Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-09-18
Mr.. L[ND'S ACCEPTANCE.
Replies to the Notification Com
mittee of the Minnesota
Democracy.
Accepts Nomination for Gov
ernor, and Reviews Pend
Ing Issues.
Money Question Most lmpor-
tant, and Much Space De-
voted to 1t. ,:...r A..

tant, and Much Space De-
voted to 1t. 4.
ST. PAUL, Sept. 12.-The following Is
the letter of notification to Hon. John
Lind Of the Democratic nomination for
governor Of Minnesota and his letter Of
acceptances -
ST. PAUL, MIMI, Aug. %.
Hon. John Lind, New Ulm, Mimi;
S1R-The Democratic state convention
of Minnesota, which met at Minneapolis
on the 9th day Of this month, chose you as
it's candidate for the office of governor OF
Minnesota at the ensuing election, and
we were appointed committee to formal
ly notify you of such action. We take
this method of performing this honorable
and pleasing duty. =
We have delayed giving you this notice
until the various political parties Of this
state have met in convention, in the hope
that the Democratic tender of support
would be reinforced by that of the Peo-
ple's party of this state. Our hope has
been realized and you are now In posi-
ton toaccept the leadership Of the allied
forces Of the friends of free silver now
striving for the election of candidates, ma
tional and local, who have taken common
ground In the great struggle fer economic
reforSl in progress in the United States.
The convention did not overlook the
fact that you have not heretofore af1lli-
ated with the Democratic party; but In
this contest party lines are and will be
dirsegarded, or rather let us say, that q
new alignment Of the great political par-
ties is taking place. We find many of our
old and trusted lea rs, men who In the
past our purity hs{3 loaded with honors,
deserting us in the face of the enemy,
while from city, farm and hamlet through
out the land have come recruits-lnen like
yourself, mon fresh from the people, men
filled with lofty conceptions Of true Amer
lean manhood, who put country before
party, who recognize that great reforms
can Only be secured through some sacri-
fees and who in drisegard Of selfish inter-
ests and personal advancement COST their
lot and link their fate with those who are
doing battle for the right.
We believe the single gold standard now
established in the United States and
sought to be perpetuated, is an evil SO
great that unless abolished the masses
will be reduced to degradation and grind
ing poverty. Behind this wicked policy
loom vast aggregations of wealth, gigan-
tic and unlawful trusts and aggressive
corporations, all seeking, often by corrupt
and unlawful methods, their further az
grandizement at the expense of the pro-
ducer. >.a.
Already in this contest coercive meas
ures are being resorted to prevent the will
of the people being fairly expressed
through the constitutional means of the
ballot. Such methods pre-suppose either
that the mechanic, the laborer, the farmer
and the clerk have not sufficient intelli-
gence to 10 allowed to vote according to
their convictions, or that they have not
the right to do so. Either claim being
once established, government by the peo-
pie is at an end.
In Offering you this nomination and
the support of the Democratic party of
Minnesota, we cannot promise to wage an
expensive campaign in your behalf; we
can refer you to no we'll drilled and we'll
paid corps of assistants at our command,
we can, however, pledge you the manly
and intelligent support Of the rank and
file of our party, men who are earnest be-
cause they feel they are right and who are
brave because they are honest.
And because you have shown that you
are able to occupy high official position
without yielding to corrupting Influences;
because you follow your honest convic-
tions without regard to your personal ad-
vancement; because you believe in the
brotherhood of man without distinction
as to nationality, religion or social posi-
ton; because you are intelligent and far
seeing enough to realize the needs Of our
people, and brave enough to advocate the
peoples rights, we, upon behalf of the
Democratic party of the state of Mime
sofa, tender you the nomination Of that
party for governor and ask you to &C
cept it.
Z. JOHN p. REA, $50,
- FRANK. L. RANDALL, :.
r. e. G. GR1DLEY, a."
81 81. H1MMELMAN, JR.
:, THOMAS d. O'BRIEN
y Committee on Notification,