St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-12

the GLOBE presented the matter to
Mr.Biermann and asked him what reply
he had to make to the allegations OF Mr.
Doran. At first the auditor expressed
disinclination to discuss the matter,
stating that until recently he and Mr..
Dorau had been good friends and he
did not want to widen the breach be-
tween them by discussing transactions
which mad been confidential in their
time. 1t was shown him, how
ever, that his silence would be
construed as an admission of the truth
of the statement, and then Mr.. Bier
man gave his version of the affair. He
said:
at was in the spring of 1889. think,
that the interview to which
MIR Doran Evidently
alludes took place. had at that time
several farms in Southern Minnesota
upon which there were mortgages for
various amounts, aggregating, think,
about $4,000, and other obligations,
making a grand total of some $4,000,
and | desired to cancel all these small
mortgages on bank paper, so that they
would all run to one party and consist
of lump sum. Any business man
will see the advantage of such course.
had had intimate political and bust
ness relations with MIR. Doran, and.
knowing him to be man of capital and
acquainted with men most likely to
make such loan, went to him and
solicited loan for the purpose above
stated, the security being what the most
exacting usurer would concede TO be
gilt edged.
"Mr. Doran informed me that he had
not the money to spare at that time, but
that he would have it within two or
three months, and said that if l could
let the mortgages run for that time he
would make the loan. l talked the
matter over with my creditors, and they
readily consented TO the delay.
AT the expiration of the stated
time l returned to Mr.. Doran, but
he then told me that he had lost
money on contract and had not the
money to spare. He, however, was
anxious to help me out of the dilemma
in which his offer of assistance had
placed me with my creditors, and told
me he thought he could make arrange
ments with business friends of his who
would advance the money OH the Sc
curites. 1t was when l returned to
him after this that he told me that he
had made every possible effort to nego.
tiate a loan, and had ''even
Gone to Jim Hill,
but that Hill had obligations maturing
which he had to meet. and he could not
spare the money"
This resource falling me, returned
to my creditors, and, after securing
from them a little time, | finally
Strengthened out the tangle by sell
ing a part of the property to pay
off the incum6rance on the rest.
l could have entertained no feeling
against Mr.. Hill, because he had refused
me nothing-had had no chance to re.
fuse me. 1t was not in my power at
that time to do Mr.. Hill service il
had wanted to. for that was year be-
fore l was even candidate for state
auditor, being at that time collector of
internal revenue. Mr.. HIPS part In
the transaction was so remote that it
Immediately passed out of my mind,
and was recalled only by this incident.
IL 10 duoulu W ooy Liut my luliuS III tilc
Great Northern land claims was in
tiuenced by Mr.. Hill's refusal to do
something that Mr.. Doran asked him to
do.
AS to my illegal adviser" informing
me that it was my duty to accept the
Great Northern Filings
he never did anything of the kind, and
If he had would have ignored his ad-
vice, for l think know what my duty Is.
"Of course l regret that Mr.. Hill and
Mr.. Doran should have carried their
opposition to me to the length they
have; l regret that Mr.. Doran should
have seen fit to exploit matters of
confidential character in his zeal for the
Great Northern road, but do notregret
my action in that case, and if l were
state auditor for half a century longer
| the state would hold its title to the lands
| just that long, and Mr.. Hill may make
the most of that statement"
Among politicians the opinion seems
| to prevail that In drawing the line be-
| tween the state and the Great Northern
road, leaving Mr.. Biermann on the side
OF the people, Mr.. DOran has done a
great service for the Democratic candi-
date for auditor, to whose cordial sup.
port Mr.. DOran pledged himself in the
| convention.
That Mr.. Biermann would have court
ed anything looking like bride from
Hill ID SO improbable as to be absurd.
A prominent Republican state Official,