The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-03
WHAT ELECTION MEANS.
st. Paul Dispatch Shows Danger
OF knitting State Ticket.

Now that election day Is so near at
hand. We recall the license some poet
took with the event many years ago
when no wrote:
"A snow flakes fall upon the sod;
Hut executes a free mans will
Can shield you--'tis the ballot box"
From tho careless manner with
which men approach the ballot box. 1t
seems very doubtful compliment to
contrast 1t with the will Of God, and
almost forces to the front the other
bit OF poetic license:
God moves In a mysterious way
His wonders to perform"
But, seriously. there is. in these
modern days. hardly sufficient earnest
thought given to such verdict OF the
popular will as will be recorded next
Tuesday.
Some jumping jack like Bryan or
Hearst springs up to confuse the pub
lie mind and people rally to his stan
uOAu OCSOuoC AS 10 SCuCCAC lOl Iuc
abuse of capital. The natural tendency
OF capital is to be cruel and tyrannical
and the men who would array class
against class are not the ones who
are safe leaders or who are to be en-
couraged in politics.
The Thoughtful voter will calmly
consider for whom and what his ballot
stands. Minnesota is conceded to be
fairly prosperous, progressive and
ideal state. Her foundations were laid
by the republican party and her de-
velopment for fifty years has been
under similar auspices. Because A
rabble horde. hankering after the flesh
pots. seeks to grasp and control the
state. and because they may once in a
while succeed, 1t does not follow that
the republicans are wise in allowing
the scepter permanently to pass from
them, or once having lost it, not at
tempting to regain 1t. Intelligent peo.
pie of the state recognize that in a
sense the presidential campaign is
being prematurely forced upon the
people two years in advance. Bryan
had his home coming and was i'm
mediately hailed with loud acclaim as
the standardbearer of the democratic.
campaign in 1908. The democracy, OF
Minnesota formally and unequivocally
declared for Bryan. lin: their state plat
And now. later. Mr. Mr., Hearst Il his; ,h-
jected himself. by force into the lime
light. If he should by chance be ell
ected governor Of New York, which,
even If improbable, is not impossible.
Mr.. Bryans star will fade and the
democracy of Minnesota will readily
transfer its allegiance to the rising
sun. While 1t is kept in the back
ground, the real effort of the Mime
sofa democrats next Tuesday is to
say to their fellow democrats by
electing democratic governor, that
the electoral vote Of the stalwart re-
publican state of Minnesota can be
given you for the effort in 1908. That
Is why the democrats have abandoned
all other candidates and all other is-
sues and are bending every energy to
the reelection Of Gov. Johnson. to be
followed later by giving the electoral
vote of the state to Hearst or some one
equally obnoxious.
Men who think and really give their
careful attention to the political trend
or the times realize the danger, but
those who execute the will of God"
with no more consideration than they
would give to fishing excursion are
liable to gravely err by placing Min
nesota in a false position before the
country and the world.
The election of Mr.. Cole as COVER
nor next Tuesday would; be an eff
fectual panacea for the democratic
plot to keep Minnesota In the doubtful
column where she already u.s..
We anticipate that republicans will
exercise their Intelligence without all
place before, them the. consequence Of
re-electing Gov. johnson and Tho ad-.
vantages pt giving MI. 1Cols his first
term. The. Interests Of the whole
country are really paramopnt5to those
Of the individual state. but when. the;
two are in harmony. the argument be-
comes irresistible.