St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-27
CHAT WITH MAI. BAL OWN,
SAYS He rs NOT A CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR,
BUT FAvORS JUDGE FLANDRAU
Secretary Morton Takes Turn az
the agricultural Waeel = He
Has Reducad Departmental
Expenses by Cutting OF Over
Five Hundred Employees =
Heavy Net Saving.

heavy Net saving.
Special to The Globe
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-"Major. re-
marked the GLOBE correspondent to
the congressman from. the Sixth dis
trict, did you discover that some of the
country newspapers up home We're NOM
mating you for governor?''
Yes, l saw it i'll one paper-the Red
Lake Falls Gazette"
What have you got to say about it?''
"Oniy this: l ain not the logical can
didate. 1t was very kind of my friend
Kaufer to think of ME in that connec-
ton, and fully appreciate the honor
there would be in a nomination to lead
the Democratic party at the next gen.
eral election. But there are many rea-
sons why it shonld not fall to my lot to
labor under such an unSought honor.
In the first place, | live in the wrong
locality. The time is rapidly approach
ing when Duluth may justly ask for
such political recognition as guberna-
torial nominee. But it has not yet
come. Again. am only in the begin
ming of my first term III public office. L
have always been Democrat. but have
never been actively enough engaged in
politics to assume the role of leadership.
Finally. l am not well enough ac-
qualnted through the state to command
the full party vote"
WHO do you favor as the Democratic
nominee next year?"
IL am entirely ready to answer that
i
will be-the general choice of the entire
party III Minnesota. Unquestionably
Judge FIandrau is the proper man 10
head the Democratic ticket in 1894. In
the first place he is the most widely
known Democrat in the state; an old
settler. and gentleman Of the highest
character. There are many other Demo-
Gratis who have all these qualifications.
but Judge Flandrau has others as we'll
that make him desirable as a party lead
er. Few men have the fine social ele-
ments possessed by him. He has not
been spoiled by holding office or WELD
ing power. but has grown i'll the grace
of simple, loyal and dignified citizen
ship during his entire life in Minnesota.
He has stood by his party i'll troublous
times when others have sea- ched for
excuses to desert. While always pro-
claiming his Democratic principles
frankly and honestly, he has never
made himself, personally or politically,
obnoxious to his party opponents. Al
ways giving cordial support to his
friends in securing positions for them,
such support has never led him into the
by-and-forbidden paths of personal or
functional warfare within the lines Of
his own party
But. finally-and above all-his high
sense Of duty as citizen, his strong
good sense and intelligence, his I'M
compromising honesty in politics as in
business, and his genuine faith in our
state and country-these high qualities
so rarely found combined in modern
craftsmanship. Point him out as the
man who should be nominated without
opposition, and Indicate his election, if
an election is possible for any Democrat
in Minnesota.
'In saying these things l hope the
readers of the GLOBE will not accuse
me OF trying TO f1atter Judge Flaudrau.
Those who know the man will not, for
every good citizen will at once recog-
nIze the fact that have refrained from
saying much more than have said and
been silent on many things that nigh
be adduced to show that he is the proper
man for the Democratic party to nom
mate for governor next summer.O
Just think for a moment of Judge
Flandrau as the chief executive of the
state of Minnesota presiding at the
capitol. VIII not every one VINO knows
him concede that he would fill that high
and responsible Office with as much
grace. integrity and ability as it ever
was filed? l do not know how the
Judge would feel about it himself, but
assume that he is a Democrat of the
Jeffersonian type-one who never seeks
an Office either for the honor or profit it
may give him, but one also who never
declines a responsibility that his fellow
citizens desire to confer upon him.
Yes. By all means let Charles E
| Flandrau be nominated by reclamation,
| and then, If he is beaten, let the people
| of the state take the responsibility of
refusing the services of one Of our most
| Intelligent, honorable and high minded
citizens. Speaking for myself, l am
genuinely thankful to my friends who
have mentioned my name for the place,
but would not allow, the proposition to
| be seriously considered for moment u
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