Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-13

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JUDGE WILSON'S A0QEPTXYCE:
As the delegates here well know, l had
hoped that this honor be conferred on
someone else. ! had intended under no
circumstances to accept but appeals have
beer made to me I felt 1 could not resist.
Gentleman, l accept your nomination.
Tremendous a%pplause.) Tie honor is
one any man should appreciate, and COM
ing as 1t does, unsought and undesired, l
assure you that l fully appreciate and will
40 all that Is honorable in my power to
secure the election. l I'm not unmindful
OF the duties and grave responsibilities Of
tho office II elected. Gentlemen, I will
not 60 into the campaign on any old is
sues. The war Is over and the Issues on
which the Republican party was founded
are dead. New issues have come before
us, new questions Of paramount import
asce to the Nation, that must he met and
answered. The influence OF centralized
capital Is becoming a source of national
alarm. A very few years ago, business
was done within a very small radius.
Now everything Is done in the large
cities. Large cities. large business, large
factories, large capital arc growing
larger; small business, small factories;
small capital are growing smaller,
or rather arc disappearing. A few
men have grown rich beyond the
dream Of ~avarice, and to increase the
power Of wealth have formed corporations
j, that unite the wealth of many individu-
ais and possess a corresponding power.
This wealth 80 consolidated becomes q
dangerous power. The transportation
question IS one Of such magnitude that
we can hardly comprehend it. A small
town or small business may be wiped out
completely by q slight discrimination In
freight-done by a few men sitting In an
office in Wall street or Boston. A strug-
git ia pending in the near future between
corporate monopoly, with its clutch on
the political machinery Of one Of the
4 parties. on one side. and the people, un :
organized, on the other. How are we to
avert this impending danger! How deal
with these mighty corporations that af-
feet 80 vitality every citizen of the land?
That power must he controlled and re-
pressed. / would not be such q dema-
Gogue as to attack these corporations to
Z gain votes. l do not say that it was rep
rehensible to organize them. They are
necessary elements Of the growth Of the
country. transportation by steam on
water and land Is necessary. But these
great corporations must lie controlled or
they will cripple every poor man and ev-
cry small town that comes in contact
with them. A steam engine Is q ~necessi-
ty Of modern civilization, but 1t must he
controlled and guided by proper anthori-
ty. And so with the corporations. As
have always done, l shall continue to OPP
pose all such oppression and favor such
strict and vlgilant control az. shall make
them subservient to the interests of the
people. 1 am unalterably opposed to any
bonus Of any kind to any corporation.
Not one cent should DO taken from
the pockets Of the poor to enrich
the we'll filled Golfers of these cor
=. porations. No bonus or subsidy Of money
or land. I am also opposed TO- that other
great outrage. the high protective tariff,
which builds up the rich at the expense
Of the poor, the few at the expense Of the
many. One other thing. I am opposed
most strongly to political corruption
which pollutes our government. MOI
only that low form Of corruption which
buys votes, by the use Of money, but to all
corrupt combinations, intrigue and trad
ing whereby a few control The election
against the will of the people. l Nm op-
posed to any man trying to make Z politi-
cal bargain with any real or pretended
political boss who claims that he controls
=. the Norwegian vote or the knights Of
Labor vote, or the vote of any other class.
This Is an insult to and N outrage ON the
class whose vote IS thus sold and who are
thus bartered away. (Applanse.) Aman
that trades on such . vote before election
II unfit for the position and win after
election sell those for whom he
thus bargains and whom he claims
to represent. Let US stand fol
better methods, purer politics, honest
government. We have = nan IN the
White House who has set his foot against
such abuses. honor him. respect his
intentions and his sturdy honesty.
agree In the main with his policy. lie,
US stand by him IN efforts to purify thu
public service. -. (ApplAuse. ! Gentlemen.
thank you for the nomination. dom
much believe In the promises 4 candidate
may make on the eve Of election. 70,
have my record in the past. II you be
heve after studying 1t that l will repre-
sent you aud your interests honestly ant
faithfully l believe you will vote for me
II YOU do not believe that l will do this
YOU will not vote for mi and 1 do moi
want you to. I have accepted your nom
ination. thank you.
LOVELY r. OPINION OF NORWEGIAN
Albert Lea Democrat: A Norwegian
paper of general circulation throughou
ehs state, states that John A. Lovely is
very particular friend of the Norwegian
and that he speaks their language fluent
IT, This is but one of the many deliber
ate fslsehoods that these bribed Republi
can papers circulate. No person has eve
heard Mr.. Lovely speak M word of MOI
weeian, and we have heard of but, on
Tina that Lovely has expressed himsel