The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04
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WAsH1NaroS. Oct. %. 1897.

WAsH1soros. Oct. y. 1897.
President Mckinley left Washing
ton for Ohio, where he goes to cast
his vote, i'll Il very genial state, Of
mind, and no wonder. He this week
brought Is a successful elimination a
BIT Of financial manipulation which
will save the people of this country
$13 100000 in cash, aud will gain his
administration great credit in the
pages of history, He became con-
vinced some time ago that there was
no good reason why the government
OF the U. S. should lose anything by
the sale of the Union Pacific Rail-
road under foreclosure of mortgage
The first guarantee bid for reorganiz-
alton committee was about $13,OOO,-
600 short of the claim of the govern
ment against the road. When the
date of sale was set for Nov. End Pres
ident Mckinley caused the com
mittee to be notified that it
must raise its. bid, or the government
would take an appeal from the decree
of the court ordering the sale. That
frightened the committee, and after
more or less growing it raised it's bid
$5,O00,000. Again the committee was
notified that President Mckinley in-
sisted that their bid should be furth-
er raised, to an amount equal to the
claims of the government against the
road, or he would ask the court to
postpone the sale, in order that other
bidders might be found. Regarding
themselves as the only likely bidders
the members of the committee paid
no attention to this notification, ex-
cept to intimate that they didn't care
if the sale was postponed few weeks
Then the application for postpone
ment was made to the court in behalf
of the government, and at about the
same time the committee found out
that there would be another bidder at
the sale, if it was postponed, and that
it would be the U, s. government,
President Mckinley having determin-
ed to buy the road rather than to al
low others to buy it at a price less
than the governments claim. The
committee tumbled off it's perch with
out regard to its dignity, and added
$8,000,0O0, to its bid, which makes ii
certain that the government will re.
ceive one hundred cents on the dol
lar for it's CLAIM against the Unior
Pacific Railroad. President McKin
ley. having beaten the financiers a,
their own game, then directed thai
the application for postponement O.
the sale be withdrawn, and it viii
take place next week. Attorney Gen
eral McKenna says the interests O
the government will be equally vel
taken care of in the sale of the Kan
sas Pacific Railroad, which will b:
postponed until December Is.
Secretary Bliss, who, as treasure
of the republican national committee
handled every dollar contributed t.
that committee during the president
ial campaign, makes the following
emphatic statement: II am in pc
sition to say most emphatically ane
unreservedly that not single prom
Use was made during the campaign
either for favor, Office, or privilege
No money was contributed durins
the campaign by reason of favors at
ter election, nor were any promises O
bargains made. The men who cor
tributed to the presidential campaign
with money or services, did SO know
ing that the honor and welfare O
the country were at stake. The mel
who gave money to the campaign
fund did so knowing that their owl
rights and privileges were as much a
stake as those of their country. A
treasurer of the national committee
I know whereof l speak, and defy an!
one to say otherwise. And I will fur
ther say, that the charge that is nov
being made by the yellow journals il
New York that the funds of the ma
tional committee are being used il
the New York campaign is a lie
Yes, a d. lie."
/ President Mckinley has pleased
the scientists of the country by ap
pointing such an able man as Prof
Pritchett, of Washington University
St. Louis, to succeed Gen. Duf6eld
whose resignation (forced) takes eff
feet November l, as superintendent
of the coast and geodetic survey.
It can beastated upon the authority
of Secretary Bliss, that the govern
ment has not lost one dollar and vii
not lose dollar by the discovery o.
| frau1,,1ent warrants On account n