Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-11-02

IpOuIlclAu6, - &tl preSeut uOluk a
double bareback riding act that
would do credit to the late lamented
Jim Robinson OF Forepaugh circus
fame. He has the rcins of both the
Democratic horse and the Populist
Ass firmly grasped in his teeth and is
IsWfnging around the circle Of the
Forty-sixth district. The POpulist
animal he urges but the Democratic
horse ne would lash into obedience.
| But the Democrats of that sena-
torial district have not been Demo-
Gratis all their lives for gain. There
has been with them Il principle at
stake, and they do not now propose
to blindly follow the leadership OF
mercenary neutrality-suspicious.
who for a. temporary success would
barter away the future Of the party,
and in the years to come make it
either solidly Populis5 or solfdly Re-
publican
The acts OF a legislative COM
mittee, meeting in secret and ignor-
ing the member from the county
where it was known fusion was not
acceptable, will have little weight
with either good Democrats or good
POpulists. Each wants to know
where the Hon. Werner Hemstead
stands. The man who from princi-
pal is a Democrat, desires light on
the subject Of how, ii elected, he will
vote on the candidate for United
States senator for Minnesota. He
has certainly right to know this
before casting a vot ,fo: him. And the
Populist has an equal right to ask
and he informed as to whether or
not he will vote for Ignatius DON
nelly for senator. Itis the voters right
and his demands cannot consistently
be ignored. Rise up, Mr., Hemstead,
and tell us frankly who you will
support for the most important
office within the gift Of the people of
Minnesota. And let us hear from
Messrs. Cole, Newton, Hendrickson
and Smith also. An explanation
from these gentlemen would be Of
great help in clearing away the mists
which overhang the minds OF the
voters ,f the district.
But to turn to the record Of the
two men. Both are certain men,
against whom nothing can be aaid
personally. For Mr.. Hemstead's
record In public life as much cannot
be said. He was a member of the
notorious combined legislature of
(1S9O-91.
This legislature cost the taxpayers
of this state $4,000 in legislature ex-
penses alone more than did the legis-
lature of 1928 of which Mr.. w. NJ.
Fuller, Mr.. Hemstead's opponent,
was an honored and influential men,
her. The history Of the ''combine'
legislature is too fresh in the minds
of all intelligent voters to require
any exhaustive treatment here. Its
time was consumed largely In the
discussion of whether or not alum
should be used in baking powders,
and two or three equally as import
ant questions. 1t is quite safe to
say that alum still goes, as do the
other matters that disturbed the
otherwise sleepy session of the legis-
Iature of '90-'91. When the legisla-
ture of 1S92-'93 assembled the Repub-
lican party was in control and the
same horde of spittoon-cleancrs,
c'oak-room keepers, door-keepers
and haCgers-on applied for positions
but met with a decided rebuff. Or
the members who sought to keep
the legislative expenses within the
bounds of reason, none were more
active than was w. NJ. Fuller, then a
member of the house and now a can
didate for the senate. Every men,
ber of the house without regard to
party, will vouch for this statement.
Bnt it was not alone as a watch
dog of the treasury that Fuller did
his duty. He was an earnest, faith
full representative Of his district.
His vote and voice were on the right
side when the matter Of thecollusiOn
of State Auditor Biermann and the
pine land thieves was discovered by
the Hon. r. c., Dunn OF Princeton.
He voted to sustain the minority re-
port,of .Messrs. Dunn and Fleming
in this investigation, while German
Of Stearns, worked and voted for the
majority report. This action "f the
delegation from the Forty-sixth dis
trict indisputably,- saved the school
children Of the state hundreds Of
thousands of dollars, and az Dunn
and Fuller are the only ones who are
kcandidares this year, they should be
rewarded by being given the votes Of
the people Interested in this prevent
ing the plundering OF the state.
Both were also heartily in favor of
the Markham bill and worked and