The Irish standard., 1904-09-03
AN EXCELLENT TICKET.

| AN EXCELLENT TICKET.
| 1t is seldom, indeed, that the Demo-
Gratis of Minnesota have wrought so
well as. they did Tuesday. The per-
sonnet of the ticket is excellent. The
nomination of Mr.. johnson gives the
party the ablest available leader He
is man of great ability and has had
ample experience in public life. He
is personally one Of the most popular
men in the state of Minnesota. He
has proven in the past that he is his
own master. He is splendid cam
paigner and we have no doubt that he
will at once put his opponent upon the
defensive:
MIR. Winston, the candidate for Sec
ond place upon the ticket is man who
would honor any ticket in first place.
His name will add strength to the
ticket among all classes and in all
parts Of the state. His reputation for
fair dealing and fair thinking both
among business men and laboring men
is exceedingly high. 1t is seldom that
Il man of his standing can be drafted
| to run for a purely honorary Office
| The remainder of the ticket is made
| up of excellent material. There is not
a lightweight on it. There is not a
man in the whole list who will not
| draw votes to the ticket.
The platform is the best ever adopt
ed by the party in the state. There
are no meaningless promises, no fam
boyant rhetoric, no foolish platitudes.
The delegates to the convention were
bent upon business and they did not
propose to have an excellent ticket
weighted down by platform contain
! ing untried theories. The convention
did well when it voted down the ILL
timed attempt in the last moments of
the session to incorporate mere aca-
demic theories into the platform.
Excellent as is the ticket and the
platform yet we believe that the great
est good accomplished by the conven-
| ton is the stand which it took for a
non-partisan judiciary. Too much can
not be said in praise of the action of
the convention in this particular. The
| Democratic party has taken the high
position that places on the bench
should not be the subject of political
trades. 1t is we'll known fact that in
the recent Republican convention
Judge Lovely was counted out of a
denomination and the place given to
Judge Elliott in payment of political
debt. The Democrats have endorsed
Judge Brown whose record on the SUI
| preme Court merits that endorsement;
they have nominated Judge Lovely,
now sitting as Republican judge,
but who was turned down to help to
| pay for the stealth of whole delega-
ton from this county. In addition to
these two Republicans they have nomi-
mated John Lind and Judge Otis Of st.
Paul. OF the former nothing need be
said, his name is household word
throughout the state. Judge Otis long
service on the district bench in st.
Paul, where he served with marked
distinction, is an assurance that if
elected he will honor the position. The
voters from year to year in increasing
numbers have demanded that the ju-
dietary be removed from politics.
Through the efforts Of cheap poll
ticians and certain lawyers, ambitious
beyond their capabilities, our election
laws have been so framed as to make
it almost impossible to secure nom
partisan bench. This year the Demo
Gratis have taken a high plane. 1t is
now up to the voters of Minnesota to
say whether they approve Of men who
have been. nominated without regard
to party politics and who are in every
way qualified for the positions, or
whether they favor men who have
gone upon the floor of political con-
vention and traded away delegations
for judicial positions. Will the appeal
to party ties suffice to put mere poll
tician on the highest court of the state
in the place Of a man who is serving
with merit? The intelligence and the
patriotism of the voters of the state
will now be tested. Whatever may
be said Of the political offices there Is
absolutely no reason why the four men
put forward by the Democratic con-
vention should not be elected to the
Supreme Court. If they are elected
it will be long time before petty
politicians and shameless judges traf-
fic again in Supreme Court positions
DULUTH NEWS.