The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-17

incarceration put on foot a foolishly
jealous programme for their release Ii
| am correctly informed, and know that
l am, for l never heard it disputed, not
one single word Of Impotence has ever
escaped them as to their incarceration
They have submitted, though, and stood
up under their fate uncomplainingly, and
TO that extent have commanded the re-
spect OF chivalric and heroic. people
everywhere. do not wish to impugn the
motives or any one, or deter others from
repeating what they might think laud-
able effort to secure their release, but
90 think that if many Of these i'm
practicable advocates for a : terrn1-
nation nation OF their incarceration had
the good people OF Minnesota
had never seen them, a better opinion
VI lne foungers would have prevailed
possibly in that neighborhood. ] do NOT
however, make this criticism of ali bnf
surely of many who have talked to me
ABOUT what they were doing and trying
70 DO. L presume it will not be indeIi-
cate or Improper for me TO say that If
IL is possible for those men to make res
tuition for the crime which they com
mutt against the peace and dignity Of
ene state OF Minnesota and her good CIT
lzens this side of the grave this time in
my opinion, has arrived. And in i1stifi
cation of this position 1 must say that
aor tni1lrty-nYe years 1 have constantly
ana dll1gently made inquiry as to Wheth
. er there were incarcerated in our Mis-
souri, pen1tentlary person or persons
1oP crimes passed upon acts during the
war, or which in anyWise grew ont Of
any of the conditions of the war.
;, DO not care to go into details b11t
~ IS Iact, and very many people know
y! ~, LOO. illustrative of this point about
lhree months ago I learned of an old
FeoeraI, with whom l have been ac
Qualnted ever since the war, upon in
curry as to what had become of his son.
learned ne was in the penitentiary for a
trivial offense, but called grand, lar
ceny. In keeping with this spirit which
Is actuatlng me to move in behalf of the
W pons a;ppreeaiiated or not right or
ior MS llberation. Last Monday morn
ing, just before the outgoing governor
Mr.. Lon V. Stephenson, was leaving the
executive Office forever, I reached his
once, stated my case undertook to exo
nlo1t my petition with the SIGNATURES m
~, put the governor declared he was then
~. ms leet ready to leave the Office for
eyer, put he stopped lorg enough to sign
the pardon for the son of the old sol
dler L told him that the prisoner waa
FEE FEE son OF l. Federal soldier, ard that 1
LETT owed 1t to him to make that las
appeal. felt it personal to me because
ms mother long waited his return and
was was PROSTATE, and his young wife heart
ofohen put faithful Then 1 begged as
q personal friend, and as Democrat
Ior the FAVOR 1t is enough to saw the
appear reached the governors heart and
an unconditional pardon was iss1ed
IL dnat n5gnt at IL o'clock the son of the
olo soldier was on his way home. The
next morning there was a knock upon
Inc door of his mothers humble cot
Ihe father and mother heard it, while
on their sick bed, but the door was open
cd by one of them. The scenes, the
screams and explanations of surprise
ana JOY are not describable There is
peace and quiet and happiness and con-
tent and JOY all around that neighbor-
nood' and 1 feel I have put three Or
Io 1,i r. more feathers in the pillow on
last time AoA Inc