Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-11-02

The business men OF Denver nave Issued
. circular showing what it has cost the
state Of Colorado to slect Populist gov
ernor. It is there shown that 100000, 900
Of values In the state have been destroyed;
while its credit, as well az! the borrowing
power Of individual members Of the com.
munity, has been reduced to actual null
lily. Through fear Of hostile legislation,
capital refused to enter the state, or to
remain there, when already invested, enc
moment longer than 1t was bound to d.
by contract This was the price that had
to beipaId wherever the Populists obtained
control spf the executive and legislative
powers. And we ask every citizen Of Min
nesot4 whether he Is willing to pay It.
Greatsay Is this danger, however, there
Is al efeater which menaces Minnesota
more nearly II st is loss to have the party
Of anarchy ,secure control Of, the governors
otlce3Or the s1exislat ure, 1t is ruin to have
it master OF the courts. Against that
frightful misfortune every voter In the
state should be warned and armed. For
the others are remediable. A governor is
elected for but two years. A legislature is
succeeded by another after the same in
terval. What the people do with these
ugence they can undo, quickly. Ia the mean.
time, both are restrained from their worst
by the written constitution and the guard
tanship Of the courts: In 1.-TWO years after
such a desperate experiment, quick repen-
lance cap sweep the worst of it's conse-
Quencesy away. .. ~. .,..$N#
Not. 70 II Populism should capture the
citadel Of power, the supreme court Of the
state.3 Thst is the worst fats. that, can be-
fall en- unhappy community. II, the Popu-
list candidate for associate justice should
be elected this year, he would, with the
two memSers Of the court chosen on the
fusion ticket by the aid Of Populist votes
two Years ago, constitute majority Of the
supreme bench in Minnesota. And this ma
jortty could lot be overthrown or changed
Tor from i've to six years to come. 1t is
little less than appalling, when we consider
how the Populist usually regards the law
and Its Interpretation where 1t comes in
conflict with his party. views or interests
to think OF such a possibility. -
In every state where the Peoples party
has obtained any control Of the courts, it
has used that power unhesitatingly for per-
sonal and party ends. Honor Is nothing t,
1t. The usages Of the law do not "ind it.
1t construes statutes to meet its own pur-
poses. The law as the protector Of lib
erty and individual rights is lost sight Of,
and the purity of justice becomes a myth.
A legislature might pass benedcent laws
by the score, and a.Populist court could get
them aside or CO0Strue them to the OppO-
site effect Of the frafier's intent as fast as
they reached 1t. We have no need to go out
of this state, to look at Kansas or Colorado,
to see the judges Of South Carolina obeying
Tillman's orders in approving his whisky
law. In the judicial actions of the Populist
candidate for associate Justice in Minnesota.
Judge Willis in his decisions for political
ends in his extraordinary ruling that a
mans vote must be counted because he
would have voted for the Democratic ticket,
although he did not vote at NIL and was not
prevented from doing So, we see the Popu-
list on the bench revealed. There Is no
danger hanging over Minnesota to-day at
ull comparable to the calamity Of having
the supreme court Of the statc in the pos.
session OF Popullsts and POpulist sympa.
Is danger which menaces the rights Of all
investors, all the securities Of property, the
savings Of Tie workingnan us well as the
foundation OF all commercial credits. The
election Of this man Willis to seat OH the
supreme bench would excite apprehcnsions
for the stability Of all contracts and the
safety Of I'LL Investments which would ar
rest the wheels Of returning prosperity Tor
half u dozen years to come: 1t would cost
ton of the executive and legislature has
cost Kansas and Colorado. ~ Z.
Judge Collins and Judge Start are men OF
experience and splendid reputation. Their
learning and ability stand unquestioned. A.
judicial officers, the records OF the state
speak for them. In their hands the best
interests of the state, as well as those OF
its humblest citizen are safe. Let every
voter give them his earnest support