The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-11-29

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| The Faribaul5 Journal thinks that if
Gov. Van SAINT desires denomination
the proper thing for the Republican
party to do is to let him have it.
The Republicans are in excellent
shape for the campaign next year re-
marks the GAINESVILLE Argus. Gov. Van
SAINT has given the people clean ad-
ministration, in fact it has been a
model all the way through. 1t is alb
solutely invulnerable to attack. The
state ticket will surely win by an in
creased off-year majority.
Speaking of the diffidence of the
fusion press in referring to the work
of the state equalization board this
past Sc eson, the Winnebago City En-
terprise says: 1t is pretty difficult to
get one of the opposition papers to dis
cuss the matter at all, and when he
does he goes at it like the Democrats
of 1896 went at the money question.
They always begin with the crime of
'73 They haven't got much to say on
the question of the board of equaliz-
alton, and what they have always be-
gins with the Lind board. They re-
luctantly admit, when they admit any
thing, that the board did good work
but say, "Just look at what the Lind
board did. - AS matter of fact that
can readily be established the Lind
board did just what it was goaded on
to doing by the Republican state audi
tor, and stopped long short of where
he wanted the board to go. 1t only
went the full length, or approximately
the full length that he recommended
when it was composed of Repu blicans,
appointed by Republican governor
and advised by Republican attorney
general.
1t is perhaps unfair to ask the ques-
ton, but the Jackson Republic thinks
it would be interesting to know what
course the Republican papers now OPP
posing Van SAINT will pursue in case
in this class profess to believe that
Lind would be the stronger candidate.
If this is their belief, would they
jump into the sErong mans band
wagon for the mere satisfaction of say
ing 'we told you so?''
The st. Cloud Journal Press sizes
up Gov. Van SAINT in his attitude in
the contest against railroad consolida
ton, in the following style: No man
in Minnesota realizes more fully than
he that in making stand against
the consolidation or merging of great
railroads that he is going up against
a difficult proposition. 1t is a contest
of this kind that brings out the reserve
strength of such man, and he will
not be moved one inch from what he
believes to be the path of duty-re-
CARELESS of personal consequences. He
is the type of man who never gives up
so long as there is anything left to
fight for He will be found hammer
ing away at the railroad trust just as
hard tomorrow as he is today-just as
persistently a year hence if necessary
as he was yesterday. Those who have
thought that he might be weak be-
cause he is big hearted, who thought
that he lacked backbone because he
dislikes to make fuss over small
affairs, will discover that he is man
of great determination, and that he
will use his power to the full extent TO
protect the interests of the people.
The Buffalo Journal is of the opinion
that Gov. Van SAINT is in a ticklish
position. 1.-The beats the railroad con-
solidation the railroads will go after
his scalp and if he fails the people
may do likewise. Great honors bring
grave responsibilities but if the COVER
nor will ignore the political effect and
do his duty with unwavering deter
mination the political opposition of the
railroads cannot prevail against the
people. Roosevelt has demonstrated
that.