The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-22
His FORMER PARTNER TALKS
rs FAMILIAR WITH THE wIILMAR
DoCToR's AcRoBATIo Po-
LITICAL FEATS
WHERE HE STOOD IN 1898
Copy of the Proxy He Gave-state
Executive Committee Conn
pIetes the Schedule of
Bryan's visit.

les notlced Or. JohnSon'S exposure
OF himself in the Pioneer Press this morn
ing" said Victor E. Lawson, chairman
or the state Peoples Party central COM
mlttee and editor of the Willmar Tribune.
10 u reporter yesterday, who
put the question to him. The Republican
organ gave up columns to Dr. Christian
johnson. of Willmar, for the exposure
and presumably Mr.. johnson might have
had four pages If he had desired 1t. His
e1fort In line was to announce to the
public that he, former active Peoples
Party man, had decided to cast his vote
and influence with the Republicans In
the coming campaign.
Continuing, MIR. Lawson who had ar
one time been a business partner of DR..
Johnson. stated regarding his former as
soc1ate: II have been expecting some-
thing Of that kind for the past two years.
am glad he has come out in the open.
SO that even his dullest friend can sea
Where ne stands. AS long as he repre-
sented himself as a Populist he was able
to SOW seeds of dtscoFd among our people,
but the Knute Nelson and Van SAINT man
ayers have reckoned without their host
IL they expect to create any serious de-
rect1on in Populist ranks by Grassland
mop OF -Dr. Johnson at this late date
NOW, l have known the doctor, and L
appreciate fully, l hope his many good
qualities. AS neighbor 1 have a GOOD
oeal OF respect for him, but as a political
leader he lacks an essential quality.
namely, consistency. entered partner
ship with DR.. Johnson In 1895 in the
newspaper business and continued in that
relation two years or more. would not
care at this time to enumerate his many
wonderful
ACRoBATIC POLITICAL FEATs,
but will say that he was one of the
original fusionists of Minnesota. and was
willing at one time to entirely obIiterate
| the Peoples party, something most Of
our people would not consent to do at
this time, more than four years later.
have in my possession letter written
by the doctor to his proxy at the st.
Louis convention in 1896 which bears me
out in the statement I just mae,.''
Mr.. Lawson handed the reporter a let
ter. of which the following is a copy:
.Willmar, Mimi. July 20, 1Ss6.-Hon -,
Minnesota Delegate st. Louis, Mo-
Dear Friend: promised you to attend
the convention, but find that L am unable
proxy, and authorize you to cast my
vote on all occasions as you may deem
proper, except in the balloting for can
didates, in which case instruct you
to vote for w. ]. Bryan for nominee Tor
president and Arthur SeWall for nomi-
nee for vice president. first and last and
all the time.
We want no holy monkey show now.
Let the convention give Bryan and Sew
all their hearty and unhesitating sup
port, with a hurrah that. shall s5riks
terror into the camp of plutocracy. If
the convention will not do that, 1 will
authorize you on my behalf to move to
adjourn sine die.
The Peoples party has now the oppor-
tunity Of the age for the cause of hu-
manity, and if die it must then
How can it die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes Of our fathers
And the temples of our God 2"
Very truly, DR. Christian Johnson.
CHANCE FOR IMAGINATION.
Imagine the man who wrote that LETT
ter straining himself four years later to
prove that plot to destroy the Peoples
party existed, and trying to implicate
Gov. Lind in the same. If any one
doubts the authenticity of the letter I
have just read to you he may call here
and see it for himself
sOh, pshaw! 1 am sorry for the doctor.
he has an excellent medical practice at
Willmar, and if he had stuck to his re-
solve, so often reiterated that he was
out of politics, he would be far hap
pier man. He is forcing his old personal
friends to leave him, and taking up with
a crowd that will probably cast him
aside after having failed to accomplish
their purposes.
mo, 1 am not surprised at the doctors
article. But 1 am surprised at the lack
Of foa rpSS in
attaching significance to it, 1t proves
that the opposition is woefully deficient
in campaign material, or that their polit-
ical sagacity fails them at tines
The state executive committee met yes
terday and arranged the official route,
with the time table, for w. j. Bryan s
trip through this state. 1t will be as fol-
lows:
The train leaves Duluth over the Du-
luth Northern Monday, Oct. 1, stopping
at all places an average of fifteen min
utes, except at Saltwater, where stop
of one hour will be made.
The train will arrive at West Duluth at
11:13; Carlton, 12 o'clock; Hinckley, 1:4O;
Pine City, 2:10; Rush City. 2:4O; Saltwater,
Ass; White Bear, e:25; st. Paul, O'Clock.
Tuesday morning the train will leave
over the Sioux City branch Of the Omaha
at o'clock, arriving at Shakopee at 1855;
Jordan, S:23; BeIlo Hlalne, o:3S; t1enQer--
son, s:09; LIE Sueur, $3.50; St. Peter 10:
Mankato. 10:45. Ten-minute stop at each
place
Going east over the Northwestern td
Winona, the stops will be fifteen minutes
each, except at Rochester, where thirty
minutes will be spent.
The train will leave Mankato at 11:40s
arriving at Waseca, 1885; Owatonna. 1;15s
Dodge Center. S:O2; Rochester, 8; Winonas
$40
The Bryan and Lind club, Of Glencoe.
Mimi, will be at home after the 9th
inst In the Bell building. The rooms
will be electric lighted and otherwise pro-
vided with comforts and attractions for
those why may wish to peruse Demo-
cratic literature and otherwise contributS
to the interests Of their party.
ANOIIA, Sept. M-(Special.)-The Re-
publicans had Enander, a great Swedish
orator, billed to speak in the city hall
Wednesday night, but called off tha
speech or account of there being no aud~
ience to greet him.