The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-01-07
THE N ALTON CRY.
Those Who Raise it Severely
Critic ized by Swan B.
Molander, Auditor Of
Kanabec County.

The Unions Answer to Hon.
Knute Nelson's Malign-
ers a True EXPOSE
ton of Facts.
/ Mora, MINI. Dec. Goth, 1891.
1 Editor Uaaaoqa.
Your article in the. UNION Of the
4 18th inst, under head Of 'sKnute
4 Nelson's Malignerso is a true ex-
position Of facts, to the point and
carries conviction with it to the
unprecedented mind. It is now SO
customary with a certain class of
4 newspaper writers to pour their
]gan over public men, in season and
| out Of season, that it is time
thrown away to discuss it or the
| causes that lead thereto. So far
as the Hon. Knute Nelson is con
!, cerned, his public and private
record is So well known to a ma
/ jority of the voters in this State to
! not even be in need of the able de-
! fence extended to him by the
UNION. Newspaper articles of the
kind quoted in the UNION can
not hurt him. But, Mr.. Editor
there is another class whose friend
| liness to Mr.. Nelson and whose
zeal for the Republican party has
made them dangerous those
chickenhearted, pessimistic Repub-
leans who for the last six months
have taken special pains to educate
the party to the necessity Of nomii-
mating Scandinavian for governor
in order to hold the Scandinavian
iSTgate. Such talk must be ex-
|Aoemely disgusting to Americans,
as it certainly is to Scandinavians,
and neither Mr.. Nelson nor any
other OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES quail
flied for the office could afford or
would consent to allow his name
to come before the people on such
a platform. Of course, all this
nonsense is brought about by the
disastrous turn of last election.
In the first place, I can not see
that this is an Indication that the
same thing will occur again; in the
second place, if it does, there is no
individual in the party strong
enough to check it. These period
ical eruptions on the body polite
serve the same purpose as boil or
carbuDcle on the human system
they exist and thrive, mature and
disappear when the cause that
gave them birth has been eradi-
Gated, and this is the fate in store
for the so called Peoples party.
That there is need for a good,
clean and strong State ticket, no
one will deny, but it must be free
from any faint of the nationality
racket, which has been played too
long in this State to be a winning
card. The majority of the foreign
born citizens (the younger element
at least are satisfied to take their
chances with the native born, and
ask for nothing more than their
merits and qualifications will COM
mand. All they ask is for the
native born to forget that they are
foreign born and treat them as
they would any other American
citizen and loyal Republican.
This does not prevent Mr.. Nelson
or and other foreign born citizen
from seeking and receiving the
nomination for governor, or any
other Office the party may honor
them with, but the minute a prom
inent feature is made for or against
a candidates nationality, the par
ties guilty Of such an un-American
and abominable practice should be
hit hard and often.
But, Mr.. Editor, there are
several good and substantial rea-
! sons why the Hon. Knute Nelson