St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-08
OUR FOUR SENATOR'S.

This city has strong delegation in
the present state senate and while
some of our citizens find fault with its
members nobody their ability
WILLIAM b. DEAN is the handsom-
est man i'll the body, and, besides this.
has character. brains and address. He
is one of our foremost business men,
conscientious and capable IN the dis
charge of every trust. an elegant
speaker and an acute and logical
thinker. He is making record for
himself, and may earn the Republican
nomination for congress from this dis
trict next time. His enemies criticise
him by saying that he is little narrow
minded and intolerant. He has the
II p ltati0n of calling people heretics if
they do not agree with him. Perhaps
he does rather overestimate the sane
tity of his own creed. but this is part of
a public mans equipment. He is in
thorough sympathy with all the mo-
nopolistic principles of the Republi-
cans, and sustains them without fear or
favor.
HIRAM +. STEVENS is not as effective
a talker as Mr.. DEAN. but he has the
highest sort of executive ability and the
cleareSt head. He is in touch with all
classes of people, and has sympathetic
manner and a generous heart. He might
have been oneof Our disadvantages had
he cared to, and would have made good
one, because he knows how to dispatch
business and is a profound and Well-read
lawyer. The only criticism the GLOBE
has ever heard made on him is that one
cannot take him OH theory, and that it
is not possible to tell accurately in adj
vance where he is going to be found
when division comes. This only
means, however. that he is interesting
and open to conviction. He wants to
hear all sides before he acts, and he
thinks that the best way TO get mans
views is to be courteous with him. Mr..
STEVENS is always courteous.
So is JOHN B. SANBORN. our third
senator. lie makes no enemies by
Quarreling with men, and when he is
smitten on one cheek he generally turns
the other and bides his time. He has
bright eye, limitlesS experience, is equal
to the most protracted industry, and has
the courage to be superior to party
lines. He is a Democrat on national
issues, and with any side in the senate.
A gentleman from st. Louis county ac-
cuSed him the other day of being the
attorney for the Duluth Gas and Water
company. The GLOBE does not quite
understand how this is badge of moral
obIoquy, but If it is, it is not true Gen.
SANBORN is the valued attorney for
good many interests, bat not of this
particular corporation. A more serious
charge brought against him is that he is
somewhat visionary. He quotes poetry
in his public speeches, and spends his
Sunday afternoons studying the history
ofCentralAmerica and about the sources
of the Nile. This leads him to compose
obscure city charters and other public
documents. These do no harm, how
ever, but only give him an avenue for
working off his surplus energy, of which
he has llmItless supply.
CHARLES III. IIENAU is the only out
and-out Democrat Oh the list. He is the
head of most successful German news
p"E'Sis anu hhOho q IililiS VI lNOs dllu
Knows them well. He is the architect of
his own fortune, and has reason to be
proud Of his work. He thoroughly UNI
derStandS the city's needs, and is dis
Greet and practical in his measures. He
has more influence with his fellow SEN
ators than any of the delegation. and
has this because he deserves to. No
hO6V criticiSpS him ot all
These are four strong men, with whom
the city is we'll satisfied But would it
not be just rs well satisfied if it had
four Democrats of equal ability and
character to represent it? This would
have been possible if the Democracy
had not yielded to the citizens move
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