The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-15
What the Editors Say

Adl SlSHl-lOuT- plank In the state
Republican platform is causing a vast
amount of controversy. The Mime
sofa Republican platforms of recent
years have been framed by geniuses
IN the art of Straddling, but the real
1nWafdneSS OF them is soon discover
ed.-Winona Independent.
What John Lind was honest and in
earnest, when he said in his Duluth
convention speech, that he was~"out of
politics., so far as seeking office was
concerned. there can be no question. OF
course those who believe that he is the
man that can defeat Dunn, and who
desire to see that an accomplished
fact, Will feel disappointed. That a
public man has some duties towards
the public is true, but when man
has served the public to his own per-
sonal detriment as long as Lind has, he
can certainly claim a rest. No man
can follow politics and be honest, with
out suffering in fortune. No congress
man If he should sit in congress for
twenty years. can amasS even a COM
potency A man in his prime that has
the capacity to make money. may we'll
question the propriety of remaining in
public political life. Of course if he
be a CRATER" politics is his natural
vocation, and in congress there is
more opportunity for graft than any
where else. But there are some hon
est politicians and we are inclined to
think that Lind belongs to that class
He is not the only one that has repre-
Sented Minnesota in our national legis-
lature that has earned the right to be
considered politically pure. Some Of
them have gotten rich in congress, but
most of them that went in poor, came
out so. Honest John Lind is a name
that has been conferred upon him UNI
sought, and one that it is a pleasure to
his admirers to apply to him.-Le
Sueur Sentinel
1t is not very pleasant to occupy the
position of dog barking up tree,
nevertheless we feel constrained to say
that the work of the state Republican
convention is not to our liking. We
do not care to review the trickery and
bribery that showed itself so plainly
In the convention, suffice it to say that
the side with the most money won the
stakes. 1t is the custom in political
circles to support the nominees, no
matter who they may be, but the Her
aid cannot subscribe to the fashion and
it is certain it's readers will not If
Dunn is elected, it will be because ev-
cry good man in the state has either
crawled into a hole or been hood
winked.-Clay County Herald.
II Is duOul time IOr democrats TO
drop the shaekneyed phrase 'reorgan-
1zers' as applied to certain Democrats
1t is phrase coined by Bryan. What
all Democrats should be is ''reuniters,"
and that is the proper term to apply to
all honest-ninded Democrats who have
wanted and now want to see the party
united, as of old, and in condition to
gain victory, not alone for the party
but for the higher and better interests
of the country. All hail to the re-
uniters and reunited Democratic par
ty! The only kind of Democrats who
have acted as though they were diser-
gan1zers are those who have constant
ly StigmatiZed those who desire a re-
united party as "reorganizers. New
Ulm News.
Before Minneapolis papers preach
ReEublieanism to others they should
first support that doctrine themselves.
With large majority for a Demo-
cratic governor followed up by Demo-
ocrat1c congressman and a threat of
boiling the Republican ticket Henne-
pin county is hardly in position to give
advice to Republicans in the country
st. Peter Free Press.
The Twin Cities should get together
long enough to build a great auditorf-
urn large enough to seat any gather
ing. Tom Lowry would, no doubt fur
nish the transportation to it.-Granite
Falls Tribune.
Already the silence of coming de-
feat has fallen over Bob Dunn and
his eohorts.-Wabasha Herald.