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the committee would put some man
whose name could not have been brought
before the convention. a~And then it would
be everlastingly too late for the Peoples
party to takesany independent action this
year.
This was the actual situation confronting
the mid-road convention. And the mid
readers were not responsible for this state
of affairs. If Lind was and would be, d
candidate why did not some one of his
champions come out and openly say so,
and produce some authentic evidence from
Lind himself that he would accept, if NOM
mated? | firmly believe that if indisputable
proof had been produced that Lind would
accept the second ticket world not have
been put into the field, not at least then
and there. Not until we had heard from
Lind. and learned what ground and in
what manner he accepted the nomination
Mr.. Donnelly himself said in the conven-
ton that he would accept Lind as an indie
pendent candidate for governor. Very few
mid-roaderS object to Lind personally Let
that be clearly understood. But we most
emDhatically object to Lind as an instru-
ment IN the hands of the Democratic part,
and the fusion Populists to merge the Peo-
pies party into Democracy. And unless
| am greatly mistaken about John Lind
he VIII never serve any such purpose And
L here and now assert that the d-road
Populists are the true and loyal friends o.
John Lind and the Democrats and fusion
Populists are his real enemies under the
guise Of pretended friendship
Now, then, l say, under these circum-
stances there was nothing else FOR the mid
road convention to do than 10 put ticket
In the field. One-half of mid-road dele
gates from the country remained over 10
take some definite action to repudiate Zeke
Austln's program, aid to have adjourned
with a simple protest would have been
equivalent to the action of the street
gamin who, after he was whipped went
on distance and called his antagonist a
dirty, low-lived The putting IN
OF a ticket as the mid-road convention did
was the only logical and sensible thing it
could do If it meant anything by its kick
And L dare say that the 422 mid-roadt .;
who voted for the Meghan resolution to .,
man approve the action taken.
One idea more and / am done-If John
LIND wants to be governor of Minnesota
after next January he must take the
Meigken highway. If John Lind wants 10
unite the anti-Republican vote at the polls
next 1all, he must come out as a strictls
independent candidate for governor. He
must distinctly state that he is not a Dem
ocfat, not Republican, not a Populist but
Simply Citizen Lind; that he repud :ates all
nominations far offered and is tied to oo
party, click or faction, but is simply john
Lima and ask for votes for himself and
nobody else. If John Lind will do that he
can DE elected governor of Minnesota. in
Understand. l am no: advocating that
John Lind should do that. I am NOT wa
Eering one iota IN my support of our tick
et But | say to the. friends. of John Lind
anywhere. that that is the only way that
John Lind can i'm any event be elected GOV
ernor of Minnesota in this year of our Lord
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1t IS to the friends of John Lind I throw
out this fact. You would not listen to rs
neIore nor at the convention. You calculat-
ca that our mid-rOad ticket would turn
out to be so-called Doc Ames affair. Won
see now you are mistaken. You see now the
feoples party is split In twain bv vour
-she Austin bulldozing program. You see
no" hoI only your darling Lind defeated
put probably every Populist county officer
III the state defeated and the reform move
ment IN the state destroyed by fractional
strife. And remember on your heads and
not on ours. lies the blame
DR.. CHRISTIAN JOHNSON
Niilnar, July 1, 1895