Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-10-02

at which the democrats have not
united their forces with corrupt men
and sorc-heads-cacll faction of the
Republican rarty-hcring to regain
control o. official business, and like Joe
Jefferson i'll Rip VanWinkle, they mp
pear in new ro'c On each occasion.
They Grst styled themselves "thc peo-
plc.' but it turned oat that there were
only a few "people" that year,anl they
didn't win. They next christened them.
solves "hberals," meaning a class Of
mcn who claim the right to viols te
With impuni'y, every principle Of po-
'itical ethics, morals and common de-
ccncy, but this class was found to be,
not a respectable minority, cven-hence
they were obliged to wait. Today,
they are on parade before the country,
as the ''farmcr's parity" anxious fer
nothing so much as to be recognized
as promoters Of the agricultural class
es. There is chere the rotes come from,
hence, the men selected with the ex-
oeption Of Elder, are all farmers. This
choice was made for two reasons:
First. The managers dare not place
themse'res at the front, because their
appearance would be the signal for
general rout. Everybody kno,cs them,
and, second, if the movement docs not
succeed, their names will not DO found
on the list Of killed and wounded. On
the contrary, if by any means, the tick.
ct should be elected, these political
ghou]s will be found preying upon the
carcass Of every Office, and consuming,
as heretofore, the very vitals Of the
people.
The Nlollison ticket is mere
triok,-a kind Of puppet show In which
the candidates, only, appear upon the
stage, and the managers, Mollison,
Pcarce, Dorr, Mer.ick, Gibson. Short;
Daily, CarlI, Smith, Hunt, 'Charles,"
and the rest Of the old crowd, are
standing just behind, each debating the
part which his dummy is to perform,
just as the suarsr moves the stool pi-
scon, used to decoy the unsuspecting
members Of the feathercd tribe.
Of the personnel Of the ticket, it is
our duty to say what We know. Wells
is small pattern Of republicanism.
We use the term smoN, because NC
think that it fully expresses all that
there is Of him, in point Of ability.
He is ono Of those men Of mind SO
essentially narrow, that it can cowprc-
bend nothing Of which himself does
not constitute the principal part. As
a member Of the State Senate, his inau-
encc would never. be felt, except on pay
day, aud ut. the. table.
Gunder Halverson started out two
years ago, to run Abbey for the Senate,
and last year, he worked hard for Knud-
son, the liberal candidate for Sheriff,
thus identifying himself with the peo-
plo's enemies.
A. f. Peck is democrat, and vas
candidate for the Legislature three
years ago.
Mr.. lngmundson, the candidate for
Treasurer, has never known long, ut a
time, how to class himself, politically,
and would not know now, had he not
been nominated.
Mr.. Elder is an Attorney without
practice, and has been organizing Gran
ges at SIS, each, and tho hope Of nom
inat;on. lie is now paid in full, Tor bis
services, and some other man will be
elected.
Mr.. Case, the nominee for Commits
sioner from the I'd District, is demo.
crat of the strictest sort. but is, never
theless, very good citizen indeed, and
the same can be said-we don't kEow
his politics-of Mr.. Mason, the candi-
date for commissioner from the Sd Dis
trict.
1t is often tho case that good men
form bad alliances, and such il tho fact
with some portions Of the Mollisou
ticket. The company which men keep,
is the true test Of their value for auy
purpose, and estimated thus, the men
now before the people, for their sutfra-
gcs, have no claim for. confidence OF
support. Considered merely as candi-
dates, they are specimens Of political
wire machinery, each kind Of john
ny-jump-up: whose gyrations result from
the application of an unseen force that
emanates from the old-time corruption
lists, and the performance is called the
farmers movement
The Mollison party is struggling
to carry the two Commissioners, this
fall, in the hope Of getting Smiths
case discontinued. That's one thing