Morris tribune., 1908-10-31

In Last Desperate Straights,
Democrats Resort to Despic-
able Campaign Methods.

resort, is coming down to per.
sonal abuse of the Republican
candidate for governor J. F. ia
cobson. His record has been
searched in vain to find some
thing to criticise, something left
undone by the Madison states
man. But all without avail!
And so, in desperation, with a
last faint hope to turn the tide
of votes away from 8'the Plain
Man Of the People" the Repub-
licans nominated, personal abuse
and misrepresentation has been
| commenced
| Two years ago the present
state manager Of Democracy
| made free use of the editorial col
| umns of the weekly paper pub
lished at Albert Lea by his
brother. This he made no bones
about admitting since that cam-
paign. Use of his own paper at
Fairmont made the source too
plain. The same tactics are be-
ing pursued this campaign, only
the object aimed at is not certain
individuals whose names are con-
nected with corporations, but the
Republican gubernatorial nomi-
nee himself is the target.
Let the false, abusive, mex
cusable article-which is sure to
prove a boomerang and make
votes for Mr.. Jacobson-speak
for itself.
The Freeborn County Standard
Of Albert Lea, under date of Sept.
80, has the following to say un-
der the scurrilous heading:
lake a Great Joke"
"The appearance and the perform
ances while in Albert Lea Saturday,
of Candidate Jacobson, have since
been the sport of the town His queer
phiz and figure, broken English, origi-
nal grammar and freaks of manner,
were all witnessed, and caused more
caustic comments and excited more
fun than was ever created by clown
in circus. When he went In to dim
ner at the Albert some Of his inter-
ested observers say he put his grip
inside the telephone booth and hung
his hat on the phone receiver, mis-
taking the place for the cloak room,
then wiping the sweat from his face
with the sweep of first one coat
sleeve and then the other, strode with
Jim Tawney and the other. statesmen
into the dining room. WI"
When ON the car platform with
Taft, the crowd crowed and iibed
Jake, causing Taft to turn and look
him over, and then he, too, had to
laugh. Sure as you live, Jake Is the
joke of the season, and Henry Harm
says he will carry Freeborn county
for governor by 500 majority,
''It's to Ha-ha. Henry. too, is a
joke, but he is different. He does 1t
on purpose"
It is only necessary to go back
to the files of the Albert Lea
Standard of two years ago to
prove the insinceritv of the above
malicious article. The editorial
column of the Albert Lea Stand
ard, May 80, 1906, contained the
following article.
"The st. Cloud JournalPress, which
is certainly eminent Republican au-
thority, declares that unless Jacob
son is nominated, Johnson will be re-
elected; that the corporations are all
opposing Jacobson, and that his de-
feat means the triumph of the cor
porate interests through corporate 4
money; that only such corrupt tac-
tics can defeat Jacobson, and that all
who are opposing him are corporate
tools and the servile followers of cor
porate interests. p.
"AiI OF which we believe is true,
too true"
Nearly a month later, June 30,
1906, when Jacobson had been
defeated and the Standard was
certainly free to speak in an ur-
biased, honest way, its editorial
column had the following praise
for Mr.. Jacobson:
1--WE quoted the following last
month from that staunch Republican
paper, Alvah Eastman's St. Cloud
Journal-Pr and it seems now more
significant than then. Republican
voters in Minnesota, remember this:
The only way in which J. F. Jacobson
can be prevented from receiving the
nomination for governor at Duluth on
June 13 is by the use of corporation
money. If the corporations and the
politicians keep their hands off he
will be nominated by acclamation. |
He is the choice Of the people. He is |
the only candidate who will receive
votes from every section of the state,
and he receives these because the
people have confidence in him He |
has a record for doing things If the
Republicans Of Minnesota only want |
a Republican governor elected, the
way is clear. Heed the voice of the |
people.
Jacobson was undoubtedly the
choice of the Republicans-he was
the bosses at Duluth
spurned the voice of the people,
1t is also we'll to bear in mind |