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

sin Nh intsntio tls III III, 'is ma A
his acts The CONNIE ndmS 1it shoy,
shalt not atear' I ID ddirectt n 90 much
against ths \ larceny 81 4 tho thoughta
and IDEAS of 9no liner no ainSt the
larceny 5of = horse. IitxrAry larceny
III termed phi xrisn on ptila ~.
ycordink to its degree y. one bainE petty
and the other grand larceny mana
sideass ana thought q \ III W much TIL
property m hiS hpr1ss ana cattle. asssgs
soyertalEes him. + not tent ~ jail.s "a
cause the penal code does not extend
10 Ills tense but ne finds that INV IA
held IN public odiuni ana has ruined
his career. So when " politician or
statesman steals the thoug hts IN idea
iof another and |. Without giying credit
to the original 81 owner. conye ftine
them to his own use. his Offense y not
one which makes him amenables 70 tho
law. but the penlty II 40 sure and ~
we're al that 81 the literary pirate. His
offense is against public morals. and
public opinion infiicts Sthe panishment.
sfust lkeep His sFrsl aisss. y #
when al candidate for public once
makes promises 10 the people. he must
keep them. II he gives his pledge that
certain reforms shall be made if the
people elect him. three things are sre-
squisite. The candid ate must honestly
believe that reforms are needed. there
must be something to reform. and, rs
elected. ne must fulfill his pledge and nd
effect the reforms. @ NJ
And when Al can idate for public Sof-
hce comes before the people he must
Iappenr In mo- borrowed garments. His
.plumage must be all his own, for if
not. Just as soon asxthe people detect
his disguise his experience VIII be sim
liar to the ass that paraded IA the
lion q skin. The men Of To-day are
very keen-sighted. and there never
was i period III the history OF the
world when shame and false pretsnses
had such hard time. II think, IN fact,
II know, that the people Of Minnesota
have weighed the claimss and merits Of
the different political parties; and their
respective candi dates presented at this
election. They see, on the one hand.
the Republican party, tried by forty
years In the management OF the affairs
OF the state, and It's candidates sup
ported by the splendid record OF their
party and pledged to carry out It's
great and lofty aims. to protect and
advance the interests Of the common
wealth, and to uphold the principles
which have lent sluster to TWENTY-FIVE
Republican rnfnistra lions. Conserv-
alive where the peoples interests are
concerned; progressive in aiding the
states development; aiming Il at the
highest and greatest good, the Repub-.
,lican party has been q safe and q Wise
counselor "a whom the people have
learned that implicit confidence may
sbe placed. sS3 h
8S$,Denaocraey's soileA Garnents.
\: On the other; hand, they DEE the Dem
ocratic party and its candi dates, with
no record except q few inconside rable
ssoiled AZ garments 81 which Democracy
would gladly hide beneath its owA
1tattered raiment- with no principles
except an imitation set constructed Of
negations Of everything Republican.
And $to-day Minnesota Democracy and
III candidates stand before the voters
arrayed In plumage " surreptitiously
that the people are not suficiently
keen-sighted to detect the disguise,
staggering around in attire "a world
too wide TOR their shrlnken shanks. ',
The plain fact is. my friends, that
our political opponents have made q
desperate attempt to steal our thun-
der. and are trying to persuade the
people that the IDEAS end plans they
advance for the carrying on and sim-
proving our state government are their
own, while, as matter of fact, every
substantial thing they possess or pre-
sent they have purloined from the Re
publican cupboard. Consider the DEM
ocratic state platform. 1T points with
pride" to our system Of s5i,3SS3
81 III E Grain lnspeetion, III Sssi
which the Repub licans gave Il to NJ this
grain growers and shippe rs of the
state fifteen years ago. It points with
more pride to the state laws for the
control ot railroads and railroad rates,
and rs work the present state railroad
and warehouse communication III doing.
They imagin the people are credu1ons
enough TO believe II that they have
placed the railroads of Minnesota ln-
der h, state control But the h people
know that the state laws for the SUI
pervision and control OF railroads were
the work of Republican legislatures;
that on March 3, 1871 = Repub lican
5legislaturs passed an act entitled, An
act to regulate the carrying 81 freight
and passengers IN this state. g where
~ the state assert it, power to ex-
erciseN control OF railroad In the In
:terests Of. the people ut act pre-
sscribed maximum rate Tor freight