The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-06
MEN FOR LAWMAKERS
DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS NOM
MATED FULL TICKET OF
WORTHY MEN
THEY ARE HONEST LEADERS
All of Them Are Veterans in the
Party, Closely Identified with
the Interests of Their Districts,
and Men Whose Ability and
Loyalty to st. Paul Are Unques-
toned.

AS in all the other classes of candi-
dates, the Democracy has so palpably
the advantage in its legislative candi-
dates that. unless the people are who'll
" blinded to their own interests, they
Will elect a large majority, if not all,
Of the Democrats on the ticket.
Edward Peterson is the opponent of
the present senator. T. D. Sheehan.
Mr.. Peterson Is young man. He has
lived in st. Paul for near fifteen years,
and during that time has been a trust
ed employee OF the we'll known firm of
Gotzian & Co. No man In the city Is
better informed as to the demands or
needs OF the city or county in its leg
fElatiVe directions. He is g. student Of
men as we'll as Of the science Of gov
eminent. His natural bent has always
been toward public problems, and his
extensive reading and comprehensive
knowledge will enable him to present
the interests Of his constituency as few
men could. From all present appear
ances, there is certainty of Mr. Pc
terson's election.
r. 8. McNamee Is also q candidate
Tor senator. He has lived all his life
IN the Ninth ward, is property owner
there, and has held public station hon.
orably and efficiently As q member
or the council and of the board of edu-
caIlon, ms record is one which any
man might we'll be proud He Is op-
posed by man whom few know and
fewer still know where he came from.
He Is understood to be the special
champion of the interests of the trust
ana title corporations, picked out by
hiram +. Stevens for the people of the
district. Should this man be chosen
instead of Mr.. Mechanics for this posi-
ton, 1T will be said truly Of the peo-
pie who elect him that money and
nerve are more potent factors with
them than the devotion of lifetime to
their interests.
John H. Ives, the genial gentlemzl
and able lawyer, is opposed for the
senate in the Thirty-fifth district by
a product Of the nationality spirit,
with nothing to commend him and
nothing of a record either good. had
or indifferent. Powerless for good, his
election will simply offer him the OPP
portunity to do harm. If, instead of
selecting this unknown quantity, the
people of that state senatorial district
understand their own interests, they
will select gentleman who has al
ready served In the legislature from
this district, and whose record is one
OF the best that is to be found on the
annals of state egislation-John H.
Ives.
John e. Stryker is the champion Of
the Democratic principle in the Thir-
ty-sixth Senatorial district. He. too. is
one or the men with whom Denocrac CIV
is something more than a mere pro-
fesslon. He is a splendid type of citi-
zen, scholar, a thinker and equipped
In thoughts and scholarship to play a.
ri In
w state and nation. He is opposed by
another lawyer, whose legislative rec
ORD is about as bad as any public rec
ora can be- The G / O has shown
UP that record in part and will give it
some further attention. This district
embraces the Seventh ward. Uuless
party bigotry is more potent with the
residents Of that section than fitness
moral and intellectual, for the office
sought, Mr. John E. Stryker will be
the next senator from that district.
AS with the senators, SO with the
representatives on the Democratic tick
et They are all men chosen~with spe
clal reference to the knowledge they
possess Of the needs of the cjty and
county in general and of their respec-
i've constituencies particularly. They
carry out the Idea which seemed to an
innate both the conventions, legislative
and county, of selecting the very best
material available. There is no occasion
to dwell upon the character or reputa-
ton for ability, uprightness and gen
eral ntness of such men as Messrs.
William Johnson, Charles Leidman. J.
=. Juenemann, George F. Umland and
A. knoWlton, nominated respectively
from the First, Second and Fifth
wards, west part of the Eighth ward
and the Tenth, Eleventh and country
Ihey are known to almost every voter
In their respective districts. Their
strength lies in large measure in the
knowledge which their friends and
neighbors have of their admirable quail
tiles. When they have been elected
as they Will be in all probability with
out exception, they will have ample
opportunity to show their mettIe.
Among their associates are such men
as Henry W. Cory, J. J. O'Connor, A.
Il. Graves, Louis d. Wilkes. w. B. Hen
messy and Thomas F. Martin. These
are all men who have filed a more or
less prominent place in the public eve
from time to time. 1t can be said with
out fear of successful refutation that
In every case they are so far the su-
periors of their opponents in intellect.
character and fitness for the post of
lawmaking as not to admit OF COM
pariSon in any single case.
Judge Cory has served for years on
the local bench with honor No better
lawyer or more just or fearless Judge
ever administered criminal or civil ius
tice in any community. He has been
chosen by the business men of the
Third ward because they know he will
be man Of influence in the lesisla-
ture, and that he will look after the
interests of his constituents in the way
which a faithful and intelligent repre-
sentative should.
John J. O'Connor Is also a man we'll
known to the citizens of the civ OF
st. Paul, where he has lived ali his
life practically. He is known to them
as broad-minded, able man. as ia
miliar with the interests of this county
as any man can possibly be and as
able to secure their recognition in legis-
lation as the ablest and most expert
enced man that ever sat in a legislative
body. He Is opposed by a man who
has already been repudiated by the in
telligent sentiment of the Fourth ward,
as well as by its leading business men,
at whose instance it is that Mr.. O'Con-
nor has consented to be a candidate
A. l.. Graves, editor of the Broad
Axe, has left his imprint on the
thought and feeling of the community.
His paper, while unpretentious in APP
pearance and size, is one Of the most