The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-31

urer and of these banks and trust
companies from time to time, to keep
a constant watch over them and see
| that everything was correct. he Is
| responsible Ior all of this stealing, ana
the Republican party is responsible for
him. Therefore, the Republican party
! is responsible for all of this stealing.
And the Republicans now, amid this
awful state of things, recommend Eus-
| tbs.
In the midst of all this rottenness,
which stinl1s to heaven from Maine to
California, has lived all these years
one William Henry Eustis. He has al
ways been in close touch with all the
financial and political wire-pullers in
the Republican party in that city and
the bosom friend of many of them.
He has for years taken an active part
in public affairs; he is a windy gen
tleman, who likes to be heard AID to
exhibit his boon smile on. every occa-
sion.
Has he ever cried aloud against all
this infamy? Has he ever tried to
get the grand jury to indict these
thieves? Certainly not.
On the contrary, this ring has pulled
many a wire to keep the grand jury
from fndicting him and the other di-
rectors of the Guaranty Loan compa-
ny He is as much responsible, NOR
ally, for that So, 600, 900 steal as Menage
is. He and his friends have pulled
| wires ever since Menage ran away to
prevent him from being brought back
| to answer for his crimes, because they
knew, if Menage went to the peniten-
| tiary, some Of the rest of them might
go also.
Some of the Republican papers are
denying that Eustis was ever a direc-
tor of the Guaranty Loan company,
but he cannot refute it. Is he a good
enough man for governor of Mime
sofa? Notwithstanding all Of these
things he is being proclaimed as an
anti-ring candidate and a reformer. Il
is true that for the last few years he
has wanted to break the ring to the
extent of knocking Clough out and tax
ing his place, and for the purpose Of
doing this he has posed as a reformer.
When he failed to beat Clough for tina
nomination two years go, he took his
boom smile with him and supported
Clough on the stump; smiled an extra
smile and lauded Clough to the skies
as one Of the great, pure and wise
statesmen of the age.
Eustis is a reformer for the purpose
of being a governor. In what othe,
connection except as a candidate for
governor has one ever heard of him as
a reformer? His city has for years
been swarming with political thieves.
Has he ever raised a hand against
them? Has he ever raised his voice
against any part Of the ring except
Clough, and then only when he wanted
to be governor in Clough's place?
William Henry Eustis was once a
candidate for mayor of Minneapolis.
He posed as the candidate of the high
| moral element and the champion of, law
and order. He hypnotized the minis
tiers and the church people with this
same boom smile, and was nominated
| and elected. He then turned around
and became the complacent tool of the
: brewery trust, the saloonkeepers. the
gamblers, the street railway company
and the financial and political wirepul-
lers who had Endorsed, George A Braek,
etts notes and wanted to make the
city pay them by buying Brackets
house at $4,000 more than it was
worth, and letting Bracket steal $25, 900
more from the city besides.
Eustis cannot carry Minneapolis this
fall, and the people there understand
that too But he will take his hypO-
critical smile and sweet assurance with
him and go out in the country where
he is not known to stump the state
and catch voters.
The machine will be arraigned at the
next election. Is the organization OF
this state guilty Of permitting these
stealings? The voters are the jury: the
machine is on trial
The great issue before the people of
Minnesota at the coming election is
whether the Republican party of this
state shall be held responsible and con
tinued for the infamous corruption and
dishonesty in the administration of
public affairs during the last few years,
The ring campaign managers are try
ing to dodge this issue. Their plat
form Is absolutely silent on this and
many other state issues. They do not
even promise to quit stealing, or to do
any better in the future than they have
done in the past. The only defense
that they offer to the charge of corrup,
ton is that we have had a glorious
war and they have new man at the
head Of their ticket.
If the Republican party of this state