The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-09
already. Let them follow the whales
and the buffalo into oblivion.
LOW OR GEORGE.

Unless all signs fail, the contest In
day, has narrowed down to fight be-
tween Seth Low and Henry George.
This is gratifying to every opponent of
the machine in politics, whatever he
may think Of the merits of any par
ticular candidate or policy. At least,
neither Mr.. Low nor Mr.. George is the
puppet Of a boss. They are the only
two real candidates in the field, and ii
is refreshing to see that the people
understand and appreciate this. How
any one can endure being placed in the
intolerable and humiliating position oc-
cupied by Van Wyck and Tracy is in
comprehensive to the self-respecting
man? Each of them wears collar
as palpably and ostensibly as if he
stood in Cooper union with circle Of
iron padlocked on his neck.
Tracy took his nomination because
Plat told him to, and ait the same time
said he would give it up whenever
Flatt ordered him to- Van Wyck stands
in the same relation to Croker. Both
these men were put up for trading
purposes, and for nothing else on
earth. Both Of them know it, and they
stand before a municipality of several
million citizens labeled, like figures on
a bargain counter, This style SO
cents" We do not like either the plat
form on which Mr. George stands or
some of his associates, but we do say
unhesitatingly that it would be far
better for New York city to elect him
mayor, and know that it had an hon
est and well-intentioned, if somewhat
erratic and visionary, chief executive,
than to put into place the mere visible
embodiment Of corruption and DOODLE
The only apparent objection to Mr..
Low is that his candidacy is too ideal.
1t appears to be the general opinion
that democratic government in the
United States has not yet arrived at
a point where the fittest triumphs
merely because of his fitness. If he do
not represent something other than Or
additional to that, it is held that the
people will not vote for him in num-
bers sufficient to elect him That is a
position which has been proved true in
too many Of our municipal contests
The lines have been so sharply drawn
in New York city, however, that the
event there will be awaited with an
interest intense and unique. Every
friend of good government hopes that
all the candidates will remain in the
field, so that the voters may stand UP
and be counted. 1t is less important
to the rest Of the country that one
man or another should be elected
mayor of Greater New York than it is
that the plain issue of good govern
ment against bad and of partisanship
against an honorable independence
should be fought out in the chief city
of our country and it's lesson learned
by the voters.
A great gain has been made already
when it appears that either Low or
George will be the successful man
and that the men of straw put up by
the bosses to serve their selfish and
corrupt purposes have little support
or hearing. If certain indications are
worth anything, one of these two men
will be the first mayor of Greater New
York. That of itself, by it's rebuke
to the two great machines that have
republican interests and the despair
of the people, will be a political event
of the first magnitude.