The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-25
"T'ELL WITH TOWNE."
CUT OFF THE DOGS TAIL

st. Paul Globe. Jan. 10.
Washington. Jan. 17.-Your wire was the
first information I had of the senatorial
election. I deeply appreciate the honor Ex-
tend my Acknowledgements to our united
forces. Charles A. Towne..
Thus the slvery tongued orator of Duluth
wired to MajOr Bowler and General Garfield
who appear to have tumbled over themselves
as 1t We're to notify the chairman of the
silver Republican national committee that
he had received the complimentary nominal
ton of United States senator from the mi
nority of the Minnesota legislature.
The Democrats who have given this matter
due reflection now realize that it was a mis-
take to have given this complimentary NOM
ination to anybody but a smon-pure DEM
ocrat The silver Republicans are noisy
lot, like the frogs in the story, and they
bambooZled the Democrats who are ever pa
tient and slow to anger, into voting for one
of their crowd. The tail of the dog under
took, and very successfully. to wag the dog.
II the dog has any sense, we hope that is the
last time he will permit any such exhibition
to be made of himself
The Globe differentateS between a silver
Democrat and a silver Republican. The
former is ever entitled to be believed hon
est in his convictions upon the money or
upon any other question. The latter's hon
esty upon the silver question or any other
question Is always open to doubt We have
seen for several years the foremost silver
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support and living upon the fat Of the land
They are we'll fed: they have opinions galore
upon any proposition political. They travel
hither and thither ostensibly in support of
the cause of silver Republicanism Who
supports them? Who pays their bills? Who
enables them to repair frequently to Den
yer. Chicago and Washington?
We can answer none OF these questions
although they are repeatedly flung at us
by Democrats. If we should hazard
guess. however. we should say that the
syndicate, limited. which is deeply inter-
ested in the silver output might. if put
upon the stand answer the question
1t is about time for honest Democrats to
stand up and ask themselves how long they
propose to play the donkey and carry this
load of silver republicanism?
Mr. Towne makes mistake There can
be no united party which tolerates a
Silver Republican as it's driver Democrats
are born. They do not come up out of the
mouth of the silver pit. Theft principles
are not for barter or sale. Can as much be
said of the type Of Silver Republicans who
assume to lead the Democracy Of the state?
We wot not. We look to them neither
for guidance nor even good counsel. They
are saturated with the egotism of the party
with which they nave always affiliated.
And 50, when Mr.. Towne conveys his felici-
tations to a united party" we simply say,
I'VE guess not just YET
We know the narrow escape which this
state administration has had in the matter
of selecting superintendent of public in
struction. The candidate who was urged
most vociferousy by Mr.. Towne and his
friends was a gentleman who is worthy
Of having the title of A. P. A. added to his
name. Big0try naturally figures in the
makeup of these Silver Republicans of the
North. The Democracy may go hang, so
far as they and theirs are concerned
And so we say, mo Towne Or any other
oF ri
you please" If it has come to pass that
true-blue Democrats must split with some
of their foolish allies, the sooner the better
Cut off this tail that assumes to wag the
dog. The dog will look and act all the
better. Tell with Towne and the Silver
Republicans, anyway.
This extraordinary article appeared, as
leading editorial, in the St. Paul Globe,
the most prominent, if not the only Dem
ocratic daily Of the state. 1t shows that
the fusion arrangement, of united
forces" is union of dynamite and red
hot Goals. The explosion has already
taken place; or if not it will occur as
soon as the last of Gov. Lind's appointees
is named. Then all bands will be sew
cred, and the goldocrats and the silver
Gratis will execute a war dance and fall
on each other with clubs and pound out
the little brains they mutually have left
Honest Populists who were misled by
the cry. eve all think alike" can now
ask themselves what has been gained by
the disintegration and almost destruc-
ton Of the Peoples Party.of Minnesota?
Jim Bowler, it is true, has got little
place, under Lind. worth $1,000 a year,
and F. C. Gibbs, who sold out to fusion,
after denouncing it, and rode rough-shod
over the 10Th Of June convention by vio-
lating all parliamentary law and usage,
is one of his assistants and will prob
ably get $1,000 or 81 200 year, as dairy
inspector, though he scarcely knows the
difference between a Jersey COW and
Jersey lightning" But how will the
fattening of these gentlemen for two
years at the public expense advance the
state?
1T makes no difference what banner
we march under" said Owen, before the
offices were distributed Che is strangely
silent now, and the Globe Endorsed the
heroic sentiment But now the Globe
charges that Towne and the rest of the
silver advocates, were in the pay of
the silver mine-owners and it shrieks
"T'ell with them!"
What horrible farce the whole bust
ness has been? What base and sordid
and degraded farce?
A great movement, in which the whole
human family is interested, sold out to
give Bowler and Gibbs and few other
nobodies chance at the public crib for
two years, to then drop into eternal OBJ
livion!
Oh, brothers, while these wretches are
wrangling over the dirty bones of pub
lie plumber, rally We, once more, to the
old standard, set up at Omaha in 1892,
emblazoned with immortal principles,
which concern the whole human family,
and do as much good as in you lies dur
ing your short sojourn here on this af-
flicted earth. If not you live and die as
a dog; and will rot like a dog. l. D.
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