The Saint Paul globe., 1898-10-29

and Policy.
The Northwestern Chronicle, In its
issue of this week in it's leading a5i-
torial, says:
For the second time in the Iifatirne
Oh The present generation is presented
an apparently favorable OPPORTUNITY
Tor entrusting the government OF this
state TO the opposition to the Ren11hIi
Car party From all available indi-
catlons ait this time the election o4
hon. non. John Lind as governor of this
et1te 4I. Is assured No prediction or in
or+t o.,t.ee CIV od4culatlon can be made by
any one not actively engaged in the
polrtlca1 campaign as. to what the pros
poets are Of the other dapartnnerIfc or
the government OF the state chanprine.
control. The prospects, however are
quite favorable to the retention on tbe
supreme pench Of Judges Buck, Canty
ana mitchell, and of the Legislature
being at least nearly evenly diyid~J
1t would be a most encoura ging
tnlng for the state should it's execu-
i've once be entrusted to a man Of the
sturdy honesty and Intelligent COM
Pfehenslon Of public needs Of Mr.. Lind.
Even II the other departments Of state
cCIltrol remained unchanged the effect
OF Mr.. Lind's election would be ad-
nlrable. He would go to the bottom
| o. the evils which are so carefully hid
| den away from public knowledge. He
would spare neither men nor systems.
He would compel Republican legisla>-
tuTe' by considerations Of mere shame,
| II by no more effective weapon to p1t
an end to corruption or official neglect
! or wrong doing wherever it presented
| ltSelr He would, backed by an arous,
ed public sentiment, be able to drive
corrupt, incompetent and careless off,
cials from their places.
1T is altogether a discouraging CIR
cumstance that the people have so long
! been una BILE to exercise practically any
| control whatever over the administra-
! ton Of the number1ess offices which
! represent the bulk Of our state expen-
| diture Party pride and policy has
kept every executive that has been In
| power quiet as to existing abuses. It
| is true that should Mr.. Eustis be elect
! ed there would be a better chance Of
| getting some reforms of our state sys-
! tenn through him than there ever has
been before under Republican auspices
! but he is concededly a strong party
man, we are not to be blamed, if, in the
| light Of past experience, we refuse to
| believe that Mr.. Eustis, even in view
| of the bitter hostility which the ma
! chine Republicans of the state are
| showing toward him, would go as far
| as the true interests Of the state dee
mand
''The opportunity to elect Mr.. Lind
should not be made light of. It Should
be taken advantage Of by every citizen
who has a vote to cast. Another like
opportunity may not occur again for
| long time to come, Should the ma
chinists of the Republican party es-
| cape this time they will take whatever
precautions remain untaken to cover
up all traces Of party wrong-doing. The
people need light on the manag cement
of their state concerns. They are cog
infant of numberless abuses; but most
of these have passed unremedied so
long as to have the sanction of time
and apparent public carelessness. Let
no jealousies of race or religious creed
intervene. Mr.. Lind is one of the best
types of American citizenship of any
race, creed or nationality that any
commonwealth has to present. His
election will be a triumph Of all that
is best in the citizenship of the state
of Minnesota"