Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-10-30
Republican Managers Scrutinlze
Governor Johnson'S Acts
T.
Without Success.
Man Of NATIONAL REPUTATION
Name Of mlnnesota's Executive
a Synonym for Honesty
!! ..--. and Integrity.

y0f xOUS years JOQ0 a. JO0uSO0 4as
been governor Of Minnesota. For
three months q campaign has been In
pfeGress In this state looking to the
election Of ]. f. Jacobson az his sue
ee16or. During this time, political feel
iag has, In tho nature Of things, run
high. Mr.. Jacobson's managers. in JUS
ttee to their candidate. have closely
sorutinlzed the governors Official rec
ord. II that record has developed cul'
pability his committee has been clear
~ within it's rights in criticising it.
With only ton days Of the campaign
remaining absolutely no criticism OF
John A. johnson as governor Of MIN
neseta has been made. Mr.. Jacob
sons newspaper organs, taking thei1
cue from the Republican state central
committee. have been unable to ind
4 single flaw in the governors Official
record. They have, therefore, been
forced to descend to campaign tactics
which assail the governor for q vote
on ssae obscure bill during his term
Of ONCE as state senator, nearly ten
years ago. The governor stands on
Ai1 whole record, whether as senator
q governor, but it is reasonable to
suppose that. as he is q candidate fol
reelection to the Office of governor,
his record as governor, after four
years OF service as the chief executive
Of the state, should be the test of his
fitness for the Office.
John A. Johnson is on the threshold
of a career which will not confine his
activities to the state of Minnesota.
He is one of the best known men CT
the American nation. His name,
throughout the length and breadth Of
the land, is synonym for honesty OF
purpose. a wide sympathy with the
great mass of our population, a keen
and incisive intellect that goes
straight to the heart of things, and a
sound judgment that places him on
tho right side of all the great ques
lions agitating the public mind and
public conscience. In New York and
New England he is regarded al com
Ing man in the political life of the
country; he is the idol of thousands
OF the best citizens Of the Southern
states; he is the pride and glory OF
tho people of his own nationality in
tho Middle and Western states, and
he is certainly the favorite son Of
Minnesota. To listen now to the ap
p<als OF mere partisans, who would
curb his future and circumscribe his
career, would be an error which the
people of Minnesota as a whole would
live to regret. He has brought more
fame to Minnesota than any man or
set Of men ever produced by the state
ana his triumphant reelection will be
regarded by the people of the country
a. justification Of the claims made
1Qr him by his friends throughout the
United States that his public career
has but Just begun. Not only the PEG.
ne Of his own political falkland
they are all proud of him-but those
Minnesota citizens who differ from
him politically, have an equal pride
with Democrats in his SUCCESS this
year.
He has made his fight for re-elec
ton almost single-handed. and against
him have been pitted the great lead
ers Of the opposition party in the ma
tion. Not only has Mr.: Taft come to
Minnesota, but Governor Hughes, Sen
ator Beverage, Governor Cummins
and Senator Dolliver have sounded
the tocsin and cried for party loyalty
that this solitary figure, looming large
In the North Star state, may be de-
feated and his public career destroyed
All Of these men have the greatest
admiration and respect for Governor
Johnson. and their coming to this
state is simply in defererce to party
discipline and the fear that, should
johnson win in Minnesota in a pres.
idential year, he will become a great
nattsnal possibility in another ma
tional campaign. It is up to the PEG.
pie Of Minnesota to do justice by
John A. Johnson.
The highest tax which a Repub
1fcan state administration ever com
PEELED the iron mines to pay into the
state treasury in one year was s144,
900. The boards appointed by Gov
ernor Johnson require the iron mines