The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-10-27

apolis, while it was enthusiastically re-
ceived by the large audience present,
has caused great deal of comment
pro and con, but principally con. His
statement that he was not now and
never had been q Populist was peb-
BILE which made broad ripple on the
Populistic pond.
Within four years John has de-
nounced and excoriated Democrats as
few had the ability to do; renounced
Republicanism and charged the party
with corruption and incompetency,
and repealed Populism. He can not
explain to the Republicans why be
now hates the party which he once
loved, for the party has not changed
in a single principle or policy. He
can not explain to the Democrats why
he should now love the party which
he once said furnished ninety per cent.
of the population of the State prisons,
for there is nothing to show that the
percentage has grown smaller since
that time. He can not explain to the
Populists why they should vote for
him when he says he has not and
never had an idea in common with
them. and he can hardly expect the
silver Republicans to whoop'er up for
him when he states publicly that free
silver is not an issue. If he can get
enough votes from the stragglers of
the parties, which he either denounces
or has denounced, to elect him COVER
nor he will have proven himself more
skilled in the arts employed by Stephen
Douglas than Douglas was.
***
Lind's statement that he is politi-
cal orphan lacks truth, or rather it is
a INSTRUMENTATION. There can
be no such a thing as an orphan
without parental death. Lind was
born into the Republican party and
raised under its tutorship. From it he
received inspiration, character, stand
ing and several fat Offices. The party
was his political father. Is the party
now dead? Well, hardly. 1t is
neither dead nor in the hospital. It is
mightier than when John sat at its
council tables, and it is going tc
spread its gospel in foreign and heath
en- lands. John is not an orphan but
a prodigal who ran away from bis
fathers house and fain filed his belly
with free silver husks. John Lind is
bright man, a convincing speaker
and an effective campaigner; but in
order to be elected governor of State
a man must have at least leg to stand
on.
The event of the week in the Twin
Cities has been the visit of Gen. Miles
with his wife and staff. Gen. Miles
came to get the true inwardness of the
Indian trouble and to look over Fort
Smelling with a view of ascertainine
to what extent the quarters could OF
should be enlarged. A reception wa:
given for the soldier visitors by the
Commercial club and speeches of vel
come we're given to which Gen. Miles
made an interesting response. Gen
Miles approaches the ideal in his ply
steal makeup and his graceful car
riage at once suggests the precision O.
the soldier.
Speaking of Gen. Miles, the ten
dency of the administration, or rather
the Alger wing of it, is to hecloud thu
career of the general during the late
war, and many of the prominent jour
nails of the country are throwing slur!
at him. But all that can be sale
against him is that he did not agree
with Alger or the war bureau at Wash
ington, oyer which Alger presided, ane
has never hesitated to say so. Man,
people are cautious in their remark
about the matter, believing it impru
dent to get the war authorities by tn
ears during such critical period o
the national government, but wa.
down deep they feel that Gen. Miles
being the commanding general of tn