The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-11-03
ABOUT HIS SIZE.

"Wnom the gods would destroy they
first make made" lis an ancient aphor-
ism, the truth of which is fully vindi-
Gated in the sentorial campaign in this
district Valentine BATE of Holding
ford, the candidate Of the democratic
paryt, has chosen to make his cam
paign on the basis of opposition to the
beet sugar industry, which owes it's
existence in this state to his opponent
Senator Henry Keller. He is con
fronted with "a condition-not a
theory" and with characteristic, stu.
pitity, he is about his district att empt-
ing to argue facts out Of existence.
The facts are that there is now in oper-
alton in this state the best sugar beet
| infant in the world, located at St.
| Louis Park, and turning out thirty
five or forty tons of sugar daily from
$50 tons of sugar beets raised in Min
nesota. Second-the existence of this
factory, industry is directly due to
the foresight and energy of Senators
Henry Keller and Gustav Theden,
heartily cooperating to be sure, but
Senator Theden would freely admit
that it was Senator Keller who enlist
ed the capital-a half million of dol
lars brought through him from New
York capitalist to this state-and
made the industry possibility, and
thirdly, the raising of the sugar beet
whenever intelligently undertaken has
been a venture of great profit to the
farmer.
TO combat these we'll attested and
lmOst universally accepted facts,
Valentine Batz ignores every political
issue involved in this campaign, ig-
n ores the platform upon which he was
party in the district to the policy of
opposition to this infant industry. In
this he strikes a blow-not very
heavy one, to be sure, but as heavy as
he is capable of delivering after the
training he has been undergoing at the
h ands of his nurses in St. Cloud and
Sank Centre-but a blow at the three
factors which 60 to make up all of the
materially welfare and prosperity of this
an d every other state. viz capital, la
Dor and agriculture. That he is tota >
ly ignorant of the subject is sufficient
ly attested by~a letter signed by him
and published in the St. Cloud Times
of recent date, in which,, a. a ~peci-
men of the whole, he said that ~ raise
beets it is necessary to pillow TIL land
three feet deep. He afterwards NO IL
fled this by saying four feet-a prcpos
ition just as ABSURD: had his nurses
added a foot instead of taking it OF
of that blowing. it would have been
done just as cheerfully and-lntelli-
gently, That the readers Of the HER
AID may have no doubt as to the
main fact alleged above, that as to the
character of Mr.. Batz S campaign, the
following is a translated copy of the
poster, it is printed in Germany and
of all of it excepting the dates, and
there are twelve of these for this cur
rent week covering that number of
places from Cold Spring to Melrose,
announcing his engagements. This is
the reading of the poster:
Valentine Batz, Democratic candi-
date for state senator of the 54th,
Legislative district, will be at the fol-
lowing places to address the farm
ers in the German language, giving
them the information about sugar beet
culture in it's true light. Every farmer
is requested TO be present at the meet
ings. The dates and places follow.
And now my thinking friend, repub-
lican, democrat populist,
Scandinavian or American-don't you
think this very pretty proceeding for
candidate for the high Office of state
senatOr-an Office which means 50
much for your welfare and happiness?
Any man who will hang his hopes of
political success upon negative pro-
position, and that negation against an
infant enterprise which promises so
much for the farmers of this state, is
too small to be worth considering.
But it would seem there is nothing too
small for Mr., BATE.