The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-02-08
A HEART TO HEART TALK.

up with the interests OF other men
and other candidates. To certain
extent he was "managed." lie
was compelled to refrain from doing
the things he wanted to do and
obliged to 90 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 ad-
vantages of running a country
newspaper. The salary is not as
large as that of congressman but
the independence it gives one is
worth the difference in the salary
which is considerable.
Now through the columns of the
Herald we are going to hold a
little heart to heart talk with the
republican voters of Minnesota.
We don't care continental whether
they like our ideas or not. We are
certain they will be read and con-
sidered for the Herald is "The
paper that is read"
We are face to face with the
situation of state giving a republi-
can majority Of over 100000 for
the republican candidate for
president, an average 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 republi-
cans, in the way of patronage and
influence upon the legislation in
which our state is most vitality
interested than all the other Offices
combined. If that isn't a situation
that makes every loyal republican
feel as though he ought to go out
behind a barn and kick himself we
cannot conceive of a 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
governorship. If there is not
cohesiveness and sense enough in
the republican party of Minnesota
to do this the quicker the republican
party of Minnesota gives up the
ghost and is decently buried the
better. Yet, Notwithstanding our
large majority, for reasons that
every sensible republican can under
stand without enumerating them,
this is not going to be an easy task.
There are three things absolutely
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 republicanlsm. 1t should
be similar to those grand DECLARE
tions of principles that transformed
the republican party from a minority
party to a 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 funda-
mental principle that every man is
entitled to equal consideration be-
fore law and every dollar invested
in legitimate business is entitled
to equal protection.
Our candidate should be a 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 a
Joint discussion with Democracy
champion whom he will be com
PEELED to meet in such discussion o,
do the crawfish act. If with the
glory of republican record, thu