The Ely miner., 1902-09-12

Next Tuesday the long looked for
primary election takes place and the
people will have a chance to place in
nomination a ticket for both parties
that should be entirely satisfactory as
they themselves will be to blame if the
right names do not appear. This will
be the first time the primary election
law will so into effect everywhere IN
the state at the same time and the
results will be watched with more than
ordinary interest.
AS we have heard considerable argu-
ment on the street corners regarding
certain points in the primary election
law, it may not be out of place to
| say right here and say it in language
that may save trouble at the polls
Tuesday, that only those who were
affiliated with the Republican party at
| the last general election and those VINO
expect to affiliate with the Republican
party at this election are entitled TO
call for ana vote the Republican ticket
| next Tuesday The same law applies
in the case of a Democrat or any other
iparty. This means that a Republican
cannot vote for a Democrat nor a
democrat for a Republican. The law
lis very explicit on this point and those
voting should govern themselves ac-
cordingly.
The polls will open at six o'clock in
the various wards of the city and re-
main open until nine The polling
place for the first ward is the City
Hall building; second ward the Finnish
Temperance Hall and in the third waro
the Richard Chinn building
The candidates are numerous and
varied. For Congress in the Eighth
District there are before the people,
three Republicans and two Democrats
On the Republican ticket there appears
William d. Edison, J. Adam Bede and
Jesse L. Jellison, and on the Demo-
cratic side Chas. d'Autremont of Du-
luth and Marcus L. Fay Of Virginia.
Judge William D. Edison has been q
Republican all his life and is Offering
no apologies for his political record
He was elected judge of the municipal
court in Duluth in 1895 and has since
filled that position satisfactorily. In
June he resigned his judgeship to pe-
come a candidate for congress. Some
of the supporters of Judge Edson's op-
ponents have sought to detract from
the Judge by characterizing the court
over which he has presided as a 'po-
lice court AS a matter of fact the
municipal court of Duluth has juris-
dic5ion not only over the~eit but over
the three counties of st. Louis, Lake
and Cook and is nearly as important
as the district court. The act to be.
little the court because the parties are
not in touch with the candidate for
oO,, SC, l, tn.
is entitled to the Republican vote. He
stands for the principles that makes
this G. o. P. famous and the business
of the district would be in safe Glancs
provided he is nominated and elected
At least the Republicans would have
the satisfaction of saying they had done
their duty by the party in placing in a
responsible position a man who is not
free-trader, plank in the Democratic
platform that has been fought tooth and
nail by the party to which we adhere
for many years. Not tariff revision,
but free-trade. J. Adam Bede has
made the statement that "the duty of
40 cents on iron ore does not benefit
the Minnesota MINER He probably
knows more about this than did all
the manufacturers of tariff measures in
the Republican party CD One thing
has been proven however, that the
Cuban and South American mines have
shipped no ore to this country on ac-
count of this same duty of forty cents
OF Mr.. Jellison we can say but little
having met the gentleman only once.
He is Republican and has very SEN
sible ideas notwithstanding the jibes
hurled at him by the Duluth press
The Democratic candidates may be
good men but they are on the wrong
side of the fence.
The senatorial fight in this district
is between Senator F. B. Daugherty
mad Representative Geo r. Laybourne
Senator Daugherty has been a faithful
worker in the Minnesota house and SEN
ate for this district and commands the
respect of all his colleagues Through
MS ettorts many measures detrimental
TO this district were niDped in the bud.
Geo. r. Laybourne also has much to
his credit during his career in the
House. Both are good Republicans
For the legislature four aspirants are
in the field. N. F. Hugo and P. c.
Schmidt of Duluth and Dr. J. D Budd
and A. j. McGee of Two Harbors. In
order to give both ends of the district
representation in the legislative halls.
lt VIII be wise for those voting to cast
their ballots for one of the Duluth men
and one of the Two Harbors men. Two
are to be nominated
For the position of sheriff, the woods>I
IS full of candidates and it has been
! rarity when during the past two
weeks not one has been in town. How |
ever, next Tuesday will settle the af-
AIR and then we will have nine very
nuch disappointed candidates for |
sheriff in this county.
FOR SHERIFF