Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-10-14
Governor Eberhart So Charac-
terized by Writer in La>FoI.
lette's Weekly.
WORKED FOR THE INTERESTS
Ray Stanard Baker Takes Fall Out Of
Him for Trying to Pack the Con-
servation Congress.

himself Progressive" He has for
gotten his interview in Washington
last spring in which he assured Presi-
dent Taft that the people Of Mime
sofa were beginning to like the Payne
Aldrich tariff; he has forgotten that
during that same visit he took partic-
ular pains to get Secretary Ballinger
to address his Conservation meeting
of March last. He has forgotten that
he then gave assurances that there
was mo insurgency in Minnesota"
He has so completely forgotten that
he went down to Beverly to invite Mr..
Taft to speak at his September Con-
servation meeting, that he couldn't
remember his name in his keynote
speech. He has forgotten that during
the primary election he did everything
possible in the First, Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth and Eighth districts to nominate
"Standpat" candidates to congress and
to embarrass and defeat Progressives.
In fact he is playing that old, old
game of running with the hare and
hunting with the hounds"
To show how Mr.. Eberhart's tactics
are regarded outside the state, we
reproduce the article from Senator
La Follette's publication, together
with the information that it received
editorial endorsement from the SEN
ator:
"The Conservation Congress to he
held in St. Paul beginning Sept. 5 has
suddenly become charged with large
meanings. Originally designed to con-
slider the somewhat limited problem
of the public land policies of the Ia.
ton, it now promises to be the forum
for a titanic struggle between the
supporters of the peoples rights on
the one hand-the Progressives or
Insurgents-and the defenders of spe-
cial interests-the Standpatters-on
the other hand. With most of the
notable political leaders of the coun
try in attendance, the Congress can
not fail to have profound political
significance.
mo sooner had the Congress been
announced for St. Paul than the In
terests began to move upon it-either
to destroy it utterly or to dominate it.
As customary in such cases, a local
board of management was appointed
to make the necessary local arrange
ments, including the choice of an audi
forum and the raising of money for
the immediate expenses. In no case
formerly has local board ever had
anything to do with the arrangement
of the program, the appointment of
speakers or officers, or with matters
of publicity. But no sooner had this
particular board been appointed, with
Governor Eberhart of Minnesota at
it's head. than it began to move Sc
cretly but with determination toward
the control of the Congress itself.
I'm order to understand the rea-
sons for this particular action, GER
tain underlying causes must be made
plain. For years the Republican party
machine in Minnesota has been the
creature of the Great Northern Rail-
road Company. For a time it's reign
was threatened and it has had to &C.
cept a man like Senator Clapp in the
United States Senate, but it's hand
upon the state government in Mime
sofa ever since Governor Johnson's
death has been very heavy indeed.
The real governor of Minnesota is not
Eberhart, but Louis W. Hill, president
of the Great Northern Railroad. Eber-
hart, now nominated to succeed him
self as the Standpat candidate for
governor, is really nothing more than
. railroad errand boy.
interests Against Conservation.
"Now. the railroad interests of the
Northwest. and Louis w. Hill in par
ticular. are against conservation,
against peoples government, against
the Progressive group of leaders. So
Eberhart's committee began to inter
fere at once with the plans of the
Conservation Congress-. They OBJ
tected to certain speakers, notably
Louis D. Brandeis of Boston, and they
interfered so actively that Mr.. Pinchot
and his associates threatened to re-