The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-02
JAMES. H. MARTIN.
no aneteur

No man in the state has ever
doomed into prominence in the
polite horizon with such meteor
like rapidity as James H. Martin of
St. Cloud, known throughout the
length and breadth of the state as
"Jim." Four years ago he was an
unknown city employee of the city
where they send bad young men to
reform-and where they ought to
send more than they do-he is, to-
day, with the exception of "Jim"
Hill, the best known "Jim" in the
state and if one should try to get
onto the political curves of "Jim"
Martin and the financial curves of
Jim Hill, it would give the average
man bad case of Jim Jams"
One of the great sources of
Martins strength is the remarkable
power or faculty of inspiring people
with whom he comes in contact
with absolute confidence in him.
self and his power to accomplish
what he desires to accomplish.
When Jim says thing is so, nine
men out of ten believe it is so, even
if they know it isn't so, yet the
confidence Jim has in himself
makes the almost unlimited conf
dence the people have in him ap-
pear like distrust. When Jim
wants to do a thing he always
thinks he can do it, and the only
way you could get that idea out of
his head would be to shoot it out.
Obstacles that would be insur-
mountable to other men are mere
pastime for him to overcome. His
nerve is simply sublime, and would
make him millionaire before he is
fifty if he were to turn book agent
or lightning-rod peddler. He is
the embodiment of determination;
when Jim snaps his bulldog jaws
and says, "We've got 'em on the
run, the Judge has got delegates to
nominate him now" the Dunn and
Eddy men unconsciously step into
Lemons and inquire how much it
| will cost to rent dress suits to
attend the Judges inaugural recep-
ton.
Most political managers have
several political irons in the fire at
the same time, Jim never has but
one. He puts all his eggs in one
basket and when he falls down he
smashes the whole business, but if
he gets through safely he never has
to make but one trip. He wagers
every dollar on the game, saves
nothing for car fare, and will either
ride home in his own automobile or
walk. Jim never tries to accomp-
lish but one thing at time, and he
goes at that with the concentrated
force of pile driver. Just now
his ambition is to make Judge
Collins governor of Minnesota and
if he cannot accomplish it, it is safe
to say the task is impossible. He
is glutton for work and his energy
is as boundless as the ocean.
"Jim' Martin is the Collins cam
paign. Take him away and Judge
Collins could no more steer his
bark over the troublous Isea of
politics than a wall-eyed pike could
navigate the waters of Sadk lake
after pickerel had bitten his tail
off: Jim is man of many re-
sources but his greatest political
asset is his smile of confidence. 1t
counts for more than brains, ability
and money and he has all three at
his command in this campaign.
He smiles at rumors of rout and he
smiles at sanguine reports. 1t is a
smile that won't come off. If
Judge Collins is made governor he
will 60 down in history as the man
who was nominated and elected by
smile, and as long as that smile
of his lasts Jim Martin will be a
power in Minnesota politics.
IS THE MERGER DEAD?
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