The Princeton union., 1896-10-29
LIND And CL0UCH.
Lind Claims to be Republican
Still Although He is the
DemO-POp Candidate.
Why David M. Clough Would
Serve the Interests Of the
So r.
State Better Than Lind.

cepted the leadership of the combined
forces which are seeking it's overthrow
in State and nation, he has the inef-
fable meanness and hypocrisy to solicit
Republican votes on the ground that
he is still a Republican. He is beg
ging Republican votes to assist him in
his efforts TO defeat the Republican
party. If he is a Republican and in
favor of Republican policies, then he
is traitor to the Populists and Demo-
Gratis who nominated him as the repre-
sentative of their principles. If he is
true to the Republicans he is false to
the fusion party which entrusted him
with its leadership. If he is true to
the party which nominated him he is
false to his sneaking profession that he
still adheres to the Republican faith.
He is a double-dyed traitor to the
party he has deserted and to the party
whose cause he has embraced. He is
friend to the Republican party as
Judas Iscariot was friend of Christ,
when he betrayed the Master with a
kiss for thirty pieces of silver. His at
tempts to wheedle Republicans into
voting for him should be spurned with
indignation and contempt on these
grounds alone. But when they are
asked to vote to inf1ict the odium and
curse of Populism on this State, in the
person of this candidate of the Popu-
list party, every instinct of self-inter-
est and self-preservation revolts
agaist this gratuitous sacrifice of the
public welfare: No explanations and
no apologies will suffice to avert from
this State the disgrace and discredit
which would inevitably follow the
triumph of the Populist party in this
State, in the election of it's candidate
for governor. On this subject the
universal sentiment of all whose bust
ness or prospects are dependent upon
free flow of money into all the chan
nels of trade, is that the election of
John Lind would go far in neutralizing
the benefits which would result from
McKinley's election, so far as this
State is concerned. Those who have
the material interests of the State at
heart will, for these reasons, vote
against John Lind, without regard to
their party affiliations.
And if John Lind and David M.
Clough had equal claims to the Republi-
can vote and to the vote of citizens who,
on State issues, look only to the best
interests of the commonwealth, on
what ground could any thoughtful citi-
zen prefer John Lind to David M.
Clough? What is wanted at the head
of our State government is thorough
going, capable, honest, broad-minded
Business man, with the intelligence to
comprehend and the ability to promote
all the interests of the State which
come under executive jurisdiction.
David M. Clough is just that kind of a
man. A long and successful business
career testify to his uprightness and
capability as a business man when he
succeeded Nelson in the gubernatorial
office. The record of his administra-
tion has confirmed this testimony. No
fault can be found with his steward
ship. His enemies, with persevering
scrutiny, sharpened by their malign-
ity, have searched through every de-
tail Of his administration in the vain
effort to find some flaw Or some spot on
his record of useful and loyal public
service they have failed.
Dave Clough is not a polished or
fluent speaker. He is not glib-tongued
lawyer, skilled in making the worse
appear the better reason. He is a
plain workingman, who began life as a
poor laboring man. For many years
he worked as an axe-man in the lum-
ber camps and pine woods of this State.
until gradually, by industry and econ
omy and ability, he earned enough
money to go into business for himself.
He was successful and was at one time
wealthy, although in consequence of
the disastrous business depression of
the last three or four years, he is again
a poor man. But in all his business
career he was noted for his liberality
to his employees, for his careful atten-
tion to their interests and for the
timely aid he has piven tn anv nf thocoS
who needed it. There is no man in
Minnesota so generally popular among
his employees as Dave Clough.
He has a keen sympathy for laboring
men, because he has been a laboring
man himself. He is one of those men
in American public life who illustrate