Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-08-05
q. a. TOwiNE..

the widest circulated and The most
influential of all Swedish papers in !.
this country, recently contained a
we'll written editorial in favor of !
Hon. c. A: Towne, the peoples
choice for Representative OF the
Sixth District. In this article MIR.
Towne is characterized as a true
representative OF the people, and the
article also states the fact that no
congressman has ever accomplished
so much for the good of his district
as did Mr.. Towne during one term i
he represented the Sixth District in i
Congress. We take pleasure to give
our readers a brief extract from the
article in question. Among other
things it has the following to say
about the distinguished loader If the
reform forces of this district:
CIV hen a great majority OF the Repub-
lican leaders were induced, at the Nat
ional convention in St. Louis, 1896,
to throw their party principles On the
money question aside and to bow before
the powerful gold trust and other COM
binations mimical to the welfare OF the
people, {. a. Towne was one OF the few
who possessed enough manhood to
stan 4 by his principles and defend what
be regarded Just aud ighteous cause.
He has ever since been harassed and lied
about by the corporation journals
which have no use for man of such
sterling integrity as C. A. Towne pos
sesses. They have also, following the
orders OF their masters, used the most
dirty means in order to defeat him at
the polls. When Mr.. Towne was can
didate for reelection two years ago,
large amounts OF money from Mark
Hanna's corruption fund were aistribu-
ted all over the district. and when this
effort did not have the desired effect .
laborers and subordinates in many
large establishments were told in quite
plain language that they could cX ,,tct
to b. left in the cold'' II they cast their
votes iii favor OF {. A. Towne, this
manly and fearless defender OF their
rights and privileges. On the iron
ranges thousands OF voters were driven
like cattle to the polls, and the bosses,
(the Mine SUPPLEMENTARY openly re-
fas 4 vlal.i:iss-rs from ;lvrr:s>riu part 90
10 b' present in order to l,,~!.cct the BAL
utillr.
81 - ,>!i,.,r then. that {. T.. roWue
was deiei.',t!. i Wu~ ill ilonyrt,uie de-
feat. The majority ''i ;At gold aud eor~
poration candidate Was only /. l." hu;,-
died votes. Duluth gave Town. M
jority OF about two t.!ou>2Hd vote
The Duluth people kaew him nu'] 'h"y
truste'i l4iul. On'.y a irW Swedish VOTES
liz Duluth could be induced to cast their
votes for Eage Morris, also he Il i'u|u1h
man. They knew his record asa public
official, ana that record '!'d nor point
towards l., single act through which he
lad Identified himself With the Ina-sr5
Of the 2enp!e.
During Tie last t NJ years Mr. TOwne
has never ceas: d TO work for the sacred
rights OF the people, and he stand, st
present as the recognized leader OF the
very large class OF Independent voters
known as Silver Republicans. There is
no doubt but tnat the corporations
shall use every effort ia order TO bring
about hie defeat in the coming election.
Plenty of money will be distributed in
the district for the purpose, many g'im-
mering promises will be given anew,
and we shall also see repeated many
disgraceful efforts of soaring and subdu-
ing the laboring vote of the Sixth Dis
trict.
But the times have somewhat changed
during the last two years. The voters
have learned great many things since
last election. They have learned among
other things that the promises given
so freely have not been kept, that the
prosperity has not yet arrived and that
a gold standard and starving wages be-
long together. They have also learned
that labor is something very uncertain
as long as gold syndicates, trusts and
monopolies are all ,wed to legislate in
their own favor and not rebuked in
their efforts to destroy every vestige OF
Tree competition. And free competition
is one OF the most necessary things in
order to procure the independence and
welfare OF the laboring classes. -. q.
A great majority OF the voters OF the
Sixth District are aware OF these facts,
and they shall vote accordingly. They
shall vote for a candidate who ii elected
will be a true representatives OF all the
people in his district and not only rep
resentative of a few favored corporat-
ions and monopolies.'
For Sale.