Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-10-25

ment Of deep solemnity have, . he
said reached q stage in our national.
development which eliminates the vol
unteer soldier from the sphere Of national
activity and influence for the future
His mission ander the constitution IL
to suppress insurrection and to repel
invasion. =. For purposes Of conquest
he is unfit, for he carries conscience as
we'll as "a gun" How these shafts must
have struck home to Mckinley
The return of Hon. Charles A. Towne
to his home, after his foreign trip, was
under circumstances alike Of Just pride
to himself, and of pleasure to his per-
sonal and political friends in all parts
Of the Sixth district and in the state at
large. These honor Mr.. Towne as one
of the few great men Minnesota has
produced. They love him for his noble
qualities of heart and mind. They real.
ize that he has now become national
character, and look forward to the time
in the near future when he will be
called to high station on account of his
craftsmanship and magnificent courage
of convictions. !, ~ g.
The unanimous demand that Mr..
Towne be again the candidate of tho
reform forces for congress was long
since forecast in these letters. :, Or
course, the leaders in the Sixth who.
thus declare are only presenting the
sentiment of the people in the different
parts of the district or they would not
assume to forestall the popular action.
But the people are for Mr.. Towne's re.
nomination, without, so far as 1t is
known, a dissenting voice. And it is
now certain that the three conventions,
Democratic, Peoples Party and Silver
Republican, will unanimously unite in
the denomination. AS to Mr.. Towne's
probable action-well, all know his
usual response to the plain call of duty!
Charles A. Towne will be the next
congressman from the Sixth district.
Paste that in your headgear, Mr.. Cop
pite. >
Jerry j." is again dishing up Min
nesota politics from his journal bureau
in Washington-this time devoting ex-
tensive space to showing the hopeless
ness of Republicans carrying Minnesota
next year. This he makes clear from
every point of view, first. that Repub.
licans will not have money to corrupt
the state with as formerly. Next, they
have retired all their old-time leaders
and managers. Next, all the noble
horde of office-holders. who have
whooped it up under the Bixbys and
the Steeles, are fed at the public
crib no more, and so are ..out
of politics." Next, the Republicans
will be everywhere on the defensive.
They defeated the gross earnings law
and turned down every recommends
ton of Governor Lind for taxation re-
form. They stood solid in the board of
equalization against Governor Lind in
the successful fight for taxation of cor
porate franchises. They have no lead
ership and have the weakest state COM
mittee they ever had. There is no party
enthusiasm. They are without cam
paign fund, and have no way to get
one. There is, in detail, the malodor-
GUS record of the last senate. The rails
road companies that have furnished
transportation to Republican speakers
and workers and contributed cash, have
quit. Finally there is the splendid rec
ord Governor Lind has made in the Of
fee, on which point Jerry j." rebuk-
ing those who falsify, shouting, as they
pass through the graveyard to keep up
courage, says:
''Lind's record in the Office of governor
will be another strong campaign argu-
ment. He is the shrewdest politician in
public life in the state. The Republicans
mistakes, when they know. if they
know anything, that from the point of
view of the people, he is giving as salts
factory an administration as the state has
had for years What is the use of deny
ing this fact. The people know it, and
republicans who protest too much that it
is not true will do so at some sacrifice of
reputation for sagacity and Judgment.
The people will not be fooled, and an at
tempt to magnify for political effect the
unwisdom of certain of the governors
acts will be abortive and may recoil with
tremendous force. His attitude On the
gross earnings bill is of itself tower of
day Of his term carefully, intelligently,
sanely, his eyes on the future, his ears
catching every sound coming up from the
common walks of life. He has made no
mistakes thus far upon which a campaign
can be hinged, and the Republicans who
are shouting loudest against him know
mistakes, and WITH nothing Of import s
ance to stand will it, will re-elect him,
possibly by 40 600 majority"
But "Jerry j." is simply wild in Civ.
ing currency to the report that railroads
contributed to the Lind campaign fund
last year. They neither gave $40, 900 OF
any part thereof, and this is as good
place as any to set at rest each and all
such stories, with the following abso-
lutely truthful explicit and emphatic
denial: - p g "% H.
i There was not one dollar of money
contributed by a: railroad corporation
or any other corporation, received or
used in the campaign Of 1898, not one
dollar of money, and nota pass or mile
Of free transportation furnished for the
campaign of the allied reform forces.
IS . %. F&t&t'ya -
a, The Democratic organization will be
*ttickled to death" at tho big, fst figures
Jerry j" gives for its campaign fund
for 1900. For the $75.0OO Jerry ~.
processes to see, is more than 0timca
all the money that John Lind's election
cost. Yes. 10 per cent Of that sum di-
5vided in two Is nearer last years fgnre.
And Jerry is wild as to Public Exam
iners Pope heading any organization at
present raising campaign funds. h. .S$