St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-11-06
STANDBY GEN. BECKER
The Loyal and United Demoe-
racy Will Elect Him
Today.
DESERVES DEMOCRAT VOTES.
True to His Party, His City
and State at All
Times.
HALL AND BALDWIN AHEAD.
Estimates Of PIurallties in
the Third and Sixth Dis
tpictS.

governor of Minnesota today by the
| loyal Democrats of the state.
A great deal of noise has been made
| by two classes of Democrats, but the
rank and file of the party is going to
stand solidly by the state ticket.
The places of the deserters will be
more than filled by disgusted Republi-
| cans and by Republicans who have
been voting for Owen and Donnelly for
personal reasons, despairing of defeat
Ing the enemy i'll any other way.
But the bone and sinew-the ninety
and nine out of every hundred-are
with gallant old Gen. Becker, and they
will repudiate those who dare to desert
him.
And why should not every Democrat
who is Democra. vote for Gen.
Becker?
Does the man live anywhere in this
state or out of it who can bring aught
against the Democracy of Gen. Becker?
He has lived in Minnesota for forty
years, and he has always been one of
the most faithful of Democrats, and it
mattered not to him that his party was
sure to meet with defeat. Others might
falter, but Gen. Becker was firm.
Nor does the man live who can say
aught against the character of Gen.
Becker. He is poor man, and he has
remained poor. while others in the same
position have made fortunes. The ST.
Peter journal, i'll speaking of him, tells
why Gen. Becker has not made vast
fortune. as have several others who
were situated like him years ago. The
journal says:
Resigned His Position.
George l.. Becker was commissioner
for the st. Paul & Pacific railroad thirty
years ago. and he made an excellent
officer, the same--as he makes today.
But when the St. Paul & Pacific rail-
way company intimated at some skull
duggery work in order to preserve their
interest by unfair dealing, this same
Becker washed his hands. resigned his
position and gave up the heavy salary
he was drawing. He refused to be a
party to any trans lction that was not
purely honorable and honest. This he
did when he was not in politics. and
this he might have done without the
knowledge of the public. but he would
not. Becker is today a candidate for
governor, and no man or newspaper has
dared to publish a single statement
against his character or record, for they
could not.
The particular piece of skullduggery
to which reference is made was scheme
to dispossess great many settlers who
hoH 4I oII
Paul Il Pacific. But Gen. Becker re-
fused to be party to any such pro-
ceeding.
And yet there are men who dare 60
up and down the streets of st. Paul
abusing man who has done more for
the Capital city and for the state of
Minnesota than any other man in it.
Unless the people of Ramsey county
have changed greatly, they will rebuke
the men who have dared to do these
things by giving Gen. Becker hand.
some plurality. He is entitled to this,
aud every loyal Democrat, as we'll as
every Republican who knows Gen.
Becker and his record, knows it. There
are two arguments being used against
Gen. Becker, one by the Republicans,
VIII WduI diO ~ il6lp buSul
out OF bad place, and the other by the
Populists, who want Democrats to help
them elect Owen.
True Democrats will disregard the
appeals of both classes.
Democrats cannot vote for Nelson, be-
cause he is connected with all the rings
and corporations in the state. because
his election means acontinuance OF cor
poration rule. They cannot vote for
Mr.. Owen, because of the platform on
which Mr.. Owen is running. While
the Democrats agree with Mr.. Owen on
the tariff they are not for state saloons
or any other paternalistic scheme of that
kind. Gen. Becker is the safe name for
all the people. He stands for no class,
because he is a true Democrat. No
Democrat anywhere in this state can
afford to vote against Gen. Becker. and
least of all Ramsey county Democrat.
No corporation rule, no pine land
rings, no state saloons, no Nelson, no
Owen, but Gen. Becker and free field
and fair chance for every man.
The Democrat who votes against Gen.
Becker will regret it as long as lie lives
whether Owen or Nelson is elected. A
united Democratic vote will elect Gen.
Becker, and the GLOBE believes that
when Democrats get into their booths
they will not fail to place their cross
opposite the name of Gen. Becker. The
attack which Republicans and PopulIsts
alike have made on Gen. Becker and
the Democratic party ought to stir up
every Democrat in the state to do his
very best.
There is not an unworthy man on the
Democratic ticket, nor man who sought
nomination, nor man who has ever
wavered in his devotion to the party.
Becker, Ludwig, Haines. Lambert,
Biermann, Breckenridge, KurtZ. Smith
and Willis are all names that appeal to
true Democrats, and every one of them
will be elected if Democrats do their
duty tOdaY.