The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-10-22
SPEECH BY EDDY
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to the campaign. He said he jour-
neyed TO Monteyideo and to Clarkfield
and heard both Johnson and jacobson
give their key note speeches. He had
a stenographer along with him, did
Mr.. Eddy, and said he had this person
transcribe both speeches.
Addressing himself to the Johnson
speech, Mr.. Eddy branded it as "the
efforts of pettifogger.' He said
the democratic party in Minnesota
was one man affair; whenever
Frank Day pulled the string, Johnson
jumped Mr.. Eddy devoted consider
able attention to the "Belshazzar
feast incident and before he left the
subject he recited, dramatically, the
poem on the subject which he said
he used to speak when a small boy
in school. He did it we'll. He furth-
er claimed that the reference was
intended to mean that the now cele-
brated Duluth spread was drunken
orgy" and claimed that the Belshaz-
zar incident is never used except with
that meaning. He claimed that John
sons explanation that he referred to
the handwriting on the WALL" was
insincerea gslo to>s
He took up Ed Young's letter rela-
tive to the interests and asserted
that Johnson had misrepresented fact
in this case also. 3.s
Mr. Eddy referred to Frank Days
sympathy for Collins and for jacobson
in previous campaigns and finished
Off that part of his talk by asserting
that the only kind of republican
the dcmocrats have any use for is a
dead one. 35,a ..
Mr. Eddy also paid his respects to
jccI P. Heatwole, referring especially
to the questions the Northfield man
H.. asked Jacobson ito answer 1t
was evident from what he said that
Nj. Eddy does not endorse the Heat
wole position in Minnesota politics
Mr. Eddy then emphasized his idea
of the Importance of standing by par
ty saying: IF man affiliates with
one political party, what's the use of
supporting a man in the other rarty
He said that the candidates all agreed
Oh that point, and asserted: Taft
and Bryan, Johnson and Jacobson and
myself all agree on that point; when
we agree on any proposition it's about
right" a.
Mr.. Eddy deplored divided respon-
sibility in government and said that
| under such a regime it had cost more
| to run the state than it had when
the executive and the legislature were
of the same political belief. He re-
ferred to the increase in taxes and
/ the raise in salaries as an argument
in support of his proposition.
Referring to the two cent rate law,
Mr.. Eddy said the claim that Cover
nor Johson had originated it, was not
true, as Bob Dunn, in a speech, long
before, had advocated such measure.
"All the credit Johnson is entitled
to-" averred the speaker with empha.
sis, "is the credit due the man who
gets out of the way of the car of
progress. When he finds the people
herd in one direction he gets at
their head and shouts come on,
boys"
Mr.. Eddy then reviewed Mr.. JAG
obson's legislative record, referring to
the wye" bill, the elevator matter,
gross earnings bill, etc. He compli-
mented MFR. jacobson highly and said
he had always stood for the rights of
the people,
Abiding to the third term PROPOSE
tion, Mr.. Eddy referred to the atti-
tude of washington and Roosevelt,
aid emphasized the "unwritten law
He said that La Toilette, Cummins
and Folk were third term candidates
but that they announced beforehand
| that they wanted third term to