The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-10-27


fuses to be considered either the Demo.
cratic or the Populist candidate for
| Governor. Hissfriends Of the colnbina-
ton, who nominated hun, note with
pain that while he is with them he is
not of them. AS he proclaimed at
Minneapolis, he is a political orphan. y
Mr. Lind was trained from bcyhood
inthe Republican SCHOOL, of political
| thought. That means thatfsie was edn-
Gated to discuss and to understand
broad principles of government. ami to
ignore the dervish howlings of the mere
demagogue and spoils hunter: It is
therefore not surprising THAR he is at
heart very much ashamed of the COM
pany in which he is forced. to travel
during the campaign of $685..
To comprehend just why Mtg Lind is
too much ashamed of the company
in which he finds himself. IN
this year of our Lord, it.
will only be necessary for theocitizsi'
of average Intelligence to look in upon
any orls of the numerous committees
headquarters which are labeled@''Demos-
cratic or ''PopuIfst" in any maieratelg
large center Of population in thse Stats
of Minnesota today At these rlurne1=-
Gus Headquarters political Interest,"
seems tn have. entered into unho2y bonds
Of matrimo1sy with every unclea1n
prejudiCs' known to undeveloped huanank
nature. Here lame and impotentpplit--
i1al corsuptiom is found arm inH arm
with all the reactionary forces which.
forever struggle to compel mankind
back into the realms of RsarbarisSn.-
, When Mr.. Lind 0perett his cssnpaigll.
befre good sized aUilieRce l. Mime
apols, the notable feature Of HIS
speech ware his announcement; that
he was a political orphan together
WITH bis tacit denial Of amy sort Of al
filiation with eithar tie Democratic o2-'
Populist PARTIES; and his effort to ignore
the free coinage OF silver as an issue in.
the present campaign. Two years. ago
Mr. Lind proclaimed himself q Repub--
ican upon all the issues between parties
excepting only the free coinage issue at
the rsste of 18 to /. This year he admits
that the free coinage issue is dead, and
now very properly announces himself as
"a political orphan" "
~
1t seemed very funny to be listening
. to John Lind mounting over the stale
and 0utw0rn Arguments of Democratic
and Populistic denagpgues. He was
particularly unhappy in trying; to.
fix upon the shoulders of thse
Republican party the responsi bilitE
for the growth of monopolistio tendenr-
'cies and the increase of gigantict trusts
and combines. No one knows better:
than Mr. Lind that the evolution. of
:monopolizing tendencies in trade. man
ufacturing and business, is alC sevil fdS
which aa eue political party is in. any
sense responsible; and none k3:ows'better:
than he. either. that the great thinkers
and leaders Of she Republicanparty,-a are
today engaged in striving to solve these
new pr,ablemS In government. without
doing wrong GU injustice to any mana or
any intsrest.
Ittiss oaclH'rc Lsss5 % ser man oftMf:.:
Lind'ks aaE-srJs: ..stss;ed Intelligence stoop--
ing tptale cheapest arts of the barroOm
demagpgue while striving 40 securee the
votessf his fellow citizens for the high
est office i'm their gift Fortunately, the
peopla-of Minnesota are tso WELL edue-
Gated en- political questions to be esaught;
theeIaarest political place saunterss
~
WFaen NJ. Lind-the 2elitical orhanr--
ct his grand opening IN Minneapolis,
took -o"-ddo, to make an7ind;se riminate,
and Gnwsssr~ nted assault upon Mr.; Ken
yoas. a." SITE Public Examine rsh he very
ewsasy:lfly did not stope to consider the
probability that Mr.. Kenyon might pos
sess f. ct.s and figures In his Office. WITCH
wontd tend TO relieve Mr., Lind himself
of that Lettering pse alonim of: Honest
John" Very opp gtunelys. however.
MIR. Kenyon discovered that the Brown
county bank-of which. Mr. LIND
is a director-fad bean. engaged
in identically the same ssrt
or ClSrepuCaDle performances Wnccn
occasioned SO Inuch. public scandal
against the Banls of Minnese&a i'm st.
Paul-the Institution which had pro-
voked the virtuous indignation OF the
political orphan"
The Bank OF Minnesota had violated
the provision Of the state law which for
bids the loadifng OF not more than Is
per cent Of It's capital to one individual,
firm or corporation. II had, indeed,
loaned more than so per cent of its cap
ital either to William Dawson or indus
tries representing the Dawson inter
est. 1t was this violation of the
plain letter and spirit of the law which
/ led up. to the downfall of the Bank of
/ Minnesota, and consequent losses to de.
| positors and stockholders. It was in
this connection that Honest John crit.
tcised the Public Examiner.
Mr.. Kenyon, the Public Examiner
when Mr.. Linas speech Mas published