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VOL. XXIII.-NO. 310.
FIRED I UN 11
GOV. LIXD'S CLOSING SPEECHES
GREETED WITH DEAFENING
APPLAUSE
FALSE CHARGES WEIEfcXPLME!)
HE EXPECTS THE CONTINI ED HOS
TILITY OF CERTAIN COR
PORATIONS
STANDS FOR LAW SUPREMACY
Am Ltea Spning Yesterday Were
Mi on n l"p, the Andieneea Went
Wild With Enthnsinmiu—Gov
ernor in Great Form.
Addressing seven exceptionally large
and enthusiastic audiences last night ?.n
Minneapolis, Gov. Lind ciosed his cam
paign for ISOO. As a clean, vigorous and
effective campaign it claims a place Ui
the forefront of Minnesota politics a fid
will be memorable regardless of res ilts
at the polls in future annals of Ktate
affairs. From the beginning of this
busy season of canvassing the governor
has experienced one continuous ovation,
such as no other candidate In the state,
whether local or foreign, has known. Tls,
governor has confined his campaign al
most entirely to state issues and has
been logical, clean and convincing in all
his speeches and none have appar-?i tly
been more warmly and satisfactorily re
received than those which he delivered
to the citizens in various parts of the
Mill City last night.
Gov. Lind spoke first at Dania iiall, ie
the Sixth ward, last night. Here 113 met
a most cordial audience, the overwhelm
ing majority of which were vote's «nd
the hall was packed to its limit. He
spoke for about fifteen minu'.us, l»ro-
ceeding to another Sixth ward head
quarters on West Lake street, vhere ihc
ovation was continued and wlv:-e he
again talked briefly to an interestei pnd
appreciative audience. At the several
places over the city, Mayor '-iray, Sen
ator Stockwell, Judge Arctander, Prof
T. J. Caton, J. C. Hams, Harry A. Lund
and other prominent Democrats occu
pied part of the time, some preceding the
governor, speaking before his arrival and
others talking after he had finished and
left for the next place. All the speaksrs
were most enthusiastically ;eceivcd ?.nd
the demonstrations attjndln^ the gov
ernor's speeches were such as havo rut
been seen in Minneapolis at similar gath
erings during the campaign. People
seemed more eager than ever to "far the
voice of "Honest John Lind," which for
the last time before his re election was
to be lifted in their midst.
WAS IN GOOD FORM.
Although talking almost constantly for
the past three weeks and many times un
der the most adverse circumstances, the
governor was in splendid voice, and ac
tually electrified his audiences. One of
the best meetings of the final night was
that held In the Democratic headquarters
In the Eighth ward. J. C. Hams was
speaking when Gov. Lind entered the
hall. His words were d.awneJ In app'auae
for the governor, and he yielded the plat
form to Mayor Gray, who preceded Gov.
Lind in a very excellent speech. The
mayor told his audience that Gov. Jonn
Lind had protected the interests of the
people of Minnesota better and more
carefully than any other governor it had
ever possessed. He asked them wny,
when thry had such an executive as the
one who now occupied that exalted po
sition, one in whom no one, not even his
bitterest opponent, could honestly poini
to a single dishonest transaction, they
would not vote to retain him.. He s^aid
that when Minnesota has a gove »or who
would confer the tremendous favor upon
It of reclaiming and recovering 50,000 acres
of valuable lands for their schools, such
as Gov. Lind has done, Its peop!e ought
and will vote to keep that governor in
power. When the people reflect upon
this endowment that has come to them
through the administration of Gov. Lind,
Mayor Gray said that two questions pre
sented themselves. The one is why
should not any man vote for Gov. Lind,
and the other, what were Gov. Lin-i's
predecessors doing all the years they
were in office that they did not regain
this vaFt and rich territory.
ST'PREMACY OF LAW.
In his remarks Gov. Lind "stated that
Since he had been governor he had not
known class, creed nor party in the per
formance of his official duty, but had
only recognized the people of Minnesota,
and if he is re-elected he would adhere
to that same policy and no other. He
declared that his first and foremost prin
ciple had been, and would continue to be,
If re-elected, supremacy of law. This
state shall be governed by law and not
by class, caprice or greed. He said that
! This is the grentleman "whose nam© appears on tha eountvT iinlcri «n?«i*nl«»
i*HSßffiSEwa« snPSW£S.
THE ST.PAUL GLOBE
while he is governor no individual or
corporation, nor ev&it- a street Car com
pany, shall receive special favors or
privileges, and there shall be no power
higher than the law itself.
"This has been my principle in the past
and shall be in the future, if I am again
called Into service," stated the governor.
He declared that as soon as any gov
ernor declared allegience to these prin
ciples, however, he forthwith incurred
the enmity of certain, corporations and
their outside powers and agencies, es
pecially their public mouthpieces.
"But regardless of this fact," said Oov.
Lind, "these very corporations shall rec
ognize the law and be made to bear an
equal share of the burdens that the law
places upon all people alike and shall
not be exempt from a single just burden,
nor shall they be made to suffer a sin
gle hardship or injustice if I can help
The governor called attention to a
ridiculous statement made yesterday by
an afternoon St Paul paper, in which it
declared that the credit of Minnesota had
been ruined by one man, and that man
was John Lind. ■_ c audience manifested
its disgust at the publication of such an
absurdity, and cheered the governor in
his exposition of it. Their applause uur
ing this part of his speech, particularly
that referring to the enforcement of the
law with regard to these special corpora
tions, was nothing short of deafening.
The governor's words were invariably
drowned with cheers.
A scurrilous attack made upon the gov
ernor, whom the paper referred to, at
tempted to hold responsible for what it
wantonly termed the ruination of the
state"s credit in New York, was alluded
to, and the falsity and absurdity of it
ably revealed. The governor declared
that it was an insult upon the intelligence
of tiie voters of Minnesota and a de
nunciation of them as insane and imbe
cile, this being the sense in which the
fabrication dealth with them.
Referring again to the recent villainous
attacks which have .been. made, through
t.e instrumentality of a certain corpora
tion, Gov. Lind declared that this cor
poration and its organs have never com
plained that any injury has been done
it, but simply wriggles .under an In
- amed passion because the former course
of state administrations has not been car
ried out by the present one. They have
found it Impossible to get a hold upon
the present administration whereby they
could manipulate it and its actions as
they wished. The governor declared in
vehement terms:
"I am comparatively a young man, and
in the future, whether in office or not,
I shall devote every minute of my time
that I can take from my family and their
immediate interests, to fighting corrup
tion in the management of state af
airs." He was cheered to the echo in
-oils declaration.
REPEATED THE CHARGES.
Gov. Lind a«?:ain reiterated the charge
made against the Twin, city Rapid Tran
sit company Friday and Saturday nights.
He stated that it is not true that he
had concealed this matter as had been
charged by certain papers, but upon
the contrary he had told State Auditor
Dunn and also had imparted the infor
mation to Theodore M. Knappen, of the
Minneapolis Journal, the paper which
condemned the governor for not bringing
the matter up before. The governor said
there were good reasons why he had not
spoken of it publicly before, but now
he had made the statement two days
ago, that is two legal days, and no steps
had been taken by the parties involved
In the matter to protect themselves
against the injury which might come
from such a statement.
"It would be criminal libel if not true,"
said the governor, "then why does not
sume one attempt to deny it."
He said that he knew full well that if
the statement were not true he would
be subject to arrest, but no one had made
any attempt a thiaving him arrested.
Every word uttered upun this subject
was carefully listened to and the au
dience manifested its feelings by tre
mendous applause.
At several of the meetings when Gov.
Lind was approaching the close of his
speech the audience cried for him to con
tinue. It was plainly evident that he
was the most popular speaker who had
addressed them during" the campaign.
BULLETIN. OF..
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for St. Paul:
Fair; Variable Winds.
I—Minneapolis Enthuses for Lind.
2—Sound Money Meeti-ng.
Caiupaitiu Matters.
:i— The General Situation.
Last Meetings in State.
4—Editorial Page.
Libel Suits in Sight.
5— Sporting Xews.
6—Sews of Railroads.
Anokn Murder Case.
7—Markets of the World.
Chicago Dec. Wheat, 74 I-Bc.
B—A* to DawHon Not«-s.
PETER VAN HO'VEN.
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER .6, 1900.
€@m@! Etmpf tfl)t Tmhii!
Will Be Bisphfei as Usual''at
the &obe'§ Stereoptkon Will Cbeep the
Buvts of the Bemomts. the Bispakh
niaf Be Expected to Tumhh Comfort for
to Till in tin time the
SefMes-Cwbett Tiglfyt
PktuKS Will Be Browns.
MltiMßOtSl $tsk Bmd ':@fn furnish Musk.
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Richard T. O'Connor Caught Marcus Johnson With
a Few Thousand Dollars, and Soon Satisfied
His Desires for Betting on Van Sant.
As one of those who has nl
waj-s been well treated by his
party; Marcus Johnson, of At
water, is a man wl-o likos to shew
his party loyalty by coming to the front
on the eve of a great battle like to
day's with all sorts of money, including
the purelyvoral, to back his personal hope
that the Republicans will win.
\\ hen Marcus strolled into the Ryan
yesterday afternoon he confided to Col.
Welz that he had been all over Minne
apolis looking for a place to get up a
little money on Van Sant, but he had
not been able to find a sou. Now Mar
cus and R. T. O'Connor formerly of
ficed in the same federal building, al
though at different periods, and it was
on the strength of old acquaintance, may
be, that Richard T. came into the con
versation within a few moments after )
Mr. Johnson's remark, and asked the At
water man if he knew where any :.ioney
could be found that wanted to be wager
ed on Van Sant.
Mr. O'Connor, by way of opening a
materialistic seance, ventured that lie
had $1,000 that was feverishly panting for
a share in the excitement of the cam
paign.
Marcus, who but a short time before,
according to his own story, had oeeri
scouring Minneapolis in search of LirJ
money, became suddenly pensive, but
rather than have Col. Welz estimate
him as a "quitter," admitted that he
had $500 himself which he would like
to have double itself on Van Sanfs elec
tion. So the cash was put up, and the
betters separated.
SCENE OF ACTION MOVED.
There seeming to be a little too much
money around the Ryan to permit him to
listen to his own conversation much
longer, Mr. Johnson changed his base of
action, and the next the impatient pub
lic heard of him he was in Durkin's buf
fet, on Robert street, proclaiming that
he had put all the money on Van Sant
that he could find takers for. This was
rad news for the habitues of that re
sort, for as Marcus, perhaps, knew, a
number of patrons had entrusted Van
Sant money to the proprietor for act'jn,
and the chances were that there was no
Lind money around the place unless
come workingmen came In to get his
dinner pail filled.
So Marcus and the assemblage congratu
lated themselves that the opposition was
clearly routed, and if money wagers
DAI IS I IN DANGER
WO TRUTH IN THE MAST ALARM
ING REPORTS CIRCULATED
ABOUT THE SENATOR
FOOT WAS OPENED AGAIN
In OosLsnliatlon With Dr. Stone, He
Decide* That Amputation Is
Innecessarj-Patlrut
: V 'Jm Improving. -
"Alter the operation Dr. Stone said that
the age of Ber.ator Da m and the condi
tion of his arteries made an amputation
rather serious, had such been considered
necessary. But it was aofc "We simply
had any influence Lind was clearly out
of the race.
•Being on Robert street, a main traveled
road, it was not Strange that the Buffet
de Durkins ghould be visited later in the
evening by uhe same speculative O'Con
nor who had been' at the Hyan, and sin
gularly enough Mr. O'Connor dropped in
about the time that Marcus was making
it strongest.
Following up his original proposition,
Mr. O'Connor suggested that V li»d $2,000
with him.
Mr. Johnson did not feel TTke bothering
with a paltry $2,000. but if Mr. O'Connor
had 410,000 it might be made <m object.
Mr. O'Connor thought he could dig up
the $10,000 in the morning, and suggested
that the $2,000 be put up as a forfeit for
the larger bet.
Mr. Johnson could not be present in the
morning, however, as he had to go up
to Atwater to look after some horses he
had there.
Mr. O'Connor intimated that so far a§,
he was personally concerned, any time he
had a chance to make $119,000 in one day
he would hire a good man to water the
horses for twenty-four hours, and some
what nettled by "this aspersion his desire
to put up the coin. Mr. Johnson said he
would cover the $2,000, and if he could get
the rest of the money la,st night he would
take some of the'reame.
About 1 o'clock lie returned, having se
cured $500 more, jnaking $3,000 in all.
In the meantime Mr. O'Connor took
about $1,000 in small amounts, which have
been at the buffet for several days, and
rumor has it that he now has $9,000 on the
success of Gov. Lind.
SHEVLIN FOUND IT FAST.
Thomas H. Shevlin, the Republican na
tional committeeman for this state, also
found speedy action yesterday. When he
went home Saturday night, "Tom," as he
is familiarly known in Minneapolis, left
word at Cox & Harris' cigar store that
he w^ould cover any Lind bets that strag
gled In there.
From common report, Lind bets must
have had "V-wedges" in the cigar store
door at some period of Sunday, for when
T. H. came down after breakfast yes
terday morning he found $£$00 awaiting
his omnibus proposition qf Saturday
night.
"Did you say $5,800?" he asßed, puzzled.
'That's what it figures up," replied the
obliging- cigar man.
"Well, It goes," replied Mr. Shevlin,
as he drew a check for the amount. "But
you can take the sign down. See?"
All day yesterday parties ol" his sup-
found it necessary," said Dr. Stone, "to
open the bottom of the foot to allow the
pu s to escape.. Dr. Murphy, as well as
.ourselves, was surprised to find the foot
in as healthy condition, as we found it.
Senator Davis rallied nicely from the
ether, and a little later was in a better
condition than he had been for Torty
eight hours. It simply remains for na
ture to do the work now. No further
Operation will be necessary, st least fur
the present."
At midnight Dr. Stone was again seen,
hav.ng just left Senator Davis. He said
the senator was sonnd asleep, his pulse
was 82, and his condition was as & atistac
tory as could be hoped for.
Despite the many alarmist -eporrs that
were flying around the city yesterday
afternoon and evenlnjf, there is every rea
son to believe that the condition of Sen
ator C. K. Davis is a» hopeful as his
physicians could possibly expect. Tnat
the distinguished patient is seriously ill
is not denied; for a man of his age the
affection from which he is suffering is
not a light niatter. But, on the other
hand, ther» is absolutely no foundation
for the disquieting reports that-ere being
persistently circulated.
Since the senator was first forced to
porters went from place to place, vainly
seeking to "get action", on some portion
of the wads they were willing to invest
op. Gov. Linds chances.
In only one instance were Van Sant
supporters hardy enough to wager any
considerable amount, and that war when
Matt Clark accepted a $1,500 bet made by
A. Peterson, of Stillwater, on Lind.
A gentleman acting for Mr. Clark was
approached in the office of Mr. M. Doran
yesterday afternoon by Mr. Peters.,n, an*
asked if he could cover $500 which was
ready to back Lind. In reply Mr. Peter
son was informed in a magniloquent tone
that accommodation could be made "for
any amount from JSOO to $10,000"
Not having expected so favorable a re
ply. Mr. Peterson said he coukl not bet
$10,000, because he didn't have it, tut he
would take $1,500 of the $10,000.
This seemed to be a "facer," and con
siderable telephoning followed before Mr.
Peterson's offer was accp-td. Finally the
money was forthcoming and was put up
in.the hands of Wilber Tibblls, the cigar
man.
Not wishing to let all of the rerr.aininff
$8,500 go begging, Mr. Peterson asked a
few hours' grace to go over to SUHwater
for the purpose of securing $2,500 to bet
on the same terms. The response was pe
culiar.
"Our business hours close at 5 o'clock,"
said Mr. Clark's representative, "arid no
propositions can be entertained after that
hour." As it was Impossible for him
to secure the money before that hcur, Mr.
Peterson was obliged to leave without
placing any more coiH. However, he had
the satisfaction of making the Van Sant
man "quit."
William Peterson, brother of the man
referred to above, also had a goodly roll
to invest in the same way. He could only
get $400 placed, and left for Slillwater in
disgust, believing that there was mors
Republican money in sight there tbaa in
this city.
Van Sant supporters created a Httla
flurry in JDurkin's saloon last night, and
two of them displayed rolls of $GOO and
$600 respectively. At the time there was
no Lind betters in the place, and the
two Republicans did some loud talking
until the arrival of two men who thought,
differently and had money to back their
convictions.
The $1,100 was gobbled un in shcrt or
der, and the Lind men left in quest of
more victims. By midnight there was
apparently no Van Sant money in town,
while the supply backing the governor
seemed to be as large as at any time dur
ing the campaign.
abandon his work in the campaign there
have been three operations performed
The first was on Oct. 14, and was per
formed by Drs. Stone, Lancaster and
Rothrock. This afforded temporary relief,
and on Oct. 24 another was deemed nec
essary. This, too, seemed to rive the
patient great relief. The third was per
formed yesterday. Until Friday , ihe
symptoms were favorable, and it was be
lieved that Mr. Davis was on the high
road to recovery. On that day, however,
shooting pains in the sole of the affected
foot indicated that the poison was spread
ing. The patient became feverish, anil en
Saturday there were evidences of an ac
cumulation of purlent matter at ihe base
of the toe. Although there were no signs
of any immediate danger, Dr. Stone deem
ed it wise to call Dr. Murphy, of Chicago,
Into consultation on Monday, and that
well known surgeon arrived yesterday
morning. At that time the senator was
complaining of shooting pains in his foot,
which extended at times to the ankle. A
consultation was held, and ft was decided
that such an extreme step as the ampu
tation of the foot was both unnecessary
and useless. Instead, it was decided to
draw off the pus which had accumulated
In the ball of the foot.
PSICE TWO CENTSH gaffg^
FARE SOOW SPEW ITS FORCE
Chairman Rosing Nailed the Last Republican
Boomerang Early in Its '
Career
Shows That Gov. Lind Is Friendly to the New
Capitol, While Capt. Van
Sant Never Was.
The Republican campaign managers in Minnesota closed
the campaign last night with a fake, so venomous that ifi'
caused people to marvel at the nerve of the men responsible
for it.
After the expose a few days ago of the roorback with
which it was hoped to switch some of the labor vote from
Gov. Lind, nothing that the Republicans could invent would
have surprised the Democratic managers. But last evening
at 4 o'clock when an extra Pioneer Press and the DispatcTi
appeared simultaneously with a story that an effort was being 1
made by the Democrats to use the state capitol to make vote*
for Gov. Lind in the state they were simply astounded.
Here is the fake circular attributed to the Democrats but be
heved to have had its origin from some Republican sourcei
FARMERS! VOTERS! TAXPAYERS—ATTENTION!
PaiS°V^wl? vf d. evsl the cloSn hours of his campaign to worl; in St.
tV+ c^ re ne ,1s .being;,opposed- by tne old capitol rins and the hun<rv
SnViU I i V are ffoxnjf befcre the legislature to ask for another million
dollars to be squandered on the state capitol. If that million dollars is
fJrX,^ P7^ late1 fOUr; ttfths of ie will come ovt of the pockets ftle
SSy^t^-if^thi and thre?-fourths ! of it will po into the pockets of the
«?«*f«?I?" th*V steal is perpetrated it will be because the farraors
«f 'vL« « > x^' ° foi"*f tflll of. their own interests as to allow the elect'en
01 van Sant. %\ho was the principal promoter of the original capitol steal.
FARMERS. PROTE CT YOUTIBELVKS!
■:■'.■ .:'■ V. _: ;.- ' VOTE FOR :
JOHN LIND. ECONO MY AND REFORM!
Gov. Lind has always been a friend of St. Paul and the
new capitol.
S. R. Van Sant has never been a friend of St. Paul of
the new capitol. He is not a friend of it except so far as
Dar Reese and Eli Warner influence him in such matters.
It was so untruthful, so unfair and so palpably a crea
ture of the Republican machine itself, that Chairman Rosing
decided at first to pay no attention to it. Later he made th<3
following statement:
The voters of St. Paul are not to be gulled by
any such infamous lie as that which has been pubiish
ed in the Pioneer Press and the Dispatch in extra
editions today.
These papers, not in their regular editions which
go out into the country, but in special editions which
are given away in St. Paul, publish what purports
to be a circular issued by the Democratic committees
to the effect that Gov. Lind is devoting the last
hours of the campaign in St. Paul to an attempt to
down the "capitol ring" and save the people of the
state $1,000,000 which St. Paul is trying to grab for
the completion of the new capitol building.
They give what are said to be photographic
copies of' this, circular. The whole article is one of
the most infamous lies that has ever yet emanated
from that factory of misstatements, the Republican
state committee. No such circular was ever issued
by the Democratic committee, and if there are any
copies of this circular in existence they were manu
factured for the sole purpose of being photographed
for these special editions of the Republican papers.
Not only is the statement that the circular has
been issued an absolute falsehood, but the very inti
mation that Gov. Lind is opposed to the new capitol
or to the capitol commissioners is as vile a falsehood
as was ever dreamed of.
In his last biennial message to the legislature
Gov. Lind highly commended the work of the cap
itol commission, and bespoke for them every help
which the legislature has the power to give them.
In this report he says: **Tlie efficiency and
good judgment with which Ul2 commission
has carried on this important work to date
cannot faii to command your approval." And
again he says: "Sound business principles dic
tate that the work should be carried forward
as experiitiously as possible. Every delay in
the prosecution of a work of that character
and magnitude means loss and expanse."
Does this look as if Gov. Lind was opposed to
the capitol commission or to the completion of the
new capitol as rapidly as possible?
Does this sound as if Gov. Lind was ob
structing the building of the state house and using
every effort to thwart it?
Gov. Lind has proved himself the friend of St.
Paul, as he has proved himself the friend of every
portion of the state. The statements that: he has made
an attempt to injure the city and its interests by ob
structing the completion of the capitol and worrying
the commissioners who have the building in charge,
would be a subject which could call forth nothing
but smiles were it not tor the fact that these charges
have been printed with evident seriousness bypapers
that have been considered above such petty lies.
The Democratic state central committee de
clares the statements absolutely false, without the
slightest shadow of truth in them, and declares that
the men who are responsible for them have not the
slighest idea that they are anything but false, but
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