St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-27
WAsHBURN. TALKS
And Declares That the Democrats
Are Real Mean. So Thev Are.

And Declares That the Democrats
Are Real Mean, So They Are.
Assoon as Senator Washburn reached
home he dictated lengthy interview
for the Minneapolis papers regarding
the exposure, III which he was especially
severe upon the authors of the "out-
rageous statements" published regard
ing the poor old wheat ring. He said
that he had never known during his
HE SO many misrepresentation, DELHI
crate falSehOOdS, and vicious scandals
brought together in any one publlca-
ton, and. so far as he was concerned,
there was not single statement that
was not only false, but absolutely ma
'llclouS. He tells the newspaper repre-
sentative that it is as clear to him as the
sun In heaven at midday that the au-
tn0r or all these statements was in
spired by the opponents of the antI-op-
ton bill.
Following this OutburSt is long
TRADE against the Chicago board of
trade, in which the senator takes Occa-
sion to again pay his respects to the
grain dealers and ends by saying:
Brokers Bitterly Attacked.
1.-The people ofthe country have heard
very much about the Louisiana lottery
and the methods to which the managers
rtSorted III order TO maintain it. but SO
far as L have been able to learn it never
even began to sto0p to the INSCRIPTIONS
and vicious methods which have been
resorted 10 by the grain gamblers in this
country. 1t must indeed be very bad
cause and very bad business that can
degrade people TO such an extent as to
resort to such disgraceful methods"
Washburn then assumes lofty moral
tone as he gives his alleged reasons for
urging the passage of the anti-option
bill. so far as the aati-option bill is
concerned" he says, Il introduced this
measure III absolute good faith. know
ing, as well did. the bad results that
had grown up i'll this country in the last
few years from the practice of gam
bling III agricultural and food products.
l knew we'll that it had not only inter
Tered with and demoraliZed the legiti-
mate business of the country, but that
1t was undermining the morals of the
people. making us. to great extent, a
country Of gamblers, and leading, as it
does. to almost every crime in the cate
CORY, felt that the time had come
when the strong arm of the government
should be invoked and the evil sup
pressed.
Any statement that have been in
spired with any other motives are with
out foundation and absolutely false"
Washburn frankly states that for
many Yeas he has been satisfied that
the methods OF handling grain which
had grown up i'll this country were not
the best, and mentions that while presi-
dent of the Minneapolis q Pacific Rail-
way company he initiated the plan of
having the railroad company build and
control its own elevators. He emphat-
lcally denies that while president of
this company he ordered General Man
ager Underwood not to furnish WOlcott
any ears, as was alleged in the pam
phlet. The latter person, he states,
|, had while in this city very unsavory
reputation as professional blackmaiIer
and all accomplished rascal. Referring
to the charges that he had lost largely
III grain speculations. Washburn says:
"All statements that have been made
the past few months. and which are now
reiterated in this document. that | have
been i'll any coml,inatiin or syndicate or
organization of any description for the
purpose of affecting the price of wheat
are utterly false. L never operated in
wheat on the board of trade in my life,
either individually Or otherwise, except
iiiS III COiiHCCIiOii WILL Liz illiIIIliS Jus
mess; neither was ever in any COM
bination for that purpose. All these
statements. wish to say in the bread
est way. are absolutely false"
Mr.. Washburn emphaticallv denies
that e. a. Plilsbury had any hand in
drafting his anti-option bill, and de-
ciareS he has at no time offered to i'm
prove or amend it i'll any particular.
Perhaps the richest part of this carefully
worded interview is WaShburn's allu-
sion to the Democratic party in this
state. which he thinks has made great
Vuistake in trying to make political cap
1tal out of the documents, for it places
the party in the attitude of an ally of
the bucket shops and grain gamblers of
the country, a course. it is needless to
say, Washburn deeply regrets"