The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-10-22

knows about the rest of them and
nobody cares. As long as the demo-
Gratis don't want anybody below the
head of the ticket to be known,
don't care to perform the ceremony
of Introduction.
''The one issue in this election is
whether the republicans of Minnesota
after deciding that they want the par
ty by a majority of $4,000 to rule the
country, shall see fit to
elect democratic governor.
The offices OF attorney gen.
keral and railroad commissioner are
OF far greater Importance than the
office of governor, but the governors
office is the greatest political asset"
MIR. Eddy went on to state that the
democratic office holders under Cover
nor johnson, have built up great
political machine and are trying to
perpetuate their lease of political life.
The speaker asserted, at this point,
that there is great difference be-
tween the two candidates for governor
and he was of the opinion that the
difference was in favor of the re-
publican nominee. He entertained nc
feeling of spite, or animosity against
any candidate He said there was a
difference between political oppon-
ent and a political enemy.
At this juncture, Mr.. Eddy enunci-
ated the doctrine that mo democrat
can participate in a republican .pri-
mary election, without committing ac-
tual moral perjury; and that the
same rule applied to republican TAX
ing part in democratic primary.
| Mr.. Eddy then went into details
relative to the nomination of both
the republican and the democratic
nominee for governor. He averred
that jacobson stood on his record and
did not want nomination if he had
to make pledges to secure it. That
evidently satisfied his constituents,
said Mr.. Eddy. He went on
to tell how the republican state con-
vention was representative body,
not controlled by the interests and
that when the roll was called every
one of the LAB delegates responded
to his name. Never in the history
Of republican conventions in Mime
sota," exclaimed Mr.. Eddy in a burst
of feeling, "was there so representa-
tive body as the one which named
the present republican candidate for
governor"
Mr.. Eddy then turned his attention
tc the democratic convention. He as
serted that the great agricultural dis
tricts of the state were not represent
ed and that Ramsey and Brown coun-
ty practically controlled things. Many
of the county conventions, asserted the
speaker, were mere farces controlled
by the democratic machine. Dan
Lawler, Frank Day, Dick O'Connor,
John McDermott and John King, as
serted Mr.. Eddy, ran things. Eddy
said he travelled over Minneapolis
looking for some of his friends on
the day of the democratic convention
and after visiting all the smaller ho-
tells and finding no one he went to
West, and discovered the crowd al
there. He ayerred that when dele
gates were all assembled in one place
he thought a master mind controlled
them all. Waxing eloquent at this
point, Mr.. Eddy shouted:
Can any man imagine in con-
vention controlled by Day, King, o.
Connor, Weiss ct al the people had
anv chance? If / should run across
such a man, would not attempt to
argue with him, but would send right
Off and get doctor and have him OPP
'erated upon for softening of the
brain"
Mr.. Eddy said he would not charge
that the interests controlled the dem
ocratic convention, but he said that
during the convention, Frank Day sat
in a telephone booth with phone
to his ear and that at the other end
of the line sat Governor johnson.