The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-10-12

Tom Canty Den0unces the Men Who
stand in His Way.

1898, by reSOIuC1On roIuSeO 10 1nuOTSe
either of the candidates for the supreme
bench presented by the old parties, and
left the matter in the hands OF their
state central committee, with directions
to fiji the places with three lawyers,
who were true Populists and men of
good ability. And a week or two ago
the committee met and selected three
gentlemen for the supreme bench, whom
they believed possessed the necessary
requirements. 1t was, of course,
difficult job. Lawyers are not, natu-
rally Populists.- AS rule they &C with
the longest purse:-The dream OF every
young attorney is that, if he turns his
back on the people, and-keeps his mouth
shut, and is pliable and subservient, ne
may reach the haven of his hopes-em-
ployment by some great railroad cor
poration OF course there are noble
exceptions to this rule, but they are
few and far between. Moreover, even
of those attorneys who are Polulists,
earnest and honest reformers, many are
restrained by consideration of that $50
fee; and still more by certainty of out
rageous abuse.
Among the worst men in this state
is Tom Canty. He is shallow, vindic-
tive, energetic, scheming ignoramus.
He first came into notice as street
corner patriot and demagOgue, amid the
labor troubles of Minneapolis. He saw
chance, six years ago, by combining
the Populist vote with the Democratic
vote, to get upon the supreme bench.
His talents were hardly up to the level
of justice of the peace, but he packed
our convention with a bowling mob of
his tools, from the Twin Cities, and
secured the nomination, and was elect
ed Since then he has drawn 100000
from the taxes of the people; assisted in
destroying the farmers elevator at Du-
luth; tried to shuttle out of responsible
ity for that villainous decision by pre-
tending that he was such an innocent
lamb the old ramD that he don't
know anything in the world unless he
heard it discussed before the beach. He
has written a book, called Horse
Sense in which he proposed to end
the gold and silver controversy by
making coins of gold and silver fuse.
and welded together-a conception
worthy of a lunatic asylum. When he
ran in 1892 he sent man all over the
state to peddle pamphlet, showing
that he used, as boy, to drive his faith
ers farm wagon, with picture of him
self SO employed!
He is an arrant, dishonest demagogue
He has helped to demoralize the Peo-
pies party, and would crush ten par
ties to help Tom CAVITY.
He had hoped that we could not find
three lawyers who would take the Peo-
pies party nomination for judges Of the
supreme court, and when we die his
fury knew no bounds. He knew that
the real POpulists of the state would not
then be driven to the dreadful necessi-
ty of voting for him, Buck and Mitchell,
or the Republican candidates. If civil
ization would have permitted him he
would have gone at our nominees with
bowie knife. But not being able to
do this, he has assailed them most saw
agely in the Minneapolis Times. Why
that paper should be willing to be made
the medium of his ferocity when it pre-
tends to be supporting the Republican
ticket is hard to explain.
We quote the following extracts
from its screed of abuse. 1t is not
; necessary to say that the charges made
by the Times are all lies, and that both
Mr.. Twitchell and Mr.. Temple have em-
ployed counsel and commenced suits
against the Times for libel, laying thcir
damages at $4,000 each.
Here is the Times assault Canty,
there is no doubt, wrote the article In
Mr.. Temples case Canty was complain
ant, and in Mr. Twitchell's case he was
attorney.
AN ODORIFOROUS PAIR.
The mid-road Populists have thrust be-
fore the public the represent ,tives of
political and all other kinds of -eform-re-
drels. Ignatius Donne1ly, the statesman
scholar. lterateur and, last, but not least
reformer. is the sage and seer. scold and
schemer of the mid-road movement in
the interest of honest gov4n 1,nt ans the
highest interests of the people. Such a
noble, philanthropic and patriotic reform
has not been inaugurated during the nine
teenth century-accordng to Donnelly and
his Representative.
f. A. Twitchell who is the editor Of
Donnelly's paper the Representative. Ohs
nominating petitions were flied last Satur-
day. is one of Donnelys nominees for SUI
preme judge. and A. j. Temple is the
other. Twitchen- poses as the friend of
the people. and particularly Of he work.
ingmen. He has written an anarchistic
book entitled Bond and Industrial Sla-
very During the five six years of
boom times in Minneapolis he was one of
the army of curb stone brokers and real
estate sharks who plundered the ignorant
and unwary The records of the courts
furnish abundant evidence of his swindling
transactions. and The Times is prepared
| to Dub,isE. some of these records should
proof of the charge here made. be de-
manded.
\. J. Temple. DOnnellys other candidate
| for supreme judge is a chronic deadbeat
who has long been looked upon with dis
trust by boarding house keepers, and can
therefore hardly be said 20 have "a local
habitatiOn and name He shifts his base
of supplies frequently that his address
in the ely directory is no safe indica lion
| of his residence week after it is printed
| In 1885 he was. on the complaint of Judge