The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-11
DULUTH RUMoR RID1CULED
GLOBES MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE,
U All PHOENIX BUILDING.
F. D. DIBBLE, AGENT.

Last night for the first time in his
three nights Of campaigning in Mime
apolis Gov. John Lind paused in discus
sion of state issues to sound warming
The governors time of speaking at all
OF the Minneapolis meetings during his
stay here was limited and Monday and
Tuesday night he devoted all his time to
discussing the affairs of his administra-
ton.
Last night the members of the Demo-
cratic county committee accompanying
the governor on his swing around the
Minneapolis circle of meetings held the
watch on him again but at Nordeen hail
he took the bit in his teeth and taking
a few moments of the time allotted to
the other meetings he took up national
issues and sounded a warning.
The increase of the standing army was
the particular issue that the govern or
condemned and in a significant tone he
advised his listeners to think twice oe-
fore they voted for an increase Of the
army.
why do We want a larger standing
army he asked. With an army of 3d.
600 men reinforced by the volunteers who
were always willing and will always he
their country. We commanded the Ie-
spect of nations and succeeded in whip
ping Spain. In this war we freed Cuba
and / wish 1 could say tonight in the
same voice that we had given liberty 10
the Philippines.
IF we want more soldiers, what do
we want them for? Don't you think per-
haps that they may want them at home.
With a large number of men striking
don't you think that perhaps they want
these soldiers somewhere else than in
foreign countries
The governor paused at the end Of this
significant remark and then leaving the
seed planted he took up the discussion
of state taxation.
DENIES DULUTH RUMOR.
Gov. Lind emphatically denies the charge
made by q correspondent of the Duluth
News-Tribune, that he is responsible
for the practical Acknowledgement of 800
or 400 voters in Lake county.
According to this correspondent, the
county commissioners of Lake county
applied to the governor to have him es-
tablsh voting places to accommodate
large numbers of men working in the
lumber and railroad camps, and that tie
governor, discovering that these men
were Republicans, pigeon-holed the peti-
ton
THAT statement is not true said
Gov. Lind yesterday afternoon. "The pc
tition was never pigeon-holed. man
in Lake county, Democrat applied to
me to establish voting places up there
for the large number of men who are
working on the railroad that is being
built 1 corresponded with the repre-
sentative men Of Lake county, and
learned that these men were not resi-
dents of the county-no one knew just
where they belonged, working there on
the Canadian border-and this was the
situa ton. I saw no reason for ordering
voting places established.
"Tne county commissioners Of the coun-
ty did not apply to ME- The county
commissioners have the right to establish
the voting places, and as they saw fit not
to do it l saw no reason why I should
order the voting places There was no
pigeon holing of the petition. 1 inves-
tigated the matter fully, and did not
order the voting places. The statement
that discovered that they were Repub-
licans is ridiculous, as it was practically
impossible for me to discover the politics
Of these men. I did not think the sit
uation warranted my ordering the voting