Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-10-26
CONFUSION.
The Mixture Arranged for
the Democratic and Pop
ulist Voters in this
District Will Not
Go.
A General Dissatisfaction
With the Combination
Defeat is Ger
tain.

When any principles are involved
in a. political contest, it ls ratnei
confusing to have candidate
tempt to appear before the pe"p.e
renresenting two sides OF pophc
questions. The result Is 'nsuai1s
that the candidate does not nave inc
confidence of either side. and he GER
tainly must be deceiving someoo"y
when he accepts such a position III
the field. The Observation-Disclosures
legislative ticket in this district no"
consists of Werner Hemsted' VINO
was nominated for senatorby the
Populists and the Democrats; =.
Chiefly and Franz. Newton nominate"
nv the Democrats for representatives
E<S, Smith and e. A. klelnsteloer'
nominated for representatives by the
Populists; A. H. Hendrickson' noml-
mated nv the Populists and endorsed
bv the Democrats to fill the vacancy
caused by M. Cantield's wlthura wal
and A. l.. Cole, nominated ny the
Democrats and endorsed by the Pop
ul1sts in place of Geo. Gerrltz' VINO
drew out rather than he a party 10
snch a combine us was beng af-
ranged. Messrs. Hensted and Cole
were at the head of the few polltl-
clans who figured oct this mess ana
hoped thus to get into Office.
The reception of this mixture was
about what was expected by those
who had kept in touch with the
sentiment Of leading Democrats ana
Popullsts in the district. All the
Democratic papers had taken hrm
stands against fusion, and the Pop
nlists Drofessed similar sentiments.
When the ticket was finally com
nleted. after a consultation between
Messrs. HendricksOn, Cole, Hem
sted. Smith and two or three OF
the Brainerd Democrats who were
interested in Hemsted's success,
public sentiment soon found express
sion. and with an emphasis that
will probably discourage any more
bartering OF party principles Tor per
sonal gain by the schemtng poll
ticians of the district. The Long
Prairie Leader Gas will be seen by all
article from it's columns published In
this issue) repudiates the ticket, and
will take no part in the legislative
contest. Todd county Democracy
will not sustain any part of the fu-
sion, ticket, and If any one doubts It,
a short visit among the leading
Democrats of that county will fully
satisfy him. The Leader Is the only
De,nocra tic paper in Todd county,
and it's editor is in close touch with
the sentiment OF his party.
The Morrison County Democrat,
the Oldest Democratic paper in Nor
rison county, declares:
."The Democrat does not propose
to- be tricked into supporting Pop
ulist for q legislative office, and It
does not desire to aid man VINO rs
obtaining support of the Populists
nv deceiving them. Whatever the
candidate is, let him honestly ap-
pear as such before the people o1 the
district"
The Mile Laos County Times. the
only Democratic paper in Mile Laos
county, also 1epudiates the ticket.
Tins Of the five Democratic papers
in tn edistrict, three decline to swal-
low the fusion bill. The average
Democra tic voter is more apt to re-
Dudiate the deal, than a party or
gan is, and the humiliating defeat OF
Mr., Hemsted and his associates is
not questioned by any who are ia
miliar with the sentiment now pre-,
yailing in the district. AS a matter
of fact there were more votes cast
for Republican presidential electors
in this district in 1892 than there
were for the fusion electors. In Nor
rison county the fusion electors got
less than the Democratic. In that
fearfully unfavorable year for Re
Dublicans fusion could not carry thu
district, and it will not come any
where near doing it this year.
The evidences of that are numer
Gus and convincing.