New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-09-21
Comes Out
Or ind.
Committeeman Outcheon Of the Gold De
mocracy Will Support Him
81 for Governor.


Silver, he Says, Is Not the Vital Issue.
Therefore He Believes in . Union
Of Democratic Forces.
The executive committee of the Ma |
tlonal Democratic party met on Wednes-
day at Chicago.
Among those present was Hon. r. w. |
~. Cutcheon, the St. Paul leader, who, |
two years ago, left his old political as
sociations and, along with Dan Lawler
and host of others, supported either
Mckinley or the Palmer Buckner ticket.
Through the influence of these men,
| it is fair to say that Lind lost enough
votes in Ramsey county alone to cost
him the election. Had they remained
true to the state ticket of their former
party, Ramsey county would have given
Clough a black eye and Lind would be
the present governor.
This year Mr.. Cutcheon and his fol-
lowers intend to stand by Lind.
He said SO publicly at Chicago en-
Wednesday and did it in very emphat-
ic manner. The following is the text Of
his interview:
At the meeting today I advocated
keeping the organization intact and pre-
pared to act if necessary. All the signs
of the times, the opinions of those II
meet and, most of all, the movements of
events lead me to the conviction that the
causes that led to the separation of the
the gold men from the regular organiza-
ton in 1896 must rapidly cease to ex-
ist, and that all those who were genuine
~ democrats prior to 1896 may soon be
once more united in advocacy of meas
ures that all will admit to be democrat
ic. Certainly nothing is more to be de-
sired upon every ground. ! am opposed
to any course that needlessly ebstIucts
or postpones this contamination. Feel
ing in this way, am not permitting the
formal Endorsements of the Chicago
platform to prevent me from giving
such support as I consistently can to the
candidates of the party this fall. I am
convinced that before very long the doc
trlnes of the party that will be of para
mount importance will be such as I can
cheerfully indorse. believe in the DEM
ocratic party as an organization. do
not believe in the republican party. The
candidates of the democratic party in
Minnesota are reputable gentlemen who
command respect. I cannot understand
why they are not entitled to my vote at
an election which cannot possibly effect
the financial policy of the country.
! Republicans constantly say to me:
I"How can you vote for John Lind2 If
he should be elected it will go abroad
that Minnesota has gone for free silver2"
This is the best reason I have heard Civ
| en- for opposing Mr.. Lind. It is not de-
MED that he is able, honest, fair minded,
| intelligent, conservative or patriotic. It
lis admitted that Minnesota has been mis-
Igoyerned, as any state that has been
| ring-rdled for thirty five years is bound
to be, and that Mr.. Lind's election would
shake loose the grip that the republican
lring has upon the throat of the state. In
my opinion, comparison of the demo-
cratic platform of 1898 with that of
1895 and of the vote Of the state in. 1898
with that Of 1896 will prevent any mis-
apprehension of the significance Of Mr..
Lind's election.
i Another powerful reason why I shall
vote the democratic ticket this fall is
/ found in the fact that the democratic
I party was wise and patriotic enough to
lrenomiaate Judge Mitchell and Judge
I Canty.
One of the clever new things, theatre
cal, Of the past season was the aflled-
h-funny fun operate comedy called
ssThe Gay Matinee Girl" which good
naturedly ridicules the g Matinee Girl
. fad, while it also treats the ssdear,
delightful creature" most tenderly, in
terestingly, musically and Hithal very
funnily. There seems plenty Of oppor-
tunity to build around such a pleasing
subject most entertaining comedy,
which many prominent critics declare
q has been done. Mr.. Hilton has managed
some of the best Of our better known
Ispectacnlars and dramas and he promises
that the entire prod ton, comedy COM
I pany, wardrobe and scenery is wonder
4 fully improved and introducing those