The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-26
From a stair Correspondent.

accompanied by L. L. Brown, traversed
Steele and Waseca counties today, ad-
| dressing large crowds of voters in sew
eral places. In the aggregate they spoke
to more people than in any one day
since Gov. Lind has been in the First
| District. The interests and enthusiasm
met at the beginning of this tour were
more than sustained at every place Wis
tied today. Since leaving Albert Lea
| on Tuesday, Gov. Lind and Mr.. Brown
have experienced one continuous ova-
ton all along their route The meetings
are indicative of lively and wide-awake
| interest among the voters Of the section,
and the interest manifested inclines
strongly in favor of the Democratic can
| didates.
The first speeches of the day were
| tonna, Steele county, at $3.50 in the fore
noon.
The governor and Mr. Brown reached
! the city from Austin, where they had
| spoken the night previous, but an hour
| before. Even at this unreasonable time
| of day the refined center of Steele county
extended a warm welcome to the chief
executive and the candidate for con-
gress. The local band honored the oc-
casion marching down the main thor
oughfare and escorting the speakers to
! the Auditorium, where a comparatively
large crowd awaited them.
FIRST ADDRESS AT OWATONNA.
Despite the hour many of the leading
business men left their places of busi-
| ness to attend the meeting. AS has been
I,aId ole
the route, through Freeborn. Mower,
Steele and Waseca counties, there were
number of farmers In the audience
This was remarkable on this occasion
owing to the early hour of the day. 1t
is evident that the farmers have been at
tracted to all these meetings chiefly to
hear Gov. 'Lind's sound arguments upon
the various issues in which they are
| especially interested, particularly the
binder twine and taxation questions.
The governors able dealing with these
important matters at Owatonna was re-
ceived with perhaps more approval and
laudatfon than at any place he had yet
spoken at each of which his position
has been admirably sustained.
Mr.. Brown spoke with usual eloquence
and effect. He gave to the people of
Steele county the ahlest and fairest ad-
dress upon the vital issues of this cam
paign that has yet been heard there.
From Owatonna the party proceeded
to New Richland, where two afternoon
meetings were held, at which both Gov,
Lind and Mr.. Brown spoke. One of these
meetings was attended by at least SO
voters of the village 1t was by all odds
the best meeting in any place of its size,
and judging from the indications this
number was Overwhelmingly Democratic.
There were a few Republicans present,
and they were frequently demonstrative
during the meeting. The town hall at
New Richland was inadequate to seat
all who wanted to hear, and consequently
a meeting was held later for the over
flow.
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING.
Waseca received Gov. Lind and Mr..
Brown at 4:30 in the afternoon. They
rested until time fer the meeting in the
evening at the opera house. Similar
demonstrations as those at OWatonna
took place. The occasion was a much
more suspicious one, however, since the
meeting was held at a more propitious
hour.
1t is doubtful if the progressive little
city, Waseca, where the Hanna-Frye
force was enacted few weeks ago, ever
witnessed a more enthusiastic political ,
meeting than CIV. Lind's and Mr.. Browns
tonight.
The opera house, with a seating ca
pacity Of 900 was packed in every con-
ceivable manner. No seats were vacant,
but scores stood in the arena, the bal
cony, and more occupied seats upon the
stage which extended back of the speak
ers fifty feet. To this audience Gov. Lind
and Mr.. Brown delivered speeches, ex-
pounding the issues of their respective
campaigns with powerful logic and pro-
foundest eloquence. To the credit of Wa
SEGA, 1t should be stated that every word
uttered by each speaker was most care
fully listened to and the outburst of en-
thusiasm forcibly demonstrated their un-
animous sympathy. Mr.. Brown, who
spoke first, said that by prostituting the
civil service laws to aid the Republican
party in the present campaign, the post
masters are scoffing at the opinion Of
honest Christian people. His words
evoked an uproarious applause.
ANTITRUST LAW.
Gov. Lind began his speech with an
answer to an inquiry made by RepubIi-
can local paper. The editor in an at
tempted attack upon L. l.. Brown, de-
sired to know why the governor had not
dissolved the lumber trust which Tawney
champions and Brown opposes, under
the provisions of the trust act passed by
the last legislature" The question which
contemplated mere party schemes, was
sensibly answered by Gov. Lind. He read
part of the law in involving It's specific
powers and rights, which said that the
act applies to all trusts, etc, hereafter