The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-03-17

LOO II Paid in Advance.
SoMETHTNGsWE CANNOT UNDER.
STAND.
No sooner does a man become a
candidate for Office in this state
than he begins to exhibit an ex-
traordinary solicitude for the old
soldiers. Judge Collins himself; a
member of the Loyal Legion, the
creme de la creme of the veterans is
no exception to this rule and neither
he nor his friends are losing now
any opportunity Of expression or
appreciation of the men who saved
the Union. The judge was not al
ways so thoughtful. 1t is not so
long ago since he lobbied against
the bill to allow the old soldiers in
the Home at Minnehaha to have
their pension money. They were
most of them, of course, but COM
mon soldiers and not members of
the Loyal Legion but nevertheless
they sometimes remember things
Hector Mirror.
We confess it is utterly incom-
prehensible to us that newspaper
should attempt to create a predu-
dice against candidate it does not
favor by misrepresentation. We
can think of many perfectly legiti-
mate reasons why Judge Collins
should not receive the republican
nomination for governor of Mime
sofa and there are many reasons
why he is as much entitled to it as
any man who has been mentioned.
There has not been a candidate
mentioned, nor would it be possible
to mention one, but has some things
connected either with his personal,
private or public record that would
not be desirable in governor of a
great state. If the republicans
nominate perfect candidate they
will have to 60 to heaven or North
Dakota for him for he does not ex-
list on earth. 1t is true that all
candidates are more interested in
the welfare of old soldiers before
election than after, but it Is alb
solutely untrue that Judge Collins
at any time in his long public
career ever in any way discrimi-
mated against the old soldier. 1t is
not true that he lobbied against a
bill to allow the old soldiers in the
Soldiers Home their pension money.
The Soldiers Home is an institu.
ton maintained by the state in
which the old soldiers are kept at
the expense of the state. Judge
Collins and all the veterans we have
ever heard declare themselves on
the question, have taken the posi-
ton that not dollar of the pension
money of the inmates should go te
the state by way of reimbursement
for its outlay. They are equally
unanimous that when these inmates
have families dependent on then
that it is the duty of the officers Of
the home to see that these Deepen
dent ones receive portion of THU
money for their support. Judg'
Collins went into the army as :
common soldier. He won hi
shoulder straps by his own meri
and gallantry. When he came GU
of the army he entered life as pri
vate citizen with nothing but hi
brain and two hands and all that h,
has achieved since that time ha,
been by his own efforts and merits
The Judge lie a member of tn
Loyal Legion which is an associa
ton Of men who held commission
in the Civil War. He is also :
member of the Grand Army of tn
Republic in which all who -servet
in the Civil War are admitted OF
equal terms. If the opponents o
Judge Collins are wise they will
not attack him on his militar,
record or his relations with his oil,
companions in arms since the war
On these points he is absolutely i'm
pregnable.