The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-10-13
CAMPAIGN OR '9S.
Remarkable Lack Of Issues.
Character of Mr.. Eustis
Assailed.
WHAT Ros1NG FINDS TO KICK ON
Prospects of Republican Vic
tory Were Never Better
Than Today.
GENERAL POLITICAL INTELLI-
GENCE.
ST.. PAUL, Oct. 10. 1898.

The political campaign OF 1880 plus
fair to 90 down in history as one alto
rether peculiar and entirely unique.
The Sranish war, in addition to hav.
ing killed few American soldiers has
killed large number OF American
political issues It is hard to realize
that only two short years ago the spell
binders and street corner orators OF
every town, city and cross roads In
this broad republic were engaged In OK.
cited discussion as to the advisability OF
the free coinage of silver at the ratio
of Is to 1. Well, Mr.. William j.
BRYAN, that wondrous prophet of the
new financial evangel, is now Colonel
William j. Bryan of the great Ameri.
can volunteer army, seeking reputa-
ton at the lannon's mouth. -
with his regiment down somewhere
in the neighborhood of Jacksonville,
Fla. The best evidence that the finan.
cial and business situation is growing
more and more satisfactory is found in
the fact that political platform orators
are having difficulty in discovering
just what political issues the voters
are at present interested in. Nobody
any longer shouts for the free coinage
of silver. Everybody is singularly and
entirely happy at the results achieved
by both the army and the navy In che
Spanish war. What shall we kick
about, and who shall we kick? are the
conundrums being propounded by the
cranky leaders Of popular discomfort.
Chairman Rosing of the Democratic
state central committee has marle one
or two puny discoveries. VIII Gin he is
endeavoring to twist into great
political issues in this piping tine
of political peace. He has discovered
that Hon. William H. Eustis, the Re-
publican candidate for Governor Of
Minnesota, was a member OF the
Board Of Directors of the infamous
Guaranty L 'an swindle in 1890. He
has failed to announce to his constitu.
ents, however, that strict judicial in.
vestigarion into that bad me 8, held in
Hennapin county While the scent was
warm, entire exonerated Mr.. E ast.s
from all responsibility in the premises.
bis consent to the use of his name for
the Guaranty Loan Directorate, thai
he had forced the withdrawal of his
name therefrom full year before the
crash came. and that his action was
one of the chief causes for the early
downfall of the institution.
And then Mr.. Rosing further dis.
covers that MIR. Eustis was one
of the earliest and most persist.
emit promoters of the construction
of the railroad from NJ nneapolis to the
Sault Ste Marie-the much talked
about and widely advertised $500"
line It must have gotten through even
the thick skull of Chairman Rosing by
this time that the farmers, lahoripg
men, merchants and business men of
Minnesota have learned to regard the
promoters of the construction of this
great line of railroad as public bene.
factors. In all the history of railway
construction in America there has
never been railroad built which has
proved 80 valuable as check upon the
rapacity of Western railroad trusts and
combines as the $500" road. It both
freight and passenger traffic from the
centre of the ontinent to both the At.
lantic and Pacific oceaDs the $500"
line has served the purpose of reducing
rates fully one-half, and that, too, dur.
ing the last two years.
Yes. Mr.. Eustis was one Of the orig.
inal promoters Of the $500" railroad,
and money contributed by him helped
to build that great road.
These two charges, together with
the SANDERS evolved by the Demo.
cratic agents for diverting the veteran
soldiers from their long and honorable
allegiance to the Republican party,
comprise the whole Of the Democratic
list of campaign issues in the state
OF Minnesota. Over against these the
Republican party points with pride to
20 years of rule in the North Star
State-years during which the conn
mon wealth has grown from line Of
frontier villages to be one the greatest
of the states of the American Union.
1t points to the most munlfcently en-.
dowed system Of popular education
ever evolved in the worlds history:
to more than 1900, 900 pc ople-free,
contented and independent-following
their chosen occupations with none to
terrorize or make them afraid. Min
nesota has the credit among her sister
states of supporting large population
who are possessed with strong and
vital endowment OF good horse sense
They have never been fooled In.
to giving Democratic majority
during the whole 40 years Of the states
history. They are not at all likely to
commence educating themselves for.
matriculation into the school for feeble
minded during thu campaign OF 1898.
The Republican campaign was fully
opened for bus mass by the speech OF
Mr.. Eust.s at MARKET Hall in St. Paul,
last Monday night, to one Of the largest.