The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-19
A GRAND OLD PATRIOT.
Hon. Kittle HalvOrsOn Nominated
for Congress.


The Populsts of the Sixth Congress-
ional District met at st. Cloud on the
18th inst. 1t was a splendid conven-
tiOn, made up of the very best mater
ials. Duluth presented two very able
gentlemen as candidates, Captain
Smallwood and Judge McGindley,
while Aitkin county had favorite
son, in the person of Mr.. Carl E. Tay-
lOr. But the convention took the bit
between it's teeth and, to the surprise
of every one, nominated Hon. kittle
Halvorson, despite the fact that he
was not a candidate and did not want
the nomination.
1t was pleasant to observe how cor
daily the defeated candidates accept
ed the reSult;-there was no pickering
and no bad blood There was a MAN.
moth meeting held in the city park
adjourned; and Judge McGindley and
Captain SmallwOOd made eloquent and
most effective speeches. There is a
bright future for both gentlemen in
the new party. One was recently a
Democrat and the other a Republican.
hey. are types of the splendid re-
cruits that are flocking in to us every
day from both the old parties.
| had the honor of being present and
was delighted to hear the glowing re-
ports from all parts Of the district, as
to the outlook for the Peoples Party,
in the coming election. The Duluth
delegation were wild with enthusiasm.
They have not the slightest doubt of
carrying that city, by big majority,
for our whole ticket. Mr.. Seberger, of
st. Cloud, our candidate for Secretary
or State. very conservative, reason
able man. told me that they would in
crease their vote in that city sic han
d1ed per cemW This was not wild va
porting or guess work, but an estimate
based on the muster rolls of the vari-
Gus societies which have voted to
stand by the Peoples Party. The re-
ports from the country districts were
of the same tenOr;-the Democrats
had disappeared totally, and large
numbers of Republicans had Joined
our ranks.
Mr.. HalvorsOn will be elected. He is
splendid gentleman:- modest, broad
minded, sensible, well-informed and
faithful to principle. He is not an or
ator.-but Congress would be melan-
choly Babel if they were all takers.
Honesty and good sense are rarer
gifts nowadays than eloquence; and
Mr.. Halvorson has these gifts in pre-
eminent degree. Judge McGindlev
and Captain Smallwood have prom
ised to take the stump for him. and
they will make it lively for the two
old parties. Both of these reminis.
cent organizations are standing on
plutocratic. Rothschildian platforms.
This is the silver plank of the Demo-
cratic Congressional Convention which
renominated Major Baldwin:
I'VE are in favor of the free and nm
limited coinage of silver wherever if
can be accomplished with safety. and
we FAVOR an early international con
ference to provide for the accom- nIish-
'ment of this end"
They might as we'll have said:
VIC arc III IdFof OF England, Ger
many, Austria and Russia deciding
What KIND of money these United
states snail have; subject always to
the approval of Wall Street and the
money-lenders
And this is the shameful platform on
winch Major Baldwin is running. And
Iowne, the Republican candidate.
stands on plank precisely SIMILAR
1or the two old parties are really one
greatdoublc-jo inted, back-action sham
You can't tell them apart except by
the labels in their hats. One has
a ticket marked Low tariff Plutoc-
lacy, and the other a ticket marked
"Higll- tariff Plutocracy."
And here you may the difference see
TwiXt Tweedle-dum and TweedIe-dee, y"
l. d.