The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-16

Minneapolis citizens, irrespective of
party, are proud of F'endall G. Win
ston, Democratic candidate for lieu
tenant governor, and indications are
that he will receive a tremendous vote
at the state election of Nov. s.
Mr.. Winston has lived for many
years in Minneapolis. A brother Of
the late P. B Winston, a former Dem
ocratic mayor of Minneapolis, and the
surviving member of the firm of Win
ston Bros. railroad contractors, he is
one of the best known and most highly
respected business men of his city and
state. M
Born in the South, he has become
closely identified. with the business in
terests of the state of his adoption
His firm has had some of the largest
railroad contracts ever awarded in the
Northwest or in the West, and he has
been a large employer of labor. A
source of strength is the fact that his
relations with labor have ever been
cordial and friendly No man was eyer
heard to say that F. G. Winston did
not treat him fairly and squarely as an
employer, and, as business man, the
Democratic candidate for lieutenant
governor enjoys a reputation that is
the pride of his friends.
A member of leading Minneapolis
wholesale house, he has invested his
capital in the faith of Minneapolis as a
commercial center and his house is
one of the most prosperous and sue
eessful in the land.
Personally, Mr. Winston is modest
and unassuming. Easy Of approach
he the most engaging of men. On
the stump he is proving a convincing
talker. Earnest in his convictions,
fearless in their expression and candid
in his talk, he is a fit companion on the
stump for John A. Johnson, the Demo-
cratic candidate for governor, and their
speaking campaign has been one con-
tinuous series of ovations.
Dead and Down" Jones
Dead and Down" Jones will run
thousands off, votes behind his asso-
ciates on the Republican ticket, and it
is now an open question whether he
will receive as many votes as r. G.
Dunn. who has up to the present time
borne the brunt of the fight.
Ray w. Jones, Republican candidate
for lieutenant governor, will be cut to
the quick by the voters of Hennepin
county, where both he and FendalI G.
Winston, the Democratic nominee for
lieutenant governor, reside. Indica-
tons now point to Mr.. Winston carry
ing his home county by fully 10000
plurality
The faculty of Republican candidates
for straying on government land, where
pine trees constitute an irresistible at
traction, has attracted the attention of
the entire state.
The recovery of large sum from
Lieut.. Gov. Jones; the suit against
Congressman c.. B. Buchanan for $45,-
600 for timber alleged to have been
taken from state school land; the hold
ing of George A. Flynn, former land
clerk, of valuable mineral leases; the
citing by the public examiner of a
large number of cases of trespass
where no suits have been begun as yet;
the broad intimation in Republican Off
cial circles of collision between state
officers and favored purchasers; all
these things have aroused Republicans
to a suspicion that their best interests
do not lie in continuing these men in
office
The practical conviction of Mr. Jones
and his company of taking large
quantity Of green timber from the
White Earth Indian reservation has
given him the title of dead and Down"
Jones, and Republicans of all classes
dacy.
Republicans Know the Story
The Republicans of the state, and
especially of Hennepin county, know
something of the recent successful suit
of the United States government
against the company of which Mr..
Jones has long been the head. They
are talking in Hennepin and they are
talking through the state. With two
men nominated for the same Office
comparisons are bound to be made.
With a knowledge Of their records, the
evidence is all in favor of Mr. Win
ston and against Mr.. Jones.
The records Of the United States
circuit court, in the case of the United
States of America VS.. The Common
wealth Lumber Company, Ray w.
Jones, president, disclose many things.
They show that the complaint recites
the unlawful cutting of S,141,660 feet
of green timber, of the value of S115,-
S63.25, cut from government land on
the White Earth Indian reservation
during the seasons of 1900 and 1901.
The complaint shows that the defend
Rnt-the Commonwealth Lumber COM