The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-10-19

Hasten itself upon the state would no
doubt spread out in other ways as it's
great foster parent Tammany does.
AS showing the methods used by the
syndicate to fry the fat from the office
holders we append the following letter
which was written by Edward S.
Corser, OF Minneapolis who is Gov.
Llnd's surveyor general for that dis
trict, and is addressed to Geo. LIE
Sage, of Duluth, who was at that time
a dairy and food department inspec-
tor who was invited to "dig up" and
as he did not dig vacancy soon
after occurred in the inspectorship of
that department The letter is as
follows
L. A. Rosing. T.R. Kane,
Chairman. Secretary.
j. j. Thornton, P B. Winston,
Vice Chairman. Treasurer.
MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC STATE CEN
TRIAL COMMITTEE.
Headquarters: Merchants Hotel.
NJ st. Paul, Mimi, March %, 1900
Dairy and Food Department.
Duluth, MINI.
Dear Mr.. LeSage: I presume that
you have been informed Of the ap-
pointment of committee named by
the office holders, which committee
suggests an equitable ontribution
from the several state appointees hold
ing office under Governor Lind, for
the campaign fund of 1900. This
amount is graduated according to the
salary received, those receiving a
larger salary making larger percent
age on the whole.
Those receiving 800 per month con-
tribute monthly So; those receiving
$500 per month contribute monthly
So We note that the various en-
ployes in nearly all cases have RENTED
the sums equitably contributed to the
campaign fund of 1900, for the year
1899 There appears at the close of
last year in your account with the
committee, balance of $27, which we
would be very glad to receive from
you.
Will you kindly remit your check to
the order of Major j. M. Bowler,
treasurer, for $27, for last, year, and
it will be very pleasing to the COM
mittee if you will remit to April 1,
1900, making an additional SO for 1900.
Trusting that you will take imme-
date notice of this late communica-
tion, l am,
Cordially yours,
ELWOOD S. CORSER.
AS will be noted the letter was writ
ten on the official letter head of the
Democratic state central committee,
and P. B. Winstons name appears as
treasurer. Commenting on this the
Minneapolis Journal says: "Mr.
Winston was treasurer of the commit
tee whose term of Office expired June
80. But did he ever see any of the
money that was raised fir ON the office
holders of the Democratic state cam
paid2 Not cent Major j. M.
Bowler, as the letter indicates, was
treasurer when the money was coming
in. Mr.. Winston was tr easurer when
it was going out-that is before cleo
tion in 1882
The money all goes to the Lind
Rosing syndicate, and it goes out as
they decide. The people of Minnesota
must greatly relish having political
machine built up here in their state
that is the counterpart of Tammany
in every respect and only wants age
to be as corrupt and wicked. 1t seems
that to serve the state under the re-
form administration, one must either
"dig up" or hustle for Lind, or else
let some one have the place who will
The Minneapolis Journal referring
to this feature and the above letter
says: "And this is not the only in
stance where the rule has been to pay
up or quit. 1t seems that for some par
ticular reasons a Republican deputy
game warden in Becker county was
allowed to hold his position under
the Lind regime. He had record
for efficience of high order and this
may have made it dangerous in the
locality in which he lived to remove
him. But, of course, any man draw
ing pay from the state under the favor
of the present executive was expected
to work to perpetuate this administra-
ton. This deputy game warden was
instructed to get out in his locality
and hustle for Lind This he declined
to do, and he is no longer game
warden. F."
Great is reform.