The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-09-12
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Coles Kenyon speech created some
little CONSERVATION in the west end
Of the capitol on Tuesday morning
when the governor and his private
secretary got their morning papers.
Mr.. Day made bee line for the gov
errors Office, ran into the colored mes
senger and almost knocked over the
oval rosewood table in the governors
reception room, SO great was the ex
citement which followed the first read
Mr.. Cole had run to the windward of
the governor and had taken the wind
out of his sails. The Democratic press
bureau, under the direction of the pri-
vate secretary, had been carefully cir
culating stuff to the effect that the
Republican candidate for governor was
corporation tool. A lot of material
had been gathered by Document Clerk
Grimmer, State Librarian John King
and State Oil Inspector McDermott,
and other fellows who draw salary
from the state while working up the
Democratic campaign, and this would
now have to be blue pencilled. There
was glum half hour, when King let
in some light on the question by as
sorting that the governor could en-
dorse all of that speech, and that 1t
was his platform anyhow. He argued
that they had taken the credit for the
reduction to grain rates, and that they
might as we'll take the credit for
Coles speech, too. It was ordered
that King prepare some boiler plate"
for the Democratic papers in which
the stand was to be taken that any
body could endorse Coles speech and
that there was nothing in it but what
Johnson had been preaching ever
since he had been governor.
The speech appears to have made
distinctive hit, and there is more than
one man around the hotels and other
places where people congr7gate who
have been heard to remark: THAT
speech will elect Cole governor" That
I saw him the other day, and Cole was
not originally Mr.. Doran's choice
While he would have supported Cole,
for he is a loyal Republican, by the
CLEAN of his eye one could tell that
it would be with a good deal more
pleasure since Cole has thus declared
himself. It's straight forward earnest
ness seems to have made splendid
impression. 1t has pushed Cole away
to the front. The endorsement OF the
press has been spontaneous and quite
universal.
There is serious confusion in the
ranks of our friends of the opposition
on the platform question. Usually
they have to wait until the Republic
ans have taken position and then
oppose It, The Republican platform
so clearly echoes the peoples de-
mands, and it has been emphasized SO
nicely by the speech of Mr.. Cole, that
the Democrats are sore pressed for an
issue l understand that 1t was
the intention to make much of Mr..
Johnson's connection with the reor-
ganization of insurance companies
schemes, but Mr.. Cole has neatly head
ed off most of that campaign thunder
by few business-like suggestions as
tc what ought to be done In the mat.
ter of the supervision Of these con-
Germs. Insurance is business and not
politics, and Mr.. Cole treated 1t in a
business-like fashion. The leaders
are working on the platform all their
snare time, but they won't give 1t out.
They probably think it would be dis
courteous to the committee on reso-
lutions, which will probably approve
and report them to the convention,
and some of the boys may think that
the committee did it themselves.
Mr.. Manahan, the young attorney
who has been conducting the case OF
the shippers before the railroad COM
missioners, did not accept Governor
Johnsons appointment to join the
Bryan jamboree in New York. He
thought he had better stay in Mime
sofa and look after his fences. Thurs
day he was in Minneapolis, presum-
ably in consultation with the leaders.
The suggestion of his name for attor-
ney general has gotten little too far
to be easily controlled and the slate
makers are endeavoring to side track
him for railroad and warehouse COM
missioner He may be nominated at
torney general in spite of the leaders.
in which case of course they would
: have to flim-fam him.
From the stories floating around
! among the knowing ones it seems that
there is not the most cordial relations
between Private Secretary Day and
State Boiler Inspector McDermott
5 What the cause of the friction Is
have been unable to learn definitely
but the indications are that Mac Is a
little jealous of prestige that Mr.. Day
seems to have with the governor
That is at the bottom of the little
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