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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18

sands Of people 8 part men
would refuse to. vote. for the can
didates. The people s party IS
the rallying point; their princi-.
pies have triumphed among the.
people; shall the leader now sell
out to demo crac or toany other
party? Let us have union, but
not at the sacrifice Of principles
and organization and Of the Of
ticers who will administer the
state government The Peoples
party by the deal entered into at
Minneapolis is left the lieuten-:
ant governorship and the attor
ney generalship. The first
named officer will have no great
influence upon the policy Of the
state administration or upon the
laws to be enacted. No state SEN
ators are to be elected this year.
The senate is overwhelmingly
Republican and the lieutenant
governors appointment Of COM
mittees will cut little figure. The
attorney general can do nothing
with a hostile governor. These
two unimportant offices under the
circumstances is all that is left
to the Peoples party after the
great fight it has put up, and
to be brought to this low estate
by the want of gold generalship
of it's committee is humiliating.
1t is not too late to find a remedy.
Let the delegates to the state con-
vention go to it with the deter
mination MOTTO be carried away
by enthusiasm and a whoop, but
to talk the matter over with cool
deliberation and do what is best
for the party. If Mr.. Lind is a
Populist or so much a one as to
publicly express his endorse.
ment of the main principles of
populism, we are willing that he
should be the candidate for gov.
ernor, if he declines to do this,
then we shall oppose him.
Moorhead News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18
HASELTON'S DILEMMA.

The W1llmar Tribune Is anxious to
know how to account for thu extra so
cents that the mine-owner would get
more than the laboring man. It. is
very proper question and they GU ht
to be Informed. Silver bugs, and I
think the Tribune also claims that
free coinage would enhance the price
of silver SO that 16 to l would come to
be the commercial as we'll as the legal
ratio, and If they are correct then
there could be no question, but what
the mine owner would make a SO per
cent bonanza by the enterprise.-Has
elton in gold press Of Willmar.
Very we'll then, Mr.. Haselton.
Whenever you argue that free
silver would give a bonus Of ~
cents to the silver mine owners
you argue that silver under free
coinage would regain it's value.
You say, of course, to get out of
the tight fix, that you argued that
only under an assumption. Then
you should not attempt to argue
under that same assumption that
the silver dollar would be, only
worth it's present bullion value to
the laborer. Now proceed to i'm
pale yourself upon either of these
horns Of the dilemma:
: LIST horn-ff free coinage will
not restore the value ofsilver and
the value of the dollar in that case
would depreciate to So cents the
silver mine owners would receive
no bonus Of. 47zcents and would
not be benefited, as you have
time and again asserted that they
would be. Lie. .1 .:..... !. .= Il :. Il:
End hornIf silver would be
restored to its old value by free
coinage, you could not have any.
objection to its free coinage coin.
age because there would be 100
cents worth Of metalin each dol.
lar. ..: '..:..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18

II am for the largest use of silver
in the currency of the country.
would not dishonor it I would give il
equal credit and honor with gold. I
would make no determinations. !
would utilize both metals as money
and discredit neither. I want the
double standard. civilian McKin-
ley's speech in House of Representa-
tives, June "a, 1890.
Six years ago Billy Mckinley
would make no discrimination be-
tween the metals; to day he wants
the ''best' only. Six years ago
he did notwant todishonor silver;
now not only does he call tia de-
preciated dollar but he calls the
friends of the metal reputation
lists. Why has he changed?
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18

The free silver fad is already on the
wane and will be played out on cleo
ton day.-Polk Co. Journal, Aug. 10,
1896. ~. = 8
The free silver movement has
been reported as dying ever
since **Coin s. books were first
circulated so widely over a year
ago, and fit will only keep on
: dying with the same rapidity
until election day the country
will be swept with the largestpo-
:litical wave that Am erica has yet
seen. Perhaps tits this lying
process that N axes everyone who
becomes s:smitten such dyed.
in=the- wool opp nents to the sim
gle gold stand lard.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18
ON THE SCENT OF.TaE LIAR.

"A leading populist from Kand-
iyohi county was in the city yes
terday, registered at the Nicollet
house, according to the veracious
Tribune, which interviewed him,
and consented to talk to the Tri-
bnne on condition that his name
be with. held The gist of the
Interview was to the effect that
the Kandiyohi populists were to
come to the state convention as a
unit against the endorsement of
Lind for governor, and that anti
fusion had taken quite a deep
root in the country around Kand-
iyohi. Local populists were suf-
ticiently interested in the inter-
view to go to the Nicollet house
this morning and look over the
register. There was no man re-
gistered during the day from any
town in Kandiyohi county, but L:
y. Fosters name was on the
book with the general reference
minnesota after it as the place
Of his abode. There being no
other name on the register to
which the interview could bv
hook or crook be tied, the popu-
lists have made up their mind
that Foster is the guilty man.
This is the man who went to the
national convention of his party
in st. Louis, borrowed a dele.
gates badge, and while sitting
with the delegation, tried to vote
on one of the ballots taken in the
convention. The story of how
he was discovered and made to
admit that he WAS nota delegate
and had no right to vote was tele=
graphed from St. Louis at the
time. If Mr.. Foster puts in an
appearance at populist headquar=
tersin this city he will hear things
that will not be pleasant. Min,
neapolis Journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18

''The railroads are in favor of Nc.
Kinley. All other corporations wish
his election. The banks and financial
institutions have declared in his favor,
The organized Republican party is at
his back and the more intelligent class
OF Democrats will give him their sup
port. With such a combination as
this his election seems to be assured, -
james D. Brady, Republican ora.
tor of Virginia.
The very fact that Mckinley is
the unanimous choice of all cor.
porations and the old line politi.
cal schemers is a very good rea.
son why the farmer and working.
man should think twice before
they vote for him. The election
of a president who will stand in
dependent of the influence of cor
porate wealth would be the grand
est triumph of the people since
the election of Lincoln.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18

: sIIE2 . ~ e." y %zs.-
E. A 16-yearsold boy, three horses and
a binder, will bind more wheat now
than six men would fifteen years ago.
And boys are plenty, horses are cheap
and binders cost much less than reap
.ers did then. And those six men
would charge for their service about
100 per day and would eat all the
provisions set before them. Really,
is not 80 cents for wheat as good as q
dollar then?-Waseca Radical.
And in the same breath this
Radical liar will no doubt saw
that the prices for labor are
higher now than ever before.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18

Now is the time when petty
Office holders try to impress up
on all the idea that county offices
Should not be regarded in party
light. Yet some of those officers
elected by populist votes will
turn around and use their
money and influence to defeat the
cause of the people who elected
them. If we shall ever expect to
win we must see that our own
county does not remain a forti-
fed stronghold for the enemy.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18

The gold bugs are importing a
lot Of Mexican silver dollars to be
used in the campaign as "object-
lessons" as it is not presumed
that the average American citizen
knows that silver bullion has de-
preciated since it was demonetiz-
ed by the leading commercial ma
tons. The value of their "object-
lesson consists in the fact that
the Mexican nation could not
maintain the value of silver in the
market of the world and hence it
is argued that independent &C.
tlon OF the United States would
be equally impotent. In other
words whena Republican orator
triumphantly displays Mexican
dollar coin and demonstrates that
it is only worth so cents in gold he
means to imply that anything
that the small greaser country
can't do there is no use for 8
leading commercial country like
the U. S. to attempt. In short
they SANDER their own country by
declaring that it is financially
no stronger than that little one
horse country to the south east
tits a contemplate little trick
which shows to what shallow ar
guments the gold standard mer
must resort.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18
ideas OranOt,

ideas or not.
Yes, Prof. save your worry
and troubl If the Kandiyohians
want to cast their votes for John
Lii for nominee for governor,
they can dot, without being COM
PEELED to march lock step at your
command. Is i. .:.s +. III -. y.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18
We are not opposed to Lind

81 are not opposed 70 Lind
provided John Lind feel disp posed.
to sume an attitude 50 that the;
peoples party can nominate him
y with self respect E is Just as
well and better to und erstand.
one another now as to get to.
fighting later on. Ve popqlists=
are not skilled ind dip lomat les nor.
do we know how 5to contend With
.ehicanery and fraud. But We.
know pretty gear q zen We are
fairIy Let 3 Ohm lind
and DEM eraey St the proper
ton to meet rs half way,
md eYerlyt thing will be adj usted
5satis ctorily
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18

1t is to be hoped that those who
receive Mexican dollars in change
when they tender an American
dollar for fifty cents donations
tor G. 0. P. newspapers
will be able to keep them until
Bryan has been elected and sill
yer restored; when they will be
able to give their would-be teach
ers an "object-lesson.'
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18

Haselton and Nels Guam are
having a friendly bout in the
New London Times, on the mon
ey question. Nels makes so
short, pithy, telling arguments
that we predict that HAY" will
be forced to fall back on his
"hum bug-lying-rot' vocabulary
before long.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18

The goldbugs claim that prices
will rise if silver is admitted to
coinage, and we agree with them.
And further more those claim s
justify our claims that the fall of
prices have been brought about
by demonstration. If remone
tization will raise, demonstration
will lower. See?
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18

The Repub lican editors Of the
stat held q eeting at ST. Paul
last week, and agreed to give
their Official cam aign commit
tee The. use Of their cir ulations.
ID the distri bu ton Of cam aiign
supplements
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18

Eighty per cent of the Repub-
lican caucuses of Idaho have
voted in favor Of endorsing
Bryan and SeWall, and yet the
remaining twenty per cent have
the audacity to claim that Nc
Kinley will carry the state:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18

Republicans claim that the sin
gle gold standard produces low
prices, which we admit, and that
it produces high wages, which
we don't admit. Low prices of
products mean low prices for the
labor required to produce them.
It can'tmean anything else.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18

When you find a supplement- in
the Willmar TRIBUNE you may
rest assured that it con tains mat
ter selected by the editors and
printed at our own office. We
have not come to the point wher e
tits necessary to turn over our
editorial pen to campaign syn ,
dictate,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18

Now war has broken out among
Hennepin populists and the fur
is flying thick and fast. 1t be.
hooves every country delegate to
attend the state convention and
see that the disturbing elements
are sat down upon good and hard i.
These are critical times, and
every man must do his duty.
even if it is a painful one.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18

Us Jus Just look a. the rgus, a seven
column quarrtto with q six column two
page suppl cement. Only SO cents to
. = az. llst, 1897 as . camp igner ill
e Argus; .
es that free pleme nt ought
to be a great ind uoem ntfor sub.
scribing for the Argus. q.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18
NOT INTENDED FOR U. S.
READERS.

READERS.
The London Financial News
says:
"The financial situation in the
United States is very serious.
The Senate has blocked all re-
lief measures proposed by Presi-
dent Cleveland, and Congress is
at a dead standstill on the money
question. The free coinage Sen.
ators are masters of the situa-
ton.
''This condition of affairs in the
United States Congress demands
the i'm mediate attention of Brit
ish fnanciers and statesmen.
The trade of the world is now in
our hands, but it will not long re-
main there if the United States
goes to a bi-metallic basis with
free and unlimited coinage of
silver.
with the addition Of silver TO
the volume of money everything
in America would take on a new
face; labor and industry would
gain new life. The grip of the
gold standard on the products OF
the world would be loosened and
prices would rise. Great Britain
would lose her markets in South
America, Asia, and Europe, and
American bottoms would not be
long in capturing the carrying
trade Of the world.
"British creditors must now
apply themselves quickly to the
American money problem. The
sound money men and banking
ing interests, led by Senator
Sherman, Cleveland and Carlisle,
with plentiful supply of means,
have been beaten. The Ameri-
can people are now thoroughly
aroused and educated on the
power and use of money, and
made desperate by debtand bust
ness depression they are forcing
free silver as the main ISSUE.
"Great Britain need fear no in
jury to her trade or. investments
if the Republican party can force
''protection tariff as the main
issue in the coming campaign,
but if free silver dominates. the
American mind and carries at
the polls it will bring about a
change in England that will be
ruinous from it's suddenness and
severity. The damage that can
be done British manufacturers
by a protective tariff is slight
compared with the disasters that
would be entailed by q change
from single gold to complete bi
metallic standard. 1=
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18

We have been offered six folio
half sheet ready print filed with re-
publican campaign literature, speech.
es, etc., free of charge. All we have
to- 40 is to fold it in the Times and
there you are. The kind offer is de-
clined with thanks. Roseau Times.
This will explain how the Ar.
gus managed to get out a supple.
ment last week.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18
THE SITUATION.

A friend asks US to make a
simple statement of the guber-
Material situation. We answer:
LIST. The state issue has moth
ing to do with the money ques-
ton, except as a strong ticket
may Indirectly help the national
and congressional tickets, and
help to unite the free silver senti-
ment.
End The state issue involves
two Objects: (a) An efficient and
economical administration of the
various state departments. (b)
The future advantage to a politi-
cal party by the possession Of the
Offices. Of course no political
party will admit that it cares for
the Offices, Oh no! The most no.
torious spolls politicians will talk
about working with a single eye
to reform, etc. But the practical
politician understands the i'm
mense advantage of a state pa
tronage, and that is really the
state issue with politicians. All
the planning and scheming in
volved in this gubernatorial mess
between the various parties to
the fusion slate is to get the fu-
ture party prestige incidental to
the possession of office.
Almost all of this patronage at
taches to the governor Office.
Now we are satisfied that the
Peoples party is perfectly will
ling and anxious to vote for an in
dependent man in sympathy with
their views for governor. and
will ask for no pledges for Office
from such a candidate, provided
he has no strings on him by any
other party. : T..
For instance we believe the
proper course to have pursued
would have been to have placed
John Lind in the field as strict
ly independent candidate for gov.
ernor. Then all the parties could
have endorsed him on his own
merit, and he would have been
entirely free to use his own judg-.
ment in everything. -: - IS.
Butinstead of doing this some
smart 'Aleck' politicians went to
work to perfect an ostensible flu
sion deal, but in reality to cap.
ture the governor for a certain
party. This is what we object
to, not John Lind for gpbernatory
ial candidate. We do not object
to John Lind. but we do object to-
the Minneapolis scheme Of win
ming him. IL he is to run as any
party cand idate then the Peoples
party is entitled to run him.
However we are not the Peoples
party and can only speak for our,
selves. But. il as much as we
happened to be present when the
fusion deal was under considera-
lion we were q liged to take our
stand as we deemed s. AZ or the
party # the Poop party ia
convention assemb lied hall de-
eide on some other course is this
WI sso be have
laid the matter before our read
ers, given q, VIl,vieWs and
leaYethes conVe ntio11 td sattle
Hence NE had wise eon,l
vantiont do not Inn hast butt
llaln1y eonsie ssl,as ih
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18
IS PROF. DOBBYN SCARED,

IN Minneapolis are having a
great scare about Kandiyohi Go,
middle Of the road movement,
Some one representing himself
from the woolly wilds of Kandi-
yohi told some of the reporters of
the dailies something about the
political affair out here. He, it
seems, assured them that the
Kandiyohians were coming down
to the state conventions double
quick to smash states and make
trouble. generally, Since then
General Prof. W. r. Dobbyn has
been scared out of his wits, and
had a general attack of fever and
ague.
The arrivals at Minneapolis
over the Breckenridge division
of the G.. N. are duly inspected
by Prof. Dobbyn's detectives it
is said, SO as to locate and ferret
out the business and perigrina-
tons of every man that may have
passed through the precincts of
our county. Every arrival of a
Kandiyohian appearance is &C.
costed and made to stand and de-
liver what he knows Of politics in
and around Kandiyohi. But not
enough with that, the wonderful
creative inauguration Of Prof.
", r, Dobbyn has called W the
spectre Of certain middle Of the
pop from New York by the name
of Cali, who played quite a con-
spicnous part in the ST, Louis
convention. This Call is said to
have passed through the cities,
and been to see Tams Bixby and
other bad people. Then he is
said to have gone west, to Kand-
iyohi of course, and started the
middle Of the road programme
here. ss -ss.s= = : -... SIS
OF course Prot Dobbyn has
our genuine sym pathy. He sup
posed that he carried around in
his pocket the peoples party Of
Minnesota and that=What bargain
he makes is binding on us. He
cannot und erstand we are told,
how we out here,in the wild erness=
Of Kand yohi, dare to differ from
him, or questio bis dictum.
When, at the conf rence between
the populis and demo crats, We
insisted that the people S party
should BE pro- perry ecognized
Prot p bly, aro se and said that
il was zonly sgr1nt LED congress:
siional aspirapts from the IT'D
distriictt were kic lkin That
Of course vas az ar nent= that
I.Wescould : sllsWe Of least be,
fore Office hungryI demo- rats, but.
We 81, vii see chat the Prof IS
answered at the 1aext 1s tate con
ventio g IS
The Pro can. save q q his de-
tsctiYe slabor md Obi ounty
issgoi az down tJ saes lis tice done
tot The peoples par ne matter
aFhether the S.!
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18

The GO. Psu pplenents give
g list Of democ ratio papers oil.
legged TO have serted Bryan.
About three fourths Of the mum
be named orting Bryan.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18
:volved, and act as it shall seem
best all things consid cred. Let
every delegate go to the conven
ton and do his duty unintluenced
by any faction. +.
"a S I. @ 81 81 3S: CT &e:ss .@tE
THE Po Q II STATE s: 4, 2
: .s'5, TICKET. I:

: '-~ llChE1. =. -. H..
1t is evident that there exists
considerable opposition to the
ratification by the Peoples party
state convention of the nomina-
tons made by the recent Demo
cratic state convention. One
cause Of the opposition is that
Hon. John Lind, the democratic
candidate for governor, has made
no public declaration that he is
in sympathy with the principles
and purposes of the Peoples
party except on the one issue of
free coinage. This is an issue
whichzdoe not enter into or. be-
come part of the state admins
tration. The peoples party of
the state want reform in the adj
ministration of state affairs.
They want warehouse commits
sion that is independent of and
not subject to the influence of Jim
Hill and other railroad autocrats
or of the milling and elevator
com bines of Minneapolis. They
want the wasteful and extrava-
gent state boards replaced by
honest and economical men; they
Want the pine and iron grabbing
rings broken up; they want
the rate of interest reduced, and
they want lot Of other things
which the governor can WELD a.
powerful influence towards Sc
curing if he is in harmony with
them. If John Lind is in har-
mony let him declare it. If Lind
is elected governor it will be by
popullst votes, and the populists
feel that he must be their govern
or. The point is right here. The
popu]ists have voting strength
Of 100000 or more in Minnesota,
the free silver democrats half as
many, the free silver republicans
an unknown number, but it is
necessarily small, and they have
no organization or cohesive
strength. The principles advo'
Gated by the peoples party have
been the power that has disrupt
ed the old parties; the rank and
file of those parties, in order to
save something for themselves,
have put into exercise their
trained political craft and skill
and have very nearly outgener-
allied the less experienced leaders
of the peoples party. The ques-
ton now is, shall the peoples
party, which is the strongest and
ana the growing party, confirm a
deal by which they are likely to
be robbed of all the fruits of
victory. Unless John Lind
makes public declaration of be-
lief in and sympathy. with all the
cardinal principles of the peoples
party and makes pledges that the
principal departments Of the
state government will be headed
by peoples party men, he can
not be nominated for governor
by the Peoples party state con-
yention. - 49,. :
The case is not parallel with
that of Bryan at st. Louis. In
that case the democracy at Chi
cago mas adop!eo plat1ofm po'
pulistic in it's every plank and be.
SIDES, the democratic party > ma
tlonally: was much e'n. stronger than
the peoples party. People $
party delegates were SATISFIED J;
with Bryan and ms principles;
they were not satisfied. with
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18

esthought that long as We.
Weren trunniiln % utlre. po.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18

TUESDAY, AUGUST 18TH, 1896.