The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-07
What the Editors Say

Why is it that the daily press failed
to publish a full report of Congress
man Lind'S brief address before the
Democratic convention in Duluth last
week? Was it because Mr. Lind's
charges of corruption in the admins
tratlon of our national affairs by the
Republican party could not be refuted?
In referring to the unspeakable corrup-
ton existing in the postoffice depart
ment, Mr.. Lind said that the lid had
peen nailed down by the Republicans
and all that the public could see was
the filth that oozed out through the
top and corners. He maintained that
corruption was equally rampant in the
administration of other departments of
the government, especially the interior
department. And Mr. Lind was not
talking from hearsay. He has been
on the ground and knows whereof he
speaks. His charges are of the most
grave and serious nature, but his Re
publican opponents will not attempt
to refute them. They dare not.-Per-
ham Enterprise.
The Democrats in Wisconsin and
Minnesota ought to be a happy lot of
human beings. Daylight appears to be
breaking for them after many years
OF midnight darkness and cropping in
the wilderness of despair The Re
named has been so largely in the ma
Jority that its leaders have come to
think they own the world and all the
fatness thereof. and their greed for the
possession of the spoils of office has
finally led them into an internecine
war or Kilkenny cat fight, in which
each side is determined to destroy the
power of the other; and they will sue
ceed to some extent which ever side
WINS. This is the great opportunity
Tor the Democrats in both states to
calmly await developments, and then
nominate candidate for governor who
can and will be elected governor.-New
Ulm News.
A more interesting and. enthusiastic
convention has probably never been
held in the state than that at Duluth on
the I'D inst. to elect twenty-five dele
gates to represent the state at the ma
tlonal Democratic convention to be held
at st. Louis on July s.
That the delegates are elected to go
to st. Louis untrammeled by any in
structions or pledges is a source of
unbounded satisfaction and gratifiea-
ton to that element of the Democratic
party which has spared neither time,
labor nor self-sacrifiee in their sup
port of Bryan during the past two
campaigns and who represent all that
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sentlal elements of Democracy at the
present dme.-Swift County Monitor.
Dunn's nomination is triumph for
his henehmen, but it is such a triumph
that 1t carries with il none of the sat
1sfact1on of fight well Won. It rather
leaves a dark brown taste in the
mouth and a feeling of shame that
won't wear off.
What effect it will have on the
chances for electing Democratic
governor this fall is hard to predict
before the Democrats have chosen
their standard bearer, but it is safe to
state that the big Republican majority
that was the. pride and glory of Re
publlcans two years ago will be ma
terially reduced, if not. entirely wiped
out.-W1nona independent
The Republicans of Minnesota can
never perform a greater service to
their party than to defeat the ticket
nominated at st. Paul-seme of it, at
least. In this way only can it be res
cued from terrible stigma Such a
rebuke would be the greatest victory
ever won by the Republicans of Min
nesota.-St. Cloud Times.
AS some Republicans see it, or say
1t, this nation never could have ex-
iStCet pul' Iol Tie republican party. Of
course this was quite a country before
any such thing as the Republican
party was thought of, but that was so
long ago that people should not per-
init themselves to think about it
Oshkosh Times.
Republican papers state that after
the state convention all will be har-
mony in the ranks of the Republican
party. Yea, verify! The country is
full of 'em who would stand solid for
''yaller" dog if he wore the party
mel.
Mr.. La Toilette might be right and
st1il not be regular So may his OPP
ponents be regular and not be right
And they may both be regular or ir-
regular and neither one right.-Osh-
kosh Times.
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