Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-12-06

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not be found in the fusion crowd.
1 The fact that the high prices Of
prison Irvine were traceable directly
to INSCRIPTIONS dealers, who .vio-
lated Il moral agreement made with
the prison officials, was Il fact well
known to the fusion leaders. the
fusion shOuters and the fusion press.
They knew perfectly well who was
to blame, but they discreetly Il will
80 term it; it should be dishonesty,
kept quiet as to the real cause of the
trouble. Here was !; splendid chance
to dupe the unsOphisticated hus-
bandman. II they could, only make
the frner Sc cure in his belief that
WOlfer was the trust hireling who
was t1eeelng them out of five cents Il
pound ON Irvine, wouldn't they (the
1armers) take All effective revenge on
election day! What Il grand Oppnr-
tunlty presented itself in this Irvine
muddte! Every farmer needed Irvine.
II had been selling at from 8 to 10
cents per pound. Now it was Ii, and
the vlllainous republicans, through
their agent, WoIfer, had done the
business! Verify, IL more suspicious
campaign argument, from the dis
honest stand point of fusion politics
| could not well he found And our re-
form ~ friends. including our prince
| OF re1Orlners. Lawson. were not slO w
to jump ut the chance They Jumped
onto W"lier like Chinese pira tes onto
an English m,rchantman, and they
made about az OdiOus charges as the
contents Of II Chinese stinkpot. And,
Mr.. Editor. this low down, dishOn-
| EST IflSrif.,, l,ln Il
OF their campaign proved very effect
I've indeed. The farmer, smarting
under All excessive Irvine price, be
came willing captive to these re-
form ties. He felt he was being over
charged, aud when our reform (?)
friends placed the blame at the door
ol the republicans. many, unfortun-
ately too many, believed the charge,
ana on election day voted to Dust
Wolfer and his ''corrupt ldministra-
ton by electing "Honest JOhn.'
But "HOnest John" thought differ
entirely different when he became
governor: He begged Mr.. Wolfer to
remain when the latter was about to
voluntarily resign. He even agreed
to a raise in his salary if he would
only stay in charge of the prison
Mr.. Lind realized that such men as
Henry Wolfer, who combine the ex.
perlenced and competent prison man,
and the sagacious and honest bust
ness man, are hard to replace. Mr..
Lind found out that Mr. Wolfer, as a
Psychologist, stands in the very front
rank III the United States. Connect.
cut had just offered him Il position at
$4,000 per annum, while here he re.
ceived $500. Mr.. Lind also realized
that in the whole fusion crowd from
Iowa to Manitoba he couldn't find Il
man to fill WOlfers shoes. And had
he gone outside the state, the fusion
hungry would have had cpnniption
tits. And Mr.. Lind, above all, real
lZed that there was absolutely nc
truth i'll the ante-electiOn charges O
the fusion press against WOlfer, sc
ne did for once the graceful, business
like act, and retained lone of the
best, il not the best,' prison men in
the United States. Had Mr.. Line
known where to find il fusiOnist tt
MI Wolfer's shoes, dare say the gen
ial warden would have been told tC
move to COnnec ticut on the first
train, and here the matter rests. II
is Il complete and irrefutable repudi
alton OF one Of the chief popocratit
election arguments of 1898. Gov
Lind, by his action, more emphatic
ally branded these arguments as base
lies than any words of mine could
notwithstanding the fact that the
shame of his followers in a measure
reflects on himself. 1t was he who
Was the gamer by the lespicablt
ialsehoods resorted to by the calam
lty bowling reformers. Gov. Linz
today holds the high office he Occu
pies 10y virtue of votes partly secured
in this outrageous and indecent man
ner. 1t is safe to say that Lind
majority of 10000 would have beer
all equally large minority but for tn
unprincipleh aud lying campaign
made by his followers. Even jim
Hill couldn't have saved him. But
Mr.. Editor, how are our fusion
friends, including my friend Vicky
going to explain these things? The,
worked the Irvine racket for all the,,
was in it, last year; they dipped an.
hoodwinked the farmers on this issu
to their hearts content, and the!
achieved u victory. win such con
duct be permanently tolerated? |
honesty at such Il discount that il
1900 the voters will quietly condor
such tactics by endorsing the crow,
responsible for the same? Perish tn
thought! l believe that when til
time comes the honest voters of Kan
diyOhi county and of the state q
Minnesota will administer such Il re
buke to the hypocritical shyster
1snfD Il
weapons are malicious falsehOOd
and base lies, that it will even stag
ger these reformers in disguise, AM
they will assume the proper position
for them in this world: Political out
casts. summed by all except thos
equally insincere.
And now, in my next letter, I vii
speak of what our present bank ex
aminer has ''discovered!" You, m,
dear friend Lawson, claim he ha
"discOvered a great many irregular
ities," but you fail to part1cularize il
this respect. You don't seem to b
quite onto your "yawb." 1 will tr,
and enlighten you trifie, in gen
eral article on Lind's reforms in gen
eral and of his bank examiner in par
ticular. The dairy commission an,
reform by Major Bowler will also re
ceive attention. SO don't get impa
tient, Vicky! III get through by an,
by, and when l get to the Philippine
will call spade 4 spade, and tn
"small hole' that you speak of. tina
"Feig and his crowd" are in on thi
question. may prove big enough t,
even hold d few "aunties'' OF tn
modern cOpperhead sex.
HENRY FEIG.