The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09
GuTrERs0N FOR CONGRESS.
Worthinston Hsrstd Has Something
to Say Anent Candidacy.

Worthin0ton Herald has Something
to Say Anent Candidacy.
From Mondays Daily.
Many of the newspapers from all owe
the state and the second district ar,
spreading the news that Gilbert Gut
terson of Lake Crystal, rural free deliv
Iery mail route inspector for the district
will soon announce himself as can
didate for congress against James 4
McCleary, the present member
This should be good news to thos,
who have long waited for man will
enough courage to run against Mr.. Me
Cleary, and now that a man of Mr.. Gut
terson's ability and qualification viii
come forward, the element opposed to
the attitude of the present congressman
ought to get together and work har
moniously for his nomination and elec
ton To do this it appears that the OPP
position forces should hold a meeting
somewhere, perfect an organization and
begin an active campaign, says Tn.
WOrthington Herald.
Mr.. Gutterson is pretty generally
known throughout the district and prob.
ably has closer and more intimate
acquaintance with the rural element as
well as business men than any other
man in the entire district, except Mr.
McCleary. Mr.. Gutterson has been in
spe?tor of the mail routes for many
years and in this capacity he has been
i'm constant touch with some section of
the district all the time His name is
familiar with every mail route patron
i'm the district.
IL Mr.. Gutterson will soon announce
his candidacy and start to work with
a good organization there can be no
doubt of his success at the primaries
and at the polls in November. The OPP
position to Mr.. McCleary has been
growing in strength for a. number of
years past and now appears to be about
equally divided. In the last campaign
H. J. Miller of Luverne, without an or
ganization and little work, received
about forty-three per cent Of the votes
at the primaries. 1t is believed that
in the two years anti McC)eary senti-
ment has grown enough SO that with an
organization and strong candidate the
opposition can win easily.
Mr.. McCleary has been !, the elected
representative of this district for about
fourteen consecutive years. In all that
time he has done very little for the
district, comparatively nothing for Il
man of his reputed ability. In fairness
to Mr.. McCleary it must be admitted.
however, that he excels in two questions
money and protective tariff. The
former is well settled and probably viii
be for some years to come. The tariff
question is of vital Importance at this
time. A crying need Of the country is
tariff revision but Mr.. McCleary de-
clares that if anything is to be done
the tariff should be revised upward
rather than downward to meet changed
commercial and Industrial conditions.
Mr.. McCleary is on the committee that
has to do with tariff legislation, but
there are no indications at present that
he will do anything in the matter of
tariff revision. McCleary may be hon.
est in his convictions ascregards, the
tariff but as long as thel government
pays him for representing this district
he should try to give them what they
want, rather than crafty a fancy of
his own Mr.. Gutterson lives in Blue
Earth county, the same county that
Mr. McCleary resides in, and has rep
resented that county i'm the state SEN
ate and has held other positions of pub
lie trust. Mr.. Gutterson should come
out with a self constructed platform if
he is going to come out at all.