The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-23
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That faction Of Minneapolis corpora
/ ton lawyers, which was 50 we'll known
at the late senatorial election as sthe
Washburn lobby, = announces that it
is going to elect for the people st Min
nesota a governor; or, rather, that it
is not going to allow the State to re-
turn David M. Clough to the executive
chair. It has been the custom Of Min
nesota Republicans, except in one or
two isolated cases where the incum-
bent had shown himself too weak to
insure the success of the ticket. to re-
turn: their governors to the people with
a nomination mi: for a second term. No
one has ever doubted the political
strength of Governor CLough. Indeed.
his strength is just what troubles the
'sWashburn lobby. =
Mr.. Clough has always been
among the first candidates on the
ticket in the size of his plurali-
ties, and one Of the strongest names to
bring support to the entire ticket. In
] 1872, Mr.. Clough's plurality as lieu
tenant governor was only about q
Thousand short of the plurality Of Gov
ernor Nelson, the head Of the ticket.
and nearly four thousand greater than
that OF the secretary of state, the next
name below on the ticket. In 1894.
Mr.. Clough's plurality rose to the
enormous figure of 82,888, which was
twenty thousand greater than even the
colossal plurality of Governor Nelson.
No Washburnite lobbyist has ever
ventured to prophesy that Governor
Clough's nomination in 1896 would
make Republican election anything
else than an assured victory. The
only ground which this silk stocking
wing OF city faction can show why
Governor Clough Should not receive
the customary endorsement of the first
terms administration, is that his SYM
| pathies in the late senatorial contest
were with the Republican majority
which retired Senator Washburn and
seated Senator Nelson. Aside from
the corporate influences of certain
cities, the overwhelming sentiment of
the people of Minnesota was agaist
this "Washburn lobby then, as it is
likewise now.
1t is strange and interesting fact
although more interesting than strange
that the chosen 'santi-C lough" organ
OF this corporate city faction is a paper
which was Democratic organ only a
short time since, and now is nothing.
SO far as political principles go. It
was defender of the notorious Bier
mann regime at the time that regime
was exposed in court, and at this hour
this same paper has in its employ, to
attack 9! Governor Clough and the pres
ent auditor, a shyster and dead-beat
who was the chief press advocate of
the unlawful Biermann pine land pol
icy. Let Minnesota Republicans bear
in mind that the organ of this corpor-
ate lobby which is attacking the pres
ent auditor, simply as a cowardly trick
to hurt Governor Clough, is a Bier
mann organ and now has employed for
it's dirty purpose a low scamp Of Bier
mann's, to whom no reputable news
paper will longer give employment.
This shows to what desperate ends
the silk stocking enemies of Governor
Clough in Minneapolis feel compelled
to stoop in order to stay the march of
Minnesota's governor. The leading
mon in this silk stocking handful are
the same: corporation attorneys who
| have been prominent in the Hobbies of
the legislature during the past few
years, lobbying for railroads, express
companies, mining companies, pine
land thieves, and against legislation of
every kind demanded by the people.
Six of the most active of the corpora
tion attorneys who belong to the Min
neapolis "anti-Clough committee de-
voted the greater part, if not the whole
OF the late session, lobbying and work
ing in every way, to defeat the railway
land tax bill and kindred popular leg
islation. That is the precious gang
which is now going to name for the
people of Minnesota governor. @
RECENTLY the Minneapolis Journal