Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-06

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Democratic. but Investigation shoVred
their falsity. Now. mark the cunning
Of Mr.. Rosfns: II would not do to al
low her to make the statement public
in st. Paul or Minneapolis. 10 she was
taken to Duluth. where she gives It
out, with every ARRANGEMENT prepared
to- make 1t az dramatic al possible. and
this, too. on the eve OF election. In the
bope that It would stampede votes to
Lind. '<rj%' .f2..' :Sf5.' 4,
Notice, also. ID the adroitness with
which 1t IL made to appear that Cant.
Van SAINT Is an "a. p. 49, But this,
In fact, proves the falsity Of the entire
story, FOR AT THE TIME SHE AL
LEGGED HER HUSBAND AND CAPT.
VAN SAINT BELONGED TO THE A.
p. A., THERE WAS NO SUCH Or
GANIZATION IN EXISTENCE. W.
will add that Capt. Van SAINT never be.
longed to Il. eNi r., .
The story ia utterly untrue. and. In
fact, evidence keeps coming in. prov
ing that the whole connection between
the captain and Mrs. Rutherford's late
husband only goes to show the kind.
ness of heart OF the Republican Ruber-
material nominee. %'> :. /. ~. = -, ,.'.4.
d. The best statement of the case, up
to date, comes from a Democrat, who
declares that the charge made by Mrs.
Rutherford is absurd. George A. CAL
5loway, a resident Of winona. who is
zconversant with the facts In the case.
writes as follows:
4 II have before me an account of a
statement made by Mrs., Rutherford
to an audience in Duluth, attacking
the business honesty and integrity Of
s. r. Van SAINT, the Republican can
didate for governor. I am a. Demo-
crat and hope for the SUCCESS of DEM
ocratic principles. The principal ono
is justice and right to all men. and, as
II am conversant with part of the Ia
dy's statement. 1t will show the all
surdity Of the balance, In the spring
of 1889 I was a stakeholder in the LIE
Claire Naviga ton COMPANY, Of which
S. r. Van SAINT was president. and w.
A. Blair Of Davenport, Iowa. was Sec
rotary and treasurer,
IT sold my stock that wear to l.. L.,
Fisher, an attorney of Davenport and
s. r. Van SAINT, and eight shares to
George Rutherford. who did not have
the money to pay for this stock, and
Mr. Fisher and Capt. Van SAINT gave
his security for the pavment' with the
understanding that thew should be re-
imbursed out of the profits of the boat
and out of Mr.. Rutherford's salary.
IT received nv money from Fisher
and Van SAINT, I have been told by
Capt. Blair that 1882 1890 and 1892
were very successful years for the COM
pany, but owing to low water and
some of the mills shutting down. for
which the company was running logs,
the business began to go backward.
and in the fall Of 1899 l.. Z. Fisher Of
fered to sell me his stock for 80 cents
on the dollar. Capt. Rutherford died
in 1895 or 1896. and. an dividends were
dec]ared aoch vaor ord roid ord az
49, 500 ts. 49, ....S.." a a,.a
w go .".N Aee va e.ea'DoIs a
each trlp' we can see the apsurolty OIL
the statement that, from $l,WO IN
vestment made in 1889, and that bor-
eowed, that in 1896. $4,000 was his due.
1T have known Cant, Van SAINT in a.
hr.,no.s n,ov ror o,ar t~,.nt,,-.oven
~
years. ano have seen nun hsht ao@
VerS1ty In business ways, that not one