Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-10-02
The State Ticket.

The State Ticket.
We are happy to be able to place at
the head of our columns o ticket that
commands the respect and admiration of
every fair minded citizen in the State,
irrespective of party. All of the lead>
ing Republican newspapers in the State
recommend the Democratic ticket as one
worthy Of respect, and some of them
even 60 as faras to support itin preference
to that Of their own party. We are a
firm believer IN the honesty of the
masses of the people; we believe that
their votes are cast in accordance with
their honest convict1onsin in relation to the
public welfare, and we are glad that this
honesty of purpose'is revealing itself in
every part of the State in determina~
tion to overthrow the dominion of the
ring politicians who are using dlereputa-
BILE means to perpetuate theirpower. The
delegates who attended the convention
recognized the fact that an opportunity
was open to perform an exceedingly inn
portant public service for the welfare Of
the people of Minnesota, and the pro-
ceedings of the convention were charac-
terized by wise deliberation and intelli-
gent action. The platform is worthy of
a place in every voters memory. Its
principles are sound, it's deductions are
logical, and its statements are true. It
is printed in full on our second page,
and we hope that none Of our Minnesota
readers will cast their votes without
having read it. But notwithstanding
the highly commendable nature Of the
platform, we do not desire it to over
shadow or attract attention from the
ticket. Hon. Edmund Rice stands at the
head of all the men who have spent the
best years of their life promoting the in
terests of this State. In another column
we print what the two leading Republi-
can newspapers in Minnesota, the Dis
patch and Pioneer Press, say of him.
Read it. This State is under a greater
debt of gratitude to Hon. Edmund Rice
for its present prosperity thanit is to any
other man ever identified with its histo-
ry. This is fact conceded even by
his political opponents.
Our readers need no introduction to
the worthy candidate for Lieutenant
Governor, E. P. Barnum, Esq, of Sauk
Centre. The prominent part he has taxi
en- in perfecting measures for the early
construction of the Little Falls & Dako-
ia railroad has familiarized his name to
all the people in this part of the State,
and the present favorable condition OF
the affairs Of this road Is due largely to
his efforts. He is in no sense politl~
clan, but possesses good, sound business
qualifications, which make him special
ly desirable candidate on ticket that is
designed to overthrow the reign Of polit>
ical tricksters.
Felix A. Borer, Of lie Sueur, is q
shrewd, active business man, now Audi
tor of LIE Sueur county, and was gal
liant soldier for four years during the
war. He is German, is very popular,
and is we'll qualified to fill the Office for
which he is nominated.
Lyman r. Cowdry, of Rochester, the
nominee for State Treasurer, who, to use
the words of the St. Paul Dispatch, "has
served several terms as Register Of Deeds
of Olmsted county, his successive elec'
tions to which Office, in strong Repub.
lican county, must in fairness be taken as
a reasonably good evidence of his official
integrity and personal worthiness
P. NJ. Babcock, of Minneapolis, is 6
lawyer in excellent standing, and is 6
strong candidate for the office Of Attor-
ney General.
The nominee for Railroad Comm1s.
sioner, VIM. Colvill, of Red Wing, is s
man to whom not only the State o1
Minnesota, but the whole country, owes 8
debt of gratitude. He is a man of fine
education, read law in the office of Mil,
lard Fillmore, in Buffalo, and was ad'
mitted to the bar IN 1851. He settled in
Red Wing in 1854; the following year he
established the Red Wing Sentinel, 6
Democratic paper, and conducted it un'
til the civil war broke out, at the same
time having good run of legal business
In April, 1861, he was mustered into the
service as captain of company F, Isl
Minnesota Infantry. He was promoted
step by step until 1868, when he became
colonel. He was badly wounded several
times, in the right leg at the first battle
of Bull Run, in the left breast at Mel
sons Farm, and in the right shoulder
and right foot and ankle at Gettysburg
the last wounds badly maim1ng him fo1
life. Notwithstanding his desperate
wounds, after period Of few months
he again entered the service as colonel O.
the first Minnesota heavy artillery, am
served until July, 1865. If dur
ing the civil war there was a more noble
example Of bravery and of devotion te
the flag of our country than that of Col
|Colvlll, we confess wedo not know wher'
it was to be found. In 1865 he was elect
ed Attorney General of Minnesota, ant
served two years; and in 1867 he wa
elected to the lower branch of the legis
lature on the Democratic ticket in tn,
strongest Republican county in the State
Col. Colvill deserves, and will doubtles
receive, vote that will show that MIN
nesota has not lost the patriotic spiri
which she manifested during the tryin,
years of the war, nor the sense Of justic
which demands fitting recognition Q
the eminent services of this heroic veter
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