New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-15
A PRIGHTFUL BLUNDER.

All, or nearly all, Of our republican
exchanges last week contained a list OF
alleged blunders and errors committed
by Coy. Lind since his inauguration,
headed "a Few of Lind's Blunders." 1t
is the sillest, most senseless connection
OF resplendent hog wash that we have
seen since the days when those same pa
pers were trying to solemnly impress
upon the knights Of the pitchfork that
the election Of Lind would drive capital
from the state and have bad moral eff
feet upon the capitols of Europe in the
bargain. A smile as big rs that which
continually adorns the face Of the Bob
Burdette, graces our snug as we think
those days over, and now in the presence
of this brilliant array OF death dealing
charges the aforesaid smile blooms into
laugh which has about it slish hit sug-
gestion of the melo-dramatic. 1t really
gives us pain that our brethren of roy
al expansion proclivities might have
spared US now while we for few short
months bask in the sunlight Of political
success gained only after much distress
and woe.
But as to the charges of alleged blum
ders, one reads as follows, in words OF
the vigorous Anglo Saxon tongue:
.sRemoviny l. Dor Commissioners Pow
ers and putting in his place stone ma
son.
Now this really depicts sad state of
affairs and is, indeed, terrific indict-
ment. We shall not expect the COVER
nor to survive the frightful shock he
must have received when the lines quot
ed above came to his notice. Why, just
think of it! The audacity! What a
dastardly, inhuAlan act on the part Of
the governor! 1t was certainly an out
rageous act on his part to remove as the
presiding genius of the Office of Labor
polished republican politician L. G.
Powers. In the campaign of 1896 this
man proved himself t. be of great value
and rendered heroic services to the labor.
ing classes, who are his especial wards,
by compiling statistics to prove the i'm
portance of the gold standard as sup
port and mainstay for the country and
especially for the common toiIer. These
were published at the expense of the
state and scattered broadcast. The pay
ment of this item by the state was not,
strictly speaking, according to law, but
it was considered by this specimen Of
pnilanthropic magnarimity and those
who sympathised with him in his holy
mission, that the trespasss upon the
treasury of the state was permissible
considering the fact that 1t was all done
to promote the interests of labor for
whose welfare the republican party has
always been very solicitous, as will be
seen by reading the campaign speeches
of its orators on the tariff question. And
this is the man that Lind had the nerve
to deposo! But our republican friends
do not bewail the fact that Powers was
deposed so much as they do the appoint
ment of d stone mason to succeed that
worthy follower and disciple OF Mark
Hanna.
By the great horn spoon Of Egypt!
By the Powers of Hama and the imps
of lnlquity! A stone mason! What an.
imposition ON common decency! What
travesty on political publication! The
idea of the governor of the great COM
monwealth of Minnesota STOPPING to
pick up from the ranks of common and |
filthy labor member of it's kind and |
elevate him to disgrace the position so
lately exalted by the presence OFF Powers:
The governor should have, searched the
palaces of the TWIN Cities tor blue
bloolei, kid gloved, silk stock1ned rep2
resentative of the effete apers of foreign
imbecility and placed him in this posi-
ton. Such one could soon have point
ed out the vulgarity and improperly Of
permitting laborers to participate in the
government and could have recommend
ed appropriate legislation to cut off such
uaseemly constitutional privileges. La
boring men live and exist by the grace
OF the rich anyway; the rich pay the tax
es and therefore should make the laws.
Space will not permit us to analyze the
other charges contained against the gov
ernor in the same arraignment. Suffice it
to say that they are all fully as strong