The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-19
ARE THEY AGIN HIM?
1t Is Said the Railroads Are Opposed
to Senator Washburn's RenOm-
nation.
y. Fl. Rurke, Originator of the Guar
anty Loan InvcstigatiOn, Thinks
Not.
spectator, Aug. %, 1S94.)

spectator Aug. %, lS94.)
To Hon. w. ID. Washburn, Candidate for
United States Senator:
A part of the daily press is RECALLING the
public with statements that the Pacific and
other railroads are opposing your return to
the senate. Hence it may not be out of
place herewith to call your attention to the
following facts:
First-Nou are or should be aware of the
Tact that the so-called Pacific railroads
nave received from the United States in
ands 1850 acres per mile in bonds about
geo, ana by adding use OF same at 6 per
cent computed at savings banks rules
nearly i0G00),000.
Second That Leland Stanford and his as
sociates are said to have invested in said
,oads Sll.5Oo.Gc0 and no more.
Third-That Stanford and his associates
oy contracts with themselves are said to
awe Appropriated to their own use about
ao0o~o apiece Of the assets of said COM
pany.
Fourth-That unless the United States
,an recover its vast claim out of Stanford
It al. or their estates it will be minus
F'ifth-That the United States filed a
claim against the Stanford estate for Sl5,-
Ha00U.
SiNth-1hat YOU are said by the daily
press TO have voted for resolution look
nG to the dismissal of said claim.
Some years since you and others organ
Zed the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
as purely Minneapolis company and
which in 1916 was alleged to have cost $23,-
40 per mile. sum hardly consistent
With the character of the country through
which it ran. and much above the then
cost of ttc St. Paul and Pacific (SS 00O to
ti2 hn Of no
and st. Peter CSl6oa to $l2 coo per mile, the
Hastings and Dakota about $4,000 per
mile, the Western Minnesota (S1l00O to
$1,000 per Iniel. You may be more ia
miliar than | with the manner in which
said road was run and whether any mani
sestationS were had to induce sales Of stock
70 a ConiiGjnS public here and in the East
Suffice to say, that the victims of pur-
chaseS of said stock are numerous, and |
am personally acquainted with q portion
1t is but comparatively short time since
you organized the 500, and [ am told it's
alleged cost is S'3, 1853 10, while my esti-
late Of same would be about 5000 Co., and
f that he correct it would seem that some
one had divided about $23. coo 600. Your pop
llarity may or may not be increased by
he fact that YOU are an officer of the road
especially as il is the road that has evolved
oUt of the immense brain of it's mana gers
that So-cailed 500 iron-clad agreement"
whereby an eXpcctant employee is required
to sign away all his rights in this world
bnd all tie hopes in the world to come
and fair-mindod men of all classes will the
more cheerfuliy support you in view of the
Christian spirit eVinced by this manifesto.
A short time ago its directors were Thomas
Lowry. W. y. Washburn, John S. Pills
bury, K. l.. I.angdon. John Martin, +. n.
Finney and W. {. Van Horne. In view of
the fact that YOU still interested IN
said road, which is generally conceded to
be controlled by the Canadian Pacific, Mr..
Van Horne being in both. it seems scarcely
probable that the Canadian Pacific will do
other than favor your candidacy.
JOHN H. BURKE.