Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-15
TEE BIHRMAUu BOOM.
A Scandinavian Makes Some Telling
Points.
A ST. PAUL CATHOLIC JOURNAL
FOrcibly Rebuked For Raising the
Know Nothing Standard.
GERMAN ENDORSEMENT OF BIER.
MANN.
Encouraging Comment on the Cam
paign Prospects.
Il Candid Statement of the Case 0y Sean

Il Candid Statement of the Case 6U a Scam
dinaridn.
WINoNA, Mimi, Oct. 13.
To the Editor of the Globe:
skOne of the most hopeful signs in the po-
litical horizon at the present time in this
state, is the despairing wall of the Repub
lican organs, and their pathetic appeals
to the Scandinavian voters not to desert
the Republican standard on the eve of
battle, for the sake of eleyeting to the
chief magistracy of the north star state
one of our own race.
They insult the intelligence of our race,
which has done so much for the develop
ment and growth of this state, by accusing
US of being animated with the spirit of
knownothingism; for daring to support
one of our own nationality for so import
ant position as governor of the state.
For voting for a man Ito use their own
exprcssion) ''whose only qualification is
that he is a scandinavian. They further
more insult the intelligence Of the Scandi-
navians by using as political weapon Tin
the more thickly populated Scandinavian
counties in Minnesota):
'That abominable title tettle,
The cud chew'd by human CATTLE"
that "Bermann is not Scandinavian but
a German" The utterance of such
statement By one who is cognizant of
Biermann's history, and who is not an ad-
herent of the spectable element" of
that great (?) grand (?) honest (?) moral
(?) ineorruptible (?) party known as the
Republican party, would bring blush of
shame.
But we can hardly expect such tell-tale
evidence from those who continually resort
to tactics of this kind in order to under
mine, if not entirely destroy, the success
Of one who has incurred their political
hostility. 1t is only to be wondered at
why they don't deny his existence; the lat
ter would be believed Just as soon as the
former by the Scandinavian voters of Min
nesota.
The fact is that the Scandinavians, that
reliable contingent upon which the Re
publican party has depended for over
quarter of a century to swell their ma
jorities in this state, are beginning to dis
cover that the party to which, against
their own interest, they allied them
selves in the past, contained
the putrid remains of defunct knownoth-
ingism, which, under the uourishing infu-
ence Of patronage and power, is being
again warmed into life on the bosom of
that party. They are beginning to dis
cover that, while they furnish the rank and
file and receive an occasional bone in the
shape of petty county Office, that the
representative positions are retained for
the so called respectable element" in the
party; and that whenever they have re-
ceived place on the ticket for RESPONSE
BILE position they have either been defeated
by the respectable element (?)'' or, as in
the case Of KnUte Nelson, owe their cleo
ton to the votes OF their own race.
The plea That the opponent is foreign
er, however it may be disguised, will not
at this late day, insure the gubernatorial
chair for another term to its present in
cumbent.
It is but the echo of at least 10000
Scandinavian voters 10 Minnesota
to say, that Biermann, in point of states
manship, cultured mind. in practical
patriotism, in devotion to the interest of
our State, in unblemished character, IL
genuinejrespectsb i'll every essential
that goes to make up the true American
citizen, is the peer of Gov. Hubbard, and
an honor to both his native and adopted
lands.
And on the strength of such unquestion-
able qualification and strict devotion to
the interest of our State, we say to the
respectable element" that that is the
reason why we, the scandinavian people
of Minnesota, are going to indulge in the
novelty of tidal wave that will land Bier
mann in the executive chair.
The Scandinsvians are not at all in
clined to see danger under the ruling of
Democratic governor in Minnesota
execute the law, and will not lean toward
the customs adopted by the respectable
element" who both make and execute the
law as circumstances dictated.
~ Biermann is not, as the aesthetic respect
able party would have the public believe,
political worm whom the Democracy
have placed as bait to catch Scandina-
Wan voters, but Democrat from principle
NQOS6 dOlIlbJ anu llNC1AhJ AidfS OSOA ICC
ognized and appreciated by 2 pse who
knew him regardless OF party ii 5 or ma
tionality.
Is it strange then that people who
furnish one-third of the population Of the
state should become enthusiastic, as we
Scaudinaviaus are, when for the first time
in a generation we have an opportun-
ity OF supporting one in whose veins
flows the best blood of Norway?
There is no Disgusting the fact that the
enthusiasm of the Norsemen over Bier
mann's candidature is genuine
and Iaudable. Not only has
the Biermann wave lspread across
the broad prairies of Minnesota with re-
markable rapidity, but from his native
place-sar off Christiana, Bergen and Sta
vanger, and from every ford on the dis
tant coast of Norway-comes a sympa-
ghetto feeling of pride and appreciation
at the nomination for governor of Mime,
sofa of man known and honored in both
continents.
Being Scandinavian myself, and hsv.
ing during the last month made such in
qulrles and personal visits through the
larger portion of the scandinavian set
Elements in Minnesota as to enable me tc
speak from personal knowledge and reli-
Ii arTth Tkv- II ~.