St. Paul daily globe., 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 neutrality-suspicious. their ability.
WILLIAM b. DEAN is the handsOm-
est man i'll the body, aud, 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 a record for
himself, and may earn the Republican
nomination for congress from this dis
trtct next time. His enemies criticise
him by saving that he is little narrow
minded and intolerant. He has the
rep ltation 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
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 f. STEVENS is not as effective
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 q sympathetic
manner and a generous heart. lie might
have been OneOf Our district judges had
he cared to, and would have made good
one, because he knows how to dispatch
business and is a profound and Well-read
In 4 l. 4
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 10 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-
cnSed him the other day of being the
attorney for the Duluth Gas and Water
company. The GLOBE does not quite
understand now this is badge of moral
Obloquy, but If it is, it is not true. Gen.
SANBORN is the valued attorney for
good many interests, bat not OF this
particular corporation. \ 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
OfCentraIAmerica 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 OF his surplus energy, OF which
he has limltless supply.
CHARLES ii. IIENAU is the ONLY out
and-Out Democrat Oh the list. He is the
head Of a most successful German news
paper, and knows thing or two, and
Knows them well. He is the architect of
his own fortune, and has reason to be
proud OF his work. He thoroughly un-
derstands the city's needs, and is dis
Greet and practical in his measures. lie
has more influence with his fellow SEN
ators than any of the delegation. and
has this because he deserves to. No
body criticiSes him at ALL
These are four strong men, with whom
the city is well satisfied. But would it
not be just as 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
ment. 50 called.