The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 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 We're
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
lin the case of a Democrat or any other
party. 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 &C
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 ware
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 a
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 pc
come candidate for congress. Some
of the supporters of Judge Edson's OPP
ponents have sought to detract from
the Judge by characterizing the court
lice court. 4" AS a matter of fact the
municipal court of Duluth has juris-
dic5ion not only over the4eity 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
congress is rather small. Judge Edison
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 Ghan6s
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 man who is not
a 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 60 One thing
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 |
hut 1oo
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 !
his efforts many measures detrimental
to this district were nipped 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. ]. 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 woodsJ
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-
AR and then we will have nine very
much disappointed candidates for
sheriff in this county.
FOR SHERIFF. IL