Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-10-02

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'Truelsen Will Soon Bring the Whole Dis
\ trict to the Decision Expressed By His
{ Party at Home. -
Judging from the attendance at
the opening Of the Truelsen meeting
at the opera house Saturday even
ing General Apathy" was still in
command Of the Democratic political
situation here; and II Judgment was
based on the attendance toward the
close OF the meeting the conclusion
would be warranted that the unique
Henry had added to the forces under
Gen. A. f.. -
!. Henry Truelsen is the Democratic
and Populist nominee for congress
in this district, and made, his first
appearance in Little Falls Saturday.
He was greeted by a somewhat dis
appointing audience Tin size) but he
got even by being q disappointing
speaker Tin every way.) He is what
may be called almost an allround
man, although somewhat higher
than his width-but. the top Efew
inches in the calculation does not
really count for much.
In his speech he covered most of
the political issues, and left, little
room for argument because he, in all
matters. absolutely represented the
people," 1t can he plainly seen what
Mr.. Truelsen's strong point is. He
is simple friend OF the people. AL
though he is wrong on every public
issue, his demagogic assumption to
be the real friend OF humanity is
made with apparent seriousness.
1.-The trusts had choked Mckinley"
SO people should vote for Bryan.
"The millionaire didn't have Ito
work, and the laboringman did" To
right such wrongs Henry .Truelsen
would accept commission to go to
Washington and represent the varied
and stupendous interests of the
Sixth &C ngressional district of Min
nesOta. ., ~.
He told a fairy tale about Page
Morris shrinkingfrom a public de-
bate with him at Bemidji. The story
had one attribute; OF probability
Morris doubtless possesses the. same
aversion to being bored that was
displayed by the many voters who
left the hall during Truelsen's talk
Saturday evening. No man can be
blamed for not submitting to cruel
| and unusual punishment.
He solved the Philippine question
in four different ways, about the
easiest of which was by telling the
people OF the "Vanila islands that
| they must have a free and honest
government, and telling all the rest
OF the world they must not interfere
with the people of the island. He
might take a coaling station. or
might interfere a little to see that
the government over there suited
him-buta as he was a friend of hu-
mainly and wasn't sure about all
the details yet, the matter could be
safely left to him to give everybody
freedom ana everything else they
W anted just as soon as he under
stood the matter.
He was particularly displeased
with the gigantic trusts, and as he
was a friend OF humanity and ia
vored giving everybody freedom and
liberty he couldn't assume to explain
how he proposed to correct any of the
evils of commercial combinations.
He denounced the Standard Oil
Trust and the owners of the anthra-
cite coal mines. He wanted such
trusts crippled by the repeal OF the
Dingiey law, and left the impression
with his hearers that he didn't
know that kerosene oil and anthra-
cite coal are on the free list.
He uttered the absurdity that Re-
publican successes meant that COM
pulsory military service would soon
| be enforced on his hearers. t.
He told how he served as alder.
man from the First ward in Duluth,
and it seemed quite probable.
He told OF his political career up to
the time he was defeated for re-elec
tion as mayor Of Duluth last winter
(which he failed to detail.
Naturally he did not refer to the
fact that the Democrats OF Duluth
and St. Louis county opposed his
nomination for congress, and elected
delegates favorable to another.
When one carefully considers Henry
Truelsen, and his present ambitions,
the conclusion is inevitable that an
opinion must be reached that coin
cides with the expressed and official
.