New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-10-18

aoollsned. AS Che Navy department.
i does not believe him there really is no
reason Why anybody else should. It is
coming to about that time in the state
campaigns where the Administration
may he expected to do more or less ro-
mancing. It may deceive the Republic
ans but is not likely to affect the Demo-
] Gratis.
/ RETURN OF CHAIRMAN JONES.
Senator James K. Jones, chairman of
the Democratic National Committee has
returned with much improved health
and is enthusiastic over the prospects of
Democratic success in the coming cam
paign.
The Facts Regarding Gen. Pope's Bond.
! ;, If the persisted attacks on members of
the Lind administration are as ground
less as in the case of the attemptedswith-
dIawal of the American Bond and Trust
Company from the bond of Public Ex-
aminer Pope, they will all come through
unscathed. Some apparent misglvings
among our press, and the persistent mis-
representations of the more rabid re-
publican papers, make it opportune as
well as just, to summarize the real facts
in the case. It will be seen that the
case is founded entirely on malice and
petty revenge. B."
The local manager of the American,
is James A. Novel;, and the executive
officer who approves the bonds given in
bonding, is Ed. S. Meier, who was
Trustee and Cashier of the Savings
bank of St. Paul, which is now in the
hands of receiver as result of Examiner
Pope's sworn discharge of dn,y. NOVEL;
and Meier executed Gen. pri,c's bond
| upon his induction Into Office last Janu-
ary, having been paid for the same by
Gen. Pope. The facts of the placing
the bank in the hands of receiver, by
the court, after the courts committee
had found the assets of the bank thou
sands of dollars lower than the Examin-
er Pope had reported, are we'll known,
as we'll as the fact that James A. Now
ell was especially active, and specially
vicious, in his efforts to prevent re-
ceiver being appointed. The reason will
be made clear. and light be thrown on
the action of Meier as an official Of the
Bond Company, by the following: Cash
ier Meier is Vice-President of the Amer
ican Bond and Trust Company. At the
time of closing the bank, Meier was
charged in the Examiners sworn state
ment, with being one of the officials of
the bank who had illegally loaned Its
funds tcggthe amount of $4,000, Of
which amount $4,000 was due from
said Trustee and Cashier Meier, and he
was besides charged with having taken
monsy from the drawer illegally, which
STATE ments and charges have never heen
denied so far as known. It is found al
so that the bonding company was in the
bank to the amount of $1O,96955, from
being on the bond of Violet K. Klttson,
guardian, having under its privilege of
depositing her funds, had the same in
the bank at time of closing, for which
claim 1t has since taken the assignment.
Also, Novel; was interested ss depos-
ltor, as member of the firm of Bend, Pen
dergast & Co., and as member of the
firm of Boedigheimer & NOVEL;.
Thus the act of attempting to with.
draw from the bond was mere act OF
petty malice, and all who have unjustly
: reflected Oh Examiner Pope will right
| it. The bond holds, of course. and the
} Examiner suffered no inconvenience
whatever, although to guard against
any possible claim of not being bonded
/ he accepted another bond in another
company.
: In this state of facts people will natu
rally be chary of doing business with {
: concern that permits so fagrantly vic
ious action on the part of its officials.
The Chic$,o Record is doing a valua
able work In showing the unmistakabl'
ownership of the Illinois legislature, fo
many sessions, by corporate interests
1t is education along this line that viii
, lead to the settlement of tie problem
. of today. @ ..- ....-
/ "We want the Philippines for tn
trade they will give u.s." We can ge
no more of their trade by reason o
own p = LESS we subject thei
pes ne wrongs that we as
!. little ..@tion of 100000 peopl
resiste force of arms2