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yate his fellow men, no matter by whom
presented or who should be the immedi-

saNC HiS lcA4OW lutf1, HO UaIleT Dy WnOm
presented or who should be the immedi-
ate beneficiary.
Roger Vail, the. great preacher. furn-
ished this frank statement It is not the
first time that the republican managers
have dragged religion into politics to de-
feat honorable men. Four years ago
they fought Dan j4awler, NOT openly, but
|surreptitiously, on the ground that If
elected he would be the supple tool Of
Archbishop Ireland, to toist his ..Fari-
bault plan on the people of this state.
| They fought Tom Canty the same way
VIII. n running for the supreme bench,
telling Catholics he was an infidel and an
A. P. A., and telling Protestants he was
all orthodox 1ARomanist." These tactics
are borrowed from the British govern
ment, whose agents have always fomen-
ted strife and diseord among it's subjects
over religion In order to keep them di-
vided and oppressed. The advocates of
the British gold standard in this country
ale using the same weapons for the same
object, but I hope they will not be as
successful as their British prototypes.
John Lind is now stigmatized as an inf
del on the one hand, and {, religious bi-
got ON the other. believe he IS neith-
er. have never asked to what denom-
ination he belongs, or if he belongs; to
any, and don't care. I know lie is a
broad-guaged man, for on one occasion
he delivered a noble address in congress
in favor of religious liberty and de-
nounced bigotry and intolerance in burn
ing words. am sure it is not in the in
teri st of religion that his political oppo-
nents attack him during this campaign.
Why should Sam Peterson, the oleaginic US
gentleman frc n, New Uln, and Mike Dor
an, the ex-sachem Of st. Paul, send out
their circula: to Catholics? One OF them
is not Il Catholic and the other is only
one in name, who has not 'larkened the
interior of a Catholic church for, 10, these
many years. The republican managers
are resortiLg to despicable methods in
this great contest. They have played the
religious racket very adroitly, and have
won to their side Bob Ingersoll, the SCOT
| Far 0f po1 1nh I'M vol, lt.
dox prelate, and Eckols. the head Of the
A. p. A. That ought to satisfy them.
am firmly convinced that all sensible
Catholics and Lutherans will pay no at
iention to the vile charges circulated a.
gainst the next governor of Minnesota.
John T. McG6rran added his condem
nation in the following: With reference
to the affidavit distributed by the 'Repub-
lican managers, wherein Sam Peterson
accused JoEn Lind Of opposing D. w.
Lawler, candidate Cor governor four
years ago, on the grounds that he was an
Irishman and that it would not be safe
to trust the administration in the hands
of It Catholic, am CONVINCED without
doubt that it is the last effort of the tot
tcring combination Of unscrupulous pol
itlcians that have controlled the lcgisla-
tlon of this state for the past twenty
years, to wheel the Catholic vote into
line for their candidate. But they make
a mistake when they think that they can
bhndfold,he Irish Catholic vote of this
state and draw them into religious
warfare against man simply because he
is not of their creed. The Catholic vot:
er does not draw his religion into poli-
tics, and he is always ready to support an
honest and upright man of another faith
rather than an INSCRIPTIONS one Of his
own. l never saw John Lind in my life
until last Friday night, but I have read
his record in Congress, and have always
found him opposing bigotry and advo
eating the rights of the people, and any
one that witnessed his denial OF that
statement at the Exposition Friday night
cannot but be convinced of the honesty
that emanated from his lips. I believe
that circular will make a largo number
of votes for Mr. Lind, because it will
arouse the Indignation of the Irish-Amer-
lean voters, and any of them that here
tofore have been neutral in the fight will
take off their coats and resent an insult
which would attempt to parade them be-
fore the public as stool pigeons of poll
tical party.
q Some Other Yarns.
. Another of the stories that was FREE
J; Quenrly circulated to hurt Mr.. Lind was
to the effect that he would have no time
. to attend to the duties Of the Office in
. case he should he elected. Why? Be
cause lie would be kept busy looking af-5