Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-10-19
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Coles CAMPAIGN
One OF APOLOGY
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Vith tho campaign only Just begun
Candidate Cole Ia already on the d.
oensivs. Not only the candidate but
ovory Republican campaign speaker IL
ether apologizing for some action or
ottoranco Of Mr.. Cole or 70 skillfully
attempting to disguise the real issues
q this contest. With . candidate
eho fight has really started there can
md will be but one end to tho contest
90 that Is the triumphant reelection
@ Governor johnson.
Republican spellbinders Arst attempt
. prove that Mr.. Colo was fairly
nominated." They do not hesitate to
admit that Mr.. Jacobson was defeated
~ corporate influence and corporate
money. The memory Of tho Duluth
0onvention Is too fresh In tho minds
q the people to permit any denial.
Dut they urge that Cole was simply
he instrument-the innocent instru-
0ent, II you please-of Jacobson's un-
0hsvltn supported him1 they ask.
The people will not be fooled. They
11oW that when q man has been NOM
mated BY certain predatory interests
hose interests will have a willing
servant in the man who profits by
he use Of their money. All the argu-
1ers this side Of hades cannot con-
vince them that they are wrong.
Then comes the campaign orator
Who denies that Mr.. Cole II the owner
q large areas Of Northern Minnesota
swamp lands which he wants the state
. develop for him In his state de-
vo1opment" policy. Whether or not
Cole does own big tracts Of water
covered lands is beside tho issue. His
friends, the timber spectators, do
0Wn these lands and his other friends,
~ railroad owners, have vast hold
M which It Is hoped that the state
V1n convert into marketable lands.
Then 1t Is explained that the earlier
campaign claim OF Mr. Cole that It
Wao he who fathered tho bill remov-
1nG the statute Of limitations a. q
oA1old to the timber thief was due to
~ error. The "error" was not dis
:, oDverod until that venerable old leg
6lator, r. H. Jefferson Of Cottonwood
county, came forward with proof that
he bill for which Cole claims credit
vas introduced by himself. It, with
. senate bill Of similar purport, went
. the committee on public lands, of
which Hon. John @. Lund of Mime
apolis was chairman, and the redraft-
"a bill is now the law Of tho land.
0r. Cole. driven into q corner by the
Adisputable claims Of his Republican
colleagues Of the house, now admits
teat he only "redrafted" the bill. Even
tAls claim for preferment must be
shared with other members Of the
3oint committee Of house and senate.
But one of Mr.. Coles pretensions 10
1oooived with silent sorrow by his fel.
1ow Republicans on the stump. His
discussion of railroad laws Of the
STATE. with his suggestions for neces-
- cary new laws, has been RELOCATED to
~ scrap heap OF oblivion. Mr.. Cole,
after spending three days In the
o0oos Of the railroad and warehouse
, ooUmission, went on tho stump with
Q declaration that tho railroad com.
mission had done only q part Of its
plain duty and that there was urgent
Bed Of series of seven additional
laws to make effective the work Of the
commission in making new rates.
Hardly were the words spoken when
The legal fraternity of the state, with.
cut reference to politics, began to
smile. Cole had displayed such a to.
tai ignorance Of tho subject that It
AMPLY was to laugh. Then former
Governor John Lind and Railroad
Commissioner Staples exploded his
1no spun theories and showed that
Nh. Coles principal panacea was all
fight ana the only obstruction that
stood In the way of its successful ad-
01nlstration was such trifling impedi.
0satia as the constitutions of the
STATE OF Minnesota and the United
states. Senator Knute Nelson was
quoted oxhaustively to prove that Min.
0ooota has the best railroad laws OF
any state In tho Union. Governor
Johnson's declaration that the railroad
laws Of Minnesota arc both efficient
and sufficient" and only needed ener.
eotio and honest enforcement was
agreed to by tho thinking public OF
he state.
Republican campaign speakers. too,
have not sought to apologize for Mr..
Coles attitude ON 20 important q
measure AZ the reciprocal demurrage
bol. Not campaign speaker has
0urmured word regarding the Walk
q statesman's services to his state In
securing the passage Of this measure
designed to treat both tho shipper