Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-11-04
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i ators who voted against the = 3
on Thnrsda y, March l27, senata
Journal Is (, :; 8;sQQ,,' the senateiWas { {
Z considering for fnal passage Hi. :.s 1
2, known as the. Feeinr Deal demur-
rage bill, which provided for a
penalty upon railroads for. their.
failure to- furnish cars and trans
fer the same. There were~9 votes =
against the bill: Senator Smith
was one of them.
sS.S During the session 1909 ST.
J. :33A4, (which was a bill declaring
y. TINT the state of Minnesota was
- theSpWner of all mineral lands,ly
Ing: beneath the waters: of public
meandered lakes. The Steel Trust
was very much opposed to this
bin, for it did not want the state
10 own any of this land. How
ever, the bill passed by7a vote Of
"a to go Senator Smith voted
against this bill, which was
against the rights of the speople :
/ OF Minnesota and Tor the Steel
Trust. page 344. s., J. 1909).
;-sSon March IL. 1909, S. J.,apage> !,
-604, Senator Smithsvoted for a bill
that would have legalized trusts in
Minnesota, and which would have
been, against the interest OF: the
people, * IT, ::s i. Ss> r.: ~. =.
It may be asked what has::this to
do with the candidacy ot5Eberhart for
the governorship7 -. I'll $685..
Il has :exerythino TO Sds With It. y. : :
Smiths. influence oxaf, Eh4rhart did
not cease with the close Of The fegis.
Iative session. Seeing the handM,rlt-
Ing on the walt Smith failed g lie.
come candidate for reelection 90 the
senate, whereupon, at the insistent de-
mand of Eberhart and against the
open protests Of other candidates or
the same ticket, he was made chair
man Of the Republican state central
committee and Is now managing Eber-
hart's campaign.
Since Eberhart was made governor
by the tragic death of John A. John
son, Smith has been the executives
chief confidential adviser.
Should Eberhart be elected Nov. 8,
Smith, the personal representative OF
the Big Business interests, will con-
tinue to dominate the affairs of the ex-
ecutive department of the state gov
eminent in the same manner that he
dominated the last legislature
Eberhart Weak and VaciIlatina.
The weak, vacillattng character of
Eberhart is most. clearly shown in his
record and present attitude on the
question of county option. Here is the
record again, from the journal Of the
senate, session of 1908:
Voted for County Option.
s. F. No. 29S. "A bill for an act
to provide for the submission to
the legal voters Of the counties of
Minnesota the question whether ).
license to sell intoxicating liquors
shall be granted within such counr
ties, to suppress places in such
counties in which intoxicating liq-
uors are handled in violation of
the law and to provide suitable
penalties for violation of this act"
IA county option bilD.
introduced by Mr.. Sundberg
March 4. 1903.
Reported for indefinite post
ponement by the temperance com.
mittee April 3. 1903.
Motion was made to adopt re-
port.
Motion was made by Senator
Sundberg to print Senate File No.
298 and place the same on general
orders. Ayes IA. noes 40.
Senator Eberhart voted Aye"
Later. when presiding officer of the
last senate, submitting to the dicta-
ton of Smith, he appointed temper.
ance committee packed eight to one
against county option, knowing that
a bill providing for that proposition
was to be presented
Now he comes when candidate for
governor and straddles the question by
declining to say whether he is for or
against county option. He was first
for. then against. and now on both
sides of the question. Could a more
weak and vacillating record and atti.
tude be imagined?
Record Furnishes Real issue. -
The matters Of record herein re:
ferred to may be easily verified by any
one sufficiently interested to look them
UP in the senate journal. They are
facts and cannot be controverted. In
the light Of these revelations Mr. Eber.:
harris candidacy must be judged The
issues are befogged by pleas for
party loyalty. and big talk about con-
servation: The record furnishes the:
only; real ISSUE. Do you wish to- con-
tinue in the ohicesszof,zsgovernor. the
highest and most honorable. in the gift
Of the: people; OF the; state. a man
whose Official record end his present
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