Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-08-10
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: date for governor and make the ru
, next fall. In fact this impression j
) so strong in the minds of many tina
, it might be termed a fixed opinion
The manipulators of the Democrat
machine will cling like grim death t
the only man who in forty years ha
given them a political victory. The,
don't cara whether Lind is Demo
crat or not 80 long as he will accep
i the party nominations and make tn
run. They know thaC he the onl.
man whose candidacy can give then
the slightest hope Of winning anc
they will meyer let him escape theil
] clutches.
The trouble is that John Lind has
| found himself associated with poll.
tical party which has no state issues
and never, had, and all it's national
issues are dead and decomposed.
| No man knows this better than Mr..
Lind, and probably poman certain
" no Democrat could do better
than he does under the cireum-
stances. His campaign speeches
have been models of their kind:
vague, alarming, threatening, always
promising woe and vengeance but
never making clear the why and
wherefore of it all. He leads his
hearers to beIieve, by skillful innuen-
do and indirect allusion that the very
germ of fraud and corruption is to
be found only in the Republican
party and its candidates, but not one
single proof has he offered. Not
one Of the charges he made on. the
platform in 1888 and 1900 have been
sustained and most of them have
been amply disproved.
The strongest candidate for COVER
nor that the Minnesota Democracy
has ever been able to produces, is
without doubt a. busted PROPOSE
tion" today. L. A. Rosi1g and his
friends may search their party with
a fine comb and yet fail to find any
real Democrat who would make any
where near as strongat candidate as
Lind. They may digup their Law
lers. Thorntons, Wilson's and all the |
rest Of the old line Democrats only
to End them moribundg and hnRt-
EractiTe TO that conglomeratiOn of ir-
reccncilable particles styled. Mime |
sofa Democracy. Es z,s5%
As,to issues and platform these
ire the last and smallest things the l
Democratic bosses consider: They |
IAN always borrow or steal those
they are really ueede5 DUR
ng a. campaign. They can steal
state issues from the old reports Of
officials; national issues
hey can manufacture at amy time to J
Iuit; and as for platforms they can
lraw on. Andrew jackson. Grower
Bryan, George Washing
on, Abrahem Lincoln, the- constitl-
ion and tho Bible whenever re-.
luired.
Democracy in Minnesets has
Ihown itself as elsewhere, tpsbe short
# principles deficient ins purpose !
md inefficient i'm executions, Loud
md boastful, fanltfnding,. abusive /
md venomous ia opposition,, Judging
III things and alI men by it's own de-
graded standard, it has systsmatical- |
y neglected truth, consorted with
he unpatriotier formed venal al
iances 9eD po6tical gain and sxalte1. |
,ficial corruption.
Whatever Eessimists may, say,
here is+ not one good reason why
John Lind or amy other candidate
Minnesota Democracy may present
hould ever sgaia be able to make
successful campaign. His cozen-
ng of the VOTERS has BEEN done and
t is notkreasonahle to suppose they
will submit to- it agains as for the
Of any other Democratic
coming within. a mile of
,lection to- the governors chair, as
veil try to catch the lesiathan with a
look Another candidate than Lind
voulRneed a Democratic platform to
tand upon and who're could it be
ound4 He would also, need q got
i issues and having both platform
md issues what chance would he
lave to induce the people Of Mime
49,, ~. s,ooav1k %hnyn and him