Mower County transcript., 1908-09-02

Leroy independent: The Indepen-
dent editor is greatly pleased with the
manner in which the candidacy of
Harlan G. Palmer is appealing to voters
everywhere he goes. Wherever he has
gone in the brief canvass he has thus
preston. We learn this from personal
observation at Austin Saturday and
from parties in other parts of the dis
trict.
Mortified News: The rumor that
Congressman Tawney is worth milli.
on dollars may serve to account for
tho change of front of some of his
newly-recruited newspaper advocates
in the twin cities, although latest quo.
tatiOns on the current price of manag-
ing editors are not available. Possibly,
considering the increase in the cost of
living, it may have advanced in the last
few years.
st. Cloud Journal Press: John A.
johnson said before he was nominal.
ed: II have stated my position several
times before and the situation has
not changed. Having declared pub.
licly my opposition to a third term
for administrative elective offices,
could not possibly accept nomina
ton now without stultifying myself
and without violating my every sense
of political propriety."
And then he proceeded to stultify
himself, and violate his every sense Of
political propriety.
! GAINESVILLE Argus: There ought to
be no opposition to the proposition
that the next Legislature should pass
county option law. This does not
necessarily commit the people to the
principle of county option. 1t simply
gives them the opportunity to take an
expression upon the question at the
polls, right no legislature ought TO
deny. Such bill would be simply in
the nature Of a referendum. If
majority Of the voters in any county
desired to do away with saloons we'll
and good; if not they would vote the
proposition down.
St Paul Review: The denomination
of u ohm "A. johnson for Governor
is positively startling. 1t is even more
astonishing that he yields to the "uni
versal demand" of his party. There
was nothing else for the convention to
do but nominate him. He pretends to
great sincerity of purpose, but is no
better than any other politician, and
acquieses at the OppOrtune time. His
finish is in sight. He is up against a
ditfereut proposition this year than
either two or four years ago.
! Mortified News: The intimation in
a recent decision of the supreme court
that apart of the road law was rendered
unconstitutional by reason Of the care
lessness of an engrossing clerk again
directs attention to the absolute need
of revising bills passed by the legls-
lature. While this work seems to have
during the last session of the legislature
it is plain that the system is at fault
which puts the responsibility for the
subordinate officials who may not have
transcription, or who may be careless
or worse.
Anoka Union: Saturday, August
! 18th, there were hauled to AnOka
markets one hundred and twenty-five
loads of early potatoes, averaging
abouty sixty bushels to the load, q total
of 1900 which brought spot cash from
IS cents to 72 cents bushel bringing
over $1,000 Do you know that Anoka
county skins them all in raising early
potatoes? Well, it does, and the spuds
are ready for market fully ripe, over a
month earlier than any other section in
the state, and I delight in telling it.
Olberg Journal: The voters in the
First congressional district in Mime
sofa have now a wide open chance to
repudiate the Cannonized James A.
Tawney their present congressman, by
endorsing Hon. J.. V. Knatvold for
congress on September Is; a man stand
ing "squarely" upon the true "Roose-
velt Policies" without fear or favor.
Time for the people to turn down these
hide bound CORPORATIONISTS
from county fry to presidential whales.
Albert Lea Tribune: The St. Paul
Dispatch declares that Congressman
Tawney will undoubtedly stand upon
the platform promulgated by Mr..
Knatvold. 1t is too bad that man of
Congressman Tawneys prominence
must wait for some other Republican
to make a platform for him to stand
on. He stood on Knatyold's platform
six years ago but he has failed absolute
ly to make good his declarations. The
Republicans will probably decide it
will be better to accept Knatvold and
his platform rather than take Tawney's
declaration that he will stand on it.