St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-13
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honors.
In the Third district there will be no
opposition to the denomination of o. Nj.
Hall. nor should there be. What oppo.
sitiOn there was arose from that curse of
politics-the appointments of postmast-
erS-but as it rested in personal diSap-
pointments, it was ephemeral. and has
died out No man in two terms has
gained higher position among his
fellows than has Mr.. Hall, and few
there are among all the able men who
have borne heir part So we'll OF made so
distinct an Impression for ability
as has he, 1t is to his credit
that he was the only representa-
tive who summed up the causes
of the present depression and accurately
traced the cause in speech which was
so able that it has been widely distrib-
utad over the country.
In the Fourth district the nomination
is made. and Of TIE candidate the GLOBE
has spoken. With the right kind of
canvass, forcing the one issue and fight
Ing it hard. Mr.. Darragh can be elected.
In the Fifth we are glad to see that the
choice is centering on Judge Rea, and
we hope that this preference will doni-
nate the convention. The Judge is one
of the many brainy men who have been
deserving the Republican party, be-
cause convinced that its policy Is funda-
mentally vicious and must be over
thrown. No suspicion attaches to his
change because he left a majority party,
which had honUred him with Its pref
erment, to join a minority which had
nothing TO offer him but its respect. If he
will accept the nomination it should be
given him. and thus insure the replace
ment of a bitter protectlonist with an
able man in sympathy with Democratic
principles.
In the Sixth the opposition to Maj.
Baldwin, again solely the irritation
growing out of federal appointments,
has dieG away or been set aside, and he
Will receive the nomination. His course
in congress has been all that any on y
could ask. He has stood bpavely out fol
the policy of his party against strong
local interests which imagined they
would he hurt were the duty on iron
ore reduced. He formed a pleasing
contrast to some other Democrats who
felt that they owed higher fealty to
the protected industries of their districts
than they did to the country or the
party. His probable opponent has
played losing game in getting the sup
port Of the A. p. A. to secure his home
delegation. and then offending them by
assuring the public that he has no con-
| nection or sympathy with them. He has
taken a good many rocks out of the
! majors path.
In the Seventh the Democrats should
make no nomination and leave the field
to MIR. Boon and his Republican oppo-
nent Elected as Populist and voting
| for the measures that party has pre-
sented in congress, he has stood sturdily
and sTaunchly with the Democrats on
the main and really the only question,
the tariff. No Democrat can be elected
there, and the only possible effect of
candidacy would be the possibility, no,
the probability, of giving the district to
the Republican by small plurality.
Boen's plurality two years ago was but
eighty-tive, and the margin is too mar
row to take any risk of reinforcing the
protectionists with a member from the
Seventh. There need be no fusion, no
Endorsement of Boon, but simply clear
field left him and the protectiOnist.