The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-03-08
A HEART TO HEART TALK

In every campaign for the last twen-
ty years the interests of the Editor OF
the H erald were bound up with the
interests of other men and other can
didates. To a certain extent he was
managed" He was compelled to re-
frain from doing the things he wanted
to do and obliged to do things he did
not want to do because of the interests
of others.
In this campaign he is absolutely
free. He has no interests to look after
but his own and very few of those.
That is one of the advantages OF run
ming a country newspaper. The salary
is not as large as that of congress
man but the independence it gives
one is worth the difference in the salary
which is considerable.
Now through the columns of the
Hera we are going to hold little
heart to heart talk with the republican
voters of Minnesota. We don't care a
continental whether they like our
ideas or not. We are certain they will
be read and considered for the H era d
is "The paper that is read"
We are face to face with the sltuaS
ton of a state giving republican
majority of over 100, 900 for the repub-
lican candidate for president, an aver
age majority for all the candidates on
the republican state ticket of $4,000
and turning over to the democratic
party the office of governor which is
WORTH more to them, and to us as re-
publicans, in the way OF patronage
and Influence upon the legislation In
which our state is most vitality inter-
ested than all the other offices COM
bined. If that isn't situation that
makes every loyal republican feel as
though he ought to 60 out behind a
barn and kick himself we cannot con-
ceive of situation that would produce
that feeling.
Hence to our mind the one great duty
of the republican party of this state,
paramount over and above all other
duties, is the regaining of the COVER
norship. If there is not cohesiveness
and sense enough in the republican
party of Minnesota to do this the
quicker the republican party of Min
nesota gives up the ghost and is de-
Gently buried the better. Yet, not
withstanding our large majority, for
reasons that every sensible republican
can understand without enumerating
them, this is not going to be an easy
task. There are three things abso-
Iutely essential to republican success:
A strong platform,
A strong candidate,
A campaign fund.
We have repeatedly stated what in
our opinion should be the issues.
The platform should bristle with
primitive republicanism. 1t should
be similar to those grand declarations
of principles that transformed the re-
publican party from minority party
to majority party in the state and
nation in the stirring days when men
were republicans from principle and
not for profit. Through it should run
the fundamental principle that every
man is entitled to equal consideration
before law, and every dollar invested
in legitimate business is entitled to
equal protection.
Our candidate should be man of
the people and from the people and all
the people. Not Northern Minnesota
candidate, not Central Minnesota
candidate, or a Southern Minnesota
candidate but an "All" Minnesota
candidate.
He should be man able to take the
stump and hold his own in joint
discussion with Democracy's champion
whom he will be compelled to meet in
such discussion or do the crawfish act.
If with the glory of republican record,
the splendor of republican achieve
ment, the rectitude of republican
principles, the brilliancy of republican
prospects, and the wealth of republican
candidates, we cannot select a man
who can hold his own in discussion
with the democratic leader, silver
tongued though he may be, and
master of political sophistry as he is,
we will be defeated and we ought to be
defeated. We demand champion
who will meet all corners in the open;
not man who depends on resources"
and secret intrigue for victory.