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Reports from the seven Minnesota
districts indicate that the Democratic
and U*ndon candidates for congress are
making a splendid race, and, in spite of
Republican braggadocio to the con
trary, every one of them has a chance
of election. Thiee of the districts are
certain to go against the Republicans,
and the other four are excellent fight
ing ground for the union forces. The
public careers of the seven gentlemen
who are seeking Democratic votes are
given below. Their work bespeaks for
them a hearty indorsement at the polls
a month hence.
MILO WHITE.
•*Milo White was born in Vermont,
Aug. 17, 1830. He has heen a merchant
in Cha-tfleld since November, 1556,
which is longer than any other mer
chant In the state has been ln trade,
so far as known, lie was unanimously
elected chairman of supervisors of his
town at Its orga„izaton under the state
law in 1858. He was state senator
from Olmsted county from IS7"_ to 1876,
and in 1881 and 1882. He was elected
ingress in 1882 and in IHS4, and was
the only member of the committee on
agriculture who had a pract cal knowl
edge oi the creamery business, and
largely ;: margarine bill aa
it became law.
■ HARLES G*. HINDS.
Charles G. Il a Is was born in Shako
pee "ii the 3ist of August, 1566. He
Claims th< $-' tion of being the first
car. : — tional honors born
in the district. He was educated in tne
Bhakopee schools, pursued a special
course at the University of Minnesota
for two years, and then entered the
law department of the University of
Michigan, from which lie graduated
with the class of 1887, Ms certificate of
admission to the bar bearing the date
of his twenty-flrst birthday. Mr. Hinds
is y t a young man. hut he has attain
ed more than a local reputation for
ability in the law, in which he has been
engaged continuously for eleven yeara,
at Bhakopee. In politics he comes hon
estly by his convictions, as he is de
scended fr>m a long line of ancestor*
all firm believers in the doctrines of
Democracy. He has himself always
been a consistent Democrat, having
cast his^ first and last vote for this
party. In his own county of Scott he
was elected county attorney in 1894 and
by an increased majority in 1896.
JOHN W. WILLIS.
Of all the men who have been nom
inated on the several tickets for pub-
Mo office in the prevailing campaign,
there is none more thoroughly identi-
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Democratic Nominee for Congress ln the Third District.
fled with the life of St. Paul than is
the Democratic aandidate for congress,
the Hon. John Willey Willis. He rep
resents the best type of the young St.
Paul man. His life has been almost
purely an intellectual one. His habits
have been tiie habits of a student; his
pursuits the pursuits of a scholar. In
every public undertaking his part has
been the part of a sterling patriot. His
selection for congress by the voters of
the Fourth congressional district will
insure the presence, as the representa
tive of this people in congress, of one
of the best read, most thoroughly in
formed and capable representatives
that will be sent from any section of
the country.
Judge Willis was born in the city of
St. Paul just forty-ifour years ago on
the 12th day of July last. His early
education was obtained in our public
schools, from which he passed into the
St. Paul high school. He graduated
from that institution at the head of
his class. To all intents the educational
career of Judge Willis only began with
his graduation from the high school.
He at once entered Maoa lester college,
and after a period of study there ho
entered the Minnesota state university
at Minneapolis. Before taking his de
grees at the -state university Judge
Willis entered Dartmouth college, from
which he graduated with high honors
In June, 1877, in his twenty-third year.
For two years Judge Willis pursued
his studies in the law and in the de
partments of political science and his
tory. He served as instructor in Latin
and Greek in the St. Paul hign school
from September, 1878, to June, 1879, and
was admitted to the bar of the supreme
court of Minnesota the following Oc
tober. At once he entered Into the ac
tive practice of his profession. While
et the bar he was distinguished as one
of the closest students of his cases, one
of the most eloquent of the legal breth
ren, and one who, from his determina
tion of purpose and clearness and co
gency as an advocate, was In demand
even to contest litigated matters with
the oldest, ablest and most experienc
ed attorneys in practice.
During w-hat might be called the
formative stage of his career Judge
Willis was in no sense or degree neg
lectful of his duties and obligations as
a citl&en. He was chosen as a mem
ber of the city board of education and
served with distinction in that posi
tion during the years 1881 and 1882. The
following year (1883) he was the can
didate of his party for attorney gen
eral of the state. From 1889 to 1893 he
•erved as a member of the state board
of corrections and charities, and ls to
day recognized virtually as an expert
in all cases of mental allienation and
as one ot the best informed and deep
est students of the problems which re
late to the treatment of the criminal
and defective members of society. His
election as Judge ot the district court
for the term of six years, beginning
January, 1893, took him away from all
active participation in the public af
fairs of the state. Yet his party, rec
ognizing that a man of his attainments
would do its members all the more
honor the higher the position which he
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occupied, nominated him as its candi
date for associate justice of the su
preme court in 1894, and the nomina
tion was cordially indorsed by the state
convention of the People's party.
In one of his famous aphorisms,
Lord Bacon speaks cf the ari; of speak
ing as making ready men, and the
art of writing as making full men.
Judge Willis is Intellectually a full
man. He, is without doubt one of the
most eloquent speakers in this state,
and his many contribution, to maga
zines and other vehicles of current lit-
CHARLES G. HINDS,
erature show him to be at once a pro
found scholar, a ready, graceful and
engaging writer. It is particularly in
the domain of the problems of politi
cal and social science, however, that
Judge Willis may be said to shine.
With an exhaustive knowledge of the
political and diplomatic history of this
nation, he combines deep scholarship
in what is, to most men, fittingly des
ignated as "the dismal science." He
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Democra'ic Nominee for Congress ln tho First District.
CHARLES A. TOWNE,
Democratlo Nomineo for Congress la tho Sixth District.
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has always been a believer ln the his
toric teachings and principles of the
American Democracy. He has never
been Infected with the virus of pro
tectionism, and his expositions, in
print and from the public platform,
of th* 3 dangerous fallacies which are
involved in the maintenance of arti
ficial trammels upon the trade of this
nation with the world have been de
scribed as among the ablest and most
eloquent tributes that have been paid
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to the eternal right which underlies
the teachings of Thomas Jefferson.
It is unnecessary to speak of the sub
ject of this sketch as a judge. He is
always the same dignified, urbane,
manly official, as approachable on as
off the bench. His learning and re
search in his profession enable him to
dispose of the business of his court
with a degree of dispatch and complete
ness as to bring to him the admiration
and sometimes the envy of his breth
ren of the profession. No man has ever
made less of compromise or concession
to the expediencies of life than has the
Democratic candidate for congress. His
opinions have always caused him to
cast his lot with the common people.
His sympathies and his convictions on
public questions alike draw him to
ward them. While on the bench a
man's time and thought are necessarily
devoted ts» the adjustment of questions
of private controversy; but, whenever
the occasion has called for any pro
nouncement by Judge Willis from the
bench, he has never hesitated to re
buke those who, by reason of their
wealth or their power, show a disposi
tion to override either the interests of
the commonwealth or of the Individual.
How deeply he sympathizes with the
p*x»r and the distressed was shown in
his now famous charge to the grand
jury of Ramsey county on the subject
of child-labor in the factories and
workshops of the state. No public dec
laration or official action could have
gone so far as that charge went to
put an end to the many abuses which
had crept into the industrial life of the
state in the direction of the engage
ment of children of tender years in the
active pursuits of life.
T. J. CATON.
T. J. Caton is in his thirty-sixth year.
He was born in Ohio, and is the son
of a farmer. He worked on a farm
till he was thirteen years of age, when
he taught his first term of school. The
next ten years was devoted to attend
ing college and teaching. He began
the study of law in Ohio about fifteen
years ago, and was admitted to the
bar in the summer of 1886. He prac
ticed law as a member of the firm of
Reddy & Caton, Decatur, 111., for near
ly a year, when he moved to Chicago,
as clerk for Judge W. C. Darned. His
health falling, he went into Northern
Michigan for a time, and later spent
a year at Decatur teaching ln a col
lege. From there he moved to Minne
apolis to engage in the practice of law,
but shortly after his arrival decided
to open a commercial school instead,
which business he has since followed.
Duriner the past *en years he has in
structed upwards of 3,500 young men
and women, and about 1,000 graduates
of his school are holding situations in
the Twin Cities and the Northwest.
Two years ago he entered actively
into the campaign, delivering 101 ad
dresses in Minnesota and adjoining
states for the Democratic ticket. At
JOHN W. WILMS,
Democratic Nominee for Congress in the Fourth District.
the close of the campaign, not receiving
a postoffice or a cabinet position, being
persona non grata to the ruling powers,
he returned to his labors as teacher.
CHARLES A. TOWNE.
Hon. Charles A. Towne, of Duluth,
the candidate for congress of the Dem
ocrats, Populists and Silver Republi
cans of the Sixth Minnesota district,
was a member of the Fifty-fourth con
gress, being elected as a Republican
and receiving a plurality of over 9,000
votes and a majority of about 3,300 of
all the votes cast. His speech made
in the house of representatives Feb.
8, 1896, for its elegance of diction, force
of logic and arguments fortified with
facts and illustrations, at once made
him famous and placed him in the front
rank as an orator and statesman.
He then realized that the Shermans.
Reeds and Allisons of tbe Republican
party had already pledged the future
services of the party to the great mo
nopolies and trusts, and that, although
young in years and in the service, the
promptings of his nature compelled
him to speak for the honest millions
of the party against the perfidious de
livery to monopoly of the party that
with its flrst breath uttered the word
"freedom." Contact with the leaders
of his party soon taught Mr. Towne
that to be an American citizen was not
synonymous with being a Republican,
and that the path of duty to his coun
try might lie. outside of the pale of
hdsj>arty. He went to the St. Louis
convention and continued his labors to
tbe last to save his party, but when
the Republican national convention
went astray. Mr. Towne withdrew
from the convention. In 1896 he re
ceived the unanimous nomination for
congress of tthe Democrats, Populists
and Silver Republicans of his district.
The great combinations and monop
olists feared Mr Towne, and unlimit
ed money was furnished the Republi
can committee, which was charged to
defeat his election at any cost. The
candidate opposed to 'Mr. Towne was
Page Morris, a man who left the Dem
ocratic party in Virginia and joined
his fortunes with Mahone on a plat
form of repudiation. Notwithstanding
the lavish use of money — increasing the
vote of the district over 12,000— had Mr.
Towne received 354 more votes he would
have won the election. He assisted in
the formation of an independent organ
ization known as the Silver Republican
party, and ls now the chairman of its
national comimittee.
Page Morris is again Mr. Towne's
opponent for congress, but haa refused
to meet him in joint canvass to dis
■eues the issues of the campaign. As a
member of congress Ur. Towne looked
diligently after the interests of his dis
trict. He succeeded in putting the Du
luth-_uperior harbor upon the continu
ous contract plan of improvement,
whereby the government became obli
gated to complete the work according
to a great system of twenty-foot exca
vation and whereby ln a provision pe
culiar to this appropriation the whole
amount of the original estimate (in this
case $3,080,153) was made available for
work, so that, although the contract
was let for about two million dollars,
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Democratic Nominee for Congress in the Second District.
the difference was nevertheless at the
disposal of the war department for
added improvements, over and above
those contemplated by the original
plan.
He also secured the passage of a law
givi-ng relief to a large number of
homesteaders on the Northern Pacliic
indemnity land, who had been depriv
ed of their lands and homestead rights
by the passage of a law providing for
the survey and sale of p'ne in Red Lak';
Indian reservation. He also secured the
insertion in the sundry civii bill m the
second session of the Fifty-fourth con
gress of an item appropriating $150,000
for a definitive survey of the proposed
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deep waterway between the great lakes
and the Atlantic ocean. This measure
was bitterly opposed by Mr. Cannon, of
Illinois, the ehairm'a*n of the committee
on appropriations. He also procured
the establishment of branch hydro
graphic offices at Duluth, Sault Ste.
Marie and Buffalo, with appropriations
for their installation and for the au
thorization of their maintenance, ln
addition to this he secured the con
struction by the government of bridges
D. H. EVANS,
and the adjustment of several private
claims.
Mr. Towne is a descendent of Uie
early settlers of Massachusetts. He Is
a graduate of the University of Michi
gan and a man of superior scholastic
attainments, being master of several
languages. He is a lawyer by pro
fession.
P. M. RINGDAL.
P. M. Ringdal was born in Minnesota
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ln 1861. He attended the public schools
St. Olafs academy until 1880. He enter
ed the railroad service as telegraph
operator in 1880, continuing in that
business, l*n various capacities, until
189 U. He engaged in business in Crooks
ton in 1890, and has continued in busi
ness at that place until the present
time. He was nominated by the Peo
ple's party for state treasurer in 1892,
and nominated and elected to the state
senate on the People's party ticket in
1894. He served on the radroad com
mittee ln the session of 1895, but
"pernicious activity" in pushing rail-
P. M. RINGDAL,
road legislation resulted in his removal
from the committee in 1897. He con
tinued along the same line, advocating
the adoption of the lowa system. He
made the chief argument in favor of
the so-called •'Cole bill," which was in
troduced as a Seventh dlstr.ct measure,
arming to correct railroad abuses. The
bill was killed by the Republicans, to
gether with all other bills of the same
character. He Introduced a resolution
calling for an investigation of the state
labor bureau. His charges were stig
matized as political bun-combe He
pushed the investigation, however and
proved the ".barges true to the satis
faction of the committee, a majority ot
whom were Republicans. H. ; succeed
ed ln the session of 189." m obtaining
the only state institution ever located
north of Moorhead, viz., the state ex
periment farm, at Crookston. lii- chief
political tenet is anti-monopoly. H*
believes ln helping the under dog.
DAVID H. EVANS.
David H. Evans wns nominated by
the People's party Second district con
gressional convention, beld in the city
of Mankato Sept. 3, and was afterwards
nominated by the Democratic congres
sional committee.
Mr. Evans is a successful business
man at Tracy, Lyon county, where he
has been since 1579. While well and
favors bly known in business center*
of the state, Mr. Evans is a compara
tive stronger in political circles, henco
this short sketch of him may not be
out of place here.
David H. Evans was born in Utica,
N. V., in 1862. Five years later he
went to Blue Earth county with hig
parents, who located at South Bend,
where his father engaged in black
smithing and farming. His parents liv
ed in South Bend township all through
the trying days incident to the early
history of the county, including the
troublous times connected with the In
dian war of 1862. In the country's de
fense Mr. Evans' father took a promi
nent part.
When sixteen years of age David H.
went to Utiea, N. V., to attend school
and fit himself for business. On his re
turn he entered a hardware store in
Mankato, where he thoroughly learned
the business, and, in 1879, after the vil
lage of Tracy wa.s first laid out, he
moved to that place, then a mere ham
let, to engage in the hardware trade.
There he began in a small way and by
close attention to all the details of his
business now enjoys a lucrative trade
in which he has the confidence and es
teem of all. Mr. Evans has been promi
nently identified with every movement
1 tending to advance the best interests
of his home town, having contributed
freely of both money and energy to
make Tracy what it Is today, one of
the most Important and progressive
oities in the western part of the state.
Mr. Evans was twice elected mayor
of Tracy on the reform ticket by a
large majority, while the rest of tho
ticket was defeated two to one, thus
displaying ln a very eenphatic manner
the confidence reposed ln the candidate
for congressman by hiis neighbors and
friends, those knowing him best, irre
spective of political belief.
Mr. Evans ls a broad-gauged, liberal
minded gentleman, an earnest student,
T. J. CATON,
Democratic Nominee for Congress in the Fifth District.
an untiring and ceaseless worker. He
is pleasing in address, and a gentle
man who impresses one with his hones
ty of purpose and loyalty to principle.
He is plain and practical, and whose
every pulse-beat is with the plain and
common people, to which fact, in a
large degree, may be attributed his
eminent success In life. He ls a modest
and unassuming gentleman, but in
tensely interested in the affairs about
him.
He bas spent his life thus far ln the
Second district, excepting the
fow years of his boyhood while attend
ing .school. His every interest is in h'.s
district, and there ie every good rea
son for the statement that, if elected
congressman, he would labor for the
best interests of district, state and na
tion with the seal that has characteriz
ed his whole business life.
StatlMticM Toll Why Conl Miners Try
Desperately lo Iletter Their Lot.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The masses of statistics in the report
of state officials are not inviting to
the general reader, but some of the
figures in the report of the state mine
inspector Just published are sugges
tive.
From the returns made to the office
it is gathered that the average time
worked in 1897 was loO*^ days, or less
than half the number of working days
lp the year. The average daily wages
during the time worked was $1.27. but
taking the year through the average
amount actually received was but $18
per month, which was nearly $2.50 per
month less than was received In either
of the two preceding years.
The lower average in 1897 was due to
the long strike caused by the endeavor
of the miners to Ret better pay. While
there was a partial advantage gained
in the rate of pay, there wsa an actual
loss in the amount received.
Taking the rate of the two years pre
ceding, when rrTe average monthly
earning was $18.47, it will be seen that
the return to the working miner for
his hard toil was miserably poor, and
It. is not to be wondered at that he
Should make desperate efforts to better
his lot. Hut the Ohio miner is, as a
rule, in better condition than his Penn
sylvania fellow laborer in the coal
mines.
Competition among the operators
sometimes forces the price of coal down,
and every person naturally wants to
get his fuel^at the lowest possible rates,
but the shave ln prices to the con*
sumer curs off a slice from tho nons
too large loaf of bread on the scantily
furnished table of the miner. The con
sumer gains at the cost of the pro
ducer, and lt is a serious question
whether tho community at large lg
benefited or Injured In the end.
POOR PAY FOR TOIL