Mower County transcript., 1908-10-28
FARMER BEN'S
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Twas nifty glad of that big reception
of Uncle Sam's feet and seficers In Ja,'
pan last week. From the Mikado|
down everybody seemed to throw up
their hats for our boys and tried I'M
every way to show their respect and!
give 'eln q good time. Our r'deetas q;
regular eyeopener to the world includ:!
in the leetae Japs. Thieves no reason,
why the two nations should quarrel
and fight, & wish that Hebson was In:
Toxic last week to see the big recep'
tion. Itwould have caaked him some
The myriads of spectators'cheered Wild
ly and enthusiastically and the Amer.
can and japanese flags were inter-
twined all over. tell you we've alwusi
ben friendly to Japan and if we keep
the PHILIPPINES we ought to continue
Japan for our friend. / can't belleVe
that the Japanese reception last week
was all pretense and hypocrlte. 1t was
one of the greatest popular demonstra'
tjous and outpourings of an 'enthusla-
.stlc people ever witnessed in any coun'
try.
I'm full of hope and confidence over
the election of Jacobson for governor.
A month ago I wasn't so much. Two
years ago Cole was sold out SO bad IN
this county by pzetendin' repub lead
ers that was feared this year. But
L tell you the activity and enthusiasm
of the past fortnight, the Taft-Jacob
son clubs and the speeches in every
town and school house and the general
discussion IS all big with promise OF
victory. A party amt like milk, its
cream won't rise to the top while it's
stagnant. Ben Butler used to say that
the more cat fights the more cats and
repubs are gettin' their blood warm
and their spirits up and are gettin' out
of their apathy and sluggishness. Re'
wubs alwus thrive when their rrincip-
les are brought to the attention OF the
masses and the voters are induced to
get out to the polls and political meet
ings. The thousands of repnbs that
hav got out to the rallies in Mower
County in the past month show an in
terest that Is healthy. A stirred up
repub is right and sure voter.
Didn't jacobson meet the people In
a frank and honest way? There wasn't
a thing he tried to suppress. He made
illusions to his own record because
johnson is lyin' about it. He showed
how his nomination this trip was so
near unanimous. Outside of the Twin
Cities and Duluth he had enuf votes
in state convention to Civ him ma
jority of 172 without the three cities.
When everybody found he had enuf
anyway, some of those who had fought
him for twenty years come round and
said: "God bless you, Jake, we've ben
for YOU all the time." 1t was regular
band wagon trick of the cities when
they SEQ that jacobson had enuf votes
in the country to surely nominate him.
I'm glad Jake is gettin' out everywhe 9
mixin' with the people. He's in Min ;.
neapolis three days this week. We amt
ashamed that he's of the common peo'
pie altho he amt as good lookin' as
johnson would like. He's winnin' the
hearts Of the people all over. Lincoln
was homely man but it didn't inter-
fere with his bein' an A No. presl'
dent. So with Jake. He'll fill the bill
and we'll be proud of his administra.
tion as governor.
The requirement that government
officials keep out of active, pernicious
politix is the rottenest farce. ever. [
spose it's handy when congressman
or president wants to turn down some
one who is Objectionable. 1t works
beautifully then for 'em to put the
screws on and fire out because the OBJ
iectionable said something about poll
tix. But when favorites are played,
there is no limit to what they may do
unharmed and unchallenged. They
can spend all their time talkin' politix
on the streets and in the stores and
ramblin' round the country and maxim
speeches and sendin' papers and circul-
ars and payin' heavy for campaign
grease and all that and the higher OF.
fic1als are as blind as bat. I like to
see fair play. l amt kickin' on the
rnle that folks that get government