Willmar tribune., 1900-10-24
HE WAS TOO D|SGUSTED TO VOTE IN 1896.
He Fairly F1ays Dr. Johnson Whose Flop to Republican
ism Has Induced Him to Take Up His Pen.
MCKINLEY PROSPERITY IS A SHAM TO the FARMER
The Mockey Of Shouting Prosperity to the Farmers Clearly
Proven by Figures From His Expense Account
To the Editor of the TRIBUNE.

To the Editor of the TRIBUNE.
East Lake Lillian, Mimi, Oct. 18,
19OO.-In the Rerublican-Ga Gazette of
Willmar, one of the newspapers which
the republican party now sends me to
read for nothing, see that DR.. John
son declares himself a republican
again, and that is all right so far, but
the way he does it does not agree with
my stomach.
I have never before in my life ,criti-
cised man in newspaper, and I am
very sorry that DR.. johnson should
be the man to cause me to make an
exception to the rule. %
The doctor says he noticed that
when Cleveland was president we had
hard times, and a good many more
with the doctor noticed that. At that
time the doctor was a farmer, or at
least was interested in farming busi-
ness, and the farmers always feel the
burden Of hard times first, because
they have the heaviest burden to bear.
I do not wonder that he felt it, but to
claim that Cleveland or the demo
cratic party was to blame is very
much out of the way. If the hard
times had been in the United States
only, there would be some reason in
it, but the hard times were in foreign
countries Also To obtain relief from
this bad condition the doctor says he
Joined the peoples party, and he be-
lieved that in time it could solve the
question of how to get better times for
the majority of the people of this.
great nation. I believe he was right
SO far, and I and a good many more
with me believe the same yet. But
when the doctor says that II the pso.
Pies party had ihsd leaders made Of
the right stuff, statesmen Instead Of
fiies-seekers, at the helm, it would
today have been the second party Of
the state and still have . mission to
perform, It makes mo actually sick ut
heart, because always believed that
ths doctor was true and earnest
lssdsr In the peoples cause. He
fought the good combat as long as he
was truly in our ranks. Why has he
not patience enough to stand by his
good principles, which 1 know he is in
possession Of. Or was he one of those
office seekers he talks about that
spoiled the party? ] do not like to
offend him, but must say it looks
like it. .s>. &, ..az
II he had been In real earnest he
would have continued to fight for what
hs believed was right, and his reward
would have come sooner or later. We,
the people, would have brought him
to the front and chosen him for our
chief leader, but it looks as il he has
not constancy enough to receive either
the garland of laurel or the crown OF
. martyr. He has chosen his course,
his career as Q politician: is ended,
and our expectations Of the doctor
have disappeared; but our hope that
the peoples party yet has Z. mission
% perform has not disappeared.
Next, the doctor says he is no milk
and-water sort Of q man. That is
right, but he appears to me more like
nut that IS hard to crack, but when
cracked nothing is found in it. ss.3
II the doctor believes the time was
wasted when he was populist, he Il
greatly mistaken. / am sure that IS
the future the doctor will look back
With pride to the time when he stepped
np like q man and fought as . hero
sfor the oppressed without expectation
sor o,r view of getting any reward.
But . clear conscience IS also q re-
! ward, and + hope he will ct least be il
~ sFpossession Of that. ..
Vow, one of the reasons the doctor
] vent republican again is that We have
Il prosperity 70 his satisfa faction. Well,
! sth.t MY be true with the doctor, but
iit rem indds me- :of what q doctor in the
Ola country nd when I asked him
shov M he ~ getting along ery
/ zpoorly he 6aid nothing g AZ, no
Sbody . sicl 10 hing 6 4 earn sfhst
sshoxD that hen tha M jority of TIE
~, u ople Ire siicsl hes octorS prosps,
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