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LIND AND CLOUGH.
Iiind Claims to be a Republican
Still Although is the
Demo-Pop Candidate.
Why David M. Clough Would
Serve the Interests of the
State Better Than Iiind.
Could anything be more contempt
ible than the position which John Lind
occupies in this canvass? Having re
pudiated the Republican party and ac
cepted the leadership of the combined
forces which are seeking its overthrow
in State and nation, he has the inef
fable meanness and hypocrisy to solicit
Republican votes on the ground that
he is still a Republican. He is beg
ging Republican votes to assist him in
his efforts to defeat the Republican
party. If he is a Republican and in
favor of Republican policies, then he
is a traitor to the Populists and Demo
crats who nominated him as the repre
sentative of their principles. If he is
true to the Republicans he is false to
the fusion party which entrusted him
with its leadership. If he is true to
the party which nominated him he is
false to his sneaking profession that he
still adheres to the Republican faith.
He is a double-dyed traitor to the
party he has deserted and to the party
whose cause he has embraced. He is
a friend to the Republican party as
Judas Iscariot was a friend of Christ,
when he betrayed the Master with a
kiss for thirty pieces of silver. His at
tempts to wheedle Republicans into
voting for him should be spurned with
indignation and contempt on these
grounds alone. But when they are
asked to vote to inflict the odium and
curse of Populism on this State, in the
person of this candidate of the Popu
list party, every instinct of self-inter
est and self-preservation revolts
agaist this gratuitous sacrifice of the
public welfare. No explanations and
no apologies will suffice to avert from
this State the disgrace and discredit
which would inevitably follow the
triumph of the Populist party in this
State, in the election of its candidate
for governor. On this subject the
universal sentiment of all whose busi
ness or prospects are dependent upon
free flow of money into all the chan
nels of trade, is that the election of
John Lind would go far in neutralizing
the benefits which would result from
McKinley's election, so far as this
State is concerned. Those who have
the material interests of the State at
heart will, for these reasons, vote
against John Lind, without regard to
their party affiliations.
And if John Lind and David M.
Clough had equal claims to the Republi
can vote and to the vote of citizens who,
on State issues, look only to the best
interests of the commonwealth, on
what ground could any thoughtful citi
zen prefer John Lind to David M.
Clough? What is wanted at the head
of our State government is a thorough
going, capable, honest, broad-minded
business man, with the intelligence to
comprehend and the ability to promote
all the interests of the State which
come under executive jurisdiction.
David M. Clough is ]ust that kind of a
man. A long and successful business
career testify to his uprightness and
capability as a business man when he
succeeded Nelson in the gubernatorial
office. The record of his administra
tion has confirmed this testimony. No
fault can be found with his steward
ship. His enemies, with a persevering
scrutiny, sharpened by their malign
ity, have searched through every de
tail of his administration in the vain
effort to find some flaw or some spot on
his record of useful and loyal public
serviceand they have failed.
Dave Clough is not a polished or
fluent speaker. He is not a glib-tongued
lawyer, skilled in making the worse
appear the better reason. He is a
plain workingman, who began life as a
poor laboring man. For many years
he worked as an axe-man in the lum
ber camps and pine woods of this State,
until gradually, by industry and econ
omy and ability, he earned enough
money to go into business for himself.
He was successful and was at one time
wealthy, although in consequence of
the disastrous business depression of
the last three or four years, he is again
a poor man. But in all his business
career he was noted for his liberality
to his employes, for his careful atten
tion to their interests and for the
timely aid he has given to any of those
who needed it. There is no man in
Minnesota so generally popular among
his employes as Dave Clough.
He has a keen sympathy for laboring
men, because he has been a laboring
man himself. He is one of those men
in American public life who illustrate
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in their rise from the ranks of the toil
ing poor to the highest places of honor
and trust that inspiring genius of
American institutions which opens the
doors of equal opportunity to the hum
blest and poorest citizen Da,ve Clough,
the axe-man, sitting in the executive
chair of the State of Minnesota rising
from the lumber camp to the highest
office in the State, is one among many
examples of the possibilities that, un
der our free Republican system, lie be
fore every thrifty workingman with
the ability to improve his opportuni
ties. Such a career is the best tribute
to his character. It is a stimulus to
the ambition and the energy of every
son of toil. He stands among a multi
tude of American workingman as an
exemplar of the Republican principle
which seeks the elevation of the work
ingman as the chief aim of its policy.
^Pioneer Press.
HON. JOHN DAY SMITH.
Talked a Large and Appreciative
Audienc on Monday Evening:.
fhneDaopertae
in house was comfortably
Led last Monday evening when Hon.
H. Chadbourne introduced Hon.
Smith to the audience. On
tfie platform were seated Messrs. A.
^f. Woodcock, W. B. Carter, John
Kjaliher, R. D. Byers, M. C. Sausser
and several other prominent local free
saver men. Mr. Smith commenced
his bpeech by stating that he was an
oil soldier, and that he considered
mself a law-abiding citizen and not
all anarchist or repudiationist. He
cjiticised the five to four decision of the
"United States supreme court which de
clared the income tax uncon
stitutional. He was frank enough to
sdy that there were some things in the
Chicago platform that he did not en
dorse. He read the currency planks of
b(|th political parties and contrasted
them. He paid his respects to Messrs.
Palmer and Buckner, the nominees of
the national Democratic party, whom
hfe styled "decoy ducks," and as
sorted that they could not carry a
county in the United States.
(Greenbacks, he said, were good
enough for the soldiers, but not good
enough for the Wall street magnates.
He referred to the credit strengthen
ing act and the Stanley Matthews con
current resolution. His assertion that
Harrison was wrong most of the time but
thaV Grover Cleveland was wrong all
the time brought down the house, for
every intelligent man in the audience
realized that he spoke the truth. His
reference to the 200-cent dollar was
unfortunate. He said he could go into
any store in Minneapolis and purchase
double the quantity of commodities
with that 53-cent dollar (displaying be
tween his thumb and forefinger a sil
ver dollar) that he could in 1873. If
his theory is correct, and we do not
dispute him, the dollar and a quarter
paid the common laborer to-day is
equal to $2 50 in 1873, and the 70 cents
paid a farmer for his bushel of wheat
to-day is as good as $1.40 in 1873. At
the close of the meeting he candidly
admitted to the writer that the 200-cent
dollar argument cuts both ways. He
was equally unfortunate in attempting
to prove that the value of agricultural
lands had depreciated 50 per cent since
1873. As a matter of fact the records
of the State land office prove by the
land sales held in over 40 counties of
the State for the fiscal year ending
July 31, 1896, that the average price
paid was 60 cents per acre higher than
at any time in the past 25 years. The
average price paid for over 2,000 acres
of school lands at the sale in Mille Lacs
county last June was more than $10.00
per acre. Mr. Smith was undoubtedly
correct when he said the Sherman law,
which provided for the purchase of
4,500,000 ounces of silver bullion per
month, was not the cause of hard times
in 1893. He said that it was not fair to
compare this country with Mexico
and he was right. But he did not state
that Mexico was now and always had
been on a silver basis. He ridiculed
the idea of foreign countries dumping
their silver coin into this country, but
said nothing about virgin silver. Some
of his hearers understood him to say
that this country produced three
fourths of the silver bullion. What he
said was that, this continentwhich in
cludes the United States, Canada, Mex
ico and all South Americaproduced
three-fourths of the silver. The
United States produces about one-third
of all the silver in the world. He also
said that England did not produce
enough silver to gild the brass on her
brazen face, but omitted to state that
England's colony, Australia, produced
immense quantities of silver. He said
that 95 per cent of the trade of this
country was transacted within the
boundaries of this country, and later
on he declared that the price of wheat
was fixed by the Liverpool market.
He did not tell his audience that it
made no difference whether we had
the silver or gold standard, the
price of wheat would be fixed in Liver
pool, and on a gold basis. There was
one statement made by Mr. Smith
which will meet with the hearty ap
proval of all Republicans. He said
that the expense of maintaining this
government should be raised by duties
on imports. He said that all sensible
men were agreed upon that proposi
tion. We are afraid that a great many
of Mr. Smith's Democratic and Popu
list friends will not subscribe to this
doctrine. The fact of the matter is,
Mr. Smith has been a life-long Repub
lican, and he is a Republican to-day,
save on the currency question. His
Republicanism cropped out all through
his speech.
Mr. Smith spoke for over two hours,
and commanded the attention of his
audience from start to finish. He is
not an orator in any sense of the term,
but he is an earnest man, and manages
to impress the listener with his hon
esty of purpose. The writer has known
Mr. Smith for a number of years, and
we know him to be an honest and con
scientious gentleman. We have tried
hard to believe as Mr. Smith believes,
and we have no hesitation in saying
that he told many truths to his audi
ence last' Monday evening, still we be
lieve Mr. Smith, himself, has grave
doubts as to the advisability of this
country throwing open its mints to the
free and unlimited coinage of the sil
ver of the entire world
E. L. CONVENTION.
The Dulutli District Convention Will Open
Here To-morrow Evening.
To-morrow the delegates and invited
guests of Duluth district Epworth
League convention will arrive in
Princeton and hold a three days' ses
sion. The first session will occur in
the evening commencing at 7:30 with a
song and prayer service led by the
Princeton league. This will be fol
lowed by 4.wo addresses, one on "Oppor
tunity," by Rev. C. F. Davis, of Ex
celsior, and another on the "Origin,
Aim and Growth of the League," by
Rev. VanPossen, of Monticello. Three
meetings will be held Saturday. The
morning session will open at 9 o'clock
with devotional exercises led by the
Clear Lake league. A welcoming ad
dress will be delivered by Pastor
Roberts and responded to by Rev. S.
T. Show, of Elk River. The reports
and election of officers will be followed
by a discussion on "What Can We
Do," led' by the Monticello league.
At 2:30 in the afternoon the Princeton
league will lead a piaise service, after
which J. Wagner, of Elk River, will
speak on school life. In the evening
at 7:30 the meeting will open with a
song service led by I. E. Burgan.
This will be followed by three ad
dresses: "True Courage," Mrs. Fred
ricks, of Elk River remarks by Rey.
Shannon "Mission of the Epworth
League," S. T. Show, Elk River. Sun
day morning's service will open at 9:45
with a love feast led by the president
followed by preaching by Presiding
Elder Shannon. In the afternoon at
2:30 the Junior league will hold a ser
vice conducted by its State superin
tendent, Miss Alice Brown. The
Princeton league will lead a praise ser
vice, commencing at seven o'clock, fol
lowed by an address by Rev. L. W.
Ray, of St. Cloud, who will in turn be
followed by Rev. W. C. McAllister, of
Clear Lake, in an address on "Our
Candidate." The UNION bespeaks a
hearty welcome for our visitors.
VOTE IT DOWN.
TheTSinth and Last Constitutional Amend
ment is a Corporation Measure.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Out. 28, 1896.
The people of Minnesota will be
called upon on November 3rd, to vote
upon no less than nine proposed
amendments to the State constitution.
The most important is without doubt
that which provides for the taxation
of railroad lands and every voter who
has the welfare of the commonwealth
at heart should mark a cross opposite
the word "yes" on his ballot to this
proposition.
But there is another proposed
amendment in its way equally impor
tant and which if it becomes a part of
the constitution will open the way to
more roguery and evasion of taxes than
the people of this State can afford to
bear. This is the last amendment in
the list. It is printed at the very foot
of the State ballot and is described as
a "constitutional amendment provid
ing for the taxation of sleeping car and
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YOLTJME XX. NO. 45.
other companies, etc." It looks harm
less enough but it is in reality one of
the most dangerous propositions ever
laid before the votes of Minnesota, afld
it should be voted down so emphatically
tnat it will never come up again.
It pretends to provide for the taxa
tion of the property of sleeping car
companies, telegraph and telephone
companies, insurance companies, mines
and mineral ores, boom companies, and
ship builders and owners, or for a tax
"upon the earnings thereof within
this State as the legislature may de
termine This means that if this
amendment is adopted a bill could be
lobbied through the legislature pro
viding for some extraordinary method
of taxation which would suit these big
corporations, and that by these corpor
ations pooling their boodle and uniting
their efforts the chance of such a bill
as they would favor being defeated,
would be very small indeed.
This amendment is not necessary.
It is as useless to the people as it is
dangerous. The constitution already
provides the method of taxation for all
these companies and their property.
Section 1, of article IX, says: "and
all property on which taxes are to be
levied, shall have a cash valuation and
be equalized and uniform throughout
the State," section 3, of article IX,
says taxes shall be imposed upon "all
real and personal property according
to its true value in money." The
State doesn't nesd this amendment and
it should be voted down.
State Auditor Dunn has seen to it
that all mines, mineral ores and the
property of mine owners shall not es
cape taxation and thousands of dollars
worth of such property which had
hitherto escaped taxation has been
this year assessed and placed upon the
tax rolls of St. Louis, Itasca, Lake and
Cook counties.
This amendmenksays that "the land
or business blocks of such corporations
shall be taxed by the ordinary methods
of taxation," and these ordinary meth
ods, which apply alike to the home
stead, the farm, the store and the
factory, are surely good enough for the
big corporations who would like to see
this amendment adopted. Vote it
down. It is the last on the list.
G. A. F.
A Retraction.
Mr. J. Hendricks, of Bradford, was
in town, Monday, and insisted that the
UNION should retract and apologize for
the following innocent and truthful
item which appeared in last week's
issue:
The friends of Gov. Clough in Isanti
county should remember that Gunnar
Naumann, candidate for superintend
ent of schools, is exerting himself to
get votes against Gov. Clough
Mr. Hendricks protested that Mr.
Naumann was not working against
Gov. Clough. Then the reporter in
quired of Mr. Hendricks who Mr.
Naumann was supporting for governor,
and Mr. Hendricks promptly replied,
"John Lind, of course." Still Mr. H.
insisted that it was not fair to accuse
N. of opposing Gov. Clough. In other
words, Mr. Hendricks wanted Clough's
relatives and friends to support Mr.
Naumann, notwithstanding the fact
that Mr. Naumann was doing every
thing in his power to defeat Clough.
P. S. Our Spencer Brook corres
pondent objects to dragging State
politics into county affairs. So does
the UNION. But, in the name of com
mon sense, why does not Mr. Naumann
attend to his own affairs? Is it all
right for Mr. Naumann to harangue
the voters of Isanti county, in every
school district of the county, to vote
for John Lind, and all wrong for Gov.
Clough's friends to retaliate by voting
for Mr. Naumann's opponent? It is a
poor rule that will not work both ways.
John Lund, John O. Sandstrom and
Andrew Sandstrom, of Cambridge,
Minn., three harvest hands, returning
home from Crookston with four others,
were held up in a cattle car on the
Great Northern early Sunday morning,
and robbed of all their money amount
ing to about $200. The men climbed
into the car when the train slacked up
west of St. Cloud and pulling revolvers,
told them to hold up their hands.
John Lund was shot through the arm
by one of the robbers. A few days ago
the Great Northern station at Free
port was entered and two revolvers
stolen. The victims claim, however,
that the robbers were brakemen.
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