Morris tribune., 1910-12-30
CREATED QUITE
4 COMNOTION
Rur0Ors Of Opposition to Sena,
atOr CIapp's Reelection
Bob DUNN'S GOOD ROADS BILL
Measure of Great Importance Will Be
introduced Shortly After the
Legislature Meets.

| Legislature mCElSE
st. Paul, Dec. 26-The governor may
| well be pardoned for being surprised
when he saw, on his return to St. Paul
the other cay, the mountain of rumors
and conjecture into which the molehill
of few casual words let drop at
Washington had grown. Exactly what
the governor had said he might readily
have forgotten, but even the faint sug-
gestion that he was charmed with
| Washington and enjoyed his visit
there appears to have been ground
| enough to set the tongues of the gos-
! sips wagging. They at once jumped
to the conclusion that he had cast a
| covetous eye at General Clapp's seat
10 the United States senate On this
word reaching st. Paul the fat was in
the fire for fair.
!. :. :.
That there are those in this state,
as at Washington, who would welcome
Senator Clapp's retirement and would
be only too ready to aid in it can
readily be understood 1t is no news
to anyone that there are two factions
among the political leaders struggling
for the control Of the organization of
the Republican party. Indeed it goes
deeper than that and has its origin in
separate schools of political thought
Progressive RepubECanism is in real
ity liberalism tinged with radicaIsm.
The Estandpatters or reactionaries, as
they are yariously called by their op-
ponents, are really conservatives who
believe in maintaining an existing or
der Of things under which the United
State,lh has made unexampled progress.
It may readily be admitted that in
connection with this old order Of
things subjects of criticism have
arisen, and that there are arguments
which should be given weight in favor
of the reforms which progressive Re
publicans advocate. At all events they
have impressed Senator CIapp and he
has become one of the leaders Of the
new propaganda, with the natural re-
suit that his retirement would be well
coined by politicians of the older
school, among whom the majority of
the leaders in both houses of con
gress and their followers throughout
the nation are numbered. In this state
many representative Republicans have
cast their lot with them.
i. !. !.
It is, therefore, not surprising, not
withstanding Senator Clapp's unani-
nous endorsement by the Republican
state convention and Notwithstanding
that many of the members of the state
legislature, both Republican and Dem
that there are those who would well
come any candidacy which would give
promise of an active campaign against
him and are eager to take part in it.
Immediately, therefore, on the rum0r
reaching here that Governor Eberhart
had senatorial ambitions they busted
themselves in magnifying them. The
hotel Iobbies and the state capitol
fairly buZzed with cOnjectures. The
names Of other men supposed to be in
line for the senatorial succession were
In eVeryOne's mouth. 1t was at once
apparent that some of these had long
had their ears to the ground and were
already in waiting for some such open
ing as the governors supposed candi
daCy offered. Prominent among those
who had their finger upon the public
pulse were Frank Kellogg's friends.
His name was at once brought up.
Other senatorial timber was dragged
out. The names of Senator Stephens,
Of Congressman TaWney, of Lieutenant |
Governor Smith, of Charles A CongdOn |
Of Duluth and others were canVassed |
pro and con and conjecture was rife |
with the possible shape the campaign |
might take and with the anticipated |
action of the legislature in the event |
If real contest 1t was for a day or
:wo a very pretty tempest in a tea
pot, and time for the blowing of a
OF Of quite attractive political soap
bubbles.
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The governors real mission to Wash
ngton is believed to have been in
with the lid" in Northern
Minnesota. AS nearly as can be
earned his contention is that it should
'e applied only in territory immedi-
.tely adjacent to Indian settlements
n reservations. This is in line with
he decision of Judge Amidon of the |
ircuit court of the United States,
endered subsequent to the governors
isit, who holds that the treaty is not
peratiVe in districts like Browns Val
ey. There are no Indians there, he
with whom traffic in intoxi,