St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-12


it was not the right kind of tariff legiS-
lation. but with the hope that the senate
would fix it up. What would Mr.. Lind
think OF jury who would deliberately
return verdict which they knew was
wrong and in violation of their oaths,
with the hope and expectation that the
court would set it aside. If Lind
thinks he can this fall fool the farming
community with false facts and figures
and protective jugglery about tariff
he sadly mistakes the Intelligence of the
Republican party of this district. Of
course with the large Republican ma
jority of former years he can to some
extent trife with the peoples rights
with impunity.
On different occasions l have talked
with some of Lind's enthusiastic sup
porters. and SO far, without an excep-
ton, they all admit that his position on
the Mckinley bill was wrong, but they
excuse it by saying he was honest and
done the best he knew how. What posi-
ton he will take upon the tariff ques
ton this year before the people no one
but Lind knows. Four years ago he
was in favor of tariff reform, and he
promised the people his earnest en-
deavors in that direction. He was
nominated and ran on an out-a nd-Out
tariff reform platform, and the
Pioneer Press and the Republican pa
perS of his district were earnest IN
their demand that the extortionate taxa
ton must be reduced by congress, and
this was the burden of Lind's song.
Two years ago the national Republican
platform gave Lind a preteXt to change
his former assertions, and he went over
the district making speeches directly
adverse to those of two years before.
He made couple of speeches of this
kind at WOrthingtOn, and one of the
leading Republicans of the town who
had heard Lind on both occasions asked
him for an explanation. He said that
while at Washington he had read book
that converted him on the tariff queS-
ton. In other words, he had learned
more in two years away from his con-
stltuentS about their needs and de-
mands that he had during a whole life
time living among them. The book
that Lind had studied while at
Washington and that has so
completely revoIutionized his former
convictions was the siren song of pro-
tective lobby. If Mr.. Lind has found
such a wonderful book that will open
the eyes of the voters of this district as
to their folly and ignorance upon the
tariff question they want to see it and
like him become intelligent, but it must
not come from Eastern manufacturers.
All of the foregoing facts are we'll I'M
derstood by the intelligent voter here,
and if they vote as they feel about this
matter the outcome would be that Lind
would stay at home.
T.
ent at the meeting of the Fourth dis
trict Republican congressional commit
tee at the Merchants yesterday after
noon, his hopes for reelection would
have been considerably dampened. In
the first place, not over half of the
members of the old committee were
present; and in the second, those who
did attend brought no enthusiasm with
them. Each member of the committee
had the same story to tell concerning
the general apathy Of the Republican
voters of the state and their diSsatiSfac-
ton over Congressman Snider's course
at Washington. While the census
troubles cut no figure, the Ramsey
county representatives could not help
telling their fellow-committeemen that
the citizens of st. Paul were feeling
very, very sore over Mr.. Snider'S fail
ure to secure an appropriation
for a new public building so
long needed at MiDnesota's fair
capital. They also said that there was
quite general impression in st. Paul
that Mr.. Snider had not pushed the
bill as he should have done.
The outside counties had no public
building grievances to complain of, but
it did not require much time for them
TO convince the Minneapolis committee
men that they. too. had grievance. and
from Washington, Wright and AnOka
counties came reports of serious diSaf-
lection over Mr.. Sinder's vote on the
Mckinley bill. Altogether it was pc
culiar meeting, rewriting nearly an
hour and the election of new members
to get a quorum to do any business
whatever.
Sept. 2 was the date, and Anoka the
place, fixed for the holding of the con-
vention, when the meeting was finally
called to order.
Owing to the removal of A. F. Foster,
of st. Paul, to Tacoma, w. l.. Pettitt,
of Hennepin, acted as chairman. The
absence of Hon. Gerhard Willrich, of
this city, made another vacancy in RAM
sey cOunty's representation. These
vacancies were filled, however by the
election of S. Lowenstein and Oil In
Spector Samuel III. Nichols as members
of the committee and the business pro-
ceeded. After settling the date and the
place for the convention the apportion-
ment matter came up, and on motion it
was decided that each county in the
district should be entitled to the same
number of delegates in the congress
sional convention as in the late state
convention. On this basis the cOnven
ton will be composed of delegates APP
portioned as follows among the ten
counties of the district:
Chisago ..... 49,. 5ISherburne ....
Hennepin ....... 40 Washington. :. 8
Isanti ............. 4 Wright. ........ 8
Pine .............. q Total. Ito
Among those present at the meeting
were John G. Nelson, of Washington:
G. M. Buck, of Wright; W. T. Macon
Der. of Anoka: A. IL. Hall and W. l..
Pettitt, of Hennepin; J. G. Elmquist,
M. D. Mum, S. L0wenstein and Sam
III. Nichols, of Ramsey. The old COM
mittee was made up as follows:
A. G. Foster. chairman; Gebhart Will
rich. j. G.. Emquist NJ D. Mum. Ramsey
county; A. H. Hall, Frank Grygia. W. l..
Pettitt. Fred j. Clarke, Hennepin county; W.
P. Macomber, Anoka county; August Ander-