St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-07
HE'S THE MAN TO TIE TO.
Judge Wilson Continues His Triumphal
March Through the First Congress
Sional District.
He Was Greeted By Large and Bnthusl-
astir Audience at Austin Last
Night,
And Made a Solid, Common Sense
Speech, Capturing the
Crowd.
Untrammeled By Any Rings, He VIII
Fight the Peoples
Battle.
HE'S THE MAN TO TIE TO.
Wilson at Austin.
Epecial to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
AUSTIN. Mimi, Oct. 6.-Judge WEson
continues his triumphal march, and every
where he is met with enthusiasm and
promises of Republican support. His meet
ing at Mantorville last night, was one of
the best of the campaign. and it will result
in large amount of good. The room in
which the speaking was held was crowded
to its utmost capacity, and the judges re-
marks were listened to with the closest
attention. His hearers were, for the most
part, the solid, substantial citizens of the
town and county-intelligent, reasoning
men. whose influence is felt in elections.
There were a number of farmers present
and a fair Sprinkling of Republicans. Judge
Wilson arrived here at noon, and his friends
and supporters have given him cordial
welcome. He is well known here and very
popular. and Mower county will give good
account of itself, and likely aStoniSh Mr..
Lovely and his managers. The judge spoke
at the opera house this evening. which was
filled
WITH 4 FINE AUDIENCE.
The Judge was at his best and made a
speech certain to gain for him many votes.
1t was calm. clear argumentative-such a
speech as the people rarely hear, and III
marked contrast to the partisan harangues
which Lovely is delivering all over the dis
trct. The Judge is going about, quietly
and unoStentatiOuSly, as BELTS dlgnlhed
gentleman and learned man. and the good
impression ne is making with those who
have never known him well before is very
marked indeed. The feeling against Lovely
is not so pronounced here as at Albert Lea,
Chatfeld, KaSSon, and other places in the
district. but there are scores of Republicans
in Austin and hundreds in Mower county
who will bolt him. The Austin Transcript,
heretofore staunch Republican paper. has
refused to indorSe Lovely and is supporting
Wilson. In fact, the disaffectiOn in the
Republican ranks is prevalent everywhere,
and the disintegration goes on steadily day
by day. About 7:30 o'clock the Austin
band played several airs i'll the streets IN
front of the opera house and
THE CROWD COLLECTED RAPIDLY.
1t was the intention to hold the meeting
in the court house, but a change was de-
cided upon and the opera house selected.
1t was a hne audience that listened to
Judge Wilson's great effort. composed OF
the best citizens of Austin and Mower
county. There were a number Of ladies
quite large, almost every township in the
county being represented. The laborlng
men also showed up quite numerously, like
wise the Republicans. 1t was in this
respect mixed audience but first-claSs
one in every respect. The large opera
house was filed. and for over two hours
the Judge dealt out to them solid bill of
fare. full of terSe argument and fact
After music by the band Judge Wilson was
introduced by S. B. Smith. He was loudly
applauded. The judge before beginning
his speech insisted on having the fOOt-lights
turned down. He SAID he was not as at
tractive as some Of the actors and actresses
that had appeared at Austin and so he pre-
ferred to appear in the dark.
He said he wsS placed in a most
peculiar position, was, in fact, out of place
in appearing before the public and making
politician of himself, if he should do so dur
ing the night. But he had been nominated
for congress, and it was incumbent upon
him to explain his position and let the people
know something about himself. He referred
to the popular candidate who assented to all
THE PARTY CLAP-TRAP,
and asserted that he had never gone so far
with either party. and never would. He
never had agreed with the dogmas of either
party. He had had experience, as he had
belonged to both. He criticized the ordinary
methods of the politician in manipulating
nominations. and then claiming that he had
been nominated by the people, when in fact
be was the creature of a convention. He
paid high tribute to Abraham Lincoln. and
asserted that Lincoln was, in his opinion,
one of the greatest men who ever lived. The
speaker said he had remained with the Re-
publican party until the issues of the war
HAD been settled, and then he left it. He
took up and commented upon the platform
III
at St. Paul, which he characterized as con-
tainining a good deal of clap-trap.
The section of the platform favoring the tax
alton of railroad lands was taken up. The
speaker asserted that he, single-handed and
alone in the Legislature, fought these rail-
roads, and not single Republican or officer
of the state aided him in the slightest degree.
He was in the fight with all the 1mpetuosity
Of an Irishman. and no Republican in power
offered to assist him. The Republican party
never before favored the taxation of railroad
lands. In fact
THE RAILROAD MAGNATEs
have muZzled the mouths of the legislators
and politicians of both parties The reason
that plank was adopted in the First district
was for no other reason than to get ahead of
Thomas Wilson, who had favored the taxation
of railroads all his life, aud they thought it
would help them to get on the same side of
the fence. The plank in regard to waterln g
railroad stocks was also put in there to defeat
Tom Wilson. Why didn't they incorporate
Thomas Wilson bodily in their platform? The
Republican party never thought of such a
plank IN their platform until he had
delivered his speech at Rochester, and de-
clared, as q fundamental principle, that it
be made penal offence to issue watered
stock. They wanted to beat Thomas Wilson,
who was not controlled by the bosses OF ei her
party. The per cent. interest plank was
then dissected. Whoever heard, said the
usury law? He ridiculed the declaration of
the Republicans that they favored the speedy
administration of justice. The party which
had the most money to lend opposed the
usury laws. He did not say that there was
not much to condemn in either party. But
the Republicans have always had the bulk of
the money, and they have never favored q
usury law, and they now put up plank in
their platform putting themselves on record
in favor of usury law in the hope that
voters may be deceived. They imagine that
the people are ignorant, and don't know the
record of their party. He criticised very
severely
THE INSURANCE COMPANIES,
and foreign corporations. and commended that
he practice OF removing cases in the inter
ests of these companies and corporations
from state courts to federal courts was
wrong and detrimental to the interests of the
people. The Republican party in congress
stand by it, and yet one of the planks OF this
Republican party declared that it is in favor
of the speedy administration Of justice. Until
he called attention to this great wrong in the
administration of justice. in his speech at
Rochester, the Republican party never
thought of incorporating it in their platform.
Judge man, he said, not by what he win do,
but by what he has done. Acts, 0DOt words,
are what count. If man has lived in q dis
triat as long as John A. Lovely and Thomas
Wilson and can't point to his acts and show
where he has done something Of substantial
benefit, he is not proper man to be sent to
congress to represent
THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE.
He then read extracts from an address by
aim before the State Bar association in 1884
On this subject and deied any man to prove
hat any Republican or any other man but
himself had ever advocated these sentiments.
They could not head Tom Wilson off by any
mch tactics. He sarcastically paid his re-
Ipects to the plank in the Republican party
favoring the lowering of the tariff. He as
serted that the Republicans hung on to their