The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-23
What the Editors Say

Ihe power in Mr.. Jchnson's speeches
however, lies not in their beauty of
language or adroitness of argument.
Ihe basis of their effectiveness is that.
the nearer, however prejudiced, is inn
pressed with Mr.. Johnson's dignity.
!isalr-nlndnedness and absolute SINGER
ny statements and promises which,
uttered by the average orator or can
uIaate, would receive little weight,
coming from him compel the auditor
however unwillingly, to believe that he
means means Just what he says and will
belonging to the minority party and
DMeahg M yee a comparatively young man,
Mr. johnson never received +be
advertising and prominence that un
de.ouotedly would have come to him
through his sheer force of character s.
were he a Republican, -OWatonna
Chronicle tRep.).
It must be confessed that the pri-
mary election law is far from salts
factory. 1t should be either perfected
or repealed. The Judgment of one Of
lne aplest attorneys in the. state that it
should be entitled, "An act to prevent
the people from having any choice in
the selection of candidates. is not
wholly in error. Under the convention
system candidates needed the support
oI q, majority OF the delegates. Under
the primary law any man who has the
price of fling fee can get on the priz
mary ticket. and oftti1nes crowds off
better men. 1t destroys the old theory
Inat The office should seek the man and
not the man the office-St. Cloud
Jeurnal-Press.
R. G. Dunn is making a point of ad-
Yert1sing himself in communities where
lrlshrnen live as having been born in
mat green little isle" beyond the sea!
lie did so here. But Mr. Dunn came
from County Tyrone, in the north of
ireland, and the men whose votes he IL
hsnlng Tor came generally from South
ern or Central Ireland To make this
appear entirely effective Brer Dunn
shouId state On which side his anees-
tors fought at the battle of the Boyne.
me North of Ireland men were with
william of Orange-Morris Times.
Outside of the offieeholders or Office
seekers, or those who expect to reap
rewards, we do not hear any one say
ne Is going to vote for Dunn. On
the other hand, some of the strongest
Republicans of the city, are openly
talking and quietly working for Mr..
Johnson. We believe a large major
lty OF our business men will vote
against the Republican nominee With
the coming of the big spellbinders the
party lines may be closed up but to-
day the Johnson sentiment is over.
Whelming.-Austin Weekly Herald.
The stalwart Republicans of Wis
consin have decided to place a ticket
IN the field, and have engaged" former
GOV. ScoTeld to carry the banner. The
ticket will be headed National Repub-
hcan, and will take the place of a
rump convention, held at the time that
the state convention was held. when
Mr. Cook, of Neenah, was nominated
for governor. The plot in Wisconsin
IS fully as dark and mysterious as is
the plot in Minnesota-in e. O. d. cir
Graphic Sentinel.
In saying we believe in the "open
shop" we mean that it is to be free to
union and non union labor alike and
as free from dictation by the trust
union as from the labor union. To as
sumo that the dictation of the trusts
is to be substituted for the dictation OF
the labor unions, is to forbid the open
shop in it's truest and best sense
Montevideo Leader.
Senator Clapp must lie awake nights
worrying lest the naughty Democrats
steal his senatorial toga. With the
number of Democratic candidates for
legislative seats insufficient to make a
majority in that body even if every one
was elected, we wonder what the SEN
ator would do if his seat should hap
pen to get in real danger-Belle Plaine
Herald.
Bob Dunn makes great complaint
because sworn official of the state
has done his simple duty in reporting
the condition in which he found the
affairs of the ex-state auditor Does
Mr.. Dunn want us to understand that
he would not have made such a report
had the positions of these two officials
been reversed morris Times.
While. fiattering himself that things
are easy for Mr.. Roosevelt, the chair
man of the speakers bureau of the ma
tional Republican committee admits
that there is something of a fight in
several close congressional districts in
Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Nebraska,
Iowa and Wisconsin.-Sioux Falls
Press.