The Saint Paul globe., 1898-09-29

Gle to give it further attention. Eustis
did, while mayor, appoint three old
soldiers to positions on the police
force, but he did 1t under pressure
from people whom he did not desire
to Offend and now he is trying TO make
the public believe that a fourth man
was appOinted-one Stanley.
NO REGARD TO LAW.
But Stanley was not a soldier and
never claimed that he was. He was
only citizen and was forty-four years
of age when appointed. Eustis claims
that the law limits the age to thirty
five, but he had no hesitancy In waiv-
ing law for any one but an old SOL
dier.
Perhaps this was a part of my pol
Icy" which took the place of law in
many instances during his administra-
ton, but In fOisting this appointment
upon the public as being an old soldier
is certainly as near a falsehOOd as
Kirkham's affidavit. We know that he
is a man Of resources and will take
every measure in his power to prevent
this club from having access to the
public, and has apparently got such
control Of the daily press of this city
that all matters pertaining to his cleo
ton must pass through his censorship
before they can be published and more
particularly so since The G o b e pub
lished j. K. Mertz's first attempt to
tell the truth, and this regardless of
party. So he considers the world his
own, so far as this state is concerned
The MertZ incident came near caus-
ing a collapse of his magnificent
scheme Of being governor, and some
thing had to be done, so he camped
his minions on poor Jake's trail, and,
at last, just as he rose from a sick bed,
dazed and weak, they dictated a state
ment for him, got poor Jake to sign it,
admitting nearly all that we claimed
Mertz had previously stated to us, and
wound up by calling Eustis a gentle
man.
BEAT JAKE'S BEST STORY.
The shades of all departed heroes
must have laughed when they heard
that Jake, IN his meanderings through
the state, has obtained something of a.
reputation for stories, but this beat
anything ever eoncocted by him be-
fore, and evidently brought down the
house. 1t took several visits from Eus-
us and his campaign manager, to-
gether with a newspaper scribe and a
lawyer, before Mertz would call him a
gentleman, but he finally succumbed,
and is now as much ashamed of himself
tOf dong so as we are ashamed of him.
Eustis is certainly hard up for ammu-
milton when he has to go back to his
record, previous to his public life, for a
character. Most men when they want
the suffrages of the people resort to
public acts. Why don't Eustis tell us
about his hospital deal, his transfer
ordinance, or his memorial day racing?
Why not say something about his
substitution of my policy" for law, or
how he whipped the churches into line
with the saloon element, or a thousand
other things that made us love him
so, and that probably he will repeat on
a larger scale should he be elected gov
errOr
Many people are confounding the
Minnesota Veterans league with this
club, but we are a distinct body, or
gdniZed since the nomination of w. H.
EUStiS and for one object only, and
that is to save the state the shame and
disgrace of Eustis' election. We
have no connection with any other
central committee. The pamphlet re-
ferred to was published by ourselves
and without any outside aid, and
we know that the Union Veteran
league is with us in sentiment, as near
ly all OLD soldiers are, who, for policys
sake, prefer to keep quiet and vote
against Eustis at the polls. The club
is growing rapidly, and the movement
is far from being a failure, in fact be-
ing much larger at this writing than it's
oliginatOrs ever expected it to be, and
we are now confident that our "angel
of light" Eustis, on the Sth day of No
Vember next, will have fallen-en stony
places.
Old Soldiers Anti-Eustis Club.
Minneapolis, Sept. %, 1898.
In this connection the following cam
paign song, entitled The Anti Eustls
Railway Line" by a member of the
Anti -Eustis club, is part:
Ex-Mayor William Eustis is very fine man
And he always takes advantage of the sol
diers when he can.
He wanted to be governor-he thought twas
mighty fine
But the soldier boys are travelin' on the
anti-Eustis line.
The soldiers asked for work, but he. had no
place for them.
He said they'd lost their usefulness; that
they were not good men.
He called them Coffee Coolers" and said
other things as kind,
But the soldier boys travelin' on the anti
Eustis line.
The soldier boys are hustlin' for all they're
Somebody ought to tell him to come in out
of tle wet.
For he Will rot be governor in Elghteen-nina-
ty-nine,
For the soldier boys are travelin' on the anti
Eustis line.
How he got the nomination is more than I
can tell;
But, instead of being governor, we will send
him straight to-well
I don't know as | ought to say tit don't
sound very fine;
But the soldier boys are travelin' on the anti
Eustis line.
The country boys are comin'-the woods are
full of them
The city boys are also here-he will find
them all good men
And he may do his darndest, but he will
surely find
That the soldier boys are travelin on the
anti-Eustis line.
He may think that for governor for him we
all will shout
But he better keep his eye peeled and look
a leetle OUT
He may think he'll get our votes-he will be
so very kind
But the soldier boys are travelin' on the anti
Eustis line.
And when, next November, he finds that
he is beat
He'd better crawl into a hole and take the
lowest seat;
For to elect him him governor, 1t would
surely be crime
So the soldier boys are hustlin' on the anti
Eustis line.
Repairs for Broadway.
The board Of public works will have Broad
way from Seventh to Grove, and Cedar street
from Third to Como avenue put in fairly good
condition by filing up the holes in the pave