The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-29
HOW is 1T GOINGe

terested in public affairs puts to an
other when he meets him on the street
or elsewhere nowadays is: 'How is
it going?" He means, of course, the
election. AS there has not been for
years campaign that stirred the peo-
pie SO deeply and generally as this one,
so is there universal and overmas-
tering desire to anticipate the prob
able result. How is it going to come
out? Will Mckinley be elected? Is
Ling or Clough going to be the next
governor? Who will carry a major
ity of the congressional districts?
Which party will have control of the
next legislature? These are the in
quiries on every mans tongue; and
the best informed does not feel HIM
self, in these times Of unrest and
change, qualified to give q positive an
sWer.
The G b e is prepared to answer,
day by day, from this time on to the end
of the campaign. 1t has had arrange
ments under way for long time past
people should be ascertained carefully,
and the results placed before the pub
lie. 1t has now begun to give to it's
readers this information, in the shape
of letters from both staff and local
correspondents. 1t proposes to leave
no constituency uncovered. It is out
cunning for facts. Whatever may be
it's own wishes as to the results, its
orders to every one who serves it are
that the truth must be told without
prejudice or favor. What our readers
want to know, and what therefore we
want to tell them is not some fine rain
bow story to the effect that this, that.
or the other fellow is going to be
elected, but just how the matter ac-
tually does stand.
The time for the roundup is now
here. Only a month Of the campaign
remains. Most people have probably
made up their minds. There are
enough such at least in every COM
munity to give a pretty good indica-
ton Of what the silent ones will do.
Before election time comes around the
readers Of the Glob e will know.
in addition to the general reports fur
nished by the great newsgathering
agency of the United States, the AS
ISOLATED Press. another series Of facts
CLEANED by persons on the ground, and
showing the tendency of public opin-
ion. Never before has this work been
so necessary, because never was there
a situation so strongly mixed You will
find towns heretofore strongly Demo-
cratic that are largely Republican
this year, and towns reliably Republi-
can which are going to swing straight
for Democratic nominees. You will
find lots of gold Democrats who are
going to vote for Lind and Mckinley,
and lots of silver Republicans who are
going to vote for Bryan and Republi-
can members of the legislature.
All the customary adjustments Of
politics are disturbed, and it needs a.
new poll of the state, and of the coun-
try for that matter, to furnish a clear
look ahead. That is what the G o b
is going to do, and has already begun
to do. Those who fellow it's columns
for the next thirty days will be put
in possession. not of a lot of general
ties and prophecies, based upon the
personal wishes of those who make
them, spun out in newspaper offices,
but of actual information cleaned by
individual inquiry, and of facts and
figures that cannot be questioned.
Long before election the careful read
er of the G o b will not need to ask
anybody how it is going.