The Saint Paul globe., 1898-10-17
RECORD OF EUSTIS
IRISH STANDARD, OF MINNEAP-
OILS, CALLS ATTENTION TO
SOME INCIDENTS
SAMPLE OF PHILANTHROPY

Charged Julia Cling $1,000 for Col
Iectinlg an Insurance Policy of
S4,SGO without Law Suit--His
Name on the Supreme Court Rec
ordS in Guaranty Loan Case
Irish-AElericans warned.
A correspondent at Morris, Mimi,
writes to the irish Standard, of Min
neapoIis. TO say that in that village
and vicinity 8 strong effort is being
made by Republican emissaries Ito
swing the Irish into line for Eustis,
because Of the friendship he displayed
to the Irishmen Of Minneapolis while
sewing as mayor. The principal argu-
ment used by them ito catch the Irish
vote" is the philanthropy shown by
Mr.. Eustis in the Cling case" The
c0rresp pondent asks the Irish Standard
to enHghten him on the matter. This
Is what the irish Standard says:
In reply we beg to say that at the
time of the Cling tragedy the Irish
American citizens of Minneapolis had
no knowledge, except what they sub
seQueutly learned throuGh the press,
that the victim Of Harry Hayward
had a drop of Irish blood in her veins.
In common with their fellow citizens
of every nationality, they were shocked
at the crime and anxious that the per-
perator should be brought to justice.
AS far IS we know, they took no part
in the prosecution. and were satisfied
that the law should take it's course.
Mr.. Eustis, as mayor, took cOnspicu-
Gus part in the case. He caused Hay
wards arrest and helped to convict
him. If he deserves any credit for the
execution Of the malefactOr the irish
Standard has no desire to deprive him
of it.
Another matter referred to by our
correspondent is Mr.. Eustis' friendship
to the Victim's sister in collecting the
life insurance Of the murdered woman.
We desire to say that Mr.. Eustis acted
as attorney for Julia Cling, the sister
of the deceased, and got $4,S6020 from
the insurance company. He charged
81 geo for his services, as appears by
the file in the Office of the judge Of
probate It reads as follows:
Voucher No. l. Jan. 4th, 1896.
Cheek No. s.
The National Bank of Commerce,
Pay to W. H. Eustis $1,000.
Twelve Hundred Dollars.
Julia H. Cling
Administrative.
"In addition to Mr.. Eustis' fee, there
were other legal charges amounting to
$125, making a total of $1,325 for col
lCCllIlS DdN ItIGll OI dil IIIS VI dIICG DOllCy
of $4,000 without a lawsuit. In view Of
these facts, where does the phiIan-
thropy' in the Cling case come in? We
fail to see any. On the contrary, some
noted lawyers inform us that the
charges are excessively exOrbitant, and
should not have been allowed. 1t Is
humbug, pure and simple, to ask the
Irish-American voters of this state to
vote for William Henry Eustis for gov
ernor on account of friendship to
Minneapolis Irishmeh or philanthropy
in the Cling case.
I'VE trust the Irish-American cleo
tors of the state will not be swayed
from their allegiance to party princi-
pies by such false representations. We
are confident that they are not such
'gUdgeOns' as Republican agents ts q .
them to be. Let them do their duty by
supporting the candidate of the people
Honest John Lind-and free the sSlte
from the grasp Of corporations that
have been preying upon them for the
past forty years"