The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-11

perennial winner. Then he got control
of the Pioneer Press, moved it over
into the Dispatch building, sold it's
old mechanical equipment, sold the
white elephant of building at the
corner of Fourth and Robert, and
made the paper, which for years had
been straight republican, simply the
morning annex of the Dispatch, the
morning edition being even more
independent" than it's evening guar
dian. Shades of Fred Driscoll and
Joe Wheelock, what change. The
Pioneer-Press, with the exception OF
it's support of Grover Cleveland for
the presidency, had always been so
stiff in the back along republican lines
that it bent over backwards. The
change of policy made old timers tired.
Then, all of sudden, Mr.. Grasty sold
his holdings in the double ender to
Mr.. Thompson and, that's the end of
Grasty here, apparently. Will some
one kindly rise and explain why these
things are so. Several explanations
have been offered but none of them
fully explain. Selah.
Governor Eberhart seems to be at
tending right close to business and
making a good impression on the pub
lie. He hasn't done anything rash as
yet and doesn't act as though he was
likely to. The new executive has i'm
proved each and every opportunity to
get out among the people, and is
proving to be a very good mixer. He
makes pretty fair speech and takes
well at banquets and similar public
functions. There seems to be a grow
ing impression that if Mr.. Eberhart
continues to do as we'll as he has done
thus far he should be permitted to
have a reelection. Of course, there
are the other fellows who want the
job themselves, but they may fall
down. Wait and see.
There's some gossip about Ed Smith
for the position of lieutenant COVER
nor. Those who believe that Ed die
tated the appointment OF Ralph
Wheelock as private secretary hold
the opinion that Ed wants and should
have second place on the ticket. Ed
would probably rather succeed Nose
Clapp as senator.
Speaking of Moses, he made speech
down in southern Minnesota the
other day in which he raised tre-
mendous outcry against the iniqui-
ties of the Payne tariff law. Having
voted against the bill he is consis-
tent, anyway. The funny thing
about it is that this is one of the very
few times in his political career
when he has posed as great friend
of the people. Moses is due to have
big fight on his hands for reelection
next year.
Now comes the announcement on
what appears to be authoritative
testimony, that State Treasurer
Clarence G. Dinehart will retire from
office and take whirl at the con-
gressional nomination in the second
district next year. While Mr.. Dine
hart has not yet made this announce
ment himself, it looks as though he
was after the nomination for sure.
The only other republican candidate
in the field is Ellsworth, but as. he is
not nearly so we'll known as is the
state treasurer, the latter will in all
probability win the primary election.
If he does there will be nice little
fight in November, as Hammond, the
sitting democrat, is popular down
that way. But with a clean cut,
honest, straightforward republican
like Dinehart in the field against him,
the district is likely to come back in
to the republican fold. If Dinehart
retires, there will be merry rush for
the nomination for treasurer. AL
ready several patriots have their eager
optics glued to the prize, from afar.