Willmar tribune., 1900-11-02

trusts. The people Of. the district
were a unit in condemning the Porto
Rican tariff bill. Read carefully what
republican papers said about it, and
then see if you have a party reason
even to vote for Eddy. Rebuke this
defiant servant of the trusts and
. ~ j., Vote for N. J. Daily.
In county politics more than even
in state aud national you should look
more closely to the men than to the
label. The men nominated by the peo-
pies party by direct vote are all men
fit for the offices they seek. They are
men of known good character, cap
able of discharging the duties of their
Office satisfactorily.
There is an especial reason in this
county why the peoples candidates
should be elected. It is we'll known
to all people. of this county what a
bitter and relentless war has been
fought in Wi]lmar for several years
between the temperance people and the
saloon gang. The temperance peo-
pie have the majority, and yet their
work has only been half done each
time, because unscrupulous politicians
have used the republican party cloak
to hide the saloon uniform. The men
who have loaned the republican name
for this degrading purpose are found
in the courthouse. They have per-
eistently worked in the last two local
campaigns to elect aldermen favor
able to license. What has been the
Why, 10 win votes for them
selves, of course. They know that the
whisky gang has no fixed political
principles, but will vote for its friends
every time, and they figured that the
farmers would vote for them for
party's sake. They certainly did not
do it for party's sake, for national
politics can have no proper influence
on local affairs, and besides the tenn
perance ticket has on both occasions
had large majority of republicans
on it. It was nothing but deliberate
trade for votes, and they will get the
votes alright The whisky. element
to man are backing the courthouse
gang. A blind'pigger told one of the
republican courthouse inmates on the
streets the other day that he (the pig
ger) could guarantee the aforesaid
courthouse inmate 200 majority in
Willmar. Now the saloon men don't
have that many votes, but they figure
that you temperance republicans will
vote for party name, and the blindpig
element will vote the same ticket for
protection, and between the two thew
will secure majority. Are you 60
ing to be party to such a deal? Are
you going to allow those courthouse
officials to sully the banner of your
party by draping it around the bloated
blindpig? If you have the courage of
your convictions you will rebuke this
nefarious trade by voting against the
republican county ticket.
Only Two men in the courthouse had
the courage to come out and advocate
the election of temperance council
pledged to oppose the saloon. Those
men were 0. A. Hedin and II. J. Ram
sett. The whiskey ring has sworn VEN
geance against these men. They tried
to find a candidate against Rams ett on
the republican ticket, but none dared
to go up against him on account of
the strong sympathy people have for
him. This same feeling of sympathy
no doubt contributed to the non-ap-
pearance of an opponent. to him on the
peoples ticket.
! o. A. Hedin was less fortunate as
far as nominations were concerned for
he has an opponent, and one that ia
especially fitted to be the opponent Of
a prohibitionist. But Hedin is safe,
for the people of the county know why
this bitter fight is made against him
and they will rally round his standard
without regard for party names.
We have confidence enough in the
moral rectitude of the people of this
county to believe that when the votes
are counted on the 9th of November
the courthouse gang will find that it
doesn't pay to purchase the blindpig
support. The honest republican will
purify their party by voting out the
men who have brough this disgrace
on it.
Last spring when it became necess-
ary for the saloon men to have a
petition in order. to give them a
chance to get saloons these politicians
took hold of the matter in great style
and circulated petition for the poor
oppressed saloon men. Among 9th
ers who signed the petition were g. w.
Odell, o. Jorgen Olson and w. L. No.
rim.
These men are asking for your votes.
Think the mat1er over and then
act according TO the dictates of your
conscience. If you desire to see your
party freed from the domination OF
the whiskey ring: if you want to have
public officials understand that they