The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-10
SHOWS WHAT THE REPUBLICAN
MACHINE DID WHEN 1T HAD
AN OPPORTUNITY
Feels Sorry That Van SAINT Is Not
Permitted to Discuss Topics of
His own Choosing.


Five more large crowds added to the
delight that is filling the hearts of the
Hennepin county Democratic leaders by
turning out last night to listen to Gov.
John Lind. At noon he spoke at Hop
kfns, and Immediately after supper, he
was hurried to Twenty-ninth and Wash
ington avenues North, where his even
ing's work began.
The governor was accompanied at this
meeting by Mayor Gray, and the recp-
ton accorded the two candidates was an
enthusiastic one. The hall was not large
enough to accommodate the crowd and
an overflow meeting was found neces-
sary.
From there the campaigners were
driven to Camden Place, where Ames'
hall was filed to overf1owing, and the
reception of the first meeting was re-
peated. At this point, too, the governor
and the mayor were compelled to speak
to the crowd outside, before they entered
the hall
The meeting of the evening was held
at the West Side Turner hall, Washing
ton and Fifth avenues North This hall
was filled, and here, the governor made
his longest speech. The governor said, in
part:
GOV. LIND's ADDRESS.
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Citizens of Hennpin County: 1t is al
ways embarrassing for a person to get
up and face an audience OF this proper
ton after listening to such Iaudatory
remarks as 1 have tonight Prof Cation
is always kindly, and, | say ii with a
great deal of satisfaction, he is always
the state who has rendered myself per
sonally, and the cause which 1 stand for
more service than he has, with his keen
discriminating judgment and eloquent
tongue. (Applause.l This acknowledg-
ment 1 give cheerfully. l was very glad
to hear that his voice and his efforts
would be with us this fall. l surely, so
Tar as am concerned, iced a voice TO
speak for cur cause better than my own.
This, 1 believe, is the first opportunity
| nave had to face an audience in this
hall since 1 spoke briefly here some
two years ago, on the eve of election.
AT that time l told you frankly that l
had no promises to make; that If elected
to the high office of governor of this
possessed, all the strength and determi-
nation that l had, to execute the laws
Justly and fairly, as / found them, and to
serve the state faithfully and honestly.
That have done, and nothing else. /
was not able to bring either brilliancy or
greatness to the discharge of my. duties
1 possess neither. l had had some ex-
perlence IN public life. l knew sonnet thing
about public affairs. l have grown up
in this state, and was familiar with it's
legislation and its affairs. / have en-
deaVored in a business way to discharge
my duties so as to further every legiti-
mate interest in the state. That is all |
claim. That is all 1 am entitled to cred
It for, if l am entitled to credit for any
thing (Applause)
Now. l was somewhat astonished when
l woke up this morning, or, rather,
when l went down to breakfast, to find
In the morning papers that my friend,
Capt. Van SAINT, had lost the good tenn
per for which he is known. He accused
me, in speech that he made at some
point in the northern part of the state,
Of being plagIarist of being guilty OF
theft, Of having stolen a lot of RepUb-
hcan thunder, of having appropriated Re
publican ideas. Aaughter) Well, now,
he ought to be the last man in the state
to complain of me if l have appropriated
Republican ideas. I am not egotistical
enough to think that what l have said
and have advocated has not been thought
of, acted upon and said by others.
Neither do stand here tonight, nar Will
! go before any audience in this state or
elsewhere and claim that the rank and
nle OF the Republican party are not as
anxious for good government as we are,
or as l am. We are all the same clay.
We are all members of the same common
wealth. We all have the welfare of the
state at heart / want to see good gov
ernment and good administrations fair
taxes; taxation properly apportioned to
all So do our Republican neighbors. SO
90 our Democratic neighbors So do our
FopullSt and Silver Republican neighbors
There is no difference in that respect
Any person who undertakes to divide our
people into two camps, and say that
those on this side are against good
government, and those on that side are
for good government is not a good citi-
zen. 1 tell you the people at large, all
the people, are in favor Of god govern
ment good administration, fair fled
for all, without favor to any one. Ism t
that true of the American people as
has been my theory. But there is this
difference, and it is a difference that is
inherent in government and inherent in
the Administered ton of public affairs
in state or nation, certain individuals
who can profit by legislation ia their fa-
For. who can profit by special favors,
naturally get close TO the administr stration,
as close to the government as possible
You let any party rule the nation for
long period of years, YOU will find every
special interest ranged on the side of
that party. You let any party have the
administration of state affairs for a long
period of years, and you will have every
special interest that hopes to profit by
legislation, or hopes to profit by having.
the ear Of the administration of state af-
fairs, to be found ON that side.
LINED UP WITH REPUBLICANS.
Now, If this state had been Democratic
for forty years preceding my election,
do you believe that all the great corporate
interest, all the great railroad interests,
would have been Republican? Don't you
honestly believe that they would have
been with the Democratic side, working
with the Democratic state central COM
mitteS. furnishing funds to elect the men
that they had designated for the offices?
l do. Now in this state the Republican
party organization has been III possession
of the state government for forty years,
and as a result We find that every spe-
ctal interest, all organized capital, ali in
terests seeking special privileges, special
advantages. are on the side Of the Re
publican party, and controlling and man
ipulahng The Republican machine It was
not, think, because they loved the Re-
publican party or Republican principles
SO much better than they did the Demo-
cratic party or Democratic principles but
because they could use them to better
advantage. The Republican organization
The Democratic organization had nothing.
They hadn't, held the offices nor con-
trolled the state in forty years Now
that / think. Is a fair way Of stating
the proposition. 1t Is truer than to say
that one-half of our population Is inim-
cal to the best interests of the sta te, and
the other half is in favor Of good gov
ernment, and just and fair laws That
IS not true. Human nature is human ma
ture. don't care what label a man car
Fies, whether 1t Is Democracy or Rcpub-
ncanism. II he Is q scoundrel he is a
EcounoreL Ills party name doesn't re-
form him. You find good men, bad men
associations.
Now, say I was a little aston,shed
tnis morning that the good natured cap