The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-09-24

81. PAU, THURSDAY, 4r.n.
At the Democratic and Liberal Repub-
lican Convention held in this city this az
ternoon, the Hon. Z. NJ Wilson, of Min
neapolis, was Nominated for candidate for
Member of Congress in the Third District.
THE UNITED STATES sENATORsHIP.
Upon the coming session of the
Minnesota Legislature will devolve
the,duty of,electing a successor to the
Hon. - Alexander Ramsey, present
United. States Senator from this
Ststs; aid upon the people will de-
volve the duty of electing to the Leg
islature men who will give proper ex-
preston to their wishes as to who
this 'FhSeteasot shall be. The two
NEST ;psominent. candidates for the
position are Governor G.. K. Davis
and Senator. Ramsey himself. Ex-
Governor Austin will have some
strength, but it is believed the real
contest will be between the two gen.
tlemen first named.
It is becoming every day more and
more evident that Governor Davis is
the first choice of the people of Min
neeota for United States Senator, and
unless political cunning and adroit
wire-pulling prove to be more effective
than numerical superiority, he will
certainly be elected. He is young,
vigorous and talented an original
thinker, an eloquent speaker and
an earnest worker; clear-headed
lawyer, Of wide reputation, and an ex-
perienced legislator. He is a man of
to-day. He is in sympathy with the
great mass of the people on those
questions which are now recognized
as of the most vital Importance
transportation question and questions
of finance and political economy.
There is not an anti-monopoly interest
1--WE use this expression in its proper,
and not in any party, sense) in the
State that does not have in Governor
Davis One 'ofits truest representatives
and most powerful advocates; and it
may also fairly be said that there is
not monopoly interest in the State
that is not pledged against his election
to the Senate. 1t was his personal
strength with the people, and that
alone, which last fall saved this State
to the Republican party, and under
his leadership>a greater unity and a
more successful future for the party
are possible than under that Of any
other man. 1t is no exaggeration to
say that, from every point Of view,
Governor Davis stands out pre-
eminently as the man best
suited and best fitted for the position
of United States Senator.
All that can reasonably be claimed
for Senator Ramsey, on the score of
past services, may readily be admitted
without in the least affecting the truth
of what has been stated. He has
done very we'll for the State, and at
the same time the State has done ex-
ceedingly we'll for him. Not to speak
Of the successive terms for which he
was elected Governor, twelve years
in the United States Senate are no
trifing favor or honor. For any one
to ask for a continuance beyond this
generous length of time is to lay
claim to = very high degree of ability
and to; = peculiar fitness for the po-
sition that is. beyond question
Among the great body of the people
Of the State the number Of those who
are able to perceive in Senator Ram
sey such transcendent qualifications
as call for or even render desirable
his second reelection to the Senate
is quite limited. There is no dis.
guising the fact that the third-term
policy is not a popular one, The
people have somehow got the notion
that. changes in high official positions
are good thing-that to keep one
man in the same place year after
year, or term after term, is to encour.
age the formation of "rings," to foster
and conceal corruption and to enrich
q few at heexpense of the many. Al
least occasional rotation in Office il
necessary to a vigorous, healthy anc
clean-handed government. It is il
accord with and is demanded by thu
spirit of our Republican institutions
And there will be considerable diff
Guilty in approaching the reasons
which may require violation o
this admitted principle in the case O
Senator Ramsey. He is now vel
advanced in years; the best of his
days are already passed and he will
be poorly able to meet the exactine
requirements Of the. service Of E
young and growing.State having sc
many wants as Minnesota. It is tt
be hoped that, appreciating that thu
State has been by no means niggardlJ
Units treatment of him, and that tt
ask further honors and benefits at its
hands is to presume on generosity and
good nature, Senator Ramsey will
gracefully withdraw from the Sena
torial contest and not attempt to di.
vert from its true channel the cur.
rent of popular preference. It would
be to his friends matter of exceed.
ing regret to have his long and hon.
orable public career closed with a
humiliating. defeat.