Mower County transcript., 1908-10-14

made him familiar with public matters.
and all state institutions. Then, above
ALL he is the author Of more con.
structive legislation of an. important
nature than any man we know of.
Owatonna journal Chronicles: What.
then, stripped of all yelling and ad-
mitted in plain English. is the reason
for Governor Johnson's standing for
| re. election for third term, and asking
again for the votes OF republican vot-
ers? 1t is plainly and confessedly
nolhing more than the keeping of dem
| ocrats IN office and in power, and the
building up of the democratic party in
Minnesota, to the end that by the aid
! of republican votes the North Star
state shall eventually be ranked with
South Carol !na and it's sisters as dem
ocratic state.
! Morris Tribune: In one of the south
ern districts Of the state contest is
being made on one of the candidates
for the legislature on the ground that
the constitution bars members of the
last House from being candidates for
reelection because that House raised
the salaries Of legislators. The attor.
ney-general has ruled that the salary
law is no bar, and further the legisla-
ture is the judge Of the qualification of
its own members, and would probably
make short WORK of any contest on
| that ground.
! LeSueur News: jacobson does
things. He'haa been an active work
er for twenty years. His legislative
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He is not one OF the men who would
win a contract us talker ia Chautau
qua circles. No one will claim it. But
who will deny that his plain blunt
words, delivered with sledge hammer
of Minnesota, and particularly the
businessmen? jacobson is not hand.
is an ornament among the best fruit Of
that field.
! Wallace Farmer: How can a child
be impressed with the essential mean
ness OF eavesdropping, if parents rush
! to the telephone and listen purposeiy
to the conversation their neighbors
may be carrying on?. The remedy is
easy. Never take down the receiver
except in response to your own call,
and never allow child to do so. Give
them to understand that eavesdrop=
ping over the telephone is quite as dis
| honorable as eavesdropping in any
other way, either at the home or at
neighbor's. The best way to impress
this upon him is to never take down
the receiver except in response to your
own call.
Slayton Gazette: The foolishess Of
voting fer a democratic governor
should now be clear to the republicans
of this state. Having democratic.
governor, Minnesota is now classed as
a doubtful state, which is just so much
of hindrance to the furtherance of
the national administration along re-
publican lines. Republicans who voted
tor johnson TWO years ago aided ma
terially in throwing obstacles IN the
way OF the national administration.
Lake City Republican,: The inde-
pendent Republicans in Minnesota are
| beginning TO look at the situation.
They are beginning to take heed test
| they commit themselves to Bryan in
supporting Mr.. Johnson for governor.
They are beginning to think that it is
time that they stood by the principles
of politics rather thau nurture their
sentiments of disaffection and when
they have come out OF their trance
they will realize that vote for Jacob
son is not SO bad as some would pic
tuTe it.
Chatfeld News Democrat: There
are events occurring in this commnu-
iry which, if reported, would create a
commotion little dreamed of. What
to report and what not to report often
lperplexes the editor. He is often un
Justly accused of cOWardice and favor
itism, when all the time he is looking
| toward the good reputation of the
town where his lot is cast. The local
editor, from necessity, almost constant
ly finds himself between two fires, and
which ever way he turns he is sure to
be unjustly treated. This is one of the
, pleasures of the newspaper business.
Redwood Gazette: The Republi
cans Of this state have in two cam
paigns transformed Gov. johnson
. from an obscure country editor whose
: income never exceeded $4,000 to q
: national figure of such Importance thai
his friend claim he can make 500, OO(
a year on the lecture platform. Woull
| it not be we'll for these same Republi
cans to leave him free to lecture at
which he is success, and relieve hin
from the labor OF making appoint
ments, at which job he has sometime
|. foilol9