St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-09
JOHNSON is JUMPING
From One State to Another
to Keep Out Of Sight Of
Benton.
He Has Met but One Of His
Engagements for a Joint :
Debate.
Most Of His Time Spent in a
Rural Resort Near De-
troit Lake.
Senator Pierce Absent From
More Than Two Hundred
Roll Calls.
Special to the Globe.

FARGO, n. D., Oct. S.-The battle is
well on. There is cannonading all along
the line. Col. Benton is firing hot shot
from his guns, and others are helping
with smaller arms. The people OF North
Dakota are becoming fully aware of the
robbery scheme adopted in the McKin-
ley bill, and will make high tariff very
tired before the election in November.
Mr.. Benton is doing grand act, and
will be victorious. johnson is skulking
behind the Republican committee, con-
stantly asserting that he is willing
to meet Mr.. Benton and discuss the
tariff. but in but one instance has he
dared to show his head. He has played
bunco game from the start. He dare
not meet Mr.. Benton in debate upon the
issues of the day. He knows that he is
10 match for the Democratic candidate,
and has no knowledge of the tariff or its
effect upon the agricultural interests of
the Northwest. 1t is true he can make
speech. lie can blow his bugle. like Col.
Plummer, to suit the crowd, but when
he advances single argument in favor
Of high tariff, or sound argument upon
any subject, the angels will descend
from heaven and take him up to his
home beyond the skies. He can wave
The bloody under garment, tell where
his father was born, how much money
ne made, how hens raise chickens with
out the assistance of ROSTERS, and many
other matters OF equal magnitude, but
when
Sound Sense
Is wanted, where beneficial information
S called for, when egotiSm is thrown
aside and telling truths required, the
people of this state rely on Col. Benton
they know full well that he makes no
statements which cannot be proven.
that his remarks are eloquent because
they are the embodiment OF truth, that
what he says is not fer Col. Benton, but
for the interests of the agriculturalist
and labOring men of North Dakota, that
his heart is in the grand work he is do
ng-not for his election only, but for
the state of which he is to be the rep
resentative in congress Everywhere
Mr.. Benton has been he has met the
most cordial reception from the people,
both Republicans and Democrats, and
from all nationalities as well. Many of
The Scandinavians would be pleased to
see Mr.. johnson elected simply because
he is one of their people. but when they
take into consideration the robbery of
which he is the champion. and that he
Is to-day the representative and is being
made the mouthpiece of the party,
which, by the passage of the Mckinley
Dill, is robbing every Scandinavian
farmer in North Dakota of from 25 to
200 percent on all the necessaries OF. life,
they stop to ask themselves the Ques-
hon: Should sacrifice this simply to
send one of my own cOuhtrymen to
congress?" The answer will be forth
coming on election day, and will sound
very much like this: ''Yes, Johnson,
you were born of Scandinavian parents,
BORN in this country, in Wisconsin or
MereaboutS, but you cannot rob us to
iatiate your ambition
We Are Americans,
citizens under the best government of
he world, and know nothing and care
nothing for nationality. While our pride
might wish your election, we cannot
support you in thieving and highway
robbery" At every meeting held up
20 this date Mr.. Benton has filed the
appointments as agreed upon by him
and Mr.. johnson. but no Johnson shows
up. He is at Detroit. over in Mime
sofa. one day: at some other Minnesota
town another day; at home helping his
wife dig the potatoes or harvest the
turnipS the next day, but nowhere does
he appear to talk with Mr.. Benton.
Once, and once only, has he dared to be
present, and then he was SO completely
buried that Jud La MOure pulled him
out and sent him down to Detroit lake
TO get bath and brush up. The people
are with Mr.. Benton wherever he goes.
HIS addresses are to the point-plain,
unvarnished truth. The meetings at
Grafton, Hillsboro, Larimore, Cassel-
ton, Valley City, Mimic. Hamilton and
Pembina have all been largely attended,
and grand good work has been accom-
plished. Others are also in the field.
w. n. Roach, Democratic candidate for
goyernor,and Attorney TAYLOR Crum, of
this city, are both doing hard and earn
est work. More will soon be upon the
stump, and the people will find that
this is no baby canvass, but an earnest
fight against eXtortion and the meanest
robbery Oh earth.