The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-09-13
SAUK CENTRE, MINI.
A POLLYWOG TICKET.

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In the selection OF candidate for
governor the democratic party exercised
better judgement than usual-in fact it
displayed so much wisdom that it evil
IDENTIFY exhausted its stock; for there is
nothing at all conspicuous in the bal
ance of the ticket except the peculiar
untitness oil the greater part oft. Gen.
eral Becker is an old resident OF Mime
sofa. honored and honorable. For more
than forty years he has been resident
OF the state, ard has been conspicuous
figure i'll its history at all times. Public
spirit and excellent judgment have char
acterized his activities. He was many
years ago president OF the st. Paul and
Pacific, now the Great Northern rail-
road, and ever since it's organization he
has been a hemLer of tie DO; ri of rail-
road aud Observation-Disclosures He
is, all things considered. the best type OF
has party III the state,
As for the balance OF the ticket what is
not mediocre, is absolutely bad, with
the exception OF Chief Justice OF the Su-
preme Court, Seagrav. Smith OF Mime
apolis, Win. is a gentleman of ability and
legal acnnen. That he will never sit
upon the supreme bench by election IN no
sense detracis form his qualifications tor
the position. Thomas {. Kurtz, candi-
date for Clerk OF the Court, a Moorhead
business man has personal traits, which
have made tor MIN warm friends ia both
parties.
In selecting the auditor the democracy
must have consulted the friends of the
republican nominee-for certainly MIR.
Dunn couldnot nave conceived any more
effective method of swelling his majority
than BY the denomination of the present
incumbent, Adolph Biermann. He it is
who, by the administration of the office,
has made it necessary for the state to
bring suits against the pine land ring
for the recovery of money fraudulently
wrested or withheld from the treasury.
1t Was i'll recognition OF his valuable
services i'll uncovering these frauds and
successfully pushing the prosecution, Of
the ringsters and enriching the state
treasury by many thousands OF dollars
that Robert c. Dunn as selected BY the
republicans to administer the affairs Of
that important office. The issue was
distinctly defined and clearly announced,
aud the courts have thrown their weight
with nc republican nominee. These
iraG-S were made possible by and
through Nh. "Biermann, and vet the
Democratic party endorses him. and by
implication. his administrations OF u e
Office. That the people Will protest !.
never before against Snch high h .nded
defiance O. republic dscency and 'deliber-
ate approval OF official n,altease nee doe.
not seemed tohave deterre this represen
tative party gathering. But any body o
democrats. or alleged dem ocrats, who
could and would endorse he demagogit
na".Iulist's nominee, John w. Willis, fol
the supreme bench. could be relied upor
to 90 to any extrsme. Mr.. Willis stand:
for all that is bad aud dangerous. III
that he is willing to sacrifice principle
# he ever had any, for the hope of Office
He professed TO be democrat until the
popuiists rendered him the nomination
to the supreme bench, which he accepted
throwing to the winds every vestige o
democracy and subscribing to populism' ::
most radical and destructive tenets. AnG
i'm the face OF this fact, the democrats
tackled him upon the tail of their ticket
He is specially pitted against Judge Col
Inns, and the friends of the latter will
bear III mind the fact that his competit
or is on both tickets, and make spccia
effort to call attention to the characte
Of his opponent, and the dangers to tn
very fundamental principles Of govern
nent bv reason of his election. Popu
lism recognizes no law as binding whic
does not conform to the party platform
and any code which did SO conform
would be destructive of all government
Yes, the democratic ticket is regula
poilywog-all head, excepting ridicu
lousy insignificant and ephemeral tail.