Little Falls transcript., 1886-10-15
Against Aules.

T Bishop Irelands paper, The North
western Chronicle, contained, in last
week $ issue, the following editorial:
( "A. A. Ames bears most unenvitable
reputation. We do not care to 60 into
details: He makes boast Of his dissi.
pated habits, glorying ia his shame, and
spreading tarand wide The evil influence
Of his acts. In his spolitical career he
poses as the defender Of the so-called
wide open policy" which means
uu Instructed ] license to impurity'
drunkenness and the fomenting Of
drunkenness. The multiplication Of
saloons, the violation Of Sunday laws,
the cessation of all efforts to reslric, the
evils Of gambling and OF prostitution are
the direct intent of his policy AS public
magistrate. The platform upon which
lie has been nominated repudiates
positively and openly laws tending to
the suppression Of the excesses OF the
liquor, traffic. The campaign in his
favor is conducted in the name OF
unblushing, protligacy. His chief
henchman, Col. G]enn, calls for votes
from men who are not ashamed to say
they have been drunk, as he avows
himself to have been, on the streets Of
the city,, and anxious 10 retile into back
alleys away from the betraying glare of
! the electric lights. The saloonkeepers
are to a man working for Amcs. In the
windows of many lsQuor shops bis
portrait appears, with the significant
| inscription beneath it"Our Governor
The bad element Of our population, the
murky mire and stagnaut pools OF The
large cities, are in glad commotion in
hopes that he will be elected. A. A
Ames is the, representative Of what is
immoral, vile and dtsorderly in the state
of Minnesota, and as such we depounce
him and declare him most unworthy o.
| the office he is seeking, 1t We're public
1 calamity did he happen TO be elected
His power as governor would be used t<
! favor his ';wide open policy" through tht
4 state. Els election would be the triumph
l&of evil, an irreparable disgrace tt
! Minnesota, most dangerous example Il
lyoung men, who would see IN tn
pathways Ames has trodden the line
i leading 10 fame and the emolumenis
Office; We speak plainly, we cannot Sc
4 how, men who have at heart temperance
i purity. reli iyian, could cast their sete'
for him, : Ames is a demagogue. an'
knows well how 10 Ct yer ap his yilliah1e
Land sinister aims under: specious names
4 Hc hal,bles a great deal about liberty
l.A., ri gA.s of labor, the elevation Of III
d poor. No thinking man vii, he deceived
Satan strives to appear as an angle ,E2 EZe
Hight. Mr.. Ames' 'liberty'' is licen,iotl
\ ness !; his nights of labor are III
i temptations spread before the labere
q and mechanic to squander in rlotousnes
llheir hard earned dollars; his s'schan
4 pionship Of the poor" is their NOR
|degrad The casting Of their daug|
tiers upon the sllects, a prey 70 vice an
misery, Away with all flimsy nonsers'
q a man is Judged by acts more ,ha
words, and Mr.. Ames' record is te
plain, too unmistakable. The Democrat
parry Of Minnesota has made a tat
blunder in nominating him; Al h
1.insulted the commonwealth and outrat.'
ipnblic deeency The party must
taught leseon that i will not torg
and that lessonit will receive at the %
1 next Noven bel. Nh +.