Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25

people care 30 long as we can do busi-
ness and out Of the earnings pay the
taxes and still have ~ fair prosperity
margin left !s SSaSsf:s ssss ($s
eve have got the philippines and
We will keep them: ana ~ believe the
American people will do Justice to.
them In any event. Rnt I believe 1t Sis
poor policy to change administrations
at this critical point when we are just
In the process OF settlement OF the
question. But even IL I ala not ap-s
prove Of everything that the admins
tration has done, should still feel IL
my duty to stand by 1t through suci, a
crisis a. this Philippine muddle. II is
very easy to sit on an empty barrel at
the corner grocery and howl about
Emperor Mckinley and all that sort
Of thing. It is very easy for the DEM.
opop spell binders to get up on the
platform and solve the whole Philippine
question by wave of the hand and a
hurrah for Bryan. But 1t Is kuite an
other thing to solve 1t In actual reality.
For my part I am willing to trust that
| to Mckinley and Mark Hanna, rather
than to Bryan Boss Croker and Arkan-
saw Jones. %sss 81 s:5 ,,5 S',ts g,s
why. If w. J.. Bryan We're elected
president he would be tied hand and
foot on one side to Boss Croker. the
Tammany plutocrat and trust magnatei
ana on the other to Arkansaw Jones,
the Southern aristocrat. And the trio
would walk boldly over. not only the
rights and liberties of both black and
white on this continent, but would
most likely deed the Philippines to the
amalgamated ice trust of Croker, Agu-
inaldo 4 Co. @s,3 = y ~ts,s,;. + i :
What do I think about John Lind ?
Well, am free to say that I cannot
approve of the political methods OF
John Lind as have seen them devel-
oped during the last four years, though
! confess that I have entertained the
greatest respect for. his intellectually
and apparent earnestness. In 1896
hailed with delight his advent into so
called independent politics. But AZ the
real spirit of Populism was overridden
and taken control of by a certain class
OF Democratic politicians, and as from
time to time it became evident that
John Lind was hand in hand with
them, simply and solely, az 4 now be-:
Iieve, to build up q Democratic political
machine in this state, Of course lost
my faith in his political program. what
ever respect ! may still en- terrain for
him personally. Let me explain: i
In 1896 the Peoples party Of Mime
sofa stood. at the NJ ginning OF the
campaign. as the second party In the
state. Our party organization then
represented vast amount Of brain and
Drawn and money and potent energy
that had been freely and enthusiasts
tically contributed by Individual and
united efforts OF Populists all over the
state. Men who work UP such a party
as the Peoples party was in 1896 form
a sort of comradeship, united and
cemented by fraternal ties. Our party
organization extended to every county
and election precinct in the state, and.
| had already given hundreds OF county
| offices to men within our ranks. IL.
"In 1894 the Peoples party had Tough
!! in deadly combat with the Democratic
party for second place among the po'it
| ical parties in the state and come out
victorious. At the beginning of the
campaign of 1896 the odds were all in
! OUR favor. 1t was a moral certainty
| that If the Peoples party were let alone
in this state during another campaign
! it would practically assume the rank.
! Of second party for good. And this was
(, the case in other Western and North
western states 4#sls3 &.a$r, I II ~ Az 81 ~
| s.'.To save themselves and their party
! from extinction by Populisn the Dem
! ocratic lea aers got up the scheme of
fusion. They pretended to reform their
party to suit the Populists, brought
out Bryan. the Demo- Pop, to serve as a
] bait, and secured the cooperation of
certain leading Pop,llists In chopping,
! UP tlie Peor!e's party into mincemaat
ITO be fed into the lean carcass or the
i Democratic donkey. Tnithis state; how
| ever, there We're serious difficulties to
! overcome in getting the Populist meat
sinto.Rhe belly of the donkey. because q
ilarge majority Of the Popultsts had
| formerly ;beei lifelong Republicans
/ an d still retained their prejudice
Eagainst the Democratic party Il I. 5a3a G.
G"In this dilemma the Democratic
Headers got up the brilliant iden of a
| free. silver Rep publican party. a. sort Iof
4 POLITICAL nnongrel. a triple cross be
I tween the cattle, elephant and donkey
sspacies, to act as a medium through
which the Populists Of Republican am
Etecedents might be led into the; Demo:
4 cratic fold. Charles 4. ToWnes of III,
Ifluth and John Lind of new I'm We Y
selected n as star performers In he
/ comedy il Minnesota. What followed
1 lis history and need not be repeated
here. @ s:s 4 * IN si
4 \ NOW. I do not really blame the DEM
4 ccratic politicians for fighting. BY fair
1 means or. foul, their rival. the Peoples
\ party. Self preservation Is \ the first
law Of nature, But I do hinx tha I
John Lind did not do the fair tllinsfi