The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-07
DOWN TO THREATS

deep that party leaders admit in de-
SPAR that it can be neither closed nor
concealed. The revolt against Mr..
Dunn has spread so fast and so far
that the mutineers declare themselves
openly. Men high in the counsels of
the party and influential in its manage
ment publicly refuse to say word for
Mr.. Dunn, and either plainly declare
that they will support John A. Johnson
or take refuge in silence. In every
county of the state holder Republicans.
conscious of their duty and courageous
to perform it, are proclaiming in
speech and through the press their de-
termination to vote for Johnson and
their conviction that he viii be elected.
No well informed politician doubts to-
day that as matters stand Mr.. john
son will be elected governor by hand
some majority.
The st. Paul organ of Mr.. Dunn,
having vainly endeavored while it was
still possible to put the best face upon
affairs, having talked first submission
and then Cancellation, now adopts the
policy of the national leader and -four
ishes a big stick. 1t comes out with
threats of future political ostracism
and defeat directed toward Republic
ans who dare say their souls are their
own, and who decline for good and
| sufficient reasons to support r. c.
Dunn 1t tells them that they are
rebels and traitors, and warns them
that Dunns friends will not forget
their attitude. They are given to I'M
derstand that they need expect moth
ing at his hands; and that, should they
in their turn obtain control of the
party, they will be knitted at the polls.
From what we know Of the men who
are opposing Dunn, they are as little
| likely to be affected by this policy as
they were to feel themselves either
bribed or honored by taking Martin
/
into the fold. Vinegar does not catch
flies, and there is absolutely nothing
so futile in politics as a threat 1t
solidifies opposition, elilists pride and
practically makes it obligatory upon
the men attacked to maintain their OPP
position or cringe like whipped hounds
at the feet of the master.
The rebellion against Dunn and
Dunn's methods and Dunn's supporters
and the whole meaning Of Dunn's cam
paign is not to be quelled by such
methods Those who are opposing him
/ counted the cost in the first place. If
! i'll is to come to them from their course,
they understood and accepted it in adj
vance. The great mass Of people
! throughout the state, who are turning
to Johnson as an honest, upright, sin
cere gentleman, meet these menaces
with outright laughter. They are act
| ing according to their consciences, for
/ the welfare of the commonwealth.
They are not officeseekers. They care
not a fig for the wrath of any boss,
because no punishment can reach them.
| They are doing their duty as they I'M
derstand it by party and state, and do
not respond to the crack of the lash.
AS a mere matter of policy. this at
tempt to drive Republicans into line is
a worse break than the desertion by
Mr. Dunn of the men who supported
him and procured his nomination. He
and his managers have been guilty of
one uninterrupted series of mistakes,
and his campaign has gone wrong from
the day it opened to that which finds
it in its present ruinous plight. The
shaking of the rod over recalcitrant
Republicans marks the plunge of Re
! publican campaign management into
the lowest depths of despair. 1t will
be effective only in making Repub-
lieans- feel that they must now main
tain their attitude in very self-respect,
and rendering the success of Johnson
even more certain than it was before