The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-19
QUALIFICATIONS Or A cANDI-
DATE.

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tense partisanship and overmaster-
ing desire to enhance the chances of
the particular candidate we favor to
somewhat overlook the qualifica-
tons that a candidate for governor
should possess?
That he should be honest goes
without saying. No man should
receive the nomination whose hon.
esty in any TRANSACTION, either in
public or private life, has ever been
successfully questioned. He should
be good business man. The num-
erous business interests of the state
are its most valuable assets and it's
many institutions should be run on
strictly business principles. No
man who has made failure in his
own business, should seek to man.
age the business of the state and if
he does the voters should see that
he does not attain his desires. He
should be a man we'll known.
Some times party dominates an
unknown and untried man for a
public position and he turns out to
be a wonder but such action is
always an experiment and it is
dangerous to try experiments in SO
important matter.
He should have a wide experience
in public measures and legislative
methods and an extensive acquaint-
ance with public men,. 1t is not
necessary that he be an orator or an
eloquent speaker but if he is, SO
much the better. Many occasions
arise where a Governor must appear
in public and if he has the happy
faculty of expressing himself
fluently and eloquently it is matter
of qualification to his friends and
reflects credit on the state. Let US
pay a little more attention to the
qualifications of the candidates and
have a little leas hot air.
The fact that the State Ex-
aminer's report may have been
made for political purposes; that it
ought to have been made, if at all,
a long time ago; or that James J.
Hill has contributed to campaign
funds in times past does not hide or
explain away the ugly fact that for
some time past it has been cheaper
to obtain timber from state lands
by treaspass than it was to purchase
the same at regular and legal sales.
Mr.. Dunn is now in a position
where he can sympathize with the
war correspondents of the far east.
He has been placed under strict
censorship. Mr.. Verify, one of his
managers says ''That hereafter all
interviews will come through me"
Wonder if Mr.. Dunn should be
elected the censorship would con-
tinue? Who is the candidate any
way, Verify or Dunn?
Mr.. Hill Versus Mr.. Hill: 81
know Minnesota politicians, 1 have
wintered them and summered them
and l know them by their backs. I"
Mr.. Hill in his Crookston Speech:
81 have always tried to keep out of
state politics" . .-s~
Mr.. Hill in his letter to E. A.
Nelson: How would it be for once
to have a governor of Minnesota
who owned himself?
81 met Mr.. Hill in front of the
Dispatch Office. Mr.. Hill did not
seem to recognize me until Louie
said "Father, don't you know Mr.
Dunn?"-Mr. Dunn's interview in
st. Paul Dispatch.
This is the only foundation there
is for the rumor that Mr.. Hill has
gone to Europe to consult an emf
nent oculist.
Talk about the keenness of ladies
perceptive faculties. 1t took them
a thousand years to learn that the
proper way to ride a horse was to