Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-10-28
Spoke to an Enormous Au-
dience' Last Eve
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made MANY GOOD POINTS
Great Enthusiasm Shown
Over Our Next Congress-
man.

The largest. audience that has
been seen in this town in recent years
greeted Hon. Chas. A. Towne at
Gross opera house last night. Judg'
ing from the frequent and vigorous
applause, the great audience was in
sympathy with the speaker. Mr.
Towne, although suffering from a
cold, held the audience from begin.
ming to end. There was music by
the City band and the Scandinavian
band, the latter although in existence
but a short time, giving a fine Sc
lection. Judge Shaw introduced Mr..
Towne to the audience.
Mr.. TOwne opened with a reference
TO the meaning of national airs, and
paid tribute to the power of music
to express the language OF patriot
ism. He spoke OF the great change
made by the unparalleled achieve
iments of the American fleet and
navy. If liberty is to become the
nope OF the world, it rests upon the
American republic.
Mr. Towne said that his attitude
in politics was solely governed by
what he believed to be best for his
fellow citizens, He could have had.
everyone knew; reelection at the
hands OF the republican party four
years ago, but declined.
Mr. Towne said that eeor ages there
had been contest between right
and wrong. 1t started with the
Asian ancestors of the race, who had
gone westward until the footpatb
OF civilization descended into the
Pacific, and the descendants stood on
the grounds trod by their progen-
itOrs. The future of the race for
good or i'll depends upon the work
done by those o. today. Until 1872
years ago liberty had only been at
tanned by dire conflict, by conces
sions to the mailed hand OF force,
not to right. The doctrine of pol
'ltics is thatall men are created equal,
and it's problem is to make them so.
On which side, Bezonlan?" the
sphinx of government asks, every
American citizen. Are you with
kingcraft, with trusts and monop-
o1ies, or are you with freedom and
opposition to the organized greede
Of today? Mr.. Towne recalled the
old fight againt the United States
bank, when it's president, Nicholas
Biddle. threatened Jackson, and
told him the bank could make or un-
make presidents. And Old Hickory
said, if that were true the bank had
TOO much power, and by the Etern-
al it should be destroyed.
Mr.. Towne quoted effectively from
Lincoln's speech at Alton during the
lincoln-Douglas debates to show
that there was, in Lincoln's words,
an ''eternal struggle between right
and wrong, between the common
right OF humanity and the divine
right O: kings" 1t is the same con
test today, when organized capital
is seeking to dominate the masses of
men for it's gain.
Parties are merely organized
opinion. The name doesn't make
the map, nor party. Thousands
of people were in danger OF voting
the republican ticket because of the
spelling.
Mr.. Towhe read the republican
state platforms of 1894 and 1898.
That of 1894 is as follows:
"The REPUBLICAN PARTY BE-
LIEVES IN THE USE OF BOTH GOLD
AND SILVER AS MONEY, maintaining
the substantial parity Of value of every
dollar in circulation with that Of every
other dollar: .s@,5s..5.
1T BELIEVES IN BIMETALLISM,
AND THAT THF RESTORATION OF
SILVER AS ULTIMATE MONEY to the
currency of the world IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY FOR BUSINESS PROS
PERITY, PROPER RATES OF WAGES,
AND THE WELFARE OF THE PEG
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That of 1898 is: s.. 4 a. -ss ..ss
r 1--WE believe the national honor and
the material interests Of the American
people require the MAINTAINING a Q OF.
THE PRESENT GOLD STANDARD. IS
He asked any one who could to
deny what he had read to. deny that
the republican party, including Mr. n 3.
Morris, had turned omple tely around,
he said that be had not made them