The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-22
The Art of Dodging.


1t is an art to be able to dodge sue
cessfu1ly. and it applies to every walk
Of life. When the late Rev. DR.. John
Hall, Of New York, was fired upon by
a lunatic as he passed from the en-
trance of his church to his residence
next door, he confessed that he in
stinctively lodged at the report Of the
explosion of the pistol and then ran
for the entrance of his house as fast
as he could. In speaking of it after
ward he said he thought that was
about the best use to which he could
apply his talents, particularly as he
didn't care to be shot.
1t isn't every man that can dodge
bullets If they are we'll aimed. OF
course 1t is easy enough for a man In a
legislative body to dodge a vote, and he
often does. But it is never good policy
for man who is running for office to
try to dodge direct charges that are
made against him with respect to his
integrity
This is precisely what William En-
Grey Eustis seems to be trying to do in
connection with his responsibility as a
director of the Northwestern Guaranty
lodged, leaving the Minneapolis Jour-
nal to f1ounder around in an apologize
way in his behalf in the progress Of
Which exercise that newspaper said a
few days ago, in perfectly plain Ian
guage, that instead of relying upon
the promises Of Mr.. Menage that his
name should be dropped it would have
been better If Mr.. Eustis had rendered
his resignation.
Yesterday the Journal comes out with
reprint of Mr.. Eustis' letter of Oct.
IL, addressed to J. A. Everett, of Fair
mont, Mimi, and editorially remarks:
we have staed that Mr.. Eustis should have
resigned. and that seemed to us at first the
proper course to have pursued but in ex-
PIanat1on OF his failure to resign, Mr.. Eustis
makes makes the point that if he had rendered a
resignation ii would have been in effect a
recognition OF some actual and legal con-
nectIon with the company, and this he never
conceded then or at any other time, did
OF the company afterward in any official
capacity or in any way have anything to do
win It's management during its existence.
The Journal has fallen into the error
or trying to explain something that is
inexplicable. Mr.. Eustis for five years
permitted the use Of his name by the
Guaranty Loan association. This fact
seems to admit of no dispute whatever
He would have been pleased, no doubt.
to see his name in the list of the di-
! rectory today If the concern had not
developed into fraud. 1t was only
AFTER the exposure came that he pre-.
tended to be ashamed Of his associa-
tlohs and began to practice the art Of
oooglng. A more pitiful and shallow
apology for ON offense was never
shown than the plea that he puts for
ward that he was put there and held
there against his Will.
Wonder if any Of that straw paner
the receivers talked about as being in
their hands among the assets, so called,
or the Guaranty Loan had any connec-
ton with William ENERGY!
The fact should be constantly borne
In mind by those who think they see a
cloud hanging over John Lind i'm the
fact that Kenyon (the honesO tries to
make 1t appear that an illegality was
practiced by the Democratic candidate
through his association with the New
Ulm Mill and Elevator company and
the Brown County bank, that neither
OF these institutions is insoIvent nor
has their insolvency even been limited
at. The whole matter is q case of mud
singing by Kenyon (the honesty and
others OF the machine, in the hope OF
dlvertfng attention from the conspicu-
BUSINESS OF the offense of William En-,
Grey The law is available for applica--
ZION IN the case Of the Brown County
bank; and, this being the case why is
not that machinery set in motion in
! stead of that other machinery repre-
scented by Kenyon the honesty and
others Of that same branch Of indus
| try?
y, William ENERGY. why did you per-
NIT yourself to indulge so long in that
dry smoke?