The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-13
NEED Of COUNTRY
TRIUMPH or DEMOCRATIC PRiN.
clPLES is IMPERATIVE.
THE MAN AND THE HOUR.
With the Nomination of John A. John.
son, Progressive Democrat of In
tegrity, Ability and Achieve
ment, Success Is Assured.


ing nroads even on the southern
states, hundreds Of thousands of Dem.
ocratic voters have In the last few
| months asked: Who is the man who
{ can lead the party TO victory?'
! The best OF armies, military or po-
hucal. require some measure OF sue
cess TO maintain their spirit and OF.
hciency. Continuous and overwhelm.
Ing defeat, even in the worthiest of
causes, disheartens the strongest men.
conditions are such in this year
1913, that united Democracy, sup
porting a strong presidential nominee,
can win the presidential office and
open the way for return of the Demo
cratic party TO power. Not only do
the best interests OF the Democratic
party call for a victory this year, but
SO also do the best interests of the ma.
ton, Twelve years of almost unop
posed government OF the republic by
one party and for eight of those years
practically by one man, have brought
about conditions that are repugnaut
to the efficient and satisfactory ad-
ministration of government sup
posedly of the people
Principle with Victory.
Victory can be achieved this year.
without sacrificing one iota of the
stand for principle that has been made
with so much sacrifice by the Demo f.
cratic party Of the United States for
the last dozen years. 1t is merely a /
question of changing leadership. Three /
times in succession our party has gone I
TO defeat, because its leadership has /
not been able to inspire confidence in I
the masses of the voters, patriotic.
progressive and sincere as that leader.
ship has unquestionably been. The
party Is greater than its individual
membership and greater than its lead
ers, The time has come when ii
should name it's leader in a presideu.
ual campaign and no longer permit it.
self to be defeated by a sentimental.
though heroic, devotion to a great
name that has dominated it for a
dozen years.
Ii IN the ranks Of the party there is
man whose principles, whose party
realty, whose success in political bat
les, whose actual achievements in
legislation aud Observation-Disclosures
nan holding commanding political {
such that victory under .
lis leadership is indicated. is 1t not
he duty Of reasonable, thoughtful, de. {
'oted Democrats. desiring the success /
II their party, to turn to him? \
Johnson the Man.
The friends Of Gov. John A. Johnson
II Minnesota, who have watched his ,
career in recent years. as /
veil as impartial observers and ionr- 4
allsts throughout the country, believe d
hat he is the man of the hour the r
nan in every way equipped to make a
uccessful campaign, and afterward II
be chief executive of the highest c
rider. Let US briefly review his career. v
John A. Johnson was born in ST. h
eter, Nicoliet county, Minnesota
uly 2S, 1851 OF Swedish parents His n
hildhood and youth We're passed in =
1eat poverty. At 10 years Of age he n
as compelled ~ leave the public II
chools of his native city, in order to q
lpport himself and the parental fam v
y. Though his formal education was q
lus early cut short his selfeducation G
ever stopped. A student at all times r.
wide reader and a thoughtful one | II
r. Johnson, after some years of OBJ. q
,ure toll as drug and grocery clerk II
I'd railway time-keeper. became at o
e age OF q editor of the st. Peter c.
erald. He soon became known as
lie OF the ablest of Minnesota Jour. G,
lltsts and was recognized as one of q,
Q leaders OF journalism in a state re. n;
arkable for the number, vigor and in. II
fence Of its periodical press. As a T.,
untry editor he was gradually drawn @,
to politics and In 1898 was elected ST
member of the senate of the Mime &c
ia Legislature. and his first public DO in
zeal work was as a member of that
dy. From the first. he was identi. or
d with various reform measures. fe
itch have since become law in Min DIR
sofa. on
Wherever Gov Johnson has gone. ad
has impressed men as being man W;
the Lincoln type. He has the fac. sa
y Of making many friends and few ad
emics, We
Gov. Johnson's Legislative Results.
The governor recommended a Der. Gil
'nent tax commission The legis- fol
ure gave 1t TO him and the ink was fol
rdly dry on the document before he ad
pointed commission so strong in | III
personnel that TIE Republican sen. ma
resolved by rising vote to con. pu
n the appointments without delay pu
lie the equally Republican house.
ugh without the power of confirrna. sta
a. expressed by a rising vote its an The
'ciation Of the excellence of the gov. cal
ors appointments. rs.
n northern Minnesota are the great. the
iron ore fields in the world. The VIII
te of Minnesota owns extensive Tn
as of these lands. BY leases they sot
-e largely In the hands of the Unit. twi
States Steel Corporation and the wit
10 was receiving only an insignif. aut
{ income from its royalties The to
error advised the withdrawal of wit