New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-07-29

present policy is to increase the Nation
al debt to satisfy the insat late thirst fol
lgold Of the rich and powerful Monte
lndeo Leader
Minneapoli Penny Press: With the
availabA hall occupied, several hundred
| on the platform and several hundred
more taking up the standing room, a to-
tai assenblage Of not. far from $500
souls, filed with the white heat of en-
thusiasm last nights monster mass
meeting, IN ratification OF the act of yes
terday's convention in nominating John
Lind for governor. was a mighty tribute
to the man and those who named hlm ito
the cause and to the heroic independents
who in fidelity to conscience and convic-
ton have forsaken party to take up the
cause of country and people.
As repeated y foretold by the Penny
Press and as persisteptly denied by tie
gold press Of the Twin Cities, John LIND
bows to the command of the people to
become their standard bearer in the state
campaign now begun. Mr.. Lind has re-
peatedly, by word Of mouth and pen, in
private and in public print, declared his
unwillingness to become candidate for
any office in this campaign. His desire
has been simply to- participate in the bat
tie for principle as q volunteer worker
in the ranks, and then after the battle to
be allowed to retire to,kis practice and
private life. But the command that has
come to John Lind shis mout',, from
every party and class and w;.t:> Il life in
Minnesota, is one which comes 10 man
but once in a lifetime. Every condition
of the campaign points to him as the
man for the place and the duty. He is
the key to the situation. The people
have seen in him the step-stone to veto.
ry for. principle and cause, and the COM
mand which has gone forth is one which
no patriotic citizen could refuse to obey.
The man recognizes his: duty to his COM
monwealth as transcendlng that to per-
scnal preference. ...->t 49,. -.
It is only few weeks since the gold
standard Republicans attempted to rati-
fy Mckinley and Hobart in this same
hall. There were fewenpeeple in the en-.
tire auditorium than there were on the
platform alone last evening. There were
ten to twenty empty seats at the McKin-
ley Hobart meeting to every seat occu-
pied. The leading lights of the gold
cause in the Twin Cities were on the
program of oratory. There were speech
es by Eustis. Evans, Walker, and Pills
bury, and the abundant news notices in
the six gold standard organs Of St. Paul
and Minneapolis advertised also the
names OF those leading gold standard
spirits, Ex-Governor Merriam and ex-
Senator Washburn. But the meeting
was dismal tailure-as lacking in en-
thnslasm as cold drizzle of sleet in
Marcia little band of 500 scattered
about IN an auditorium capable of hold
ing over twenty times that number.
He who runs may reaa the significance
of the comparative attendance and en-
; thusiasm at these two meetings. The
hand writing is upon the wall.
The people are arousedl to their condi-
ton and that of the country, and party
lines cannot bind them. nor party COM
mands stifle them this year. They are
possessed by a conviction which tran
scends purtisanship. They are filled with
an idea charged with a principle to
which party prejudice must give way.
Patriotism commands their allegiance.
Love of country has borne down feeling
for party, The woods and prairies are
OH fire with the old spirit which made
patriots and heroesi in 1776 and 1860,
men are enlisting; volunteers are throng-
ing to the field. There is the same fire
Of devotion in this bottle Of the ballots
III 1896, as in the battle Of bullets 100
years ago. The same love Of country and
spirit of national honor, which nerved
men to fight for the principles of the
Philadelphia Declaration of Indepena-
Ience IN 1zz6, nerves men now to take
up the gauntlet against the st. Louis
Proclamation Of Dependence, IN 1886.
And we shall win. There can he but
one result, and that IS victory. Such q
spirit cannot be defeated. Hls nIghtiel
than any organization which money can
organize As stated BY John Lind il
his last words to the peopls last night.
..in every american contest where. there
has been j. hired >soldiery on the ons
i side and volunteers on the other, the
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