The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-28

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whatever with the laborers who were
| supposed to have received the time
cheeks from the government, nor with
any agents of the Iaborers.
Act of Friene,4hiD.
9outhal always represented to the
men to whom he sold The checks that
ne was acting in the sale of the checks
out OF Friendship and good will for the
men He was trying to raise money
Ior them. and the men whom ~.
a"ludIed thought they were helpjner a
work of philanthropy. i'-''S'
9eNefaI persons who held old manor
asked S0uthau if time checks for an
appropriation made for 1898 would ba
redeemed in 1898. They said they did
I;ol thlhk checks good after the ex-
plfatloh of the year for which the an
preparation was made.
5outhall was always ready for sl,cr
queStlons He told his skepticaI VIC
inns mat there We're two kinds; of
work performed on the Mississippi riy-
tL-oIle the appropriation work and
Ihe other the emergency work. Th-
emergency work, he said. was rot
provided for in the regular approDri9-
uohs, but as it had to be done, time
cnTckS we're issued to cover the ex
peESe. congress was always depended
upon 10Y appropriations to take nm
Ihe checks and he explained that con-.
SftsS was simply negIecting to por-
i ioIIh us duty to the WOrkmen who
il"u performed emergency work, but
appropriations We're certain to he
made. With such assurances tha in
qulrers Went away satisfied.
who Made, the y2c,c,,
IT,, o,,,,,.:.
~ ''i iSeS' W no ala make
oH IHe u!ne checks? AS near
as can De aScertained at the present
time, nobody excenf thoso mo-, e,.,.,.
WHOM, co,,,!,o,, men from
Witt, ''-','i igu'VIileo the checks /
ero l,,d d9'!lIH!e Time OF their is
began RI nv, "bt"t,i,e9 mem before they .
fe[T fn,. III D'.iIHu' but these Were
checks were red (iiJ io Una mat the
to deal in them and in t5o Ion l[-'' r ~
i l}.1,. i'ed l,.I II was game in which
SoutbaIi IL" I}, ql Was bound to lose, and .
longer SoulhaII I9a,,a [l5iy4le else. The
deeper involved in deh+ bD ,t 1[,ii,G me
he had been called up0n at anI- ti,1a
10 pay every obligation he had assumed
ne would have been swamped.
For instance: He W5uId issIIa oI,oo1-.
representing 81 GOO for which ~, .IIl3
set $500. He would then ieero 81 600
more also at $500. He ,,-o1,rd cii[I
that up with another issue of q l 600 Nv
$500. His first issue WouId faI1 ,f',, ,o,i
he would he called 11non 70 ,.-,1l ~ CO.
He would have to nav if in fr11 -,.I,+t ~
would take 5000 more than he rsc.i,-,ii
for it. That would take 5000 fro,,, ~
second issue Then tho earor,I - 80 il.o
would become due and he v,0,,id 10 -,'',',7
Iuired to cash that. That ,-o,,1d 80
also 5000 more than he cor fo,, - ~
his total rcCeipts We're ,ed1,cod %[no
u the total amount Of 81 n0o ,.s,,(,.. @ioo'
d by three issues. he bad 1TI,- O. 90
eft, so he was $500 bahin9 ~ ~ D., too
)nIy one way to MAKE erood ~ .H " a.
to make another issua ~ rl1 10y u9ii -
would sell S. 600 NOR 0f tbC ',,,. ~ ne
hen he would he S400 IN ,2 L,Il'Gi dI i5i
allied upon for moro 1,,n,,l I'0iNeI uilIiI
Ror ,,.,,
'1''l'oh naFI1.
20 ne Kept on issuing checks until q ,
,ecame impossible for him, 70 ,.a7.-,,.
IL Of them and o,-o,,.,.I1-- N''' III
s,, IN ~ a., .,,. 0''1IS me sum
'IG HlIIIIoh mark. He was
~ taI peHIhd mat there was no hope
Il MS ever being able to paw tbar,
men he invented the stories aboi1t 10
allure of the war department To honor,
cqulSltiOns, and when the holders c1+,,l
ldiHeu mat the checks We're too old he
mes for them II is ,' TNGiIaI8eq new
II time checks issued bv SoiitboM 10. tIIaI !
August, 1897, are Of that charartnr
i ,l., hao no money to meet them, and to
i,isn par+ We cb noiueIS ne gave them nice
Id ones and they Vent a l-,.,,se lot the