St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-22
Hon. ID. S.
Hall,
of Stewart.
A campaign that is
devoid of mud-slinging
and those personalities
that only lead to bad

that only lead to bad
Of Stewart. blood is one that I
prefer, and which I
think all sensible people will indorse.
L do not believe that personalities and
the casting of dirt at an opponent
changes single vote. A candidate for
Office expects to be contested on his pub
lie record or the principles that he rep
resents as partisan, but if he is fair
man he does not intend TO stoop to at
lacks that are low, nor does he expect
his opponent to. | like a campaign in
which the two candidates can remain
personally agreeable to each other, and
when the fight is ended shake hands
and remain good friends.
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L. e. Jessrud, 1t doesn't rain in
Oregon as it does in
Portland, Or. Minnesota. There is
as much difference be-
tween the rain of these two states as
there is between the heat of Africa and
the cold of Iceland. And, by the way,
have spent winter on the Nile and
summer under the shadow of the Muir
glacier, so you see that 1 know. 1t rains
more in Oregon than it does here, be-
lieve, although l am not posted on the
weather bureau statistics. 1t rains there
without warning, and with such fire.
quency that the natives have long since
ceased to pay any attention to a
shower. A prolonged storm-the rainy
period of the coast-of course drives
them to shelter, but the everyday
sprinkle that lays the dust and cools the
air is considered as one of the attrac-
tions of the cline. The popularity of
Oregon rain is that it does not penetrate.
give you my word that l have passed
through hundred Oregon showers and
come out of them, without any protec-
tion, practically just as dry as before they
began. There is no mud caused, no
disagreeable cutters filled with rushing
waters nor impossible crossings. The
rain is delicate. 1t slides off, disap-
pears as If by miracle. Now in
Minnesota, l find it to be different.
l have recently experienced two
or three of your so-called sun-showers
and l consider them humbugs. We
was drenched to the skin, took cold, felt
stiff the next day, and had soreness in
my throat. Yet these misnamed sun
showers only lasted ten or fifteen min
utes. 1t all lies in the quality of the
rain. Here it penetrates, beats in and
transforms the dude into woe-begone,
drenched wretch. am an admirer of
Minnesota, but will take Oregon rain
every time.
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HI. j. Daven- Of all the different
styles of editorial writ
port, Sioux ing l think that pre-
: fer that which not only
Falls. conveys an editorial
opinion, but gives also
consensus of the news matter of
the subject treated. For this reason
l find journals like the New York
Evening Post admirable. After read
ing an editorial column such as
it conducts, find no necessity of con-
sulting the news columns for informa-
ton. The editorial contains all that
any one could desire. l am an opponent
of the blanket style of newspapers,
preferring the condensed, pithy form
of the New York Sun, although it's pol
tiles is trifie off. But, to change the
subject, let me say that [ consider st.
Paul hot. l have suffered from the
heat here, but not so much as have at
times in Omaha, which may be called
tritie ''hotter" than this.
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Hon. III. Il. You have heard of
sham battles, of course.
Denny, of the They had great one
at the state fair last
State Fair year. But have just
made arrangements
Association. for another that will
cap the climax. 1
promise you that it will be one of the
greatest military affairs in times of
peace that the people have ever known
of. 1t will come so near 10 the genuine
article that the thousands who are to
see it will not go away disappointed.
1 am busy on the plans and ar
rangements for it. and we will make
it one of the finest cards of the state
fair. Soldiers who fought in earnest,
officers who have conducted real battles,
batteries, breastworks, tactics, will all
be of the highest order, and the conflict
| be made contest of the Titans. The
| plan of the battle will be skillfulIy ar
ranged, SO that from beginning to end
| there shall be no cessation of interest.
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Joseph T. On our side of the
state line the temper
Roach, of ance question has re-
solved itself into this
Sheldon, 10. 'tWhat is to be done?'
We have tried the Ii
cense law, local option, and now have
prohibition. We have practically sue
| ceeded in eliminating the saloons, and
destroyed the breweries. But we have
not destroyed the liquor traffic. Liquor
| is bought and sold iii Iowa in large guam
| titles, and | know men who are making
| fortunes from the underground sale of
liquor. was originally an advocate of
| high license in Illinois, and afterwards
became pr0hibitionist ON moving to
| Iowa. My business keeps me out of
the state large part of the time, but
l am there often enough to know
that the men who want liquor are get
ting it, and in just such quantities as
they desire. The most rigid state law
| possible land | believe Iowa has it,
against the sale of liquor cannot keep
it out. My experience has been that it
only forces it into the home and private
circles. was stopping with a friend
in an iowa town not long ago. knew
that he had been drinking man in
days gone by. l asked him how he
stood the new laws. He laughed and
said: Il will trust you, JOE. See here"