The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-02
WHY FOR Lind
TRAVELLING MEN GIVE THEIR
REASONS FOR SUPPORTING
MR.. LIND
SOUND ON GREAT QUESTIONS
the Commercial Men Will Large
1y Cast Their Votes for the Dem
Ocratic Candidate Mr.. Lind's
Position on the 5,O0O-Mile Inter-
changeabIe Book Was Correct.

POSITION on the 6,O0O-MiIe Inter-
changeabIe Book Was Correct.
The John Lind Travelling Mems Club
Of Minneapolis has issued the following
self-explanatory address to the COM
mercial statesmen Of Minnesota:
Whereas, An attempt has been made
through an address issued by the president
of the Eustts Travelling Mems club to make 1t
appear that the commercial statesmen are, as
a class opposed to John Lind for governor.
To those OF US who are familiar with the
history Of the Eustis dinner party and the
formation of the club. this attempt would
be more amusing than annoying, were 1t not
for the fact that an impression Is given the
public that the travelling men, as class,
are ready to change their political convictions
for a petty grievance more imagined than
real. In the name Of over 100 travelling men
of Minneapolis, members OF the John Lind
club, and in behalf of the hundreds OF trav-
cling men throughout the state who are sup
porting Mr.. Lind this address is issued.
COSMOPOLITAN IN CHARACTER.
If there is any class of men who, by ma
ture, training and occupation, should be both
liberal and free from extreme partisanship,
it is the travelling man. They are cosmopol-
itan in their character. and from the very
nature of their calling they must be quick
and accurate In estimating character; they
admire. as q rule the Cauable honest and
manly man, despising hypocrisy whether
found in a customer candidate for gov
ernor. No class OF men are more famil ar
with our vast and varied sources and wi
the possibilities of the future both indus
trially and commercially. No class of men
realize more fully that upon the prosperity
of the farmer, the stock grower and the
miner depends the prosperity Of The jobbing
centers. If the farmer holds his wheat for
higher price, as he is now doing, the mer-
chant holds his goods If the wheat which
has been sold 1t unjusty graded down IL
makes against beth the merchant and the
travelling man. That this has been sysSe-
matically done no one will gainsay.
BANK EXAMINER
No class of men can be more interested In
a bank examiner who will examine than the
statesmen, for a defunct bank affects alike
the country merchant and the jobber. We
challenge any one to point to a single bank
which Kenyon closed in Minnesota until after
the funds had practically all been stolen or
loaned ON improper securities. Was there hot
time in the history OF these banks, per-
haps a year, or six months, one month
but some time before the doors were closed,
when the bank examiner could have used
his authority in this branch of the public
service to protect the depositors? Under the
regime of this man Of uDsavory record the
OF over S2,0GO coo. This has paralyZed bust
ness at time in many localities and cut
down our sales. The Republican party is
pledged to no reform along this line. On
the contrary, Bank Examiner Kenyon really
ing that his Job is in danger has shown more
activity in throwing mud during the past
thirty days than he has in the line of bank
examiner for the past three ye9rs. John Lind
stands upon a platform pledged to reform
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