The Irish standard., 1904-06-25
MINNEAPOLIS REBuKEp.


attends Minneapolis in all things pol
|. itical. This city, the most populous in
the state, and in all endeavors except
political, sane and intelligent, cuts Il
sorry figure when it comes to politics.
This is true of both political parties,
but it is with the minority party here
that we are concerned. Hennepin coun-
ty is in a peculiar situation today. For
the last ten years the county has been
giving from five to ten thousand Re
publican majority, yet today we are
represented in congress by John Lind.
who, in the first session of his first
term in that body as a Democrat has
taken his place among the Democratic
leaders as one of the ablest and
shrewdest members of the minority
party He was during the last session
the trusted lieutenant of John Sharpe
Williams. the minority leader. 10 Mr..
Lind's ability and acute political sense
was largely due the remarkable change
which overcame the Democratic min
GRITTY during the session of congress
just ended. From disorganized mob
without an issue and without meth
cd they became a compact, we'll organ
lied minority. From body of men I'M
able to oppose the Republican tariff
schemes they under the far-sighted in
telligence of John Lind. We're led to
adopt a tariff policy which is sure to
command the support Of thousands up
on thousands of Republicans as we'll as
all Democrats. Such is the record in
short of Mr.. Lind the only man who
has been able in the last ten years to
break down the immense Republican
majority in this county. Four times he
has been candidate before the people
of this county. in 1896, 1893, 1900 and
1902 Three times out of the four times
he has carried this county by large ma
jorities. and every time against Min
neapolis man: once only did he lose the
| county and then only by less than six
hundred votes, While every other Dem
ocratic candidate on the ticket was de-
feated by from five to twelve thousand
votes. Such is the political record of
John Lind. We doubt whether there
ever was in any part of the country a
greater tribute paid to the ability, the
integrity and the wisdom of any man.
We fail to recall in the political his
tory of the country record so full
of the expression of public confidence
has such tribute been paid to any per-
sonality. 1t is certain, too, that he still
holds the confidence Of the great ma
jority of the people of this community.
1t could not be otherwise, for his rec
] ord at Washington last winter not only
brought added merit to him, but honor
to the people of this district. 1t is as
certain as though election We're over
that John Lind would be reelected to
congress by an increased majority if
he should stand for reelection.
In the face of this record many So
called Democrats of Hennepin county
have seen fit to abuse Mr.. Lind be-
cause he differed from some of them
as to the absolute necessity of naming
a certain man for president as against
every other Democrat in the country.
These sef-constituted disciplinarians
of Democratic thought have denied
to fellow citizen so we'll equipped
mentally as John Lind the right to be
for any other candidate than their par
ticular choice. Now they have been re-
buked by tile Democrats of the state
for their unfairnesI and their lack of
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