The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-12-16
HOME CREAMERY
Importance Of Preserving it for
Farmers
CENIRALIZERS OPPOSE
PrOhbiti0nists Getting In Line to
Oppose Party Movement
for County Option
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local industry which has already done
so much for the state and on which
in the future. the prosperity of the
farmers will largely depend. The
welfare of the dairying industry de-
pends largely on the protection far
mers and those who represent farmers
can throw around the cooperative
and the independent local creamery.
An interesting situation has arisen
with respect to the Office of the clerk
of the supreme court, which, it will
be remembered, is elective. This posi-
tion has been held by Carl A. Pigeon
since 1902. Recently he resigned to
engage in the parctice of law, and the
judges filled his place by promoting
1. A. Caswell of Anoka, who had been
his deputy. Mr.. Pigeon'sson has been
appointed in Mr.. Caswell's place. 1t
has been understood for some time
that Mr.. Caswell intended to be can
didate before the Republican conven-
tion for the clerkship. This recess
appointment, which is virtual en-
dorsement of Mr.. Caswell by the SUI
preme bench. can be readily under
stood to better his chances of secur-
ing the nomination, the people being
inclined to select an officer so clearly
in line for the, for the position, and at
the same time being averse to intro
ducing more politics than is inevita-
BILE into a semijudical position of this
kind. Mr.. Caswell is country news
paper man, and has many friends
among "the boys.
However, Mr.. Caswell isn't going to
have it all his own way. In st. Paul
we have for some time had man in
training for the Office of clerk of the
supreme court, which it is thought
here we have some claim on, not being
otherwise represented on the state
ticket, if we except the two positions
on the bench itself which we now
hold. The candidate in question is
George A. Dix, a prominent and
active St. Paul Republican politician.
1t is we'll understood here that Mr..
Dix will have the support of the local
leaders. That is one of the reasons
why the proposition is to endorse
Judge O'Brien finds so small favor
among the politicians, although there
are others who would like to see him
turned down. 1t would be we'll in
Mr.. Dix's interest to overload the
ticket with ST. Paul men. Mr.. Dix,
therefore, will have the endorsement
of the st. Paul delegation, it is under
stood, and the leaders, with this as
nucleus, expect to be able to make
the combinations necessary to insure
his nomination. So that Mr.. Caswell
has a fight on his hands to retain the
position against politicians and in
terests which cannot very well be ig-
nored.
The indications are that county op-
tion will get but little support from
the Prohibitionists. The head of the
Prohibition organization has recently
taken occasion to openly give notice
of his disapproval of the program of
the anti-saloon league. w. G. Calder
wood has declared that "high license
and county option, instead of being
aids to the cause of prohibition are
and instead of being steps
forward are steps backward. 1t is a
curious circumstance that in every
temperance movement short of pro-
hibition extreme prohibition leaders
have invariably been the most effect
i've allies of the saloons If they
can't get their own brand of temper
ance reform they don't want any.
The fact of the matter is the most
effective temperance reformer we have
had in this state for a long while is
"Pussyfoot" Johnson, the agent of
the interior department of Washing
ton, who has made more dry territory
in this state than all the state bitches.
He passed through st. Paul the other
day. He had companion. He was
taking him to Saltwater. His name
was George Ritchie, and he had been
convicted of selling two bottles of
liquor to Ind ians, and was sentenced
to six months at hard labor in the
penitentiary. If the violation of the
liquor laws were generally visited
with equally prompt and effective
punishment by state and local authori-
ties there would be much less cause
of complaint about illegal traffic.
The enforcement of state laws to the
letter would at once mitigate half the
evils of the incident to the sale of in
toxicating drinks.