Willmar tribune., 1900-09-26

0Oh0 0AyUu luOO uOu oUOIu 0l OVlj0
han dragit 8fver sig sjelf. ski]jnaden
ar alltf6r stor. De republikanare
som bruka sadana argument lita pa
att folket ar okunnigt historien.
OLA VARhLaNNING.
TO SAVE the REPUBLIC.
Men Of Al Parties and Beliefs Flock
Ing to Bryan's Standard.
lCoNT1NUED]
Mr.. G.. S. Humphrey, one of the
leading republicans of Renville coun-
ty, publishes the following letter In
the Olivia Press:
RENvILLE, Minn., Sept. II, 1900.
To my Republican Friends and Voters OF
Renville County:
Believing it to be the plain duty of
every man to cast his ballot for and
use his influence towards promoting
the cause which his conscience dictates
to him to be right, I unhesitatingly
make this statement I believe the
approaching contest to be of interest
to all true American citizens. and all
should study the different sides from
different standpoints to be able to
form an unbiased opinion founded up
on facts. I have been loyal repub-
lican since becoming of age until about
a year ago. I have carefully studied
the principles and policies of the two
parties and have watched the work
ings of the present administration and
I have come to the conclusion that it
is to the best interests of the common
people tossupport W. J. Bryan for
President and John Lind for Governor.
This is not a mere idle thought, but
an opinion formed after careful
study of the situation.
1t is q notorious fact that under
McKinley's administration more trusts
and combinations of capital have been
formed for the purpose of maintain
ing q monopoly in the manufacture OF
the necessities of life, and also to con-
troll labor and the prices of the pro-
ducts of labor, than ever before. 1t Ia
also fact that the republican party
has had both branches Of congress
and the executive of the nation, and
yet it has done practically nothing to
arrest this great evil.
/ believe the wage Garner has not
experienced the so-called prosperity;
while he receives the same wages pays
20 per cent more for the necessities OF
life, and that an increase in cost of
living without corresponding in
crease in wages is equivalent to a re-
duction in wages.
While the prices Of farm land have
advanced in Minnesota and the West,
they have materially declined in the
East.
| believe the policy pursued by the
present administration towards the in
habitants of the Philippines is wrong
and unjust. Those people are fighting
for the cause we once cherished and
fought for with all the vigor of our
American manhood; the cause that
made us liberty loving people; the
cause that gave US freedom against
tyranny and oppression. The Philip
pinos' country is as dear to them as
this country was and is.now to us, and
they alone have right to govern it
Ours is an unjust interference, con-
trary to the Declaration OF Independ-
ence and the federal constitution, and
an act of tyranny and oppression.
l believe the voters of Minnesota
should support John Lind for COVER
nor. He has made an excellent record
and one which no man can assail.
to win him the vote of every farmer in
the state. His honesty and integrity
is not questioned by any political party
and as an official he is far superior to
his predecessors.
Permit me to say that in writing
this communication l am not govern.
ed by any hope OF personal gain nor
by any motive other than, list my love
for my country and my posterity, ,-2nd
the hope that this may induce Others
who now place loyalty to party above
loyalty to country to stop and consid'
er.
Yours Very Respectfully,
G.. S. HUMPHREY.
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Mr.. Louis P. Hennighausen, the
we'll known lawyer and one of the
most prominent German-Americans ir
Baltimore, is strongly opposed to the
policy of Imperialism, to which the re-
publican administration is committed
Mr.. Hennighausen has always been 8
republican. He said recently:
The war in the Philippines now be
ing waged by this country is war O
conquest and, subjugation, just al
much as was the war in which Russi&
conquered and subjugated Poland ant
Finland. Neither this administratio
nor any of the statesmen who are il
favor of it can mean to treat the Fill
pinos as colonists in the true sense o
the word. If they belived that an!
appreciable part of the population 0
our own country would colonize in tn
Philippines the war would not be car
ried on. We could not spare any o
our people. We have far too muc]
of our land in this country whic1
needs cultivation to allow any of ou
citizens to emigrate to another land
immigrants for this country are in de
mand now in our own state of Mary
land"
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Capt. Michael Piggott of Quincy
ILL.,, who lost leg in the civil wal
and who served as postmaster here 70
sixteen consecutive years prior I
president Cleveland's first term, ha
come out publicly for Bryan. He say
in part:
II shall work and vote for Willia1
J. Bryan because, while do not al