Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-11-02


isens Shot Down, Riot and Disor-
der, Business Parnlysed and Cred
1T ed-These Are the Conse-
Quences P0pulisn Has Brought
Upon Four Fair States-Does Min.
nesota Want ItS %.N =.
If the voters Of tho State Of Minnesota
wish to invite ruin and disaster to lay
waste this state; II they want to sec riot
and bloodshed; II they want to see business
stagnation, capital Withdrawn by Eastern
investors and our credit destroyed, they
will vote for Sydney NJ. Owen, the Populist
candidate for governor.
II they wish to see the state we'll gov
erned by a tried and true citizen; II they
wish to see the school fund protected from
the raids of the pine thieves; II they want
their affairs managed in a safe, conserva.
tive manner by An honest man, they will
vote for knute Nelson and the straight Re-
publican ticket.
These propositions are not exaggerated.
They simply state the questions Of this
campaign In few words, without evasion
or concealment.
What II Populisms
to our industries, the Populist party repre-
sents death to our Institutions. OF the two,
this Is the most horrible foe. For where the
one Is often honest In intention, though fa-
tally at fault in method, the other deliber-
ately strikes at the nations life. The Popu-
list purity Is built about the corner stone of
hatred Of man for man. It has grown by
poisoning mems minds with foul SANDERS
Its aim Is such Capitalization of power in
the state as could not end except in mon
aarchy; -. Its first great desire is to SO de-
chasing power Of the poor mans dollar Will
decline until the recompense that he now
receives dwindies away to nothing. 1t tells
him that it will enable him to rob his cred
ltors; and, like every other confidence game,
1t contemplates only the robbery Of its dupe.
1t puts before the voter the exact oppo.
site OF the ideas on which this government
the safeguards that have been thrown
around liberty by the slow upbuilding of the
ages, surrender all the rights that humanity
mas n, won to the irresponsible majority Of a
single day, ana put property aud life and
nDerty at the disposa! Of the men whom the
accident of single chance might elevate to.
power Any despotism is bad enough, but
templates Is worse than any known to his
tory.
If men must have a master, let them at
! teast nave the same one day after day, that
devices Of cruelty. What the Peoples party
Idea means is that this country should be
handed over to the vile and vicious in their
that government should become one vast
machine, subverting all constitutions and
lay Hays to to the pleasure Of the moment, and
Should Be- 1yze w by it
demagogue. At the end Of the Populist
pathway, which is not a long one, Stands
mat ngure, SO hateful to the American cit
a welcome relief from intolerable abuses.
which wears crown upon its head and is
labeled 'king." ~
-, The candidates who are elected cannot
hat
~ t',, when tney are responsible. II any man
THINKS that things too severe have been said
T record eop PIE party. let him look at It's
f control BY It's acts and history let it be
Juuged: as 1t has shown itself in South Car
oilna' Kansas, Colorado and North Dakota.
Four States Have Suffered.
-, In south Carolina Gov: Tillman has turned
Inc Inc statt into one vast saloon, has cor
room privileges, and has sacrificed the lives
or worthy citizens to enforce his hated laws
~ b}rSa state constabuIary us infamous as the
nTeu m1nions OF q despot.
III North Dakota the resources of the non.
PIE have been wasted by inefflciency. and
Inc pnn,! state Is hopelessly bankrupt through
III, opunst niseoVernment and misappropria-
III. In Kansas there has been one long broil
1 miis inc time th Coy Lewelling summoned the
legislature and establish personal govern yeiIc
ment by force Of arms. 1t has scandal after
scainaai down na to the present. when it is
sold gambling rights in the state to a ring
OF infamous operators and pocketed the
proceeds of the crime.
couraged the violation Of the law. tho mill.
tary nave been In the field q good part of
the time. and riot and disorder have ruled
In addition to these domestic tumults. the
credit abroad Of both Kansas and Colorado
has been utterly ruined: All business inter- ter
by the crazy partsans Of regime Of vios
lence and disorder, and prosperity aud devel.
opment OF resources are ut an end until or
proper %eappear WIFE tie 81 bsn nna
nent or the Popultst from the scene. These
are the frightful consequences that n citizen
party candidate.
What MINES ,ta Popalists Intend.
THAT the Populists propose to take tho
same steps In Minnesota no one can denv.
They intend that the state shall run ali tie
4Sev In the tenth plank Of their plat
naturalization Of the liquor traffic and its
management by the state without profit.
VIII the Intelligent voters of Minnesota
c ca 4, tne1r ballots for men who are pledged
engage IN the liquor traffic; who are pledged
to place her alongside the State Of South
EiarGhiina; VINO are pledged to make her the
as they have driven It away from our
aslgnDors; - They insist that we SHAH not
r psnk Hf sas not buy + In the
that the t awne ssE " of r de-
estate by non.residents and aliens should be
q man In Minnesota to-day who is not viii.
Ing to sell at least portion of his lana to
any one w WHO 70 WIN pay his price for It.
mr.
his land to get It shall he stop to INQUIRE
whether buyer lives here or in some Other
state? Must he lose bis trade II he finds
consin or in Iowa or in North Dakota? IF
the market for land In this state is to he
confined to those who reside within its
DUrasrs F tine SUPPLY viii far exceed the de-
Houses and lots will be rendered vaiueless.
Men who are now sending money here to
invest lav 1t in farms, in houses. in lots, must
1t here to loan ut cheap rates to those who
wish to borrow must loan It elsewhere
Land that can be bought and sold only BY
residents OF this state would be Of no valus
man who owns a foot Of 1snd In Minnesota
beware Of voting for Populist at this
election.
It Simply Means Rain.
These Minnesota populists intend also to
all the railroads, telegraphs and telephone
lines. The first plank Of their platform
says: we demand the governme at owner
sup and operation Of railroads, telegraphs
Minnesota, in taxes9 10 purchase " theSe
agencies Of public service would cost from
$40 OOO, 900 .O00 to So 900, 600 600 The deficit
after paying interest on bonds, counting
IN all moneys received BY the roads at
their present rates. together with the
amount required to build the average
amount Of new road required for the de-
velopment OF the country, would be from
500, ooo,0 900 to $5OO. O0O. 600 every year. And
that ia equal to the total expenses of the
government for all other nlirnossa T,his