New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-11-22
JOS. ROBLETER GUILTLESS,
Minneapolis Bankers Bear Witness to His
Honesty.
They State that the State Treasurer Ne
yer Received Cent Of Per-
soual Interest.
Incidentally They Pay tn, Colonel Many
Compliments for His Honesty.
A. j. Blethen Disposes of the Arctande1
Affidavit in a Few Sharp Sentences.


The bankers of Minneapolis on Friday
ter had been maligned sufficiently and
Of their own motion made simple state
mcnts which fully eNonerate the state
treasurer. The following statements will
outweigh Lawyer Arctander's affidavit,
and will be welcome reading for Col.
Bobleter's many friends.
Coz. McGill, Sc. Paul and Minneapo-
lis Trust Company--I have known Col.
Bobleter for twenty-five years, and,
know him to be an honest man. He ne
ver received a cent from us in any way
nor did he ever suggest any such thing.
J. T. Wymal, Metropolitan Bank-No o
such thing was ever suggested, and we
never paid Il cent for such deposits in
any way.
Lieut.. Gov. D. VI. Clou-h, Bank OF
MinneApolis-If there is an honorable
man in the country it is Bobi"ter. He
never received a cent from our bank, and
Idont believe he ever did from any bank
in the state.
Perry Harrison. Security Bank-We
have never paid more than the legal rate
Of interest, per cent, and have never
made or received any proposition to pay
mere.
H. X. Sille, First National a
cent Of side interest has been paid Col.
Boblctcr by the First National bank.
Charles kittlcs on, ColumbiI-Col.
Boblctcr has never received so much as Il
cigar in consideration of placing state
money with lis. and there has never been
IN intimation on either side Of any in
tcr,.st in excess OF the legal amount.
Cashier z. y. Smith. OF the City Bank.
said that Mr. Boblrtcr had an account 1T
their bank. but that he hA;t never asked
or IN any way suggested thHt he should
receive nnythiny Iur keeping the account
with them.
Cashier II. II. Thuyer. Of the Nation
al Bank oi Commerce. SAID that they had
an account with lnc state. but that they
had never paid more than the regular
rate of interest. and that the state trca>ll-
rrr h"l never asked that they should.
In the Penny Press y. j. Blcthcn, for
mcrIy president of the New England
bank. SAYS in the course Of an eNplana-
ton OF the whole NATTER
1.-The state treasurer never deposited a
dollar in the Bank Of New England un-
der any promise to receive Il cent person.
al compensation in any form whatever.
His deposits were made according to
law. after an ample bond had been filed
and approved by the governor, attorney
general and secretary of state, and then
at the solicitation OF mutual friends and
not at the request of Mr.. Blethen. The
first dav of each month with an amount
equal to 3 per cent on the daily balan-
terms of the bond filed. The Bank of
New England never offered, agreed nor
actually paid one dimein any form what
ever to Col. Bobleter. as extra interest,
or as Il compensation for depositing mo-
ney in said bank or any sum for any pur-
pose whatever. The books of the bank
will substantiate these declarations in
every particular. and no human beng
ever told Arctander anything to the con-
trary. Arctander himself says that he
had asked law partner of Judge Rea to
ascertain for him the facts, but Judge
Rea refused to give any such informa-
ton. The law partner says that he told
Arctandcr that Judge Rea replied when
asked concerning the matter that he did
not believe word of it, that he never
heard anything of the kind and was sure
the books would show nothing of the
sort. Arctander neverasked Mr.. Blethen
a word about the matter until forty EIGHT
hours after his affidavit had been filed.
No one who knows Col. Bobleter, the
state treasurer, gave the slightest Gre
dence to the charge of John W. Arctan-
der that he had received large amounts
or any amount whatever from the banks
of Minneapolis or elsewhere, in consid-
Grafton of depositing the state funds
with them, beyond the legal rate of 8
per cent which is paid by them to the
state. MI. Arctander is too we'll known