The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-10-13
FROM THE STATECAP|TAL
Mr.. Eustis and the. Old; veter-
ans---Adam Bede's Wit
! and Humor.
EUSTIS AND LIND BUTTONS.
Loyalty Of He,..lepin and RAM
sey---Prosperity vs.. Pop
ulism.
Eusr1s AND LIND BUTTONS.
ST. PAUL, Oct. 4, 1893.


ST. PAUL, Oct. 4. 1893.
The effort Of . few Democratic and
Populistic veteran soldiers Of the Civil
War to create prejudice against Mr..
Eustis, the Republican nominee for
governor, has fallen fat even in Min.
.neapolis, where the movement origin.
ated. The stories which have been put
afoat to the effect that Mr.. Eustis
ignored the claims Of the veterans dur.
ing his term as mayor of Minneapolis.
-is IMPLY false in every detail, and
was never told until q small coterie Of
interruptions old soldiers found their
financial advantage in circulating
political ISLANDERS At the rate of 80 many
dollars per week per head.
The true story Of Mr. Eustis' relation
to the veteran soldiers Of the Civil
War, may be stated in very
few words Although not yet having
entered into his teens in 1861, he tried
to secure his parents permission to en-.
Hist. Two older brothers did enlist,
one of whom lost his life on the bat.
tleield. Before the close Of the great
struggle, and while he was yet under
sixteen years Of age, he secured the
consent Of his parents to enter the ser.
vice Of his country, and serve in the
sanks under "O.d Glory" but before
the opportunity presented itself for OBJ
tanning the object Of his ambition, he
met with an accident which unified
him forever for the performance Of
military duty.
During his service 40 mayor of Min.
neapolis, he violated the rules Of the
police department in order to give ap.
pointments on the force to four o: five
veterans who were young enough and
strong enough to perform police duty.
One Of the rules governing the force 10
that no man shall be appointed on
the force who has reached greater age
than IS years Mr.. Eustis suspended
this rule and appointed the chief Of
police and four patrolmen from the
ranks of the veteran soldiers. And
these appointments were made. too,
because the men were veterans with
excellent records as soldiers of the civil
war, and for no other reason.
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An organization of the veterans of
this city was formed last week which
promises to be an object lesson to the
people Of Minnesota as to the excellent
quality as we'll as the large number of
reputable veteran soldiers who are cor.
daily supporting Mr.. w. H Eustis for
governor of Minnesota These old
soldiers are not Of the effusively loud.
mouthed type The association is com.
posed of that class of veterans who
went to work to build completeness
TOR themselves as soon as they
had completed the great work
Of restoring the union of the states in
1866. Among the names recoi d ID as
supporting the whole Republican
ticket at the approaching election are
some of the best known business men
of the Mill C.ty-lawyers. physicians,
mer chants, mechanics, journalists
good citizens, all of them. as they were
good soldiers in the hour of the coun.
try's travail.
Arrayed against these are few dis.
contented and disgruntled old veterans
who have devoted their lives to shout.
ing the story of their extraordinary
services in the ears of the rising gen.
Grafton, and who have for years been
proclaiming from the housetops that
they are the men who put down the
rebellion. Your readers will know the
type. The real truth is, that
nine out of ten of the real
soldiers-those who gave and took hard
blows from Bull Run to Apron attox-
and who now have their homes in the
cities of St. Paul aud Mimi sapolis, are
cordially supporting w. H. Eus,is for
Governor. While very large major
1ty of them are proclaim ng their al.
legiance to the whole Republican
ticket.
The foregoing paragraphs have been
written not at all for the purpose of de-
tending Mr.. Eustis from the charges
formulated against him by the insiR.
nifcant nest of so.cal.ed veterans in
Minneapolis who have started q SANDER
mill against one of the manifest citi.
zens of Minnesota who happens at this
time to be a candidate for III eff execu.
tave of the state. Mr.. Eustls needs no
defender against any charge of
lack of sympathy for any
who may be rnn r.unate among
his fellow citizens. His whole life has
teen q circumstantial defense for him
His neighbors and friends in the two
cities recognise his many admirable
qualities Of heart and head, as evlnced
by the overwhelming majority vouch.
safed to him at the Rspub. ican state
convention last summer. II any vet.
eran soldier is foolish enough to take
stock in the campaign ISLANDERS now
being circulated against Mr.. Eustis, let
him write letter to the secretary of
the Veterans Eustis club, now doing
business at Minneapolis
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