The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-03-29
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The REDWOOD GAZETTE.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1899
POLITICS AND NEWS.
Gossip and Opinions Gathered in
the Capitol City.

the Capitol City.
The political writer OF the Mime
apolis Journal comes to the rescue
of John Lind in the following para
graph:
1.-The Republican Press bureau is
trying at every opportunity to be-
little John Lind and give out the
impression that he is making many
mistakes. This is unwise, because
the facts do not justify any such po-
sition. Lind is making a good gov
ernor, and should he continue as he
has begun, the Republicans will
have no easy task before themin ac-
complishing his defeat. Misrepre-
sensations at this early stage of the
proceedings surely does not help
the Republican party or cause the
general public to have more conf
dence in it. Better say nothing at
all, it seems to me, than some of the
very foolish things that have been
said by the bureau Of late. Lind
has lost no ground with his own
following. A few of the would-be
office holders are offended, but this
was to have been expected in any
event. The masses of the fusion
people are with Lind and believe in
him, and the politicians will be
with him when the time comes.
They know they cannot hope to win
with new man. Lind will make
it point so to act in Office as to
give the Republicans no ground for
just complaint, and all complaint
that is unjust will react powerfully
on those who makeit. -
Notwithstanding the above de-
Tense of Gov. Lind he has committed
a series of errors which have been
politely pointed out by the Republi-
can Press association. We will not
.enumeratc them-we will only men.
ation the Governors veto of a to bill
pay a just claim against the State,
which is fresh in the minds of all.
Mr.. Lind has made a number of ap-
pointments, among them that of E.
S. Corser, which merit the disap-
proval of every citizen without re-
gard to politics, and he has Grip
pied several State departments by
removing men of the highest ability
and appointing in their place UNI
tried men who have been followers
of his political faith. If the Repub-
lican papers are going to pass these
matters by without notice and white
wash Mr.. Lind whenever he blum
ders, or "say nothing at ALL about
his shortcomings, it is high time
for the Republican party to give up
the ghost. But fortunately there
are but few papers of this calibre,
and the Republican party will sue
coed in spite of them.
We have repeatedly said that Gov.
Lind would make as good an execu-
tive as circumstances would per-
nit; that he would use every
effort to appear fair to the Republi-
cans and at the same time work on
the quiet to defeat every principle
for which the Republican party has
fought. In the first he has certainly
failed up to date, because he has
not shown that backbone and indie
pendence in his appointments nor
the sound judgment in his public
acts which both his opponents and
followers had expected.
In the second instance he has
certainly disappointed those who
thought he would work only under
cover against the Republican party.
Read the Reform" Press matter,
which is under the direct super
vision of the Governor Office, and
see what you think of it. It has
been SO rank that even the st. Paul
Globe has seen fit to take the Re
form" Bureau severely to task. Il
has been rampant with Organism