Willmar tribune., 1906-09-12

other hand, II opposes q man it
is not because. such man has re-
fused to patronize the paper, be
cause no amount Of such patron
age would change the opinions
expressed in the paper. Our
record along these lines during
seventeen years of newspaper
experience in the county will
stand the closest scrutiny. If
anything regarding political can
didates appears in our paper not
signed or marked "advertise-
ment, " the reader may conclude
that he is reading the unbiased
opinion of the editor.
A candidate who cares for in.
dependent votes should have no
scruples about using the col
umns Of the paper that reaches
the independent people.
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The only hope that the Tall
man and liquor interests of Will
mar can have for the nomination
of A. P. Bergeson for register of
deeds is that the vote Of the bet
ter class of citizens in the county
will be divided among the four
opposing candidates. Should by
any miscarriage the nomin-
alton go to him, he will be de-
feated in the fall election. Tall
man, with the aid of his money
and railroad influence, can con-
troll few wards in the city of
Willmar for time perhaps, but
when it comes to the people Of
the county he will find the voters
differently constituted.
Reports reach us that Berge-
son is making a bid for the tenn
perance and church sentiment of
the country by denouncing one Of
his leading opponents, Mr.. o.
son, as a drinking man. Such
tactics, if true, come with bad
grace from an opposing candi-
date and particularly from one
of Bergeson' s kind. Mr.. Olson's
influence has not been exerted
against the temperance move
ment of Willmar, but Bergeson's
has. Ask Bergeson to show rec
concentrations from a single
person who has been openly
identified with the no-license
forces at Willmar, if he can.
There is ample room for a
choice among the four candidates
Olson, Reigstad, Flygare and
Strand-to suit any voter, with
out voting for Bergeson. The
effectual defeat of the latter will
be a proper rebuke to the saloon
and corporate interests of the
county seat, and will show them
that they cannot use the county
offices to reward their henchmen.
In the race for representative,
a decided sentiment has become
noticeable among the voters who
were at first favorable to Sander
sons candidacy to throw their
strength to Smithson. Sander
sons candidacy has not been TAX
en- enthusiastically by the farm
ers, even in the immediate vicini-
ty Of Kandiyohi station. They
feel that they are entitled to at
least one of their kind in the leg
islature, one who is thoroly in
sympathy with their demands
and who is favorable to the idea
of cooperation which has done
and is doing so much for them as
a class. They feel that no mer-
chant or banker, no matter how
fairly inclined, can give their
ideas the cordial support that is
possible from an intelligent and
capable man from among them
selves, a man whose daily life and
associations keep him in close
contact with the problems that
confront them. With Sanderson
practically out of the race, the
choice falls between Johnson and
Smithson. Both are good prac-
tical farmers who have made
good records in the positions of
public t" trust> which they have
held. There is practically no
choice so far as ~avowed princi-