Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-30
LIND AND KNOX.
They Discuss Political Issues
Here but Create no SYM
pathy for Their Cause.

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Mr.. Knox made n conservati tive
speech aud appeared to be attempt
ling to allay the fears Of anarchy ex-
cited by the Chicago convention.
His address was well delivered, bnt
like other efforts on his side Of the
Question, was almost entirely devoid
OF argument and contained many
mistatements:
He said conditions had not been
"a tisfactOry in this country recently,
but failed to show how the twin
remedies Of free trade and free silver
were going to effect a change for the
better. He spoke OF certat9 indi-
lyiduals who had obtained enormous
wealth and said he did not blame
the persons who had acquired the
wealth, but the system that enabled
them to do 1t. Apparently not re-
fecting that no country ever did. or
ever can advance in civiliza ton and
prosperity without some men acquir-
ing wealth. :. ~. "a. s..9
He reviewed the Republican and
Democratic conventions at st. Louis
and Chico 20, and among other
things stated that the constitution
Of the United States provides that
both silver and gold should be coined.
Mr.. Knox ia a lawyer and should.
aud probably does, knew better
than this, as not one word Of this
import is contained in the instru-
ment referred to. He said most all
the leading Republicans had advO-
ated free silver within vearor two.
This Of course is absolutely and un-
qualifedly false. -.
He claimed that the farmers had
been constantly gro wing poorer. a
statement directly refuted by the
facts and statistics. He claimed
that prices were absolutely con-
trolled by the amount of basic
money in the country. If this were
true during the war, when we had
no basic money at all except about
25 million dollars on the Pacific
coast, prices would have been
enormously lower than now when in
fact they were higher. ., -.
The act of 1873 he said by destroy
ling part of our money made the rest
more valuable. He forgot to say
that not a single silver dollar was IN
] circulation ut that time and that the
ratio of the silver dollars coined to
the gold coined prior to that time
was only as one to one hundred
The fractional silver can not be
taken into account because it was
not touched by the la w Of 1873.
He appealed to his hearers to vote
for Bryan, Lind and Towne. 4
! Mr.. Lind was then introduced by
E. F. Shaw. Mr.. Shaw in his intro.
ductory remarks said that the party
he represented was attacking every.
thing sacred to the people of the ma.
ton and they were now going to
attack every thing sacred in Morrison
county.
In taking the floor Mr.. Lind com.
plimented the audience, OF course
and stated that in SO large and III.
telligent an audience he did not ex.
pect to find them all silverites.
Like the speaker who proceeded
him he stated that his party were
not attempting to array the CLASSES
against the masses in this campaign,
but Immediately following attempt
ed to show that it was a fight OF the
producers and laborers against the
holders OF invested capital becatise &
few Democratic railroad attorneys
in Minnesota were supporting Nc
Klnlev or the sound money Demo-
Gratis. asa@ >5,t r.. s..'-af
His complaint was for the farmers,
whom, he said, were not producing
at profit. He advocated free silver
as the remedy for this condition. but
his explanation of how it would
correct it was very brief and on the
whole satisfactory 70 the whole
audience: -. ~
He then touched briefly on the
state issues, aud being q candidate
for the Office of chief executive, OF
course, did not descend to any great
personal attack on his opponent.
He claimed that Gov. Clough was in
the hands Of a railroad clique; that
he had ignored an act of Legislature
providing that appointments made
by him should be made ON the fitness
Of the candidate for the position,
and not on account of his political
pull. He also limited at railroad
land deal thet in his mind was not
above suspicion.
On the whole Mr.. Lind was dis
posed to be fair, and said that those
Republicans who thought that
Clough would administer the affairs
OF the state in an honest and safe
wav ahOn1d vote FIR him ~ not