St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-11

tosf0s u j nad been selecting d crew
for any Sther business purpose. 1 ckose
msn' wl'om ! considered fitted for tire
work IN hsnd, with very little regard
f"r their p,,iitiesi Affiliations. Fog this
LET me stand cO,ldemnsd and take fhs
cOnseqnenctss. lnsnxking leases, sales
or permits Of state lands | have, WI
every ease. proceeded on the theory
that one n,an's money was as gaDd as
an0ther's, and III ma Instance have /
allowed the consideration Of p0iisies,
wealth or friendship to suspend the
H1ls OF, stirst come, first served. and the
Highest bidder gets it, Fur this also
let ma stand condemned, aud let the
public Judge OF the merits Of the rule"
The Republican committeeman ack-
n0wtedEe ttsat Dunn has a hard iight on
his hssesds. aHits backed by the financial
support of the c0tnpanies who have
been unable 10. c0erce uaitor Bier
mann into making concessions. they
Will prnsecute vigorous campaign. de-
voting larxe SHIRE Ut their energies to
she. ,suppnrt Of. Dunn. OHs rail-
rond company alone has filed claims
upon thousands OF acres Nf sWauip
lands, and these filings were refused by
= Auditor Bierma4a Oh tho ground that
the state had the first right to selections,
and the company In question
h Giving Dunn
comprehensive support on the pros :
pect OF having tt~is filings accepted as
SOON as BierMAssM can be ousted.
The bluff. buster and buncombe OF
tile DHnn -plns-land Investigation had
, little. effect oil the thinking people,
especially after tile joint commission Of
the house and senate began its work.
The latter commission, aided by MIR.
. Hermann. has made IN uch progress in a
practical way in the directions Ut un-
earthing frauds in the land department,
but these frauds, when traced back.
have In nearly every instance been
found to date back to the time when the
land department was; in the. hands OF a
Republican administration. These
ancient Expectations are, of course.
difficult to locate. the traces
Of the work having beer LARGELY ebiit.
Grated by time. but sufficient has been
learned to show that for more, than
twenty wears prior to- the inauguration
sof Auditor Biermann the state was an
nually robbed OF millions Of feet OF tim
ber.. The sfealings have been reduced
TO minimum under B,ermann, and in
every instance where fraud has been
unearthed in cuttings permitted by him,
Il has been upon the erroneous esti-
books and records left by Republican
auditors. -..., -.
...5- The Mistake, =
and the ouIy mistake. which Mr.. Bier
mann seems to have made, was in Civ
ing any credence or weight whatever to
the records of his predecessors in Office.
Hat he absolutely ignored these and
proceeded to at once reorganIze the de-
pdrtment OH the plan which he had in
mind, and which he ultimately hoped to
adopt, the exposure would have com e
two years earlier. but to do this would
have required the corporation OF the
other departments of state and an ap-
propratt0n for the additional expense.
and these, Of course. he could not ex-
pect to receive.
The voters of the state will so0n have
an opportunity Of expressing choice
between the clustering tool of the cor.
p0ratioH 9, who has shouldered off OH
the editorial association the question:
able honor OF his creation, and a mat
who for quarter of century has
been faithful. honest anu capable
servant of the people.
Mr.. Dunn should adopt for his motto:
.Better graft for one session of the
legislature than cycle of honest TOLL"
and should clustering Bob become state
auditor. the people will soon learn that
honest AdOlph Bierniann was the cost
! Hest sacrifice that was was ever m ade to
partisapship and corporation gree d.