The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-16

lacks some of the western virtues,
he escapes some of the western
faults. He makes mistakes but he
never makes the same mistake
twice. Like all of us he has paid
the greatest of all teachers, expert
ence, tribute for information but
he has never paid but once for
learning the same thing. His cam
paign methods are singularly free
from mud singing, not so much on
account of the other fellow but
from a dislike of soiling his own
garments. He is safe man but it
is well to remember that nothing
worth accomplishing has ever been
accomplished without taking risks.
1t is more his nature to follow
public opinion than it is to lead it.
He is no grandstand player but he
is generally good for base hit and
he never strikes out. Corporate
interests do not favor him, neither
do they fear him. He possesses
faults, failings and weaknesses in'|
common with the rest of mankind,
but he is not proud of them and he
don't advertise them, he lets the
people discover them, themselves,
but his strong points he skillfully
parades so that they can be seen by
men. He is careful, painstaking
and conscientious but he seldom
rises above the dead level of the
common place. His private life is
above reproach and his public record
unassailable. If he is nominated
and elected governor of Minnesota
no one will ever be ashamed of him
and no one will ever be very proud
of him. There have been stronger
governors than he would make and
there have been many weaker ones.
He has never failed to perform his
duty we'll but he never performs it
brilliantly. He is not a startler.
He is good average man. Mime
sofa has had worse governors than
he would make and she has had
better.
There is not a business man In
this city who would not pay re-
liable man fifty dollars to travel
around and tell thousand different
families what good place his store
was in which to trade, how neatly
he kept his stock, what large
variety he had to select from, how
politely he treated his customers
and extend them strong invitation
to come and see him. The Herald
will do it several times for that
amount and the reliability of the
Herald is the talk of the state. Let
US advertise for you.
There is considerable talk of the
republicans of Missouri forming
combination with the Doodle demo-
Gratis to defeat Josepg Folk, the
democratic nominee, who sent SO
many boodleing democrats to the
penitentiary. If such an unholy
alliance is formed in Missouri the
republicans deserve to be buried in
defeat for the next thirty years
as they have been for the thirty years
past.
The writer of the character
sketches that have appeared and
will appear from time to time in
the Herald, and which have been
so widely copied and quoted, does
not claim that they are accurate,
they are simply the expression of
the Impressions left on the mind
of the writer by the men in
question.
"Dar Reese leaves tonight on a
tour of the state in the
interests of Mr.. Dunn" THURS
day st. Paul Dispatch.
How kind of Oar. The repub
licans of the state might never
find out who they wanted for
governor if he did not come around
and tell them.
Chairman Barton swiped Maj.
Bowler in a democratic Harmony"
meeting held in Minneapolis the
other day. 1t is rumored that Mr..
Dunn will soon institute legal pro-
ceedings against him for an in
fringement on his copyright.
Not a single Dunn paper iustifies