The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-10-12
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.
Mr. Eustis and the Old Veteran A dam
BE e's Wit and HumOr--Eustis and
Lind Buttons.
ST. PAUL. Oct. 1879

ST. PAUL. Oct. 1893
The effort of few Democratic and
Populisuc veteran soldiers of the Civil
War 10 create a prejuui g against Mr..
Eustis, the Republican nominee for
governor, has iallen fat even in Min.
neapolis, where the movement origin.
aged The stories which have been put
afioat 80 the effect that Mr.. Eustis
xrored the claims Of the veterans dur.
ing his term as mayor OF Minneapolis,
is mply false in every detail. and
was never told until small ooterie of
INSCRIPTIONS old soldiers found their
financial advantage in circulating
putitical SANDERS al the rate OF SO many
dollars per week per head.
The true story of Mr.. Eustis' relation
to she veteran soldiers Of the Civil
War, may he stated in very
few words Although not yet having
entered in to his teens in 1861, he tried
to secure his parents permission to en-.
list. Two older brothers did enlist.
che of whom lost his life on the bat
sleteid. 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
ranks under "O!d Glory" but before
the opportunity presented itself for OBJ
met with an accident which untitled
him forever for the performance Of
zni.stary duty.
Durlng his service as mayor OF Min.
Beapclis, he viola ed the rules of the
po4lca department. i'll order to give APP
Tointmenls on che force 10 four o. five
veserans VINO were young enough and
strong enough TO perform police duty.
One of the rules governing the force Is
that no man shall be appointed on
tine force who has reached greater age
than IS years. Mr. Eustis suspended
this rule and appointed the chief Of
police aud four patrolmen from the
ranks of the veteran soldiers. And
these appointments were made. too,
because the men were veterans with
exec. lent racords as soldiers of the civil
-war. and fer no other reason.
"
An organization of the veterans of
thls city was formed last week which
promises to be an object lesson to the
people of Minnesota as to the excellent
uualty as we'll as the large numbe 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
for themselves as soon as they
had completed the great work
Of restoring the union of the states in
1865. Among the names record id as
supporting the whole Republics
ticket at the approaching election are
some of the best known business men
OF the Mil Clty-lawyers, physicians,
merchants, mechanics, journalists
goo citizens, all OF them, as they were
goo soldiers in the hour of the coun.
try's travail.
Arrayed against these are few dis.
cpntented 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
pro claiming from the housetops that
they are the men who put down the
rebellion. Your readers will know the
type The real truth is. that
NJ ne out of ten of the real
soldiers-those who gave and took hard
bows from Bull Run to Appomattox-
and who now have their homes in the
cities of st. Paul and Minneapolis, are
cordially supporting w H. Eustis for
Governor. Wniie very large major
ity of them are proclaim ng their al.
lsglancs to the whole Republican
ticket.
r
> The foregoing paragraphs have been
written not at all for the purpose of de.
feeding Mr. Eustis from the charges
formulated against him by the insig.
nlfcant nest of social ed veterans in
Minneapolis who have started a SANDER
tmill against one of the manifest citi.
lien, of Minnesota who happens at this
: time to be q candidate for h eff execu-
tive of the state. Mr.. Eustis needs no
defender against any charge of
Hack of SYMPATHY for any
(who may be unfortunate among
This fellow citizens His whole life has
II cen a circumstantial defense for him.
His neighbors and friends in the two
cities recognize his many admirable
qualities of heart and head, as evinced
by the overwhelming majority vouch.
safed to him at the Republican state
convention last summer. If 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