Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-30

them again in a Republican convention
Instead of the fight for the gubernatorial
nomination being over, it has only just
begun. The fact that the LIQUOR and cor
dacy has been known to me and to every
one in the capitol for some time. AS
attorney general have made the saloons
on Sunday. have diligently prosecuted
the timber trespassers and have recov-
cred many judgments against them, re-
Tom shevlin's company for SIG, 900. James
J. Hill is reported to have. said recently.
in a speech in Minneapolis. that I had
to 'he 9ate his ne w
ton, therefore. Of those interests and
of the group of politicians and news
papers who are habitually controlled by
that they have all united In this cam
paign, and that Bob Dunn, the patron
and favorite of Tom Shevlin and the tim
general agent to take charge Of the cam
p2 ign, against 3;23 me- H. has openly de-
that Bob Dunn, Oar Reese and Tom
Shevlin do not constitute the Republican
party, and it is not necessary to secure
their favors before becoming candidate
for governor"
The Deal Contaminated.
And yet, Mr.. Jacobson, the candidate
selected by Mr.. Robert G. Dunn, was
finally unanimously nominated by that
convention. He must be the man who
answers the description given by Mr..
Young in his most terrific arraignment
and indictment. I leave it to the
people of the state of Minnesota, who
have twice voted for Mr.. Young as
attorney general, and who certainly
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maintained in his office, whether he,
for any personal reason, would have
made a statement of this kind If he
did not believe and did not know it
to be true.
And so I leave Mr.. Jacobson and the
method of his nomination with the
people of this great state and l shall
content myself with answering some Of
the charges preferred by him at his
celebrated Belshazzar feast in the city
of Duluth, participated in by members
of the steel company and other COR
porations.
jacobson AssaiIs Independent Voter.
In that speech my opponent takes is
sue with the large and growing ele-
ment of Minnesota voters because
they vote, as he says, for "the best
man." regardless Of party lines, and
he condemns the large, independent
element Of his party who aided in my
election as governor in 1904 and so
strongly endorsed my administration
by reelection in 1906. He says that
the action of the state nominating con-
ventions should be final and binding
upon every voter Of the party. The
great revolt of 1904, which gave Min
nesota a Democratic governor at the
same polls which went 100000 plural
ity for Mr.. Roosevelt, the further en-
dorsement of this revolt in 1906, by the
largest vote and the heaviest plurality
ever given a Minnesota governor, he
looks upon as a great mistake and
disaster. In his speech he says:
"There are number of Republicans
in this state who have fallen into the
habit of thinking that they are not enjoy
ing their fullest privileges unless they
scratch the Republican ticket. But every
time they exercise this privilege, which
scratch the cross in the wrong place
I'll vote for the best man.. They believe
their Judgment as to who Is the best
man is far better than the judgment of
the great political organization of the
state. which represents many thousands
of people, who have carefully looked over
the field before making the selection"
independence is Patriotism.
Mr.. Jacobson has done me great
hOnOr and shall NOT toEo fSc,,e ~.,a+t,