The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-07-09

have fastened upon him is that he
eats pie with his knife. But it
is the knifeusing pie eaters that
placed this nation in the fore
front of nations. He stands in
strange contrast to the three-suit-
ed, kid-gloved policy of inactivi-
ty which has challenged the ad-
miration of the nation and placed
one man from this state among
the leaders of the party that has
always stood for bluster and OBJ
struction.
If our candidate is weak on
dress parade he is strong on Ser
vice; if he is short on promises
he is long on performance, and
We offer him to you without
word of praise or sentence of
laudation-just as God made him
"a rough, ready, rugged, natural,
human man. We would not have
him different than he is if we
could, and we could not have him
different than he is if we would.
Nominate him and primitive Re-
publicanism recognizing in him a
kindred spirit will awaken from
its long lethargic slumber and
Minnesota will pass out of its anom-
olous position of hybrid admins
tration and once more take its
natural place as a Republican
state at the right of the Republi-
can line.
1t would be an idle waste of
time to name our candidate, the
description that l have given fits
but one Republican in Minnesota,
but to paraphrase the worlds
most famous couplet I might add:
When asked what town he halls
from,
We've but one reply to make;
He comes from Minnesota,
And the people call him Jake.
Joel P. Heatwole, the only one Of
the candidates whose platform con
tanned a local option plank, contin
ues to maintain that Jacobson j.
the brewers candidate, and in his
Mortified News of July 4th asserts
in bold headlines, that Billy Hamm
democrat, from the throne die
tates republican policies" The News
referring to the part played in thu
recent republican convention, by Hon
T.. NJ. Eddy, says:
Frank Eddy made the Jacobson
nominating speech. Something hat
to be done to offset the effect OF
the activity of the agents of the
brewers combine. In what may be
called the Jacobson counties this was
not so noticeable, but as the dele,
gates from these came in touch with
the situation in st. Paul, for instance
and in other parts of the State they
didn't like it. They, didn't hesitate
to say so, either. Something had tt
be done. Mr.. Jacobson was not in
a position to talk. He could not re.
assure his county-option supporters
and there were a great many friends
OF county option among the Jacob
son delegates without driving away
the delegates the brewers combine
had brought to his standard. Frank
Eddy appeared on the scene and the
problem was solved. Indeed, it was
so arranged weeks ago. To have Ed
dy nominate Jacobson would every
where be regarded as his Endorsement
by the anti-saloon league. 1t would
make pledges unnecessary. Without
committing Jacobson to anything il
would be equivalent in the public
mind to committing him to every
thing"
The News further says: 1t isn't Of
ten that the people are permitted
tc witness the spectacle of tenn
perance lecturer placing in nomina
ton a man whose principal supper
previous to the convention came
from the liquor interests"
The Herald simply prints this mat
ter here as being of interest to Sauh
Centre people inasmuch as this city
is Mr.. Eddy's home.
In this connection it is appropri'
ate to state that prominent dele
gate to the late convention remark
ed to the publisher of The Herald al
St. Paul that Heatwole would hav'
stood a chance for the nomination
had he not come out for county op
ton. After the convention Mr.. Heat
wole, seen by the publisher OF Tn
Herald, remarked that he never fel
better in his life and was willing tt
wager money that he was good dea
happier than Jake"