St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-09
The Litehffeld Editor Writes
a Letter of Thanks to
His Boomers,
And Takes the Opportunity
to Roast the Nationality
Racket in Politics.
Harry Griswold Believes In
Getting in the Race for
Auditor Early.
Speaker Champlln the Com
promise Candidate of the
Alliance Leaders.

There are only few humorists in the
newspaper business, and Editor w. j.
Joubert. of the Litchfield News-Ledger,
is one OF them. Maj. Joubert has been
enjoying nice little boom in the pa.
pers of the state for the Republican
nomination tor secretary of state, and
i'll the last issue of his bright and newsy
paper makes due Acknowledgement for
the compliments that have been show
cred upon him. In column, half jest
and half argument. he demonstrates the
absurdity of the nationality issue as it
is worked in the politics of Minnesota.
Already the Republican party leaders
have settled the makeup of the ticket
as regards nationality. There must be
one Norwegian, one Swede, and one
German OH the ticket they figure. re-
CARELESS of everything else. And no
nationality will be allowed to secure
more than one nomination. The present
contest over the nomination for secre-
tary of state illustrates the senseleSS-
ness of this idea.
Two years ago the present secretary
of state was nominated aud elected. He
has proven capable official, but is to
be refused the customary Endorsement
of second nomination, because, for.
s0oIh, he was born in Nor.
way-in the event that Hon.
Knute Nelson is nominated for
governor as now seems more than
likely. Mr.. Brown came to America
when a boy. and has for third of a
century been resident of Minnesota.
He was candidate two years ago as an
American citizen. and refused to enact
the humiliating part of nationality
candidate. He was nominated then, in
spite of the nationality appeals made by
Col. Hans MattSGn'S friends, and he
may surprise the boys again.
The facetious pen OF Maj. Joubert,
while IL may not land him the nominal
ton this year. will place him in line for
future honors. The Minnesota politi-
clan who can rdicule this nationality
issue out OF existence in the state will
be entitled to anything that is good.
After quoting references to his candi.
dacy from the Hutchinson Leader, the
Litchfield Independent and the GLOBE,
Maj. Joubert says:
Thank you, gentlemen, from the inner
most recess of our organ of gratitude we
thank you. 1t is curious how great minds
often get to trottinG on the same track. For
10, these many years, mentioned above. we
have heard this man urged for position be-
cause he represented a large German ele-
ment, that man because he had large Scam
stood in solid as an Irishman; but. unless
our memory has got the blind staggers.
neither or the two great parties has ever
before led 10 throw the political laSso over
the heads OF the influential and much-needed
French vote of this great commonwealth. Re-
aliZing that every day were being born great
men of the first three nationalities, our earli-
est political acumen was demonstrated by our
making arrangements to be the offspring of
French sire, aud to make our personal
claims more binding we divided the maternal
side between the Scotch AND Welsh. TheD,
to make assurance doubly sure we tackled as
q codicll to the agreement the provision that
we were 10 be born in the full of,tlie moon,
when the sign,was in the buck sheep. and
out in the then wild, woolly west of Wis
consin. With an eye solely on the office
of secretary of state, we have bent
our every talent and energy toward
accommodating superabundance of
gray matter most needed EQUALITY a man for
the duties of that Office. We have in years
that are gone Maggie" filed the responsible
and laboriels positions of secretary of ward
caucuses, town board board of trade. county
conventions. county fair, Sunday school, and
kept tab on keno game. In fact, we have
exhausted the gamut in this partcular line,
within the reach of the comprehensive and
adoring people of our resident township, city
and county and now our vaulting ambition.
after pruning its ail-feathers, boldly scars to
and hovers over the state capitol, ready
to alight in the chair of the secre-
tary of state for Minnesota, while the
admlring millions are warming a secretary
ship in Washington for us. We will tell you
frankly, gentlemen, there is no limit to our
attainments. proficiency. eminent fitness or
ambition, and, like all other eminent men of
the day, we have rought lightning rod and
are in the hands of our friends, laying spe
cial stress on the care we have taken in ouI
combinational breeding Incidentally we
might mention that tn salary alta ched adds
some impetus to our laudable cravings.
Again thanking you, gentlemen, and hoping
that each of you is vox pop,li (apropos
Latin. is it not?), we are yours ambitinusly.
W. D. JoUBERT