The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-27

Mayor Wells during his six
N&ars' incumbency In ONCE has given
the people a clean, economical and pro-
GftDslte administration, a vast i'm
pfovement over the Republican ad-
ministratipn which preceded him. Up
to ana including the morning Of April
2 the Globe Democrat wh0oped 1t up I'm
areAt shape for the Republican ticket.
on the 4th, however, 1t contained two
editorial paragraphs which furnish
much food for reflection. First the
HG.sD. said:
n Politicians who think they can win with
m inferior ticket have often missed their
calculation and given their party black
eye.
Now, thing or person IL inferior"
when compared with something or
somebody that II superior" There
fore the foregoing paragraph must
mean that the Republican candidates
were "inferior" to the Democratic can
iidates; but, nevertheless and notwith-
standing, the CD. whooped 1t up for
the "inferior" ones. Query Did 1t
know prior to April that the Repub-
riicAns were inferior" to the Demo-
Icrats. or did 1t make that discovery be-
'twixt the time when its issue of April
2 went to press and when its issue Of
April 4 went to press?
| The G.-D.'s second editorial para
graph on this subject In Its issue Of
lApril 4 In as follows:
The Republican party Of st. Louis can
not successfully carry u collection of
discrsdited politicians. class OF this
ktnd can accomplish nothing for them
selves. though they are certain TO inJure
the party as far as it IL Identified with
them Vand their unsatisfactory records
An Incubus OF this variety IL a boon Ia
ithe opposition and handicap to what he
calls his own side. Politicians with an
unsavery reputation may seek to be vim
dlcated. but they put a party that In
dnlfes them at n disadvantage. 1t IL es-
sential for the Republicans OF ST. Louis
who have Just lost an election ON account
OF an element OF this nature to send 1t tS
Hhe rear. unless the experience of Tues
day u to be repeated. In spite Of having
the most votes and the best prospects.
That paragraph will repay careful
perusal, especially In light Of the fact
that the Republicans claim the g. o
P. IL the party of sweetness, purity
light, patriotism and every good quail
l1ty possible. Certainly to that para
graph IL applicable the old saying tina
IAN open confession is good for thu
SOUL" But suppose case. Suppose
the GID. had published that paragraph
two days before the election insteat
Of two days after the election. Thel
What? Why, II 1t has one tlthe the in
.huence 1t is credited with, just as SUR
yas tr2ss grows or water runs, the Dem
ocrktic majority would have been in
created by 1900 or 5000.
In this editorial the CD. Jumps th,
Candidates whom 1t supported OF al
"a. collection of dscredited politicians,
which would probably furnish grounds
for a. slander suit unless Its descrip
ito persOnarum Is correct. II evidentl.
does not mean that they were disTed
tted by the defeat on April ., for Ia tn
next Sentence 1t refers to their ''unsat
isfactory records" clearly meaning
records which they had made prio
thereto. The GID. rubs It In on thos
whom 1t supported still more by char
acterizing them as an "lncubus," al
other actlonable word unless the GIL
can prove It, Still further along II dc
n0minates Its late candidates as "pol
ticians with an unsavory reputation.
which, unless justified, would const
tute. q third count In petition for dan
ages.
The G.-D's performance appears I
be a clear case Of "hindsiglt Is bette
thsn foresight"