New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-03-09
HIS BOOM WAXETH STRONG.
Frank j. Mead Gives Reasons Whv Lind
should be the Nominee.
He is Now Looked Upon As the Political
Leader Of bis Party.
Not Averse to Making the Race Should
the People make the Demand.

Frank J. Mead of Washington, in
writing to the St. Paul News, says.
From various and sundry signs it is
evident that Hon. J. Lind actually de-
sires 70 retire to the shady walks of pri.
vate life at the expiration of his present
term in Congress. He wants TO plow
the furrow and draw the elusive brief.
Bucolic pursuits for physical exercise,
intermingled with the practice of law
for intellectual motion, is what he per-
sonally desires. Therefore he is not
candidate for Governor in the sense of
seeking the nomination, or even of say
ing to any friend that he would like to
be elected.
But there are also evidences that Mr.
Lind would not peremptorillY decline
to be the Republican candidate for Coy.
ernor it the convention, when assem-
bled, shall consider that he. was the
man who could best lead the par
tY to victory in the North Star
state. ..
Mr.. Lind, I think, realizes that when
q man has consented to enter public
life he to a certain extent loses the right
to the full and complete exercise of his
individual preferences. The interests
of other men then become interwoYen
with his own, and it is difficult to seper-
ate them without actual violence. The
Hon. John Lind, political leader of his
party in Minnesota, is an entirely diff
ferent Individual from plain John Lind,
attorney at law or practical farmer.
Mr.. Lind will have served the old
Second district in Congress six years
verv acceptably when the'4th OF March
in 1898, shall have arrived. Compare
lively unknown to the State at large
when elected, he has developed decid-
ed talent for public affairs, and is to-day
recognized as a gentleman of excellent
capacity, genuine honesty and large in
tellectual powers. His following IN
Minnesota is large and increasing. His
worth and endowments point him out
as leader safe to follow. Should the
approaching convention nominate him
for Governor his election would
seem to be almost foregone conclu-
sion. ....
The Minnesotlans in Washin gton
would be glad to see Mr.. Lind nomina-
ted for Governor, and yet they all believe
chat he does not himself desire the la
bors and responsibilities thatsuch NOM
ination would place upon him. There are
many reasons why he would seem to be
the most available candidate for this
year. First, he is possessed of good
executive ability, courage, common
sense and honesty. He is practical
farmer, and devotes a portion of each
year to the actual labors of the farm
He is of Scandinavian blood, and his
repeated election to Congress demon
strates his continued popularity. By
education, instinct and feeling he is
genuinely American with an unobstruc-
ted ancestry Of twelve lineal forefathers
behind him.
There has been much disturbance
amongst the farmers, and particularly
the Scandinavian farmers, during the
past TWO or three years. The Alliance
stems to have caught the Imagination
and sympathies of a vast multitude of
people who have heretofore been guided
by the accepted precepts of genuine
good sense. Wise counsels will be nee
essary to restore this element to it's pro-
per place in the ranks Of the Republi-
can party. Mr.. Lind is especially
adapted to this work, and no doubt
could be utilized with excellent re-
suits,
Relative to the same matter Mime.
apolis Tribune dispatch from Washing-
ington on Saturday stated: The opin-
ion is very strongly and generally ex
pressed among Minnesota Us 80 o
Washington that it would be master
stroke of policy for the Republicans TO
nominate Congressman Lind for COVER
nor. Inquiries are pouring in from
parties who are desirous of knowing
his wishes and of enrolling themselves
among his adherents Mr.. Lind says it
would put him in ridiculous light
either to decline or accept the nomina-
tien before it has been offered him or
before any considerable body of the Re-
pnbiicans of Minnesota has indicated a
preference for him. He said to the
correspondent that it was his intention
to retire from public life and devote
himself to the practice of law, He had
no idea that he could be nominated for
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