and expect those papers
to support us which support US on principle.
ALLOW me 10 state TlgnJ mere tHdl uOupG
not your sincerity in the matter. as
the references that you give are satisfac-
tory to Us in every particular, but you must
admit that the intent of the letter, asking us
to give a consideration of 500 for mans
support and his paper. Now, if this man is
an honest man. he would not be purchase
BILE, and, if cur party would always remain in
the minority, l would be in favor OF that in
preference to STOPPING 10 the low practice of
corrupting the people and the press by Dribes
and promises that we viii not for moment
entertain; and l am sorry that man who
claims to be honest and sincere III his mo-
tives would ever be party in trying TO bring
about a deal of this kind. hope that you
have written this letter without considering
the real object or intention of its worth.
We hope to be able, in fact, all of the advices
we have had from all over the state lead US
to believe we will carry it with large ma
iority. from the honest convictions of the
true. honest men that we are in the right.
This answer you may lay before your en-
ployer as our final answer, and the only an
sWer that we will give 10 any proposition of
this kind sent US. l remain yours very truly,
LOUIS HANSON, Secretary.