The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-11-16
BY THE EDITOR
AND OTHERS.
EARLY CONVENTION

AND OTHERS.
EARLY CONVENTION
The Plainsdealer believes in an
early convention for next year not
later than April, and better, in March.
There appears to US various reasons
why the republican state convention
should be held in the early spring.
Among them is the saving OF expenses.
With late convention, it will be
necessary to establish and maintain
in the capitol city elaborate head.
quarters, with retinue OF clerks and
ushers, besides the workers and
speakers necessary to cover the state
in short time. By holding the con-
vention early, the nominee would be
given time to get around and accom-
plish a great deal of his campaigning
himself; and such plan would be
much more satisfactory to the voters,
also. BY having the statehouse
machine, Johnson, who will doubtless
be nominated again, will have an
immense advantage over the republican
candidate; and if that candidate is
nominated by the people, as he should
be, he will not have the money backing
that would be provided for the candi-
date of the professional politicians.
So if the people are going to nominate,
they should insist, also, that the
convention be called early-not later
than April. The people have no
particular fault to find with Governor
JOhnson's administration, and he has
been campaigning ever since he was
elected. The republican that contests
with him for the governorship will
have some campaigning to do, ii he
expects to win. A candidate of the
bosses will have plenty of financial
backing, but cannot win; candidate
of the people, if he is a good
campaigner and is given plenty OF
time, will win, but he will have to
have plenty of time.
1t is idle to urge, as some newspapers
do, that the republicans cannot lose in
Minnesota. The papers that make
such claim now are the same that
made it last year; and in view of the
fact that the head of the republican
state ticket ran 17O, 900 behind the head
of the national ticket, one would think
they would desist from political
prophesying for a while. Another
instance or two of such laundering,
and Minnesota will be democratic
state-Warroad Plaindealer.
The above so clearly conforms to our
views we republish it without note or
comment.
A GOOD 'AD.
Sank Centre had good time the
other night when a member OF the
company which was playing a lurid
"mellowdrama" appeared before the
foot lights and roasted the town to a
finish because they did not patronize
his play. He told them that they were
perfectly horrid things, so there, and
that they weren't aesthetic Orwell,
anything as people in the eastern
cities like Minneapolis or St. Paul
were. My, but they felt bad about it.. =
Minneapolis Tribune.
If it ever gets thoroughly advertised
that we are not like st. Paul and
Minneapolis, watch us grow.
DIFFERENT HERE.
An Oklahoma postmaster has re-
signed a postmastership because as he
says; 81 find 1 cannot give to both the
Post Office and hunting cOOns the
time and attention that they separately
require" This is man who believes
in doing one thing at a time and
doing it well.-Ex.
In Minnesota Federal office holders
are expected to attend to the duties of
their offices-and politics.
A Missouri school-boy defines
friend as ga fellow who knows just
how mean you are and still likes
YOU"
A southern Minnesota newspaper
insinuates that the editor of the
Herald is getting big pay from the
Railroads. Gee, but we wish he would
prove it!
The Heron Lake News seems to
think that the editor of the Herald
has got it in for Congressman
McCleary, but he is way off. We are
an admirer of his. But when the
Congressman says: "That the only
safe Revision of the Tariff is a revision
upwards" "That the time has not
come for any revision" "That good
way to meet the deficit is by leving
tax on Coffee" We think he is
wrong and have no hesitation in say
ing that in these statements he does
not represent the republican party of
Minnesota. We are not so narrow