Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31

y Voice. eyes Yes Judge, so,ooo) ! came here.
fellow citizens, to make my home. and j!
have made It. came here to make friends
with these people and have made 9n, s. them hna
pitality the wide world over. ! came TO 9
people whom ] had been. led to believe
were phlegmatic In their dispoeitlons, coio
hearts and their homes, and all that am
with them expect to 30 up. with them
expect g &c dT Inv Eh then hen th sapeft e
pect Is fail. (Applause.) They have
fulness and with q hospitality that would
ppa bali days. / love this people. and /
am here tonight fellow citlzens. TO am
swer the call Of this people. (Applause.l
am here to answer their call ~ = Iaa.eo
q traitor and bastard. I say to this peo-
right hand-aye. ! would rather tear out
my than nssray r snem u n11n me- me-
t app -. now. fellow citizens We
are embarking upon serious Is. cam - q,
paign This country h hns reas %S,a
cou GsS'a today RSn Is II the throes q the
greatest political campaign that has has taken
place since the stirring days OF 1850 the
are te
ask whether or not that flag shall stand
as the emblem Of purity and honor here,
and whether It shall not the world over.
(Applause.)
upon me as the call to battle, and ask the
people OF this city and Of this district to
stand with me insthat spirit. have not
been q self seeker. call TO witness every
cal campaign since have been a resident
Of this city that / have been only trusted
private soldier. stayed by my friend.
f Geloael staysd b1 nv trend sas
In 1883 and $780,. I stayed by Mr.. searle In
1892. and stayed by Mr.: Charles A. Towne1
in 1894. (Applause.) Now. what ! shall
be said with the most absolute fairness. I
shall not hesitate to call things by their
names. / yield to no man In this town 10
my personal friendship Tor my opponent.
score. But say. fellow citizens. that I
will never follow him on the platform on
which he now stands. and no man VINO
believed in the principles which the Re-
publican party declared two years ago.
can conscientiously follow him. I shall
always speak truthfully, as Goa snail give
that shall not in this campaign at any
time speak maliciously. <
Now, fellow citizens. let US look back for
q few years. Let us look back for few
years, and let us see what there Is before
the people Of this commonwealth IN this
of the past, what we were fighting Tor.
and are not the same principles here?
Wherever the Republican party has stood
battle, the old Republican party has al
ways been victorious. It stands today In
the same way. It accepts the guage OF
battle, not only on the question OF protec-
ton, but it accepts the guage Of battle on
the question Of the finances Of this coun-
tected?") We heard something Of that
We heard someth1ng Of that IN the cam
who came around to tell us that II the
Democratic party were put In power, labor
would be employed at higher wages than
tie Il ne Country as and SAID then that the issue
was whether or not the laboring mems
wages should be increased. ask any la
boring man n this Sampaen w and a ns
many Of them whether they have any
wages at all: Now, fellow citizens, am
not going to talk to you about the tarih,
mine. two years ago, laid before you that
subject. You have not forgotten, you will
not forget. These gentlemen have thrown
down the g1age OF nattlH 70 US cI on T. in n
But want to recur. In 1888 we went mag
nifcently to victory-we went magnificent
" to victory in state, county and nation,
nna DEF 18th Of these United States ZAP
plause.) Lips more eloquent than nine
two years ago, told you all Of the magnih-
cent prosperity that followed the lnaugu-
ration Of BENJAMIN Harrison, and contin-
ued to the end OF his term. (Applause)
In four years from that time the people
for some understandable reason, some rea-
son that neithsr you nor ca n1aced Il m
the hands of the Democratic party. IN
three short years that Democratic party
has shown it's absolute incapacity for "a.
the policy which they then declared has
brought destruction and ruin almost to
the whole country. Isn't that fact? Do
we not know those thinesy Have they
to the home OF every man In this commons
wealth? Two years ago! All, fellow citi.
zens Is this the same old city OF Duluth?
81 I remember s SO well in the spring Of 1894?
Is this the same city? We remembered
then that for two years we had been wan
dering in the wilderness Of DEMOCRATIC IN
competency. We remembered well, then,
that the people were looking to the Re-
publican party to carry them out OF the
misunderstanding to that great old party
as they would to the shadow y, Of q gre great at
e eaa1 in The spring Of 1884. here IN the
city, Of Duluth, how the Republican hosts
cinct in this city, except st. Croix avenue
IApplause) We had the unprecedented
majority for my friend, Captain Lewis
for the mayoralty, OF over 1900: We res
cued the city from the hands OF the Demo-
Gratis. and we said then that that was q
preliminary combat-that we would sweep
| forward to the final victory. At that time
! there had come amongst us. and had been
| living amongst US, q gentleman, person
| Of eloquent speech, polished In manner.
accomplished in attachments, ana we
| placed him at the head Of those victorious
! legions, to lead US In the coming battle,
and we carried him to place and power by
the unprecedented majority in this district
i Of over 1900, and by the unprecedented
ltplurality Of over 1900. Do we forget those
| things? Now, I don't know what the other
| speakers said in that campaign, don
| Know what Mr.. Towne said. l. was too
/ busy talking for Mr.. Towne to hear Mr..
T Tow talk. was too busy carrying my
/ musket and shooting my gun In that bat
l tie. but know what he must have SAID
| I know what said; I know what every
1 other Republican, II he spoke the truth
said. and it was that we knew that In thai
campaien we could not accomplish protec'
ftfon-we could not restore the Republican
party to power. We knew that no mater
] BY what majority we might carry TN
house OF representatives we would not bt
/ able to get two-thirds majority IN tn
senate. and we would have against US
sS.n-+iIn nvor,,tive Didn't We say that