The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-01-20

FOR GOVERNOR: q. ". COLLINS.s
With SO much excellent material TO
select from the Republicans of Mime
sofa can scarcely make a mistake in
their choice of candidate for gov
;ernor to succeed David M. Clough.
True there is an impression abroad
that there is a hard fight ahead next
fall and that the Republican candidate
to besuccessfut must be a man above
reproach, but he would be a very cap
tious individual who would criticise
the selection of the genial S. r. Van
SAINT, of Winona, if he is the choice of
the Republican State convention Van
'Santis sturdy, genial gentleman who
has been tried in public positions of
honor and trust heretofore, and has
not been found wanting in any Of those
qualities which lend dignity and give
credit TO the hi ghest Office within the
gift of the people. He possesses an
excellent record as a soldier Of the
Union army and would make an excel
lent; governor and would be strong
candidate with the voters.
Then there is Hon. w. H. Eustis, of
Minneapolis, who would make an&ideal
gubernatorial candidate, and who is
known as one of the most successful
campaigners in the State. He is, as
every one knows, fearless, outspoken,
a man of the people, keenly intelligent
and true as steel to his friends and to
his principles. AS mayor of Minneap-
oils he gave the Mill City an admins
tration of which he has just reason to
feel proud. No mistake would be made
in nominating William Henry Eustis.
But there is one man whose name
has been mentioned for the Republi-
can gubernatorial nomination, who,
without the slightest disparagemento of
Messrs. Van SAINT, Eustis, or other
gentlemen who have been suggested
is the man for the occasion, under
whose leadership the party in the next
campaign would hear no such word as
"fail." He is a man who unites in
himself all the excellent qualities Of
the others-who is genial, sturdy, in
telligent, loyal to the core, skilled in
public affairs, without political en-
tanglement or a personal enemy and
whose name at the head of the Repub-
llcan State ticket would prove the
surety of.victory. This man is Lorin
w. Collins, of St. Cloud, at present
one of the associate justices of the su-
preme court of the State. He is a
thoroughbred American and has lived
in Minnesota for forty-four years. He
served in the Seventh Minnesota regi-
ment through the war; was county at
torney of Stearns county for ten years;
member OF the house of representa-
tives in 1881 and 1888; was judge of the
Seventh judicial district for four years
and has served the State faithfully and
honorably as associate Justice of the
supreme court since 1887 to the pres
ent time. When he was reelected in
1894 the campaign he made against a
combined opposition was the most re-
markable the State has ever seen and
his return by a large majority was a
'1attering testimonial to his worth and
integrity and a token of the high es-
TEEN in which he is held by the people,
not alone of district but of the whole
State.
If the Republican party is to have a
hard fight next fall, and the indications
are that such will be the case, L. W.
Collins is the man for the occasion.
He would make the strongest candi-
date the party could nominate and
would go into the contest with the
prestige of his victory of 1894
1t is, in measure, to be regretted
that the dignity of the judicial ermine
does not permit Judge Collins to en-
ter actively into a contest for the
gubernatorial nomination, but he has
hosts of loyal friends who will see to it
that his interests are carefully guarded
and that he loses nothing by his pres
ent absence from the arena of active
politics.
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