The representative., 1900-11-01


formists. The monstrous growth Of
the trusts has been going on for 20
years. and still we are told there
is no legal remedy against this gigantic
evil. Why could not the necessary
legislation be provided in all that timer
Evidently. because the will Of the people
could not be enforced. The force Of the
mandate is lost through boards and in
termediary officials. as well as through
long terms of Office. Just as far as
| practicable, and much farther than at
present, we must have immediate re-
sponsibility to the people. And when
we see so-called reformists like Gov
ernor Lind and his associates repudiat-
ing. practically, this great principle; re-
jecting it's application in such an i'm
portant branch of the public service as
the control of the railroads and the ele-
vators, then we must denounce those
men as tools Of the corporations-as
mere political schemers, who parade un-
der the garb OF reform only the better to
attain their selfish ends.
II any doubt could still remain as to
the real disposition of Governor Lind
towards the corporations, it would only
be necessary to note the disposition Of
the corporations themselves towards
Governor Lind. We may depend upon
! it, the
CORPORATIONS KNEW THEIR
| FRIENDS.
Take ]. ]. Hill. president of the Great
; Northern railway. Follow up his news
paper organ, the st. Paul Daily Globe.
| (The practical ownership of the Globe
by Mr.. Hill Is not only notorious fact,
but matter of court record) How
does the Globe regard Governor Lind?
A mere glance at the cartoons on its
front page shows that. These carica-
| lures are nearly all devoted to the con-
test for the governorship, while the
whole paper rings with the praises Of
the present incumbent. 1t holds him
up to the admiration of its readers as
the best governor Minnesota ever had.
as "an ornament to the Democratic
party" ETC., and it turns like a scor-
pion upon anyone who questions his
merits.
To suppose that this is simply the 10y
al act of Democratic paper towards
the Democratic candidate for governor,
would be wilfull blindness. Is not Bry-
an the Democratic candidate for presi-
dent? Is the Globe loyal to Bryan?
AS we'll might we ask is Jim Hill is in
favor Of free silver and reform. The
Globe Is forced, for the present, to be
comparatively silent about Bryan, but
its habitual readers know how much
virulence is fermenting within. Its
unqualified attack of July Z has not
been forgotten.
THE GENUINE AND THE BOGUS.
BY the way. why is it that this paper
Is so abusive against Bryan on account
| OF the silver issue. and so flattering
| to Lind, who occupies exactly the same
position? Is it not on this very ground
that Lind left the Republican party?
II free silver is sin. Is he not fully as
guilty as Bryan? It Is true he is run
ming only for state Office, but his own
record shows what enormous power the
state administration can WELD for the
furtherance Of either the gold or the sill
| yer policy. Why, then, should the
Globes attitude towards the two men
present such violent contrast? For
the simplest reason in the world: Bryan
Is sincere, Lind is not. The one stands
| by his convictions, the other puts his
In his vest pocket whenever they in
commode the corporations.
1t Is really worth while to note Gov
ernor Linds latest definition of his
position on the money question. In his
speech of acceptance he devotes some
thing like 20 lines to this subject. He
begins by advocating free silver, and he
closes by recommending the indefinite
! postponement Of the whole matter. His
conclusion is to be quoted:
Il repeat, as I said two years ago.
the gold standard is on trial. II by
reason Of an increase in the output of
gold, or for other cause, that metal
alone shall prove sufficient in quantity
adequately to perform the functions of
standard money, and as the basis IT
credit, then we are all satisfied
These are his own words. and to
every honest bimetallist who supported
him two years ago, they are a source
| of positive humiliation. The gold
standard is on trial, he says. But has
1t not been on trial ever since 1873?
Is 1t not about time to have an opinion
! about it, one way or the other? He, an
ex-congressman and a governor, still
| waiting to see what is going to turn up,
after an actual experiment OF ~ years!
What would become OF the country If all
our statesmen we're Of that caliber?
| But what Is the man: Insincerity, eva
sion, duplicity in his relations with the
people, because he secretly serves an
other master. No wonder the Globe is
all velvet to John Lind and all claws to
Bryan. The one great issue with Jim
Hill Is that Of the gold standard. Any
one who may doubt this has only to
read the public speech which has Just
| been made in St. Paul by NJ D. Grover,
! general cOunse1 for tho Great North