Daily globe., 1882-09-18
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Situation i'm the Fifth District as Seen
by One Who Has No AK to Grind.
Te the Editor of tho Globe.

The Situation i'm the Fifth District as Seen
by One WHO Has No AK to Grind.
Te the Editor of tho Globe:
There are some very plain facts being
brought to light in the congressional can
vass in this district, facts painful as they
may be to the American citizen, yet they
must be met and settled to our satisfac-
ton or endured.
Forbearance Is virtue. and we ere apt
to be too virtuous i'll our forbearance of
evil. We have glorious heritage. and
such as has been left us should we leave to
those who are to come after u.s. In view
OF this Is 1t not our bounden duty to tear
from our body polite any dangerous viper
that may fasten his clutches upon us !.
Must our desire for peace overcome our
sense of shame? must tyranny hold des-
potic sway that we may be noted for our
leniency toward criminala: Must we bow
beneath the burdens that mercenary law
makers lmpsse upon us, or rise in
the majesty of our might and shake
off the shackles that are being
riveted upon us? Loyalty to right de-
mands the latter. Liberty. freedom and
justice demand it. The perpetuity of our
glorious institutions demands it. Every
nands it.
Now, then, as to some of the facts devel-
Oped by this canvass.
l. The rule of rings and organized
monopoly. No tyranny is more to be
dreaded. No tyranny is more tyranicalv
more despotic and more humiliating to-
the victim. ''Ring rule," bossism and mo-
nopoly are the triplets that ars now worm
ing their poisonous fangs into the vital
parts of the nations body. They are sap
ping its life blood, undermining its phys
ical powers, tainting its moral nature.
blackening its fair name, running its char
acter and covering its soul with the mil
dews of political hell into which we will
soon plunge unless those tyrants are throt-i
tied while yet within our reach.
The Washburn- Tribune pine Land ring is
one of the giant monopolies with which
we are brought face to face in this strr e gle
for our rights, and we feel its smotherIng
gripe upon our throats, but with that man
ly right arm of which Americas sons may
well be proud, we Will hurl it from us as
deadly serpent and in one united
whole, in solid phalanx defend by voice and
arm the citadel of freedom.
3. Clannishness of our foreign element.
Many of our Intentionally good citizens
are far from being such owing to their
want of that manly independence which
must be exercised by Us would we grow in
wisdom, power and political grandeur.
The very name America breathes from
its every pore the spirit of independence.
Men must do their own thinking.
their ewn reading, and act for themselves
He who is content to be nosed around will
find himself duped. The American citi-
zen is famed for that lofty independent
thought that has so indelibly inscribed it
self upon the tablets of American history.
and when men forget to do their own
thinking and acting, but follow a one-idea
man around like so many sheep, they are no
longer fit to be called by that great name
American citizen
1t is truth too common that the Morse
element are prone to clique together.
They have as rule, some one man to in
every neighborhood who is their political
god to dictate to them course of action
to be strictly followed. Now any intelli-
gent foreigner will acknowledge this and
it is great evil in our land, and one that
should be eradicated if possible. We
know no North no South, no East no West
no Norway, nor Sweden, no Germany nor
Scotland. We are people, and all Ameri-
can citizens, which our foreign friends
should study to understand. Make our in
stitutions study and the more you become
imbued with their spirit the more freedom
you will exercise in the role of citizen
Be independent free men or dc
not impose upon America
the burden of your presence.
Because q mans name ends in SON is
no criterion by which to Judge of his fit
ness for any position. There is one ending
in dre-d that is much more to be
dreaded by the willy politicians of the
Fifth district. He is better calculated to
represent this district than any other man
in the field, Norwegian, German, or OF
whatever descent, and we believe many OF
the Morse voters of the district realize it.
and will help swell the majority for c. F
Kindred. INDEPENDENT.