Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25

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tory POPS over the root III and rUgEpd
sslroAd Sfronn issa XXI 6ssaEs
Mn Sr sastanee, ast sthS Fopuiists.. state
convsuy lou iii SdinHeap potts iii 1895 rome
leu ding N Fopulists s1esired III see d Isskr.
\ Lind face tn IA ACE and ask him aSnie
plain questio as 10 Shis relation % The
two part ties the Democrs. tic and Pop
Suiist--i case he should w elected. He
was8fn Minneapolis. but ne could not
he locate by the Populists Ia question,
although the fusion leaders had him
where they could put their fingers on
him at any time. IA VA tier HIS nomination
ne was brought In Me- room to make
his little speech to- the convent lon, an u
after Il was made he vanished az sud
denly All he appeared Y. Now. John Lind.
II have every reason$ to believe. knew f
4 this desire an the part OF many prom
}inent Populists to see him for the plr-
pose dictated and he plrposeiy and
stud Ousl sevaded them. then got tho
Impression, an did many fleadin Pop
6ulists that John pIiind and the fusion
\ leaders regarded us an q lot 81 green
horns who could be. handled like 10
many cattle. simply by belt-gtnglii1g
yelling and whip crack ing. ana Tire
whole fusion program has since ahpnd-
antly confirmed this view. Yet oursre
gard for honest John. Lind was such
that we to- some extent. excused HIM
and when he came out as the Political
Orphan n rhrase selected BY himself
a. the proper term to define his political
affiliations, we determined to give him
our support and went cut and solicited
votes for him among the Republicans
on the orphan basis. ! say Il DELHI
erately, for ! know what am talking
about, that thousands ef Populists and
Republicans voted for him for gov
ernor in 1898 in the belief that he was
strictly an Independent and non-parfi-
san candidate. And I believe that this
vote elected him. sl4$ q 4 4: d .is
Now. according to my notion Of con-
sistency and political ethics. John Lind
should have remained Ia political or
phan' during his term Of office; other
wise he lays himself open to the charge
OF having obtained his election by false
pretsnceS. ~ IA \. 3%55 .S.5a s
could not John Lind have found
some other suitable person to serve as
his private secretary and political man
ager than the state chairman Of the
Democratic party? Was It necessary
to choose man who had made himself
especially obnoxious by offensive parti-
sanship In his dealings with PopYlists?
Was there no alternative but to choose
q man whose conspicuous ambition At
had been for four years past to cripple
and destroy the Peoples party that his
own might profit thereby? This man
Rosing has now 50 nearly succeeded.
by the aid OF Gov. Lind. In annihilating
the Peoples party. that the remnant OF
the latter is only the tail end OF the
donkey and thus but laughing stock
or q joke. IS <%seg5i.s.-. s5 .ss L
,''Now, this, Lind -Towne. end justify
Ing themeans program may be good
Democratic politics. for all know. but
to my notion Of political methods. ,ac-
quired in the Republican and the
Peoples parties, It ia disreputable IL
real and valuable reform in govern
mental affairs can come into existenca
by this road then all the political his
tory of the past ts 4 lie. .t$ #$s :sSs.
f&:tAm l. sore at John Lind because he
has been the chief agent IN awipins ont
the Peoples party? Well, yes; haven't
I good cause to be? Suppose the Peo-
pies party had succeeded In UNDER
mining the Democratic party In this
state BY similar methods. don't yo,1,
think Rosing and the O'Brfens worid
have been saying = bout us Just what
am now saying about them? Don't you
think they would have been employing
all their ponderous ingenuity to get
even with us? ~ X ~ 3as &.es
But we Pops are simply voting cat-
tie! We must kiss u the hand that
smites U.S.! Yes. let those who are con-;
tent to live on crumbs from their VIC
tors tables take them and@be happy. L:
am not built that way. I stand on my
dignity in politics as in other matters
win never degrade myself by voting
for a man who has taken an undue ad-
vantage Of my generosity. 7 have only
one vote, but John Lind cannot hayes
It this year. I will not vote to perpet-s
uate Rosing political machine in:
Minnesota" ~s~#' Z