St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-11-15
SOME MINNESOTA REPUBLICANS
ARE SMILING TO THEMSELVES
THESE DAYS.
SOME OF THEM ARE NOT.
SAM PHILLIPS IS THE MAN WHO
Is RESPONSIBLE FOR
1T ALL. q
HIS NEWSPAPER
SCHEME.
What Has Become of the League
Organ He Was Going to
Launch. 80

A number of leading Republicans
of Minnesota are chuckling these
days over their shrewdness. a num-
Der Of them are not. The former are
the men who were proof against the
smooth persuasive, business propO-
sitions of Samuel A. Phillips. The
latter are ones who were not proof
against the same attacks, but who
purchased stock in a prospective
newspaper, which existed only in the
imagination of Mr.. Phillips. They
gave their notes for amounts rang
ing from 500 to $500. These notes
in the general order Of business came
into the possession of the Mer-
chants National Bank of st. Paul.
They recently fell due, and the men
who gave or indorsed them have
taken them up. They now have the
notes. But the stock which they eX-
pected in return for them is still TO
come. So is the first copy Of the
paper in which they were to have
the stock, which they purchased with
the notes now in their possession.
Samuel a. Phillips is Sam Phillips.
Every politician in Minnesota knows
Sam. Some Of them think they know
him too we'll But that's politics,
they say, and are inclined to let it
go at that. Sam was always con-
sidered a good business proposition
in Minnesota. He is a good talker;
his sincere, confidential and confding
way of talking business to a man
won almost every time. But Min
nesota was too small for him and
his ambitions reached out to some
thing national. When he got this
idea it was only question of time be-
fore he made UP his mind just what
to do and how to do it. A news
paper, an organ of the League Of
Republican Clubs of the United
States. Everybody knows with what
hurrah the scheme was sprung on
the public by the Minneapolis Trib-
une Phillips was to go to New
York as business manager Of week
ly paper that would furnish such
substantial Republican reading that
any man who ever got chance to.
glance at the paper would be a Re-
publican all the days of his life. Sam
pictured it as a great lever for the
party, a regular vote-getter and
something that the hundreds of thou
sands of Republicans in all parts OF
the country would pine for from one
weeks end to the other. The idea
took well and everybody thought it
would be go.
But Sam couldn't run a paper on
wind He couldn't even start one on
wind. He must have some money and
Minnesota would have to help the
cause along. Sam thought of his
friend, Congressman Heatwole, and
soon interested him in the matter. Sam
would get UP a, company, of whIch
HeaIwole would be president and Sam
always business manager. Heatwole
thought it was a great thing and would
prove a money-maker, besides being a
great help to the Republican cause.
Sam said in three months he expected
he could have it started and on a pay
ing basis if he could only get a few
thousand dollars to jar the first few
issues loose from some printing house
in New York. If he could get a few
men to give him their notes for any
amount up to, S1G0, COO it would help the
thing along If a man didn't want TO
give his note for $1GG.0 he could make
it 800. Everything went. In return
for these notes the signers would be
given stock in the new paper, and, IL
they preferred, when the enterprise got
started and making money, all those
who gave notes would have the money
refunded, If they preferred it 10 stock.
1t was a fair, plain business PROPOSE
ton; notes, stock, stock notes. If poll
ticians had enough interest in the
party and enough money to help the
thing along it was all right. Sam said
so. And he was doubtless sincere and
honest in his efforts to start just such
a paper as he said he would issue.
With his plan all mapped out he start
ed to procure notes or indorsers to his
note. How we'll he succeeded is known
by those who listened to his clever
business arguments. A United States
senator is even said to have approved
of the scheme to the extent of $iO0.
Three congressman thought well
enough of it to help out with $3.50 each.
Several politicians did likewise, with
the result that if Phillips did not raise
enough money to buy out a printing
house in New York city, he had enough
money to pay the postage on the big
gest issue turned out of any New York
newspaper. Sam worked the politicians
properly But strangely or otherwise,
not a man at the state capitol bought
any prospective stock. Sam went down
the line there without success. When
Tams Bixby declined the chance to get
rich, Sam said: "Well, Tams, you will
subscribe for twenty-five copies, any
way"
"No, Sam, I don't want twenty-five
copies of a paper"
''WelI. I'll put you down for ten
copies, .Tams. You'll certainly do that
much for the party.
No: I guess not, Sam
"Well, won't you do anything to help
us along?"
first issue send me a copy. If like
it L will subscribe for six months.
But Sam didn't strike that kind OF
frost everywhere. In Duluth he found
friendly and liberal support, as he did
in some other corners of the state
The result was that Sam went East
happy.
In a few weeks the subscribe -
the stock of the proposed organ ot I
League of Republican Clubs bo&an >
wonder how their stock was So!r@ =
look. and why it vas so long coz
Reside they had not heard that a Re
publican weekly had been launched.
In fact there were no rumorS that any
such thing was going to take place.
Those who had not been induced to
take piece of the good thing, on the
other hand had not forgotten all about
It. Recently however. a Minnesota
man returned from New York. He