The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-10-22
Attorney General Explains" His
Sensational Pre-Conyaa-
tIOn Statement.
SAYS He DID NOT E.Ekl JAKE
Had Inferred That the Interests
Would Name Head ofRequs-
!ican Ticket.

Some time in last April Attorney
General E. T. Young, who was at that
time candidate for governor before
the Republican convention, wrote an
! ppen letter to the Duluth Herald. The
Istter was written in reply to state
ment made in that paper, under ST.
Paul date, that he, Mr.. Young, contem-
plated Withdrawing from the campaign
| because Of the fact that he was op-
posed by the combined interests" of
the state. ..s.I ---..,.rl 2
Mr.. Young made emphatic denial
that he intended to withdraw as a can
6idate for governor, stating that the
Republican party was not controlled
by tho INTERESTS" that he had fought
| the liquor interests, the timber thieves
and the railroad corporations in the
courts and that he would continue to
fight them in the open during the cam
paisn. He made specific statements
as to the opposition against him. nam
Ing Bob Dunn as general in chief of
tho forces, Oar Reese as representing
the liquor interests and Tom Shevlin
and Ed Smith the lumber and rail-
roads. The letter was extremely vi
trioltc and it's publication caused a
sensation. He discovered later that
he was mistaken, the interests" did
control the Republican party. On the
morning of the convention, with inev-
table defeat staring him in the face,
he withdrew his candidacy and ap-
peared on the platform seconding the
nomination of Jacobson. Mr. Snyder.
whom Mr.. Young had charged with
being stalking horse for Jacobson,
also fell into line with seconding
speech. Mr.. Heatwole, however, the
fourth candidate in the field. refused
to bend the knee and bow down before
the interests" which Mr.. Young Had
30 vigorously stigmatized.
AS was only natural Governor John
son has made use of this letter writ
ten by Mr.. Young; in fact he has read
1t to his audiences over the state in
proof of his contention that the Sin
terests" and not the great body of the
Republican party selected the stand
ard bearer of that organization. He
has taken nothing from the letter, nor
has he added to it. He has simply
read It as published and left it to the
voters to draw their own conclusions
therefrom. In the meantime Mr..
Young has not appeared to take an
absorbing interest in the campaign of
his successful rival.
The managers of the party, however,
who are engaged in the greatest exhi-
In this or any other state, have evil
IDENTIFY applied the lash to Mr. Young.
He has appeared in an open letter in
the dailies Of the Twin Cities, denying
that he ever meant that Mr. Jacobson,
personally, was the creature OF the
Interests" in fact that his letter did
not mean what it said. It Is probable
that Mr.. Young was compelled to
write this letter in order to retain his
party regularity, but it certainly does
not clear away the charges made By
him in his open letter of April last.
Mr.. Young is an attorney and has
the happy faculty of making his
charges concise and direct. He stated,
for instance, that Bob Dunn was en-
cheering the fight against him. 1t
will be remembered that Dunn is the
man who, at Republican harmony
banquet at ST. Paul in February last,
created the political sensation OF the
day by his advocacy of Mr.. Jacobson's
candidacy and nomination as against
Mr.. Young, the then sole aspirant in
the field.
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!. He mentioned the name of !.
(. Oar Reese as the representa- :.
+ tive of the liquor interests. Mr.. !.
!. Reese Is the man who engi- +
!. neered Mr.. Jacobson's candi- 1.
4 dacy in Ramsey county and !.
{. whose convention instructed !.
I. for Mr. Jacobson first, last !.
j and all the time" +
1. He also referred to Tom +
+ Shevlin, who was the para l.
1. mount influence behind Mr.. i