Mower County transcript., 1904-07-27
Dunn's Managers Need to
Act Discreetly,
From St. Cloud Jou1nal.Press:

nomination of R. G. Dunn. This is of
course rank idiocy, and is not worthy
of attention, as neither the Pioneer nor
any other paper can read anybody out
of or into any party.
AS republican paper the Journal
Press may be permitted to say that
this is not the most opportune time for
the self advertised friends of Mr..
Dunn to put on any dictatorial airs.
There are thousands Of republicans in
Minnesota who do not approve of the
nomination of R. G. Dunn, but who,
as republicans, expect to vote for him
and there are many other thousands
who do not hesitate to say that they
will not vote for him, and believe that
the best service they can do the re-
publican party of Minnesota is to make
impossible hereafter any such cam
paign as we have passed through.
Some of these, under the stress of the
campaign, probably will vote for him.
If the election was to be held tomor
row, and the democrats had a popular
candidate and one in whom the people
had confidence, Mr.. Dunn's election
would be by no means certain. This is
a condition to be met and treated in a
sensi BILE manner. It should be remem-
bered that S. R. Van SAINT, nominated
by reclamation, and supported by a
united party, had only 1900 majority,
while President Mckinley at the same
election, had 76,C00 mojority. These
figures show that Minnesota voters are
by the thousands perfectly independent
of party dictation. Two years later
Governor Van SAINT had the largest ma
jority ever given candidate for COVER
nor in this state, demonstrating again
that the independent voter is not con-
fined to any one party. There is hard
campaign ahead of the republican
party, so far as governor is concerned,
in Minnesota. Mr.. Dunn will need
every vote he can get. His friends will
be wise in refraining from threats OF
driving republicans out Of the party.
In the first place they Cannot do. it,
and in the second p)s g any such rank
foolishness will stir up more dissension
within the party and result in less
votes for the head of the state ticket.
The democrats, if they are half wise
and they occasionally have a streak
of sense-will keep the republicans
busy enough without one faction in
citing bitterness against the other.
The men who manage Mr.. Dunn's
campaign, and this includes the candi-
date himself, want to be on their good
behavior until the polls close. The
best element Of the republican party
cannot be frightened by any threats
that may be made. They have the
good of the party at heart and they
will be influenced by what they believe
to be for the best interests of that party.
IT Mr.. Dunn can convince them that his
election will not be celebrated by put
ting to the front the worst element Of
the party-disreputable politicians and
democratic grafters, and will not be a
surrender to corporate interests-they
may after they have consoled them
selves with the glorious history of the
grand old party, and have been enthus-
ed by the splendid manhood of Theo.
dore Roosevelt, conclude to vote the
ticket straight.
For this reason Mr.. Dunn is the man
who wants help and not the men and
papers who are not afraid to tell the
truth, unpleasant as it is. This is a
, fact his fool friends will do we'll to re-
member.