New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-15
Young Promotes Harmony.

Young Promotes Harmony.
Attorney General E. Z. Young has
raised his voice in the interests of
narmony-the kind that is acquired
with a club. An article in the Duluth
Evening Herald stating that he had
been frightened out of the guberna-
Gorial race by the corporations gave
the attorney general an opportunity
TO pay his respects to Bob Dunn and
others of the opposition, and he en-
braced it by writing letter that will
rank as one of the most vigorous de-
'nouncements tossed to the republican
political machine in many a day. The
letter was addressed to the Duluth
paper and was, in part, as follows:
In your Sunday edition you pub
lished an article headed, young Is to
Quit the Race for the Governorship.
You say that | am going to withdraw,
realizing the impossibility of winning
against the combined opposition of
the railroads, the liquor interests and
the timber barons. You say that [
am up against a stone wall, because
in addition to tJacobsen's personal
following there is Dunn's support and
the support of that strong faction that
does as Dunn Says, and without which
mo man can succeed.
t'You say further: sNext the COR
porate interests have tied up with
Jake. Here is Oar Reese representing
the liquor interests; Ed Smith of Min
oneapolis representing tie railroad in
terests; Tom Shevlln of Minneapolis,
representing the lumber interests; Lee
r Willicutts and w. wv. Rich, repre-
ssenting the federal machine, all openly
supporting Jake. ALI of these have
been fighting Jake IN all previous his
tory, but now when they had to choose
between Jake and Young, they chose
Jake. Young has to fight his battles
alone.
''You do me a great injustice, Mr..
Editor, when you say that because I
have no corporate support have been
lighting my battles alone; the corpora
lions do not dominate the party. You
also do me an injustice by saying that
q am going to withdraw from the fight
through fear OF the opposition of these
interests. [ have had to fight those
Interests and many others for the last
three years in court, trying to uphold
the rights of the people, and am not
afraid to fight them again in repub-
tlican convention. Instead of the fight
for the gubernatorial nomination be-
ing over, it has only just begun.
''The fact that the liquor and COR
pcrate interests are opposing my can
Qaidacy has been known to me and to
every one in this capitol for some
time. AS attorney general I have
made the saloons obey the law as to
closing at night and on Sunday. I
Ghave diligently prosecuted the timber
'trespassers and have recovered many
Judgments against them; recently one
an the supreme court against Tom
sShevlin's company for over $4,000.
Mr.. James J. Hill is reported to have
said recently in speech in Mime
;apolis that I had injured the state by
Interfering with his effort to initiate his
stocks, The opposition, therefore, of
those interests, and of the group of
politicians and newspapers that are
habitually controlled by them, was to
be expected. 1t is known that they
have all united in this campaign, and
that Bob Dunn, the patron and favor
lite of Tom Shevlin and the timber in
terests, has been appointed their gen.
eral agent to take charge of the cam
paigu against me- He has openly
declared that he was going to skin
me.
+tBut Mr.. Editor, / beg to advise
you that Bob Dunn, Oar Reese and
Tom Shevlin do not constitute the re-
publican party and no man need
secure their favor before becoming
a candidate for governor. The
republican party is on the square.