Willmar tribune., 1900-11-02

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And in the name of true greatness,
don't let anyone lead you astray by
such despicable argument as, "the
full dinner pail" Are 4men only ami
mails with stomachs, willing to bear
any yoke and pull any burden if only
there is supply Of feed in the man
ger, when they come in from the field?
There are higher and holier objects in
life than mere feeding. The truly
great men of history, the men who
have left blessed memory behind
them, the men who have made this
world better to live in, have often had
to make great personal sacrifices in
order to accomplish their object in
life: The noble army of martyrs were
willing to sacrifice their liyes for a
principle. Are we descended so low
in the scale, are we so deaf to all the
great sermons of noble lives, that we
are willing to allow liberty to die, al
low few money lords to dictate how
we shall vote-and all for "a full din
ner pail?' The earth will yield it's
abundance whoever is president; men
will be willing to work. Who then
shall bring disaster? The money
lords, if any. Is not that acknowledg.
ing that they are the masters who die
tate elections and make popular gov
ernment an empty name? Shall we
submit to a plutocratic government Of
that kind? Shall we permit few men
with long purses to dictate how we
shall vote. They tell you you must
vote tor Mckinley. Be man, and tell
them that they cannot control you.
Protest against their usurpation of
power. Cast your
Vote for Bryan.
In state matters the Independent
voter has a chance to register vict-
ory for good government, such as Is
not always voucbsafed. Gov. Lind
and Railroad Commissioners Ringdal
and Knox have made record that
any citizen of the state ought to be
proud of. Of course a person desper-
ately set on finding some little fault
may succeed. We have no man that
has attained perfection. But the acts
OF these men, taken as whole, show
conc]usively to the unbiased mind that
they are animated by a strong desire
to do their duty we'll, to protect the
common people against the encroach-
ments of organized wealth, to give
equal justice to all-in short to give
as nearly a perfect government as
possible. Their bitterest enemies find
only little insignificant things to criti-
else. The administration of these men
has been subjected to the most severe
scrutiny and has stood the test to the
satisfaction of all fair-minded men.
Why then should any honest citizen
for that intangible thing, a party
name, vote to discharge these faithful
and efficient citizens of the common
wealth, and substitute for them men
of doubtful quality? No employer of
labor would be so foolish in his pri-
vate affairs as to discharge good
servant for differences on national
questions. Why not use a little CON-
mon business sense in state affairs as
we'll?
If you believe in taxing railroads
and other corporations so az to make
them bear fair share of the burdens
of government
Vote for John Lind.
If you believe in having governor
who looks after the interests of the
state in every matter that he possibly
can supervise, then
Vote for John Lind.
If you want to see the remnants of
oAO ooS1VC A0AOS 0oVOu W OUR
wealth and it's schools, instead OF hav-
ing it fall into the hands of corpora
tions, then
Vote for John Lind.
If you desire just and fair grades on
your wheat; if you want to get the
same grade for your wheat when you
sell it as the big elevator companies
get for it when they ship it out, then
Vote for John Lind.
If you want to serve notice on the
political managers that you >appre-
ciate honesty and good work in a
public servant more than you value
party names, and thereby make them
more careful in the future as to what
kind. of men they put on the ticket,
then
Vote for John Lind.
And when you vote for John Lind
remember that the same reasons