St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-26
AUDITOR BIERMANN.
Comments on His Explanation
the Pine Land Sale.

comments on His Explanation of
the Pine Land Sale.
There is nothing in the case to show
that Auditor Biermann profited person.
ally by the sale or that it was out of the
usual conrse of procedure in such cases.
Rochester Post.
We understand that the case is now
pending in the supreme court, and to
our thinking, there, and there alone, is
the place for Mr. Biermann to look for
vindication.-Lac qui Parle County
Press.
We do not hold Mr.. Biermann guilty
OF any intentional wrong. but as Dem
ocrat it was his duty to reform the
wrongs of his predecessors instead of
following in their footsteps. 1t was a
sin of omission.-St- Peter Herald.
The Monitor is pleased that these
facts have come out. placing the state
auditor in proper light. This paper
condemned him when it had heard only
the other side, but it seems that the
story of the other side isn't to be en-
tirely relied upon.-Swift County Mou-
itOr.
We do not assume to doubt that there
have been numerous frauds perpetrated
in connection with the sale of Mime
sofa pine, but doubt if almost the only
Democratic officer in the state is re-
sponsible for all of it.-Le Roy lnde-
pendent.
State Auditor Blermann has made
public his promised statement of his
side of the famous G. A. Smith pine
land case. There is much i'll 1t to show
that he was doing what he supposed to
be right and acting in accordance with
the law.-Milie Lacs County Times.
1t would appear that if the sale made
by Mr.. .BIermann was illegal then similar
sales made by the auditors who have
preceded him must be illegal, although.
of course. the conrt could take notice
only OF the case before it.-Red Wing
Argus.
State Auditor Biermann made clear
| and concise statement of all his acts in
the pine land case about which so much
has been said and done. and it ought to
convince any fair-minded man that he
at least had no connection with wrong
| doing, if there was any in the case
New Ulm News.
State Auditor Biermann thoroughly
vindlcates himself concerning his con-
nection with the sale of pine land in
Mile Lacs county, over which there has
been considerable controversy, yet he
has good deal of so-called cheek in
sending fOur-column pamphlet article
| relative thereto to the country papers.
-Gaaylord Hub.
We have read it [the auditors state
mentl carefully and are perfectly sat-
isfied that there is nothing In the case
to impeach Mr.. Biermann's integrity or
fidelity to the public welfare. The most
that can be said is that he accepted the
valuation and records of his predecessor
as correct and followed in the policy
laid down and carried out by his depart
ment.-Mankato Review.
State Auditor Biermann gives very
plausible explanation of his alleged un-
lawful sale of pine. He shows that he
simply followed the practice of all his
Republican predecessors, and yet the
Republican papers are giving him
sheol. To US MI. Biermann's defense
is a strong one, and he forces one to the
conclusion that if his sale of section 26,
ETC., was contrary to law, so was every
sale made for several years in the same
manner, and they are many.-Belle
Plaine Herald.