Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-25
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY IS, 1910.
INSURGENCY RIFE.

INSURGENCY RIFE.
~ Judging by the attitude and views of the
Minnesota editors expressed in their annual
gathering last week. Minnesota politics, at least
so far as the Republican party is concerned are
in state of chaos. And by chaos we mean tc
express something more than and different from
mere disorder, for there are at the present time
great forces struggling for mastery, but ap
Darently without rational direction to certain
end.
Insurgency is rife, and atmosphere is so
surcharged with electricity that athunder cloud
is sure to gather and storm is to break
When the lightning begins to flash, it is going
to be day of defeat for the old line Republican
machine. for the predatory interests in general
and the brewery interests in particular, with
the present Republican slate and Governor
Eberhart suffering in the general deluge.
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The Minnesota editors know that today the
final word in Minnesota politics is spoken by a
handful of men, all close to actually in the
employ of the great iron, railroad and brewery
interests of the state. The people may suggest
and demand, but nothing is done without the
final 0. K. of the big fellows. Today the big
interests are drunk with power and have al
ready nominating the next Republican ticket,
and have dictated the slate for the next Re-
publican convention, and what must or must
not go into the PLATFORM
How lightly Minnesota editors regard their
party allegiance at the present time could hard
ly be more effectively demonstrated than by the
affront offered to Governor Eberhart by Bob
Dunu on the floor of the convention last week.
The matter of endorsing Mr. Dunn's pet idea
for special session of the Legislature to pass
good roads amendment to the constitution was
under consideration. Some of the friends of
the measure wanted a stronger resolution, but
Mr.. Dunn himself asked only general endorse
:nent and spoke against the amendment to call
on the governor to call special session, and
added that the governor ought to know his
duty, but he didn't know much anyway" The
remark, and two or three more of the same kind
were received by the convention with laughter,
and apparently without any concern that the
governor of the state and the titulary head of
the party in the state was being roughly hand
led. IF Mr.. Eberhart had any partizans in the
hall, they manifested no displeasure at the af
front offered to their chief.
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Plenty of dissatisfaction with Eberhart was
apparent, but none of the other tentative caudi-
dates were the benefciaries of this insurgency.
The partizans of neither Mr.. Brewer nor Mr..
Lee could make any Roadway, for they were
regarded of the same school of politics, and
equally sympathetic with old line methods
Many thought that Eberhart would be re-
nominated but did not like it, and were not at
all backward in manifesting their pleasure at
the nomination of strong by the De-
mocrats
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The present Republican slate which has
been fixed up is an insult to the Republican
party of the state, not particularly account
of the personnel of the slate as the method by
which it has been selected and by whom select
ed.
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For years no man who would give the peo-
pile square deal in Legislation has been elected
lieutenant governor, and observing editors with
Il hooY1 ted with