St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-05
BOLTS KNUTE NELSON
The SvenSka Folkets Tidning
Refuses to Support Mel
son and Dunn.
BIERMANN'S LOYAL SERVICES
Dunn Faithful Only to Rail-
roads and Capitalists,
States This Paper.
DAY STATES LIVING ISSUES.
And Asks the Names of Those
Responsible for Frauds
and Robbepies.

The Svenska Folkets Tidnng has re.
pudiated kuute Nelson and Il. c. Dunn.
To those who know the circulation
and the influence of this great Swedish
newspaper the above statement means
much. 1t means the defeat of both of
these candidates.
For governor the Svenska Folkets
Tidning advocates S. NJ. Owen, the
POpulist nominee. and for state auditor
Hon. Adolf Biermann, the present Dem
ocratic incumbent OF that Office. This
stand is taken in the issue in which the
fourteenth birthday OF that paper is
celebrated, and the reasons given are
convincing, and canno. fail to do great
damage to the Republican cause. Here
tofOre the Iidning has been one
of the the mainstays of the Re-
publican party in Minnesota, and
It's course has always had much to do
Ill Influencing other members of the
Scandinavian press. Under these cir
cumstanceS the fact that without re-
nouncing its Republican principles, the
Tidning feels compelled to refuse Its
support to either Gov. Nelson or Mr..
Dunn cannot fail to almost insure the
defeat of both.
At the Republican state headquarters
yesterday no one would discuss the
matter, but at the hotels, in the street
ears and wherever men posted on polit.
ical matters met it was the sole topic of
conversation. One of tine leading Swed-
lSh Republicans of the city, on being
asked the effect of this bolt. said:
That paper will take 10000 Swedish
votes from Gov. Nelson. Its circula-
tlon Is large and its influence greater
than any other paper L know of with
the same number of readers"
The political record of Gov. Nelson is
first taken up and dissected. and the
reason for refusing to support him
clearly stated from the standpoint of
Swedish Republican,. Passing over
tie Introduction The editorial says:
Self His God.
"Our knowledge of the man is not
since yesterday, but of twenty years
OF elaborate study of public documents
from the legislature, congress and
other sources. His political acts have
never proved beneficial to his constit-
uents, but rather detrimental. His
own self has been his God and self
interest his only aim. Political great
ness has peen his highest ambition, and
TO gain II he has never shrunk from
using whatever means he found avail
able. That railroad kings and
capitalists. who Often hold the political
reins, would be valuable for his
purposes lie certainly did not fail to
recognize, and, therefore. always
played for their friendship, and has
ended with being their tool. From this
originates his intimacy with j. }. Hill,
the almighty president of the Great
Northern Hallway company, who now
is the go 5ernor of Minnesota de facto.
Like all courtiers for the favors of the
people, he has never been consistent in
word or action; as, for instance, when
he was i'll congress. Free trade was
then popular in Minnesota, and Knute.
VINO always wanted to be popular, GER
tainly had 10 show that he was in sym-
pathy with popular idea, and voted for
the Mills bill. Afterwards, when he
found that his views or action did not
win any plauditS from the Republi-
cans, he excused himself,
CoVyardly, il Not EdiotfcaIIy.
by stating that his vote had no bearing
on the final result, because he knew
that the bill would never 20 through
10 have man like Knute Nelson. so
entirely void of principles as a pollti-
cian, as governor Of this state, is dam
gerous. a tool in the hands of railroad
corporations In the executive chair
might be venture of uncuuntabIe loss
to The state. During the two wears
knute Nelson has been governor the
state has not lost any of its public land.
but the credit therefor is not due to him
but 10 The state auditor-Adolph Bier
mann - who never sleeps when the
question arises Of protecting the public
lands granted to this state. To him the
credit Is due for not allowing ",Jim,'
Hill to appropriate for his railroad the
most valuable timber and agricultural
land in Minnesota
Later on the Iidning promises to take
up the career OF Gov. Nelson and show
JUST Wliere. in lis opinion, he has failed
III ms uuty 10 the people as member
OF the state legislature, a member of
congress. and as governor. His leaning
toward the great corporations of the
state VIII be shown, as well as the intiu.
ences that control his official acts. Albert
Berg, ID. NJ. Clough and the remainder
of the Republican ticket will be sun
ported uy the Tldning.
Upon the state authorship the paper
takes, If possible, still stronger ground
Iuan upon the governorShip. OF Adolph
Blermann 1t speaks in terms of the most
unbounded commendatiop, citing the
fact but that for his heroic stand all the
more valuable public lands would now
be the property of the railroads, instead
OF being still open to selection by the
State. 1t refers to his magnificent run
OF tour years ago, when with the Farm
ers' Alliance Endorsement of the Demo.
cratic nominee he was elected by n ma
]orlty OF over $4,000, and comedies that.
as matter of course, he will receive
the same support this year. Concerning
the Once OF state auditor it saws:
"Ihe right of the state regarding
these Swamp lands has been by former
auditors most shamefully abused. The
railroads selected the yerv best lands
and the auditors uid nothing to stop it.
These conditions were changed when
Blermann took charge of the Office.
According to law the state has the right
TO make the first selections, and the
railroad companies can select from what
Is left. But this law has never been
enforced 1t is reasonable to pre-
sumo that tie privilege of the first Sc
lection would be worth millions of dol.
lars TO the railroad companies, but these
nilillonS would accrue to them at the
alrecl expense Of the taxpayers of the
state. Mr.. Biermann enforced the law.
hence the
Cry in Babylon