St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-14
BIERMANN EXPLAINS.
THE AUDITOR LETS LIGHT On
A TRANSACTION.
Saws He Is Tired of the Persecu
lions Of the Officers oil a
Certain Railway.

Auditor Biermann was at his desk
busy opening letters and attending to
correspondence when GLOBE reporter
entered yesterday. "Well, Mr.. Bier
mann, [ see that Mr.. Doran now claims
that it was Mr.. Clough whom you
solicited to procure loan for you from
Mr.. Hill. How about it?"
"What startling discoveries you re-
porters do make" said the auditor. as
he signed his name to document OF
some kind and laid down his pen; mot
long ago some of you were claiming that
money was flowing into this office in a
golden stream. and intimating that there
was one of those blind pocket attach
ments we heard Of in the elevator
investigation. Now some Of the rest OF
you are trying to makeit appear that L
was Intellectually approaching every
body in the country to. raise loan OF
$4,000 on real estate worth $4,000"
The reporter saw that he was being
guyed. and insisted on statement.
II suppose there will be more of 'em
along pretty soon, so might as we'll get
1t ready for all of you," he said, and
calling clerk in he dictated the follow
ing statement, which was put in mani
fold and handed to the reporter:
81 am beginning to get just little
tired of defending myself from the re-
peated attacks and malevolent persecu-
ton of the Great Northern road, and do
not DrOpose to devote much more time
to such an end. The people probably
know Just how devoted the Great
Northern is to the interests of the state,
and will govern themselves accordingly.
"in regard to the statement that
sought to get money from MIR. Hill
through Mr.. Ciough,lt is simply false. a
gentleman with whom had business re-
latiouS, and who was himself in financial
straits, made me proposition that he
would negotiate $4,000 loan for me if
would in turn loan him $1,000. After
my accession to his proposition he in
formed me that Mr.. 'ClOugh, who was
also an old Olmsted county man. would
make the loan. [ had one interview
with Mr.. Clough on the subject, but
found that could not accept the con.
ditions under which it was obvious the
loan was to be made, and after consid-
ering the proposition in all its bearings
with the obligations under which it
would place me, wrote Mr. Clough that
HG uCCu lOt tiOuUlO ululSCll any luItiCI
in the matter. and, thanking him for his
'disinterested' services in my behalf,
dropped the matter and made other ar
rangements.
"Of course am prepared for the op-
position of the Great Northern, have all
along expected it, and don't particularly
blame them for taking care of their own
interests: but it seems to me that the
tactics they are pursuing towards Inc
will commend themselves to the people
at large. AT any rate. ain willing te
leave 1t to the people who have an in
| terest in keeping the land to which the
| state institutions are entitled"
How about the statement of these
parties at Grand Rapids who claim thai
lands were sold at private sale there
before the public was given q chance t
| bid on them?"
ut is not true. The agent of Mr.
i Bowman, the deputy who made thu
| sales informs me, was not present at thu
| time the sale WAS made, which was a