The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-10-19

t00 state anu WHICH rIuo DSAAoSA "sA>
party in 1902 accused Governor Var
SAINT of protecting In the face of al
this the governor accepts the hospital
fly of these roads gladly and worked
1t to the limit. Not only this, but the
shops and mines were shut down ant
the men were ordered TO attend th<
meetings which were addressed by the
governor. IT Is said that some. Of the
section men had to push their hand
cars ten miles to reach the point des
iignated by the Steel Trust for them to
meet the governor. understand that
the trip wound up with a grand ban
auet and that all the expense wes
borne by the Steel Trust magnates
All Is serene again at Democratic
headquarters in the Gilfillan block
Day has succeeded in getting the So
cialist,, johnson, of the ticket and the
only johnson now holds the fort. The
rather strange part Of it Is that thu
other Johnson quietly acQuiesced II
the, proceedings which ousted him
Now the Democratic voter will have
no trouble in finding out how he wants
to vote. He has simply to put an X
after the name of johnson and that
will do the business. 1t was rea]
thoughtful of Frank to fix 1t up SO
that the intelligent Democratic voter
would not get mixed in his principles
and candidates on account of the nu
merical strength of the Johnsons.
There is good deal of comment TN
st. Paul about the unusual activity OF
the Democratic Boss, Dick O'Connor,
in the interest of Governor Johnson IN
the present campaign. The "Card1nal
is known to be very close to the mag
mates of the Great Northern road, who
have the reputation of providing h1r'
with the sinews of war when 1t Is to
their mutual interest. Generally he
works through his lieutenants and 1t
Is only at important crises that he
gets out in the open and puts up a
fight himself. That Is what he Is do
ing now and last Sunday. was one OF
his busy days. heard of several con-
ferences that were held and I met the
boss himself circulating round In the
Eighth ward, which went for Bob
Dunn two years ago. Evidently he
was trying to straighten out things
there. 1.-THE Cardinals" unusual &C.
tiv1ty, however, indicates among other
things Just where the Great Northern
ID in this fight and that is something
It IN worth while to know. 1
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y Il met gentleman from Sank Center
last Monday and he told men that i
looked very much to him as though
cole was the favorite IN that part of
tho country for governor: Tam sorry
mat; he would not give his consent to
theuse Of his name in this connection.
stearns county Is strongly Democratic,
but il my friend Is right In his esti'
mate 81 the situation Cole is going to
poll 4 big vote there. g.
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IL Cole clearly has Johnson on the de,
fsnsiye. Johnson is explaining his
altitude now in some Of his speeches
At Bemidji, for instance, he said that
day BY day" he was laying founda
lions for railroad reform. Some of the
newspapers who have been keeping
tab on the governor point out that up
to last July he had not done much
"day by day." In an interview In the
Dispatch Of the Gath of that month he
said:
I'm view of the recent enactment of
4 national law, and in view of the fact
that the state board of railroad and
warehouse commissioners have begun
the work of regulation, it does not ap-
pear to me proper on the eve Of a
political campaign to do some spec.
tacular thing which might not bring
desired results; =, n. ,,ra,,,:. =
There is not very heavy evidence ii
these words Of Mr. Johnson himself
that he was laboring very hard day
BY day" ? But we have; still further
evidence from the governor. that he
had not been very busy day by day
Tho next sentence Of that Interview
Rays: - '@'~1;. ~ ' e. @',&I y = t11
k9"If It shall be found that they (ths
railroad and warehouse commission
ers) have been negligent Of duty or
iaeaacient it will then be the duty OF
the governor to take proper action In
the premises" -''5 -~ g.. 5'...}~@
You will see that he Is still looking
to the future, and he has kept on look
ing to the future without even bounc-
ing the railroad commissioners. Up
to September he had done nothing
sday by da,." or any other old time in
railroad matters. Then he got bunch
from Southern Minnesota editor as
to what he ought to do and he did
manage to write one letter to the
commissioners. How long he was lay
ing the foundation for this epistle
know not, but there was nothing in it
to indicate that he labored upon it
day by day. since his inauguration.
To be frank about it people around
these parts smile when the question
of the governors labors day by day"
are mentioned. -.
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