The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-22
The Minnesota Press.

The G o b e is the only St. Paul paper pos
sessed Of sufficient courage to tell the people
OF Minnesota that the marble used in the new
capitol is disfgured by blue streaks and even
The G b 9 is trying to whitewash the
streaks Minnesota stone, probably wouldn t
feel at home, anyhow, In st. Paul.-St. Cloud
Editor of Winona Daily Herald: Enclosed
please find little Eustis puff samples of
which are being sent to certain interior news
papers Of the state. intended to counteract
the growing sentiment, among old soldiers,
against the election Of Mr.. Eustis.
The puffy puff" Of Jerry US in a recent
issue of the Minneapolis Journal, to the effect
that as many old soldiers were found wear
ing Eustis buttons as there were wearing
Van SAINTS buttons, in the state convention,
Is not true. For, in fact, the percentage was
as high 20 to in favor of Van SAINT.
The EustisI hired strikers and blowers
are endeavoring to stem the tide Of opposl,
ton against their candidate which is spread
ing among the old soldiers throughout the
state They. are trying to suppress the old
soldiers in this city and elsewhere. But we
assumed toward the old veterans in Mime
apols while mayor of this city, and 1t will
not be soon forgotten.
No matter how many Heutenants Mr.. Eustis
may send out to placate the soldiers vote,
It Will be of little avail.
The manner in which they were turned
uoWu WLile ue was mayor OIL tnlS CITY Will HOT
go unrebuked when an opportunity like the
present one is presented. His enmity against
old SOLDIERS has been so pronounced that they
would be moral towards did they not aid in
his defeat to a gubernatorial position.
We owe it to ourselves to assert our man.
hood and resent the insults which we have
received from his hands. No man, be he
Republican or Democrat, is entitled to our
suffrage. when that man has deliberately and
openly insulted old soldiers: both Individual
iy and collectively. ,Anti-Eustis Soldier.
Eustis is running the state campaign to suit
himself, but so far very little interest is
manifested Somehow the party workers are
not crowding into the band wagon, but later
on they may take more interest. Eustis is a
good man. but the old machine offceholders
fear that he will give the state too much of
reform MISUNDERSTANDING City
PresS-NeWs.
Not Candidate Eustis, but his county
newspaper political fellows are on the de-
fensive. Even Editor Dare, Of Elk River,
a member of the state central committee,
| feels called upon to deny trat he said that
the nomination cost Mr. Eustis' $4,000. He
claims the nearest he came to saving so
was before the state convention and was as
follows: "It is estimated that the lesiti-
mate expenses of the two leading candidates
600 apiece" This he claims was printed as
news item and was not intended to ex-
press the opinion of the editor. Buffalo
Gazette.
I'll tell you what" said prominent Re-
publican Of the city the other evening eddy
will never be elected to congress again from
this district. His record of the past two
years has been one of inactivity and broken
prom SEES. Two years ago 1 spent over $iO0
of my own good money and much valuable
| time to help elect Mr.. Eddy, and got it where
| the chfsken got the ak, while the bars to the
pastures green, fresh and fair were let down
from the ether side, and the carpet baggers.
these hungry pests that scour the country like
wandering Jews, were let in to feed on the
lat offices, while the active workers were left
IN the highways to regale themselves with
thistles. l am fe-long Republican and
| shall always vote for the principles of the
| party. but Eddy will never get my vote and
there are hundreds Just like me In this Sew
enth district. Mr.. Eddy will find after cleo
| ton that his own hand lifted the cover, and
he in his coffin will lie-dead, officially
crookston Peoples Press.
| William Watts resigned as attorney for the
| Northern Pacific Railroad company in order
that he might not be accused Of being a
| corporation lawyer in his fight for Judge. I,
| Is said that his resignation had string tied
| TO 1t, and that the; job was to be returned to
i him in the event Of his defeat. In the mean
time his political manager, R. ]. Montague
acts as the attorney for the road. The cues
| ton that presents Itself is, where will Mr.
Watts be, with reference to this corporato ON
In event OF his election ?-Crookston Press.