Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31
NEITHER !. i HERO II NOR d MARTYR 7. /
The Jewel of Consistency Is
! Conspicuous By It's y.
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SOME slDE-L LIGHTS OF HISTORY
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Special to the News Tribune.

Special to the News Tribune.
Grand Rapids. June %. &c. C. Mccarthy
Of this city, one Of the leading citizens and
Charles a. Towne as the great hero and
martyr that many people seek to make
him. In conversation today with corr
respondent OF The News Tribune. Mr. Nc
which may be read with much interest by
the people throughout the sixth congress
stonal district. The following is q YER
batim report OF Mr.. Mccarthy 9 converse
Believing that the campaign Of Mr..
Towne is starting out under false colors,
believing that he and his free silver
true which are not true. and that they
are now industriously trying to create q
false sentiment, wish to call the atten-
ton OF the public, especially in st. Louis
Two years ago the Republican party in
this district nominated and elected Mr..
Towne to the American congress In that
campaign there We're three political par
asking for suffrage and power. In that
campaign Mr.. TOWne canvassed the dis
trict thoroughly. and discussed the prin-
ciples Of the three platforms thoroughly
ed, when there was no political campaign
the political storm, when there was
ana ste to e sny
ated sensation by showing out the flnan-
cial plank OF tho Peoples party platform,
leaping thereon, and sailing up and down
the district. shouting free silver at the
Before proceeding any further let us
stopTand view this strange spectacle. Ten
months before. this very financial plank
open canvass. Ten months before, Charles
A. Towne had put in nearly two full
months discussing this and the other plat
forms and financial theories: And yet we
find him, ten months after the campaign.
suddenly breaking loose and feeling 1t in
cunbent upon himself to let It be known
just where he was upon this Peaple,s par
that he was. then, in favor Of that plank:
The speech SIGNALLING this new depart
ure Of Mr.. Towne was delivered in the
Temple opera house, at Duluth, on the
ed in full In the Duluth Evening Herald on
the 18th. We will have occasion to refer
to that speech hereafter. .tss r @s.:&~5s
Afterward Mr.. ToWne delivered this
same speech in congress-, and Immediate
~ after the Republican national conven-
ton Mr.. Towne announced that he would
not be candidate upon the Republican
platform, but would be an Independent
This Is the history OF the career Of Mr..
Towne. 50 far, In politics. s.7
"a What else do we find? First, ever since
he si has BEEN correctly Tyre. reported rte and his
friends have said that he stood Just where
he did in the fall Of 1894, just before and
up to the time Of his election, and that as,
sertion is now being vigorously made by
the friends Of Mr.. Towne. Second, by
all sorts of means, by speech, by newspa-
per publication, by tone by attitude, by
friends seek to create the impression that
Mr.. Towne is q sort Of martyr to q great
cause that he has put away great pros
poets, that he has made a great sacrifice
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further than this, and are attempting to
weave around him q sort Of halo of sub
Unity, saying what q great and manly
stand he has taken" sst 81. ,s5ssz IN.
+ I take the position here and now that not
one Of these things Is true. First, that
Mr.. Towne does not stand now where he
did when he received the nomination and
Towne does not think for one minute that
he has made any great sacrifice, but, on
the contrary, he thinks that he is doing