The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-01
Teddy Among Thieves.

lot, the New York city Republicans.
Some of the more prominent members
of the machine, disagreeing with Boss
Platt and the up-country Republicans
as TO the nomination of Col. Roosevelt,
went all the way to Saratoga to peddie
out some extracts from Teddy's writ
ings concerning their beloved organ
ization. Teddy. it appears, wrote a
series Of essays, which were published
by G. P. Putnam's Sons, of New York,
last year. He dealt with politics and
politicians in his usual brisk style. He
hit the Republican machine-for that
is the only machine OF which Teddy
wots anything from the d, strictly
personal point Of View-between the
eyes and had fun with 1t. These are
some Of the agreeable things he said
An Ideal machine has for its Officers men
OF marked force, cunning and unscrupulcus
ana Tor Its common soldiers men who may
be either corrupt or moderately honest, but
who must be Of low Intelligence. This is the
reason why a large proportion Of the mem
bers of every political machine are recruited
| from the lower grades of the foreign popu-
laton.'
"Our machine politicians need continually to
be watched and opposed by those who wish
to see good government"
The reason why the word machine has
come 70 be used to certain extent as
term of opprobrium Is to be found in the
fact that these organizations are now run by
the leaders very largely as business concerns
to benefit themselves and their followers,
with little regard to the community at
large
The Republican machine Is more
corrupt today than when the colonel
made the observations which he so
lucidly presented. 1t Is the machine
which placed him in nomination and
which is expected to pull him through.
The people Of New York state, how
ever have been dominated by 1t for
four years. They were robbed Of s., OOO,-
600 by means Of the canal frauds per-
petrated by its members. They were
given by it an obnoxious excise law.
An election law was framed by 1t to
curb the Democratic tendencies of New
York, Brooklyn and Long Island City
which, by Republican and Democratic
jewellers alike of those cities, is de-
nounced as an outrage. In a word, the
machine has run a riotous career which
will be brought to a close this year.
Even the good name and fame of Ted
dy cannot save it. He is a good man
who has fallen among thieves.
Would any of our esteemed and as
tute contemporaries in the Twin Cities
Int " Wo6Sl d DOIIIC ClAlA a Dll u OPOLA
the figures Of the majority which they
are so confident Teddy will receive?
Hon. ]. Sterling Morton gives evil
dence Of an intimate knowledge Of po-
litical conditions In Minnesota in the
following, printed in a recent issue Of
his Conservative. He points the result
Of political domination fairly and forci-
bly,, reciting the very conditions that
make possible such a ticket as that put
forward by the Ramsey county Re-
publican Plunderbund. Says the for
mer secretary Of agriculture:
Where the majority is so large that any
nominee can be elected the quality Of NOM
inees declines in ability and integrity; and
rascals soon achieve places where they plum
der the public. Any party which attains a
very large majority In any state is unfortu-
nate. because that party is sure to find rascals
at its head; and mediocrity and knavishness
directing It's affairs toward certain and merit
ed defeat.
Says Theodore Mommsen, the cele-
DRAFTED German historian: 81 do not be-
lieve that great nation. the United
States, will be imprudent enough to en-
tangle herself with England for the
latter's profit. The United States is
| coming rapidly to the fore and can do
we'll alone. Formerly statesmen believ-
ed that the danger which threatened
| Europe was the colossus which lay on
| It's eastern boundary. Now we know
| that the danger to Europe is in the
! West. Our methods Of government and
| our principles in the subOrdination Of
the masses to the classes are menaced
by the theories which the United
| States is spreading"
The temporary chairman Of the recent Iowa
state Democratic convention pathetically re-
marked: "Chastened by forty-one defeats
in forty-three campaigns, the battle-scarred
but unconquered and uncomfortable Democ-
racy OF Iowa Is again assembled in state
convention for the purpose Of reasserting the
eternal principles Of equity among men"
| The Iowa Democrats have had hard luck
but they are still ahead Of the Minnesota
Democrats. for they have been able to score
twice, while their Minnesota brethren have
been completely "shut out" They have
never yet won a state campatgn.-Minneapolis
Tribune.
Keep your eye on John Lind this
campaign.
The approach of election, with it's
turmoil and general arrangement Of
public business, brings with 1t some
compensation. Former Sheriff Chapel
has IIdHSleIIGu his uOuSSHOlu lIOIII
Forest Lake, Of which charming viii
lage he is now a resident, to st. Paul.
Mr.. Chapel has returned with a view
to pushing the fortunes Of his friend,
George Irish, for sheriff. With the
assistance that will be given Mr.
Chapel by Eli Warner, the result to
Mr.. Irish is likely to be eminently sat
isfactory to Sheriff Wagner.
State Auditor Dunn's paper, the
Princeton Union, is in evidence that the
better class of Republican state papers
will not seek to defend the admins
tration Of the war department if the
charges of mismanagement and cor
ruption made are brought home. Says
the Union:
'The navy department appears to have
been organized for fighting purposes, and
the war department for political purposes.
And So of course, the navy did the fighting
and got the glory, while the aRQly was watt
ing for the sons of great to finish their
eggs and Coffee
The Pioneer Press says that a COM
parisOn of the Democratic and Repub-
lican county tickets must inevitably re-
suit in the selection of the Republican
nominees as the fittest. But the Pho
neer Press does not attempt any ANA
lytical comparison.
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WHICH IS FAIR ?