St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-18
HOW HE DODGED The ISSUE.
While Maj. Baldwin Declares
FearlesSly What He viii
Do.
GEN. CROSS A CANDIDATE.
Gossip on Current Politics
FiOn All r2r.S o. the
State.

Maj. B .ldwin has lie pine land ring.
sters OH the run in the big Sixth dis
lrlct. He has literally forced his op-
ponrnt to take notice of the Red Lake
matter, one of the most important
questions at issue i'll the present CAM
paign in this entire state. But the
manner III which young Mr.. Towne
meets this great question should he
noticed by every man who believes in
Justice and is anxious for the prosperity
of the Sixth district and all Minnesota.
Maj. Baldwin states everywhere that
he will. if elected, push through his
Chippewa bill. The provisions of this
measure, held up in the United States
senate by Senator Davis, are that the
Req Lake Indian reservation shall be
opened as fast as 100000 acres are sur
veyed and estimated.
TOwne Dare Not Speak.
Under the law as it stands now, the
Old Nelson bill, n0t an acre of this great
reservation will be opened until every
acre has been surveyed aud estimated.
All this work may be delayed for from
five to ten years, unless the Nelson law
is amended.
What is young Mr.. Towne's position
on this question?
Does he declare hi mseIf for the Bald
win bill?
Not at all; his masters, who are
helping him to make campaign that
would otherwise be impossible for
brleflesS attorney. are OH the other
side. Here is Mr.. Towne's statement
OH the subject, as declared at meeting
recently held in st. Cloud:
II am in favor of the opening of the
Red Lake reservation" cried Tuwne,
and then he proceeded. saying. 1.-THE
Republican party has always been in
favor OF the opening up of the public
lands"
OF course young Mr.. Towne is in ia
vor OF the opening of the Red Lake res
ervation, II 'p is not in favor of this
opening II he pine land men are
ready for !. lie is in favor of lust the
Kind of opening as are Senator Davis
and Knute Nelson. He is not in favor
of commencing this opening at once,
or he would declare himself
i'll favor of the Baldwin bill.
He has been given all the opportunity
to declare himself on this question that
any one could desire, but he has care
fully refrained from committing him.
self to the Chippewa bill. This is one
OF those questions, however, that can
moi be lodged, and the people of North
ern Minnesota are demanding to know
Just where he stands.
DOdgsng Is Impossible
If young Mr.. Towne is in favor of the
honest settler and the small lumberman
as against the pine land ring, why is it
that he does not place himself on record
t, that effect?
This is the issue of the present cam
paign. On it Maj. Baldwin was elected
10 congress two years ago, and he has
uncovered small portion of the rot
tehress planned and carried out under
the Nelson bill. His work for the
homeseekers and the poorer class of
lumbermen has just commenced. That
he has done this we'll no Republican,
whether Oh the rack with Senator Davis
and young Towne or not, has dared to
deny. And the people. the plain, COM
mon people. who do not think any more
OF the big and wealthy pine land grab
Der than they no Of the poor man who
wants to make home on tile rich lands
of this Indian reservation. are with him
regardless of party.
Is young Mr.. Towne for the people or
the pine land grabbers?