The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-30
The DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN.

THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN.
The GIob e wishes to congratulate
ficers, the campaign speakers and the
candidates on the Democratic ticket for
the dignified, honorable and manly
campaign that has been waged and
will practically close tonight AS far
as Democrats are concerned there is
nothing to apologize for and nothing
to regret.
The Democratic party, in appealing
to voters of st. Paul, stands on its rec
ord. 1t adduces in it's behalf a city
more orderly and with laws better en-
forced than any other of its size in the
country; tax rate modest in compari-
son with the burdens that have to be
borne, and already declining; a city
equipped with the appliances and
facilities that a first-class modern
community requires; an administration
sensitive to public opinion, quick to
see and to act and proud at once of
its achievements and of the trust that
has been placed in it.
This is no mere campaign Boosting.
There lies upon our table a letter not
written for publication, whose writer
says: "In my trips over several states
find that the ST. Paul police depart
ment and force are considered the very
ident of st. Paul for over twenty-eight
years. 1 have also talked with lots OF
men on the road, residents Of st. Paul
and other cities, and they all agree
that there are few cities in the country
so we'll governed"
With these recommendations to the
voter the Democratic party has been
well content. It has departed from
these lines only in as far as it became
necessary to repel the indecent assaults
of campaign by the opposition which
neither fact nor principle nor the ordi-
nary observances of decent life can
justify. The Republican management
has simply culled from all the cam
paigns waged elsewhere against actual
municipal abuses, from the denuncia-
lions of the st. Louis boodlers and the
TRADES against Tammany and the up
rlslngs in Minneapolis, all that was
most violent and abusive, and repeated
1t here without the slightest regard for
its appropriateness or its truth. The
government of the city has been Wilt
fed and the name of the city plastered
with filth before the outside world
without the shade Of a shadow of ex-
cuse
1t has been necessary to appeal to
the records to correct these falsehoods,
just as it has been necessary to pro-
duce affidavits of reputable citizens
denying the colossal and impudent fab
relations Of a reckless press in the
matter of registration. We regret every
such feature of the campaign, and the
hCAilOO1 cClC par ~ Has SOIe no IdfCnef
along this line than was necessary to
establish the truth against unlimited
mendacity, and to prevent voters who
may have recently come to the city
from being deceived
On the record of our city as it stands
today and on the record Of the cam
paign as made, Democrats may appeal
proudly and confidently to the ballot
We have city ticket that has been
tried and not found wanting. We have
an assembly ticket against which even
the mud Singer can assert nothing.
We have an aldermanic ticket distinct
ly and surely superior to that named
by the opposition. We have a city that
is our especial pride, standing in the
very first rank of municipalities in the
United States today in honesty, econ
omy and efficiency of administration,
all. by the work Of the Democratic
party. To that we appeal and by no
other standard do we desire to be
judged. With the close of the cam
paign tonight, let this be the final ap-
peal to the sober Judgment of our
people.