The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-06
Young and Manahan, HalIam and
Hill in Hedd-on collisions,
with Results.
None of them Seek the Political
Scrap Pile, and Two of
Them Unhurt.
From our Special Corresp0ndent)

lFrom our special CorrespondehlJ
President James j. Hill of the
Great Northern and Attorney Cen
eral Young are in a mix-up and
there doesn't seem to be a bit of
friendship existing between the
Great Northern railroad offices and
the legal department of the state.
This seems rather strange. Before
election, and even a week or two
after, it was thot by a whole lot
of people thruout the State that Mr..
Hill had the endorsement of the
attorney general and that the latter
was willing to do most anything to
ally himself with the men who con-
trolled the greatest railroad syndi-
cate in the west. If any such a
game was being played there is
every indication that the stuff is
off and that the state and its child,
the Great Northern railroad, are in
for fight to finish.
A red-headed young fellow named
Manahan once came into prominence.
Just how the wand of advertising
passed over his brow is not known,
but it is reliably limited that the
Minnesota executive department, de-
slrous of creating campaign thun-
der, and knowing that the railroad
department of the State govern
ment is always open to attack, was
largely responsible. At the particu-
lar period of bubbing the attorney
general seemed to have other bust
ness and couldn't get around to
represent the people at the hearing
before the railroad commissioners.
This likewise pleased the executive
office. The wand was waved. Gov.
Day said Presto" and forth from
the field of solitude and obscurity
was brought the red-headed gentle
man named Manahan.
Manahan was docile at first. The
Democratic campaign management
didn't like his preliminary attitude,
and he was called around to the
proper master and informed that
unless he raised "h-P' with the
railroad commissioners the Demo-
cratic machine would be minus cam
paign thunder and the young man
would be minus his job. Manahan
became a Spitz dog similar to the
one described in the Call of the
Wild,' who was always spelling for
a fight unless he could have his own.
way. The attorney general was still
too busy to give his attention to the
hearings before the railroad and
warehouse commissioner and Mana
han had free hand in his some
what peculiar position of being the
attorney to create campaign thun-
! der and at the same time alleging
to represent the common people of
the state. Just before an election
| the latter pose is always a catchy
one, providing the public are not on
to you.
Election time passed away. The
Democratic machine achieved its
goal and Mr.. Manahan made his
final appearance before the commits
sion. 1t was spectacular. He want
ed to quiz Mr.. Hill on everything
except railroad rate regulations.
This was a play to get fred in a
popular style. The commissioners
finally. objected to him asking Mr..
Hill any questions and Mr.. Young
stepped into the game, prepared to
defend the action of the commission,
promising to represent the people
thereafter, and Manahan was given
the "hurrah drop into obscurity. .
You haven't heard of him since,
have you? and you haven't seen any
great amount of sizzling powder be-
| ing burned between the executive
and railroad departments on behalf
of the people since the campaign
closed, either, have you? No. You