The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-24
kANDIY OH is SHOCKED
MIR. EUSTIS MAkES A SPEECH
WHICH MAKES VOTES FOR
MIR. LIND
AN INSULT TO THE LATTER

His Reference to Mr. LInd's Wait
ing for n Feed Box Full of Oats
and IL Halter Not ReIished by the
Audience - Farmers Told They
Have Not Sense Enough to Hold
Their Wheat.
WILLMAR. Oct. 23.-(Special)-F
day night the hero of Guaranty Loan
and my-policy fame appeared on the
stump for the first time before the
citizens of Willmar. An audience of
over 1000 men, women and children
filled the hall to it's utmost capacity
and listened attentiVely for two hours
and a half to the G. O. P. candidate
for governor.
more respectful, intelligent and
Withal critical audience never faced
Mr.. Eustis yet in his journeyings. At
first it was disposed to admire the
speaker and literally applaud his rhet-
ORIG But all at once the speaker turn
ed to personal remarks about Lind, and
proceeded to state that Mr. Lind was
only little distance away from the
Republican fold. and at the headQuar-
ters of the G. o. P. caravansary were
an empty STALL a feed box full of oats.
and halter for him to put on" as
soon as he NinO should return which
he 10 doubt would do before long
Only little distance out" he said,
John Lind will soon return and take
his oats"
SHOCKS THE AUDIENCE.
To say that this Gross and yet real
istic illustration of the speakers train
of thought shocked the audience is
putting it mildly. Two-thirds of the
audience were warm admirers of Lind.
and to have it suggested to them that
Llnd'S opinions on political questions
were simply matter of feed" was
indeed putting it on a little too thick
And then here was a man out seeking
the votes Of intelligent men for the
highest office in the state whose cen
tral idea of politics was focused around
a stall, feed Of cats and a halter!
The various emotions Of wonder, be-
Wilderment, scOrn, contempt and SIR
prise that swept over the audience at
this time, and quite evident to the
most carelessIy observed, were a sight
never to be forgotten. The audience
fairly stared, wondering what would
come next
GOOD TIMES HAD COME.
The next emphatic statement from
the speaker was that the good times
promised before election in 1896 by the
Republicans had come. There were
a few farmers in the audience. and a
look towards several Ct them discover
ed broad, sickly grin on their faces.
GOOD times come! Yes, to the sleek,
TAT oIlceholder, present and prOspec-
tive, but to the farmer who now sells
his wheat at less than it cost to raise
IL ana has his net loss Oh his farm
ing operations increased by unfair and
VICIOUS state inspection I'D gr~,iir.ri
He next proceeded to tell the farmers
what the real trouble was with them.
Said he, with all the emphasis he
could command: you farmers blame
Mckinley and Almighty God for low
wheat prices, when the only trouble
with you is that you don't have brains
enough to know when to sell your
wheat This idea is undoubtedy orig
lnai with W. H. Eustis, and vital, too,
as he repeated the statement again and
again with great emphasis.
THE AUDIENCE PARALYZED
This novel diagnosis of the disease
Of dissatisfied farmers simply pa a'yzed
the audience. Men with any kind Of
common sense, Republicans as we'll as
Populists, simply sank back in their
seats in daze. Even the kids in the
PACK part OF the hall the Republican
trichsters here had hired to shout for
Eustis felt that something was out of
jCiEt, and instead CT shouting they SIN
ply emitted a sickly squeak
After talking thus two long hours
he finally came to discussing the ques-
ton as to what constituted the great
and overwhelming and only real Issue
in this campaign. Little by little, as
the audience came to from their as:o1-
lShment at his former statements, sew
eNdl OF the hearers began to crane their
necks and prepare themselves for tha
shock OF the next great annOuncemea 1T
1t came with the pOmposity and dig
nifty worthy Of the subject. Hearken:
The moral effect of this guberna-
tO13al outcome on November the Sth
on the royal courts of Europe" That
was the great issue. Elect me gov
ernOr Of this state, he said, in effect,
and reiterated 1t in different ways, with
great emphasis, and you will inGorSe
Mckinley ard make the nations of Eu
rope tremble. He didn't say so in so
many words, but the inference he
wanted to leave was this: Elect John
Lind governor of this state and the
foreign rRxions will say: 20, Minneso-
ia elected only q Swede for governor.
Now we shall lick the Yankees"
NO EUSTIS FOR KANDIYOHI.
You may put it down for a certainty
that Eustjs' speech here has virtually
killed the G. o. P. state and local tick
cts in this county at this election. John
binds plain, manly and straightfor-
ward appearance and address the day
before Eustis was here had the effect
of contrasting the two gubernatoral
candidates in a vivid manner and dem
onstrating the absolute necessity that
every decent man stand by Lind.
| hot T@I
will carry this county by at least 600
majority, and that every man who
fights Lind, If up for office, will find
he has the old man of the sea