The Saint Paul globe., 1899-06-29
A SPLENDID ENDING.

The proceedings of the state Democrat
nished the righteous editorial advocates
of trusts and Imperialism the text for
many a sad homily on the innate dispe-
sition of Democrats to disregard all rec.
at least be interesting now to observe
just how they regard the close Of the ex-
citing contest in that convention for the
gubbernatoria1 nomination.
A Republican convention, is usually a
so-called delfberative body, brought to-
gether to record the will of either
coterie of professional politicians or to-
do. the bidding OF a knot of Interested
capitalists and trust promoters. There
prevail in such bodies usually the most
serene peace and agreement. When the
of opposition manifested, experience,
hereabouts at least, shows that the di-
vision of the prospective spoils and OF
the lubricating influence is usually at the
bottom of the difficulty. The fight, then,
reveals the sordid spleen of those who en-
gage in it and leaves behind it such beau
| tiful results the people of st. Paul
have seen flow from the convention, for
/ instance, which nominated Hon. Andrew
R. Kiefer.
1t was not so in Louisville. There the
n chn nirif WI
approached dangerously to the limit Of
personal hostility. But when the result
was achieved the ready good nature and
complete acquiescence with which it was
received show the men engaged in it to
be too big morally and mentally to har-
Dor any of the feelings which are usually
engendered in small minds by defeat.
There was an exhibition of party loyalty
the true worth of the system of party op-
position in our political methods.
The miserable influences of the secret
distribution of money to influence the
votes of delegates with which this state
and community have been made familiar
have no place in such a gathering. The
man who would offer money to a delegate
in that convention would probably stand
in much more serious danger of having
a hole put through him than by any
other act. however injurious it might be
to his political opponents in the conven-
tion
Every enlightened citizen who has OBJ
served the proceedings of that Louisville
convention will agree that they testify
votion of those participating in 1t than
they do to any condition which might
be said to be in any way injurious to the
welfare of representative government.
A New York justice has decided that
wife does not constitute a family. Ger
tain wives who have been led to believe
they were "the whole thing" will please
take due notice and govern themselves
accordingly.
Emperor William recently steered his
yacht into a mud bank. After his sailors
had succeeded in getting the craft afioat
they won a race for him, and the en-
peror proceeded to assimnate the glory.
Were Sunset Cox alive today the pro-
posed antitrust plank in the Republican
platform would certainly have a place
in revised edition of his book, "Why
We Laugh
Quite a number of rancorous Repub-
lican newspapers now announcing
that things are not just right in the Phil
ippines. Well, that's just what Atkinson
claims.
Those silly-billy papers that are calling
Admiral Dewey an "imperialist' are in
sulting one who has all his life sought
to maintain the dignity of the American
flag.
If, as appears to be the consensus of
popular opinion, "Mr. Havemeyer is talk
ing like a Democrat the Democrats are
putting up the right kind of talk.
At. last the long neglected south pole