The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-10-15
John LIMBS OPENING SPEECH.

| Ol tne SHDeTnatOflai campaign at EXDO-
sition hall i'll this city last Monday night
| The assemblage was more than twice the
size of that which turned out in ST. Paul
/ q week before to listen to the empty
/ platitudes of his rlutocratic opponent
William Henry Eustis, of Guaranty Loan
| fame. We give the entire speech of Mr.
| Lind in this Issue of the Irish Standard
and bespeak for it a careful persual
and serious consideration from all our
| readers in Minnesota and the Northwest
who are interested in the welfare and
prosperity of this imperial section of the
| country. We shall touch briefly on the
| salient points IN Mr.. I,inds address and
| direct particular attention to them.
| He clcveriy disposed of the "feisned is
sue" of the Republican candidate who
wants to conduct his campaign OH the
war with Spain. Who is there in this
vast audience" exclaimed Mr.. Lind.
that disapproves of the Spanish war?
] pause for an answer-none comes. The
American people We're Il unit for the
war. They are Il unit for the war today,
and in the nature of things a congress
cannot be returned that will be opposed
| to the war or opposed to the wise and
patriotic settlement of the questions
| growing out of it,"
| In reply to Eustis' question to his st.
/ Paul audience, What would be the
moral effects in the capitals of Europe
| If We should return an opposition con-
| gress different from the one that declar-
| ed and carried on the war;" Quarter
master Lind, fresh from the camp at
Chickamauga, forcibly made answer LET
me ask you, my friends. surprising the
moral effects OF such a change in our
capital and in our state should be good,
then would you regret it" Do we hold
! our elections to produce moral effects in
Europe or at home? But really, so far
as the war is concerned. do you think
that the moral effects of the election of
MIR. Eustis would be much greater than
that of my election? | say to you that
the moral effect in the capitals of Europe
and it was one that will last. was pro-
duccd on that May morning in the har-
bGr OF Manila, at FL Caney and on San
Juan hill, when Cerveras fleet was sunk
and when hundreds of thousands OF our
cllizens responded to the call of the
president and rendered their lives in de-
Tense CT American honor ava human lib
erty."
Further on in his address Mr. Lind
expressed himself unequivocally opposed
to any alliance or entanglements with
foreign nations and elected hearty APP
pause from all parts of the crowded
auditorium. Had he been home on the
occasion of the state convention instead
of being in a military camp in the South,
II Is safe to say that the platform of the
Minnesota Democracy would contain
plank against an Anglo American al
lance which his opponent favors and
advocates. But on convention day a
nondcscript sheet in this city, which is
supporting Eustis for the governorship.
had the audacity to ask the delegates to
leave international questions in the
background. and that is why the Dem
Ocracy of this state did not follow the
example of their political brethren in
other parts of the union in entering an
emphatic protest against an alliance with
John Bull. The standard bearer of the
Democracy in the North Star State has
the courage of his convictions. and as an
American patriot he has placed himself
ON record on this important question,
and let his Anglo-Saxon antagonist make
the most of it,
Mr.. Lind confined himself to state is
sues and convinced his auditors that the
eAtraneous subjects dwet upon so elO-
qucntly by his opponent did not enter
into the campaign in Minnesota this fall.
There were matters here at home to be
adjusted, and he outlined what they
were in the clearest manner.
Mr. Lind discussed the evils of Repub-i
lican legislation in this state in vivid
c0lors and showed what reforms were
effected in the laws by the alliance MEM
bers during one biennial session. He
showed the far-reaching results Of the
decision rendered by the supreme court
in the famous Steenerson railway rate
case. and drew attention to the fact that
the upright and incorruptible judges who
delivered that decison-Mitchell. Canty.
Buck and Collins--were sat down on
by the Republican bosses and not hon
ored with denominations for the exalted
Office on which they have shed lustcr
and renown. Judge Mitchell. the Demo-
crat. and Judge Collins, the Republican.
whom they honorcd before the decision
on the railway case was rendered, were
cast aside: and so was Attorney General
| Childs, who represented the state with
fidelity and ability and belonged to their
! party.
The remainder of Mr.. Lind's address
| was listened to with rapt attention and
| frequently applauded. There were none
( of the arts of the demagoguc discernible
| in the speech; no straining after effect:
! but the language was plain and totally
! devoid of affectation. He made no at
! tempt to initiate his opponent by soaring
| .,s. "a, +ha wtnoe NJ OratOrv h,lt kent