The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-17
YIN STINT rs THE DODGER.
COL. J. M. HAWTHORNE TELLS
WHAT HE THINKS THE WI
MONA CAPTAIN LACKS
TOO WEAK FOR A GOVERNOR
Tries to Please Everybody and
Pleases Nobody-Gov. Lind Does
What He Thinks Is Right
and Takes Chances.

LAKE CITY, Oct 1S-An audience OF
1900 people greeted Hon. L. L. Brown,
Col. j. M. Hawthorne and J. f. McGovern
last night Mr.. Brown spoke on national
issues and showed up Congressman Taw-
ney's lumber record Col Hawthorne de-
voted his time to state issues and said
In part as follows:
National politics have little to do d.
rect1y with state, county and municipal
affairs. It is to state affairs direct your
attention tonight We ought to elect men
for their honesty and ability, to state and
municipal offices rather than for party
services or affiliations. The governor and
other state officers are servents of the
people. If Gov. Lind'S administration has
ought to re-elect him. If not we ought
to employ a new man. propose to con-
trast the work Of the Republican state
ring with the honest, fearless, indepen-
dent and able administration of Gov.
Lind.
Col. Hawthorne then referred to eight
or ten bills in the legislature which Capt.
Van SAINT lodged in 1893, and continuing
said:
A dodger may be a physically brave
| man, and SO that l may do absolute and
exact justice to the steamboat captain.
l want to say that | will concede that
he was brave man on the field OF
battle and for any bravery which he
share of commentator and praise, but
| he Is like many other men, who are
| physical heroes and moral towards. Van
SAINT seems not to have been afraid to
| race battle array, but he was afraid
| to face the effect of his own vote on his
| political chances in the future. Such a
| man is weak, Vacillating and selfish and
| therefore unfit for the respons. bic duties
| of governor of a great state.
Judging Van SAINT from his record the
| conclusion is irresistible that If he had
| been a member of the continental con-
greSS in 1776, and on the 4th of July OF
| that year when those men signed the
immortal Declaration Of Independence
Van SAINT would have lodged out of the
back door for fear of offending the Eng
| l1Sh. On the other hand he would moi
| ike to have refused, least it might hurt
| him if Washington and Jefferson and the
| other patriots We're successful, so he
| probably would have been sick il he had
been there on the 4th of July, 1776. NA
nearest counterpart in history is FWesi-
dent Buchanan, and his work in 1S60-61
/ after Lincoln's election.
Buchanan was afraid to offend, the
| South or the North, and consequently
failed to act. In other words, Buchanan
lodged his responsibility the way Van
SAINT lodged his in the legislature. Con-
| vfctions and decision of character are the
attributes Of great men like John Lind
| but Van SAINT seems to lack both
BIXBY WAS RIGHT.
Tams Bixby was right In 1893, when In
| his Red Wing Republican he suggested
In effect that Van SAINT was unfit to be
ton Of the Beers for instance. Van has
expressed no opinion. If he said any
thing in favor Of the Beers he was
afraid he might lose the vote of Ca
madam like himself And If he said
any thing In favor Of the British he might
lose the vote of the Germans. So he did
not say anything. He is the impersona-
ton Of the small politician. John Lind
a 10 10 iofo
that question or any other question. He
wanted to do right and let the results
take care Of themselves. Van SAINT re-
and his boy and his donkey, or ass as
the donkey was called in the school books
OF years ago. You all remember it.
The old man and his boy and his ass
Were travelling along a dusty road. The
old man was riding. A passerby sug-
geSted it was a shame for the old man
to ride and let his little boy walk. The
old man wanted to please the fellow who
had spoken to him and got down and
put his boy on. Then another man Csc
along and criticised the old man for
letting. the healthy boy ride. while he
him, so he thought the best way would
be for both to ride on the ass. The
third man came along and said 1t was
q shame to see two healthy men. on a
little ass, and they ought to carry the ass
instead OF the ass carrying them. They
were now approaching a bridge over a
river, so to please the last man, they
tied the feet Of the ass together and he
and the boy attempted to carry 1t over
the bridge, but the ass kicked and rolled
over the bridge into the river. And Van
SAINT is something like the old man-he
tries to please everybody and pleases no.
body.
John Lind never tries to please every
body: He does what is right. He has
he thought they were qualified for the
position. Col. Chase, of Marshall, and
MAJ. Hurd, of st. Paul, are on his staff.
Goi: compton is commandant of the Sol
licans and all good men. Would Van
SAINT appoint a Democrat to office If he
| should be elected? No, sir. He would be
afraid it might cost him some votes
next election, when he would run for a
second term. I repeat, Van SAINT is IN
fit for the position to which he aspfres.
And l am satisfied that the state of Min
nesota will say. to him as the Master said
in the Book of Revelation to one of the
! churches of Asia 81 would that thou
vert cold or hot. but seeing thou art
luke warm a l will spew thee out Of my
mouth. tApplause)
In the second place, with the aid OF
| these charts and statements l will con.
trast the work OF Gov. Lind and his bank
Governors Merriam, Nelson and Clough
! and their bank examiner, Mr.. Kenyon.
KENYONs RECORD.
In the following statement you win no.
! tice what the state of Minnesota and
the cities of st. Paul and Minneapolis
and the counties of Ramsey and Henne-
pin, have lost as a. result of Mr.. Ken
yons administration. And every state.
ment I give you l am ready to substan.
tate by sworn testimony In any court OF
record.
Here is the sad and shameful story OF
J public moneys lost by Kenyon's inconpe.
! tence. If there had been a proper ex.
animation of state banks there could no.
have been the wholesale SIISpensjonS
largely in 1896 when there was no panic
And Notwithstanding every possible eff
fort which has been made by the present
/ governor and the state treasurer TO col
lect the money of the STATE from the sus