Morris tribune., 1908-02-22

fact at this time would be unwise, for such an
announcement would go far toward uniting the
Republican party.
Minneapolis is talking of uniting" on ex-
Mayor David P. Jones for the Republican NOM
1nation for governor Jones would make a
much better governor than he would candi-
date, but his candidacy would be blessing to
the republican party of the state if it would
place those 96 Hennepin county votes under
the control of an honest and patriotic element
rather than in the hands of a gang of manipu-
1ators to be used for trading for appointive Jobs
or for the benefit of the corporate interests.
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Jacobson and Young reported to have
had conference a few days ago, and while their
conversation not reported, yet each an
nounced afterwards that their relations were
friendly, and each declared that he wished the
other nominated if he could not win himself.
Each appears to realize that they have many
of the same friends and that bitter contest be-
tween them would only result in the nomina
ton going to neither. This declaration By the
two leading candidates will be endorsed by the
friends of both all over the state.
The Wilmar Republican Gazette says that
the memory of Judge Brown, deceased, who
was the first Judge in the district court of this
county, has been fttingly preserved in a new
picture of the Judge which adorns the court
room at the court house. The likeness is an
almost life size portrait and is pronounced by
those who were intimately acquainted with
fudge Brown to I've excellent reproduction of
his features. The portrait is the gift to the
county by the court commissioners. Judge
Brown was the father of the present Judge
Brown, of the supreme court, and was we'll
known to the older residents here.
5
S. A. Langum, of Preston. now postmaster
for the house of representatives at Washington,
has been having some experiences with down
and out politicians who have been after him tor
some small jobs at his disposal. He says:
The greatest unkindness which be
visited upon young is to give him some
petty official position and thus divert his
eies from some legitimate business, profession
or trade where, if he is made of the right stuff,
success in greater or less degree will be his
ward and where at least he will not become
genteel mendicant; eternally seeking for some
bitter disappointment
1t is not mach question as to whether
Jacobson, Young Dunn someone else is
nominated for governor who it is that the
rank and file, the plain people as it were, the
fellows who do the voting want and who they
have confidence in and will vote for. The plan
of leading the horse to water and expecting
him to drink whether or no has been tried and
found failure and it would be we'll at this
time for the leaders, socalled to bide wee and
hear what the voters have to say in the matter
whether it results in the nomination of the gen.
tleman from Lac qui Parle the gentleman from
Swift. the gentleman from Mile Laos, the
gentleman from any one of the eighty odd coun-
ties. The available tim Der does not all find its
home in the three counties named and it would
not be bad idea for the party to go slow and
learu to peddle as the saying goes, and not re-
peat the failures of the last two campaigns.
We believe that the plain everyday voters can
settle the question if left to their own devices
and do blamed sight better job than the lead
ers have done the last two times. 1t the people
can name their leader they will attend to his
election all right, all right. Either one OF the
gentlemen named above might and no doubt
would make good governor, but before nom1-
mating any man lets get the high ball from the
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