New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-07-02

Itsamuses one to see the way the St.
Paul papers try to impress upon the
country districts the necessity OF having
the census in Minneapolis taken cor.
rectly, claiming loudly that padded
count would give the Flour City an I'M
due representation in the politics Of
the state. st. Paul, of course, was
never guilty of a desire to run things
!. politically. Oh. no. To be sure not.
The Fairmont News opposes the re
election of Hon. John Lind for con
gress, giving as its reason that Mr.. Line
has done nothing for the district In
our opinion Mr.. Lind has been an able
representative of this district and has
advocated reform in every quarter. He
has opposed the, Mckinley bill in many
respects. Mr.. Lind is not ignorant OF
the needs of the farmer in the North
west, and his sympathies are with us.
He has been condemned for voting for
its passage, but he only did as every re-
publican or democrat would under sim.
liar circumstances. SLEEPY EYE HER
AID.
The executive committee Of the State
Farmers Alliance at a meeting held on
Monday decided to enter. the political
field as an independent organization
and to put a full State ticket in nomi-
nation. That the farmers of Minnesota
have grievances which ought to be re-
dressed and wrongs that need to be
righted is an incontestable truth. We
do not believe, however, that they will
ever accomplish their ends in the man
mer proposed. The names of the men
who are urging them to this course do
not as a rule inspire confidence that
their motive is unselfish nor the hoDe
that their assumed leadership will
prove beneficial: Still, there is no
school like that of experience in which
to learn the lessons of life. Sooner or
later even its dullest and most obstinate
pupils acquire knowledge that no other
mode of instruction is in their case ca.
pable of imparting. -WINoNA REpUB-
LICAN.
= Just at this time, When the Farmers
Alliance is about to embark on the po-
litical sea; ic is well to warn its men,
bers repeatedly against certain political
sharks, who are known to have de-
sire to run their craft. Such men are
Baker, Donnelly and Fish. They are
humbugs, all of them, and should be
avoided, as the rocks upon stormy sea
The Luverne Herald exposes them in
all their short comings and we clip from
its columns to give the farmers good
idea of what these men really are. It
Says: Gen. Baker pictures in lurid
terms the awful corruption of the last
legislature and gives free vent to his
own righteous indignation over the con-
duct Of these legislators who sold their
votes and betrayed the cause OF the far
mer. Gen. Baker is we'll qualified to
speak on this subject, because, if the
common impression is not greatly in
error, Gen. Baker was CONSPICUOUS
lobbyist during the last legislature and
spent the winter in the work of cur
rupting these same Legislators whom he
now so righteously denounces. If re.
port is true he ought to know how the
farmers have been sold out because he
helped to do it.
On the subject of jobbery, corrup:
ton, malfeasance in Office, betrayal of
trust, and robbery of the farmers, Gen.
Baker is perhaps better authority than
he is on the tariff. It isn't quite clear,
how much one ought to believe of what
he says about tariff reform.
For instance: During the last cam
paign Gen.. Baker shouted loudly for
high protection. Now he tells us that
what he said then is not true. Just
here the character of Gen. Bakers
honesty and sincerity of purpose is per.
picking. When man says one thing
to-day and denies it tomorrow; when
he asserts that ha lied vaster6av h,,t
tells the truth to-day, or that he lies to.
day but told the truth yesterday, it
isn't always easy to tell when to be-
lieve him.
Gen. Baker loves the farmer from the
depths of his sincere and honest heart
because having been supported all his
life at the public crib, while his honest
brother farmers have toiled to keep the
crib well filed, he realizes the impor-
lance of having honest men in public