The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-01

Morgan Post Records Do Not Show
That Eustis Was Ever HOnOred
by Such an EIectiOn-ReDubIic-
an Central Committee Is In a
Terrible TanEIe - Judge Steele
May Resign.
The Old Soldiers Anti-Eustis club
Mr.. Eustis' reply:
Mr.. Eustis complains, in a leaflet
just issued by him, that he is being
injured by false statements that, while
he was mayor of Minneapolis, he was
unfriendly to the old soldiers. He says
this claim Is wholly untrue, and, in
order to refute it, has adopted the lea:-
let project.
In his statement he says he has al
ways been a friend of the old soldiers,
and proves it by saying that Morgan
pest made him an honorary member
OF that post, distinction which has
never been conferred upon any other
citizen of this state"
Mr.. Eustis evidently intends to fight
the devil with fire, or rather to correct
one falsehood by telling another EV-
cry member of the c.. A. r. in this
state, or any other state, will laugh
at such prepoSteTous statement. Mr..
Eustis was never an honorary member
Of this post or any other G. A. R. post
and could not be, because honorary
members" are, not and never have
been, permitted, and members of Nor
gan post are quite indignant over the
imputatiOn that they have either been
so ignorant Of the laws of their order,
or have so willfully violated them as
TO admit any one an honorary MEM
Eer."
MI tic low e.f,, 41a
wise and economical method used in
handling the police force Of Minneapo-
lis, and that he reduced the expense
materially, by reducing the force, and
at the same time showed his friendi
ness to the old soldier but forgets to
tell Us that, in the appointment of
Vernon Smith chief of police, who is
an old soldier, he. discharged the for
mer chief, Maj. Reese r. Henderson,
who was also an old soldier. Of the
four others whom he claims he ap
pointed because they were soldiers,
namely, Carr, Dennis, Gale and Stan
ley, only three were old SOL
diers, and old soldiers were let out to
set them in. Stanley was never a SOL
der, and never claimed to be. Vernon
Smith was appointed at the instigation
OF the PlllSburys, and not because of
his army record, and the same facts
exist in the cases Of Carr, Dennis and
]
entail citizens for the positions.
If EustiS reduced the force during
his term as mayor, the police reports
Of 1898 and 1894 fail to show it, for he
reports 21S members each year. His
report shows that he appointed TWEEN
ty-three during his first year and thir-
teen the second, and it was an in
variable rule with him that when he
appointed a Swede to discharge a
| Swede, and the same with all ma
tionalities except perhaps the Irish,
| who seem to have increased in num-
bers, probably by the reason that the
mayors private secretary and 'as-
siStant mayor" was Irish. Mr. Eustis
states that he waived the age limit of
! thirty-fiVe years in the case of old sol
| diers only. His reports show that dur
ing the two years, out OF the thirty
six appointments for patrolmen and eX-
elusive of the old soldiers, twelve of
them were of ages ranging from thir-
| ty-SiX to fOrty-tiVe, exceeding the age
| limit from one to ten years. These are
| facts, proven by police reports, and if
| EuStiS will falsify in one statement he
would undoubtedly in others.
Again, EuStiS in his plain statement"
says that the Old Soldiers Anti-Eustis
! club is the same club, with some re-
| cruits, that was organized in 1896 and
called a Bryan and Lind club, which
is false in its very inception, and Eus-
It's knows it. The Bryan and Lind club
was purely a fusion club, consisting Of
Democrats and Populists, while 80 per
cent of this club are Republicans and
| will vote the Republican ticket, except
for governor. They are not 'soreheads"
or applicants for office, for many of
! the most enthusiastic members never
had an office nor asked for one.
Now, comrade, do you want this man
to govern this state for the next two.
years; one who is so thoroughly false
to truth and honor? Who, with the
daily press at his beck and call, seeks
| to mislead you by issuing these leaf
let's" that he can at any time disown
whenever it is his interest to do so?
1t is safe to say that if he will lie
| about one thing he will lie about all,
and our pride in the North Star state
! should lead us to do all in our power
to prevent this disgrace
Old Soldiers Anti-Eustis Club.
1t is probable that within the week
| there will be a general shaking UP at
| Republican headquarters. There is u
! great deal Of friction between the non.-
| inees for the lesser offices ON the tick
! ct, and the members Of the COMMITTEES,
the latter being accused by the for
| mer Of inactiOn as we'll as inefficiency.
Eustis declares that the committee
is following the right plan, which is TO
! center all it's swork on him. eff l get
I through 1 will pull you through" as
! Serts the Self-cOntained William Henry.
''The bottle is on me-"
But the other candidates look at il
! differently. They are very much afraid
! that instead of him pulling them
! through, they will have to pull him
through, if he gets through, and they
suspect that they are seriously imperil-
| ing their own chances by wasting eff
fort in trying to elect u governor whose
public life has been a series of blunders
and whose private life has been selfish.
1t would not be amy surprise at all
to the candidates if Judge Steele
! should resign the craftsmanship of the
committee. He has been working
against tremendous odds, trying tn
make something of a showing against
| the rising tide of anti-Eustis feeling,
| but between the old soldiers, the Guar
anty Loan ghost, and the wave Of popu-
lar enthusiasm that has been awaken
ed by the return to the state of John
Lind, the popular quartermaster of the
! Twelfth Minnesota, Judge Steele has
found the battle too arduous a one.
Broken down in health already almost
to the verge of nervous prostration he
! is only restrained from rendering his
resignation by fear that the cause or
| the party might be damaged by the
publicity which would attach to
change in the Craftsmanship at a time
when even a mOmentary disorganiza-
ton must mean hundreds of votes.
Oar Reese and other nominees are
chatting under the behavior of August
Filter, who, with c. K. Sharood, rep