Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-10-24
Coarse Work Of JacObson's Cam
pa'gn Managers Shown by
Press Reports.
BOTH ENDS AGAINST MIDDLE
Advocate Different Principles in
Different Sections, Hoping
to Fool the People.

Jacobson'S managers are absolutely
INSCRIPTIONS as to the methods used
to win their fight in this campaign.
They do not hesitate at falsehood, at
manufacturing expressions of senti-
ment which they send broadcast over
the state, but they also misrepresent
the opposition and have no hesitancy
In pledging their candidate as against
the tonnage tax in St. Louis county,
ern Minnesota, as favoring county op-
ton in the Red River valley and be-
ing In opposition in St. Paul and
Stearns COUNTY. AS an evidence of the
work they are doing on the tonnage
tax we quote an article taken from the
Duluth News Tribune of the 18th inst,
the day after Governor Johnson's
meeting in that city. The article in
question was printed in prominent
position on the first page. occupying
two columns of space. The excerpt
noted is as follows: 49,.
Governor Johnson spoke last night
in this city to the largest political
gathering ever seen in Duluth,
But it is significant that he did
not answer one of the questions pro-
pounded to him by this paper: he did
MOI answer. them, or one Of them di-
rectly or indirectly. but deliberately
evaded them all. He said nothing of
his party's platform as to tonnage tax.
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The article assaulted the governor
viciously throughout and was a plea
for the voters to oppose the re-elec-
tion Of Governor Johnson because he
favored the tonnage tax On iron ore.
On the same morning an article ap
peared I'm the Twin City papers. dated
Duluth. which, In flaming head lines.
unclaimed that "Johnson Denies He
once Advocated an Ore Tonnage Bill.
He Tries to Prove Instead That It
Was jacobson Who Appeared in That
ZIG IT."
The paragraph Of the dispatch is as
follows:
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- Gated an iron ore tonnage bill. :. /
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Here we have Numerically oppo-
site statements, published on the
came day, coming from the same
source, as to the governors position
On this issue
Do the people need any further evi
Aence of the character of the cam.
paign being made against Governor
johnson?
While Jake Is standing on his rec
erd it may not be amiss to remind
him that he used to do his own talk.
ing and at least a modicum Of his
avn thinking. Now it appears that |
Frank Eddy is doing both for him. II /
1t is true that Frank Day is governor |
under the Johnson administration how
will the people of the state feel about
changing him for Frank Eddy?
Oh, yes; MIR. Jacobson has a record /
IA record for riding on railway |
passes when stumping the state in |
political campaigns in the interest of
NE dear people and against corpora.