Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-09-24
THE NSCRIP
OFFICIAL PAPER OF 1HE CuUN1Y.
IA. HARNOf5p .Fd;1m K. P,cn-;ss.o;:9
AUSTIN. MINI.
rHURsDAr MORNING. SEPT. q. 1874.
FOR CO'NGRE
FIRST DISTRACT, .
MARK e. DuNNEll,
WAITE.

This mar Is now candidate f0f Office.
He Is asking Tire suffragcs Of the people.
He wishes to be clothed with the author
ity Of representative in Congress, and
to become the srbitcr ofth interests Of
the First Congressional District. The
man who asks all this should come to the
people with clean hands, and with an
honorable record; and furthermore, he
should hold such political views as are
endorsed by a fair majority of those
whose votes he seeks, and entertain such
opinions upon questions of general inter-
est, as meet the appreciation of the great
majority Of the best informed and most
loyal citizens. How does Judge Waite
meet these requirements! In the dark
hour of our nations trial, when the re-
election of Lincoln augured successful
termination OF I've war, aud his defeat,
the destxuetlon::of the government md the
liberties Of the people, the present eandi-
date of The Democracy, refused to vote at
all Us he said in his acceptance speech,
II did not vote for the reelection of Lin,
coin" Why, fellow citizens, did he not
vote for Lincoln: Was there any polit-
ical question dividing the votes of the
country: No! Was there any principle
atatake concerning whieht he honest loyal
ulasses eosaa& net agxeeg Not any. The
issue made and plainly stated all through
the country was, "shall the government
be sustained:' Those who voted for the
reelection said EYES," and those who did
not vote said, "No;" and in view of this
one fact, We ask the "boys in blue" who
said "yes," and enforced their decision
at the swords point and at the
lannon's mouth? what is your
estimate Of the man who kept
hid while you Ecne fighting; kept
out Of sigAt and tried to conceal his real
convictions by holding his tongue? In
the present disturbed condition of the
late rebel States, do you feel that he is a
safe person to entrust with the manage
ment of things upon which hangs
the destiny of the nation
We think not. Judge Waite did not rep
resent Minnesota fairly when he refused
to vote for the great and good lincoln
Let US see how he represented her upon
another occasion. In 1871, when the
Legislature was considering tie question
of distributing the 100000 acres of Inter-
nal improvement lands, Judge Waite
went to St. Paul and spent days in pre-
pairing and pcrfecting scheme by which
these lands were to he parceled out to
some twenty-five different railroad CON-
panies, not more than half dozen Of
which ever had any legal existence what
ever, being organized only for the pur.
pose of obtaining an endowment; and
not getting one, were disbanded immedi-
ately, not one of the whole number so or
ganized, being alive today. His scheme
was successful in its first stage, and went
to the Governor for his action, and along
with it went Waite to urge its approval;
and he did what he. could, but failed,
miserably failed and retired from the
field of his discomforturc, to vent his feel
ings in language as strong
ly Jacksonian, as were his
early political opinions. Upon this
great question, was Judge Waite on the
side Of the masses, representing their
opinions and;thair interests, or was he
with the "land- grabber'' whose interests
are divorced from those of every other
class? You can make but
one answer. Now, if man
has not been faithful over q few things
isitjust to ourselves to.1nake him ruler
over many. Think on these things.