Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-16


To the Editor of the Globe:
PELICAN RAPIDS, Otter Tail Co., Oct. 49,
Since the political situation is growing SO
rife in our midst, the Third Congressional
district, one of the regions where the air is
becoming dense, I deem it right that your
widely circulated medium should expound
the truth unadorned to its numerous readers.
Your humble scribe has just returned from a
trip through the most populous parts of the
counties of Becker, Clay, Wilkin and Otter
TAIL and finds that forithe first time the Re-
publican party is rent with internal conten-
tons. There are several reasons for this
state of affairs. Stewart men have boIted
nearly all the regular county conventions
They can not digest the mode by which
Washburn was foisted OH the people over
man whom there was naught against
and who labored SO assiduously for
the amendment of the tree
culture act, which so many
Of us are interested in. But the ways f
Loren Fletcher are similar to Bret
Harte's Monaghan. Billy Washburn can ac-
compllsh great deal in a Democratic
and Greenback Congress. It is
doubtful if he could be heard during the first
session. l am happy to see the Scandinavia
aus falling into the Greenback ranks. They
are working men and know how often they
have been led to the block by such collared
men as Doren, Listoe and others who make
living out of their suffrages It
will be ascertained after November
that they are competent to act for them
selves, by casting their votes for Ignatius
Donnelly. who has got the interest of the
working man at heart and is thoroughly
competent to represent their cause, with the
help of the other champions of our wants,
on the floor of Congress.
The people of this region understand that
they have nothing to gain by voting for
such a man as the present Republican nomi-
nee, man who emerged from bankruptcy
like phoenix, without a feather scorched but
his creditors were warmed slightly. I
would ask my fellow working brethren if
they will permit themselves to be hood
wlnked by such man and his cohorts?-a
man who represents party that is constant
" passing enactments in direct antagonism
to the working class by bolstering up mo-
nopolies and allowing the bondholders to
run the toiler into state of
peonage. If we drift much longer
and laborer forced into the same stall as in
hard money England. It is fact that in
the cities of Manchester, Leeds and Liver
pool the pawnbrokers make big percent
age in lending clothing to the laborer or
factoryman to make an appearance on Sun
day. What has this great party ever done
for the workingmen? They have forced
amendments to the constitution it is true
and tried to fabricate force bills, etc., all for
the ''culled man, mostly to secure their
votes and to perpetuate their power. When
has any or them originated or introduced
anything in Congress to alleviate the general
condition of the working class, white and
black? Why, Congressman Wright, of Penn
sylvania, was scoffed at by the St. Paul Jour
nails of the Republican stripe because he
introduced bill to lend the home
steader $500. They ridiculed the idea.
|, as soldier of the REBELLION, know as well
as my fellow comrades, that all bills to give
us clear title to 160 acres of land, that have
been introduced, were checked by the Repub-
lican technicalities.
Logan, of Illinois, tried to do good deal
toward bounty equalization, but who inyaria-
bly, ran counter to his plans on the eleventh
hour. The leaders of the party are mostly
aristocrats, and would be titled lords and
centrallze the government in few, if they
dare take the step. A government for the
masses is what the worker wants.
a word to the scurrilous Dispatch,
(Which sometimes a stranger brings out
here) Don't make your calculations
on too solid delegation from Minnesota
this time. Take warning. They did that
down in the banner State; leave yourself
room to retraet some. During the campaign
l intend to exhort nay fellow workingmen to
their sense of duty, and though not aspiring
to fame as a scribe, will aim to inform you
of facts in the northwestern part of the
district during the contest. Truly yours, etc.,