The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-25
MIR. TONNES ADDRESS.
The Candidate for Congress Closes
the Feast.

Mr.. Towne told in opening an anec-
dote Of Daniel Webster to illustrate
the feeling that was stirred up by the
mention Of the name Of John Lind. II
do not need to commend that name to
yCu," said Mr.. Towne. You know
him as citizen, as a legislator and in
public life, and you will know him yet
as an administrator" He spoke of the
peculiar gifts that had made Mr.. Lind
eminent, and said that the traits which
made Abraham Lincoln a great man
had had the effect Of making people
call John Lind an honest man. He
told of the advocacy of the financial
theories Of the Democratic platform
Of 1895 by Mr.. Lind since 1896. He
said that the conditions are such this
year Mr.. Lind will be elected gov
ernor. It makes no difference who his
opponent may be. Mr.. Lind believes
that the Republican party, when 1t
spoke in state convention in 1894 In
advocacy OF bimetallism, was right
not because it was Republican doc
trine, but because 1T was right. The
speaker referred to the time when, af-
ter the declaration at st. Louis him
self and John Lind had walked out Of
the Republican party never to return
to it. The statement called forth a
burst Of applause that stopped the
speaker for several minutes. He said
that the failure Of the Republican par
ty in 1898 to declare against trusts and
nlonopol1es was another evidence of
the total corruption Of the party he
had been forced to leave. He charged
the Republican party with the expen-
diture Of $18,000,000 in carrying the
country.
Mr. Towne declared that John Lind
and his friends believed in the rights
Of the wealthy and the preservation of
those would be provided but for the
corrupting influences Of wealth they
would have no respect and would per-
NIT no legislation.
'"The election of John Lind this year
would be heralded over the country as
stand in the platform Of 1896" said Mr.
Towne. John Lind is known as
standing for the money Of the consti-
tuition, and his election will be accept
ed as the acceptance by the people Of
those principles which we hold dear"
The speaker went into a free dis
cussion of the merits OF the financial
issue He went through the history
Of the attempts to establish the gold
standard in foreign countries.
He declared that the only way to kill
the silver issue was to kill the human
race.
Referring to the Spanish war, Mr..
Towne declared that when the guns of
Dewey awoke the echoes Of Manila the
nations Of Europe got new tip on
the greatness of the democracy. and
that the countries across the Atlantic
would listen to the declarations Of this
country as to it's finances with more
respect
He made a remark on the presence
Of M. A Hanna in St. Paul and wish
ed that Mr. Hanna could but be in
some telephone connection with this
gathering and that the speeches that
had been made might soften him.
Going back to Mr.. Lind, the speaker
said:
"John Lind is an American. He was born
abroad Well. we all were a few years ago.
He comes OF great race, that has done
much for human liberty in Europe. and that
same race has had much to do with the
development Of this state. He will lead you
to q victory this fall.
ENGLAND never formed foreign alliance
for the. benefit Of the foreign ally. We
cannot help but condemn her seven centuries
Of oppression Of Ireland, her forcing Of
opium on the Chinese. aye, farther back. her
tyrannizing over our own colonies. when she
took our own hide for a six-penoe and sold