Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-10-25
OUR own UATERR|F|ED.
MINNESOTA DEMOCRACY IN THE
HANDS OF WEAkLlNaS.

weeks beforehand, the Democrats OF
Che state had thought Of nothing else
but the issue-to fuse, or not to fuse.
In spite Of the melancholy experiences
OF two years ago, there was a very
large element of those hungry for local
oilice who insisted Oh another joiut
campaign with the Populists. TO the
credir of the party it must be said, how
ever, that there were enough stead.
lastly opposed to this program to defeat
1t. When the convention assembled
there WIS no one who dared stem the
tide OF anti-fusion sentiment, or give to
the fusion scheme anything more than
q covert support. This would have been
more praiseworthy if the party had not
given the lie to all its fine pretensions
at the last moment by indorsing one OF
the candidates, and that one perhaps
the most Objectionable of them all,
aanlod i'll the Popnlist ticket
OiHcia, Record OF Auditor Eierman.
The only two candidates of any par.
tlcular interest in this convention were
those of Mr.. Bierman for state auditor
and Judge Willis for associate Justice of
fhe supreme court. The remainder of
the offices are filed with such Demo-
Gratis ifs would consent to accept nom.
nations; most of them quite respect.
able, and most Of them, except General
Becker and Mr.. Ludwig, known to very
few people outside of their immediate
constituencies. Whatever may have
been his private reasons for fighting
Ar. herman, Mr.. Doran's head was ex-
ceedingly level when he declared that
the Democratic party could not afford
10 carry into the coming campaign the
handicap OF its present state auditor
huge frauds have already been un.
@althed III the matter of state pine
lands that have been carried through
during the incumbency Of Mr.. Bierman.
A large amount Of money has been re.
covered to the state from those who
profited by these illegal transactions. It
Is said by one Of the committee, now at
work Oh tilnber frauds, that the total
misrepresentation of state property dis
covered up to date will exceed million
dollars. It would be very difficult
matter to persuade any voter that mis-
s:enleanors Of this number and amount
could be committed, and record Of the
transactions passed through the state
auditors office, without any suspicion
upon his part Of misdoings If Mr..
biezman's conduct of his office has been
thoroughly honest, then he is too care
less q man to trust with the immense
interests Of the state i'll its public lands.
IS Tar as he is concerned, the Demo
cratic campaign must be. defensive
enc from first to last
What win Democrats Say About willis?
Less eScusable will the straight-o out
democrats OF the state consider the ac-
ton of the convention in indorsing the
populist candidate for associate Justice
OF the supreme court. If there is one
place in the government to which a
l'opulist should not be admitted under
ally circumstances or on any plea, it is
its highest judicial tribunal The Peo-
pies party has no respect Tor law. In
every state i'll which it has been in
power it has assumed that Knight
makes right as thoroughly as any des
pot who ever lived. To put such men
as this upon the bench is to say that
justice shall no longer be considered,
and that laws shall be interpreted &C.
cori'ing to the personal Or political in.
terests Of those who administer them.
Tried by this test, Judge Willis is as
good a Populist as any Of them. His
record on the bench of Ramsey county
is the record Of ranting demagogue
I:o has repeatedly prostituted his his !
office TO the basest partisan ends 1t
t;ts service such as this that endeared
him sufficiently to the Populist party to
make him their willing and welcome
nominee. He has never discIaimed
their principles, and in accepting hin,
the Democrats of this state have as
sumed all the dishonor of fusion with
out receiving a single compensating ad
vantage. Nothing can save them from
the consequences Of this but prompt
ard public rejection on the part OF
Democratic voters Of the Populist can
C.:!ate.
Democratic Platform Lacks Meaning.
The platform adopted does not con.
tain q single definite and clear cut prop.
cSitiGn Amy man Of any party might
take his stand upon its vague and gilt
ter;ng generalities and declare that
they expressed hiss political faith. We
al Of us believe in a safe and sound
Currency; in the rights of labor; in
equal justice to employer and employee;
il a just pension system, and in arbi.
tration as q method of settling labor
disputes; but as to the specific methods
by WHICH any Of these general objects
are to be attained the platform is wholly
silent and wholly worthless. 1t is as
little inspiring as the ticket nominated,
Or as the debates of the convention.
They all have the funeral air of one
prepared and resigned to his fate.
The leaders of the Peoples party are
moi 4 little chagrined by their failure to
make q ten-strike out of the observance
Of Labor day. It was down on their
bills to have speakers of their own har.
argue vast crowds Of working nner
everywhere on that day, and call In a
small army of recruits for the People
party in November 1t was a pretty
good scheme, based on the dissatisfac.
ton Of labor with recent events, and on
the public advice Of a few heads Of
labor organizations to their members to
support the Peoples party. But, the
laboring man is no such fool. His
political opinions are his own, and out
side Of the matters on which his union
properly assumes to control his actions,
he intends to be his own boss. Those
who assembled to listen to the political
speeches Of Labor day were few in mum
Der and mostly those who think that the
organization of labor is means to a
political rather than to an economic
end. The vast body of working people
took their holiday quietly, enjoyed
themselves in their own way and left
the political orators to their own de-