Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

apolls, it still remains an indisputable
TACT that he is the special representa-
tive OF the silk stocking Minneapolis
arlstocracy. He personally repre-
sents the element in the republican
party that is, and has been for years,
the most offensive to the common reo-
pie OF the state, not only populists
but the best class of republicans as
we'll. I cannot and will not assume
any attitude that will in any manner
contribute to infiict a Eustis admins
tratiOn on the state of MINES ota. Let
there be no misunderstanding on that
point.
On the other hand, let Mr.. Lind's
failings be what they may, for l pre-
sumo he is human like the rest of us,
he is nevertheless the most conspicu-
Gus representative of the common peo-
pie before the public for their sutfra-
Lind the most conspicuous rep
Tesent0tiUe of the common
people Of minnesota, it he is
a. Suede, and Scn11di1nUiu71s
ought to be proud Of him.
ges for high and responsible Office to-
day. He halls from the country dis
trict. His interests and sympathies
are with US out here, especially so as
contrasted with Eustis. 1t is true he
is foreign born, and Swede, but his
ability and patriotism, 1 think, make
up for that, and the Scandinavians of
the state should feel pleased and graf
fled that a man of their nationality is
SO we'll qualified to be so worthy Of
their support for the highest Office in
the state. In fact, the defeat OF Mr..
Lind now under present circumstances
by Swede or Scandinavian votes
would in my humble opinion be a dis
grace on our nationality. Mr.. Lind
is in truth a better republican than
Mr.. Eustis, and how any Swede under
the plea of political partisanship in
this off year when no party questions
are up for solution can fail to sup
port him passes my comprehension,
and serves only to show how the po-
litical party whip can drive the manli-
ness out Of mankind. Vote for Lind
to man.
RinSdaz should be supported.
The same reasoning applies practi-
cally speaking to Mr.. Ringdal for
congress, and with almost equal
force. Vote for Ringdal.
In regard to the county ticket it is
conceded on every hand by fair-mind-
ed republicans as we'll as populists
that we have the strongest, cleanest,
ab]est and most representative ticket
ever put in the field in Kandiy obi
! county. The republicans attempted a
sort of house cleaning at their county
convention, but made sorry mess of
it. The old elephant got booty, I
guess, and threw out some Of his best
| furniture and left in it's place some
delapidated, old and WORKOUT uten-
sils. AS consequence many Of the
The Peoples party county ticket
the best eUeT put up.
cleanest republicans Of the county
have come to the conclusion that the
only way to clean out the republican
Office holding clique in this county is
to, in this year of the Lord 1898
when there are no national issues at
stake, elect the Peoples party county
ticket The republican candidates are
of course up in arms against this in
dependent spirit in the republican
party, and their personal organ is
denouncing these patriotic republicans
as 'un-American, unpatriotic and I'M
safe'' and political heretics.
Now candidly looking at this mat
ter from standpoint Of fairness, what
is there to hinder intelligent and clean
republicans from voting for our ticket?
We have for instance at the head of it
Mr.. o. N. Grue for state senator, one
of the representative farmers of Kan
diyohi county. Mr.. Grue has made a
success Of farming and is well-to-do,
and that without getting his start in
! life in public Office. Moo questions
his ability to fill the Office he is run
ming for as we'll AS, and better than,
his opponent. And without in any
way rejecting on the character of his
opponent, Mr.. L. O. Thorpe, the lat
ter having had the honor of one term
and we presume his own pet legisla-
:. Senator Thorpe ought to retire
! 7 and. nllo1U Farmer Gzzte to go
i 071d represent the farmers:
ltion. could we'll afford to step aside
and let the farmers Of the county get a
senator from their midst to represent
/ them. I know from personal CONVEX.
satiOn that very many of the best re-