The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
What the Editors Say

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The Republican party of Minnesota
nas not one man in its ranks who
Sooiu, even with preparation, make the
poWer1ul and impressive speech deliy
efeo upon moments notice by John
Ltla oeIore the Duluth convention.
ileitnef mas 1T one among it's numbers
MY, ny the magnetism of his person.
| allty and the eloquence of his words.
could have stilled into absolute silence
ene WHO passions and turbulent DEM
onStfatlons of thousand men as did
| Chrls OBrien at midnight in the great
| armory building at Duluth.
| democrats of Minnesota have no
neptn 70 oiush or apologize for the
| company they keep or the principles
| they advocate. They willingly cast
ASIDE the JOY of shouting with the
" iiiiiefS, the pen1p and circumstance of
poNer ana the spoilS and honors of
LIE tndt they may be true to them
| serves and, their convictions of duty
| II IS better TO be right than to be a
rSepapllcan.-Fairmont Sentinel
| Let the good work go on. and We
nave the StandpatterS licked to a
stdndStlli, not alone on the question of
presidential electors, but on number
Oh congressman as well. The weakness
or strength OF the men the Democrats
are gong after in this state will soon
| develop
| :, III may be set down as pretty certain
that the Hon. Joseph Weeks Babcock.
| the chairman of the Republican con-
gress1onaf committee, the hero of so
many congressional victories for the
republican party. is marked for
slaughter in this state and we are go
ing TO hang his official scalp at the
democratic wampum next November.
And there are others. Watch the Dem
ocratic smoke from now on. Wiscon-
sin is our meat.-Oshkosh Times. -
The Democratic convention at Duluth
last week was one of the liyeliest
meetings of the party in Minnesota for
many year. The test was over the
question OF Hearst or anti-Hearst The
Hearst men were downed and an un-
instructed delegation sent to St. Louis.
Inc delegates at large are John Lind, "a
=. II. OBren, l.. A. Rosing and H l..
BUCK, the first three being anti-Hearst
Buck has Hearst leanings. The Hearst
men captured the organization. but
could not hold together when. it came
to a vote on the delegates. During
the sessions pandemonium reigned for
time. The chairman was J. nj.
Bowler, former Populist, and his arbf-
trary rulings as chairman called down
the severest objections, and he was
forced to listen to reason and reverse
himself, giving the other side their
due-Litchfleld Independent
Just what La Toilette will do to get
place in the Republican column on
the election ticket in Wisconsin this
fall is not now clear to La Toilette.
1t is clear to the national committee
that he will not be accorded a place,
but it is not clear to his supporters
how he can be defeated if he gets his
name on the ballot at ALL AS an in
DC
OF the Democrats he ought to poll a
large vote He has the confidence of
the people that are 'agin' the Repub-
licans.-Graphic Sentinel.
That Democratic convention. at Du-
luth last week was certainly a hum
mer. There were plenty of little ham,
mers out and the knocking was fully
as plentiful as the Boosting, according
to reports We are rather at a loss yet
to know really who won Out-the
Hearstites or the ants. John Lind
got Icked-and again he didn't The
Hearst men won out-and again they
didn't. We don't like these Democratic
puzzles-give us something easy
Glenwood Gopher.
OF course the ST. Cloud Times will
admit that the majority should rule
Little Falls Herald.
aid and his associate Hearstites de-
MED the right of the majority to rule
at the Duluth conVention-aS was
proved when roll call was secured
st. Cloud Times.
No rational gathering of Republicans
ever had less to accomplish than did
the convention at Chicago this week
Nominations for president and vice
president had previously been decided
upon and there were no contests for
even a committee position. Such har-
mony is beautiful but dangerous
Appleton Press.
If there ever was any doubt that the
Republican party has become a party
of the past, instead of the future,
those misgivings must have been dis
PEELED when the platform and resolu-
lions We're read in the Chicago con-
vention.-Helena Independent.
In the last presidential campaign the
Republicans made the most of the full
dinner pair buncombe. With the adj
vent of business depression no doubt
they will change the cry to vacation
for everybody.v-Sauk Center Ava
lanche.
If that Duluth convention was a Re-
publican one, it would be claimed that
John Lind "bossed" it. He certainly
corrected their views as to where they
were at.-Little Falls Transcript.
Duluth had all the condensed heat it
could stand during the Democratic con-
vention.-Windom Reporter.
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