The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-07-20
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MIMI
: CONFUSION GOV. JOHN LIND.
Writes to the very honorable pluto
crat, J. X. Jones.
Explains principles" and appoint
ments. Letter found and produced.
Minneapolis, Mimi, July IA, 1899.
To the Readers OF the Organization
column:
Last night, in a dream, picked up
the following letter. while wandering
through St. Paul, and present 1t to you
for what it is worth.
,. HENRY B. FAY, M. D.
Copy ~y~---
St. Paul, Mimi, July IL, 1899.
Hon. Bond Bill" Jones,
Chairman Dem. Nat. Committee,
New York City, N. Y.
My Dear Sir-It is BETTING that now
render an account of my stewardship
mot to God or the people, butt TO YOU.
l write freely because our continued
honorable cooperation is essential, II
either Of us shall retain the Office we
worship. In this practical world Of the
deified dollar, it is great relief to do
business" with you, commanding sup
port in every financial center, through
the powerful Democratic machinery,
needing no Populist rabble so long as
human ignorance prevails.
These people here make me tired.
am glad the time is about come when it
will be either a straight Republican or
a straight Democratic candidate. Your
straight party politician is fairly mod
crate When l was in Washington,
voting for gold, my life then, compare
lively speaking. was as peaceful as
Eden. But hybrids, "fusionists,' are
the most Quarrelsome, hungry set i'm
aginable. They would sell their moth
ers for any sort of Office. A pitiable IL
lustration is seen in the Caton-Dobbyn
feud At first it was amusing to see
little Dobbyn strut into my Office, and
tell me how to conduct the dairy de-
partment. l celebrated July with
I'LL;
doom if l gave Dobbyn so much as $25
per month. AS the following of either
of these men is as scanty as the con-
tents of their purses, cannot afford to
set their bombast against the irretrieve-
able loss to me of 5000 disappointed
Office-seekerS. l am resolved what to
do. Bowler and Owen control a few
farmers votes. They warmly indorse
the appointment of Dobbyn. Therefore
l will make DObbyn small place in the
grain department, where, although the
pay, to minimize Cations displeasure,
will be very small, still it will give my
little general" as a national commit
teeman of the Peoples party"?? suff1-
cient spare time and money to resurrect
his paper and run it. like Hotchkiss,
or Lamphere, the disgruntled Sherman
Republican, as Democratic blind-pig.
Thus l, Honest John the Reformer,"
shut the mouths of the noisest, and the
people pay the bills. There are other
orphans" like Francis H. Clarke,
chairman of their state committee "a
committee without a party left famish-
ing. But these are simple, confiding
creatures and can be held off on hope
l did not appoint Prof Cation to any Of
flee, although he talked himself hoarse
for us. He has come out a Democrat
but we are better off without him. He
lacks ballast. Just as if it were not
on every housetop, crying with his i'm
mense vocabulary that we are talking
only for votes-silver talk for Western
cranks, antitrust for the cotton states,
and such nonsense. An useful tool is
Maj HOtchkiss, who, on account of his
white hair, country newspaper, and
continued sermons on Democratic
morality!!! is helping us some, con-
sidering he is degenerate.
What heart pangs these appointments
have cost me! 1t is true was partially
carried into the Office of governor
through the stupidities Of certain Re-
publican managers last fall, and their
temporary differences But you must
remember l represent the great Swedish
population, than whom there is no more
wealth producing class in the whole
world. Their natural pride of race as
sisted me to bury the Yankee politician
running against me. Not to show in
gratitude, my dear Mr.. Jones, to our
machine, which has so highly provided
for my own family, still l cannot lat
times) forget those many thousands of
other Swedish families that the same
trust-bound, machine serving American
trusts prevents me from aiding. Even
IN appointments policy has compelled
me to name over three-fourths Ameri-
cans, while my dear Swede and Nor