The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-09

Republican Candidate
Reformation for County Auditor.
A VOTE for J. b. Middlecoff for
judge of probate will be vote for
an honest man, mans whose rec
ord shows his efficiency for the po.
sition, and there will be lots of votes
marked that way in every range
community on September Goth.
THE more or less honorable Clar-
ence B. Miller was Virginia visit.
or Wednesday, looking after the
condition OF his political fences.
And there is little question but
Clarence could find plenty of repair
work to be done-but he must realize
that it has to be done, not repaired
by promises to be broken at will.
c. T. KNAPP, the bright young
village attorney of Chisholm who
would represent the forty-ninth in
the next house of representatives,
was in the city Wednesday. Mr..
Knapp is progressive young man,
one who stands for the advance.
ment of the northern section of the
state, and his election to the coveted
position is assured.
WONDER if anyone wired the re.
suits of the Wisconsin primaries to
President Taft. And we wonder if
he continues to think the Payne
Aldrich tariff the "best tariff ever
Surely if he does he must realize
that he is fast being left alone in
the field of optimism relative to the
good qualities of the law for which
he stood sponsor and for the enact
ment of which he worked 80 hard.
ALEX G. MCKNIGHT will in all
likelihood be the republican nomi.
nee for congress from the eighth
congressional district And any
man who votes for Mr.. Mcknight
may rest assured that he is voting
tor an honest man, man whose
word is as good as his bond, man
whose record in the Duluth council
ELECTED praise from all who knew
him and placed him in an envia BILE
position in his present fight.
THERE is more or less general
report that Attorney Boyle has
practically the unanimous support
of the mining companies for the
nomination as state senator. The
Steel corporation has new schemes
up its sleeve and needs better
trained intellect than that of Paddy
Vail. The fellows who are kicking
Congressman Miller should bear in
mind that the same influence to
which Mr.. Miller succumbed is
backing Mr.. Boyle.-Hibbing Week
ly Times.
MANY Virginians will retnem Der
the Honorable J. Muckless McClain,
who claimed this city az his abode
in the early days but who took the
advice to go west and moved to Hib-
blng some years ago. This is the
same J. Muckless McClain who
would be pleased to receive the
votes of freemen in the forty-ninth
district for the house of representa-
tives. TO those who know him there
is no need of saying anything-and
to those who do not know him no
word of caution is absolutely neces-
sary, as his acquaintances will see
that he is lacking a few when the
votes are counted, if we mistak not
THE News TRIBUNE, in it's straits
to stand sponsor for Clarence B.
Miller, quotes such men az Senator
Nelson, Congressman Stevens, and
others, to the effect that the man of
broken promises is real insurgent,
IN the true sense of the word. Won
der why the Duluth News Tribune
does not get the endorsement of
such men as Senator LaFollette,
Senator Dolliver, Congressman
Lindberg or someone who is insurg-
ent in the true sense of the word to
stand for Congressman Miller's rec
ord in behalf of the promises made
the voters of the eighth district
Can it be the morning paper fears
the words of such men would be
but to condemn instead of exalt the
course of the man who voted in
direct opposition to the promises
made his constituents? 1t would
seem such was the case.
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