The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-01-20
STATE FAIR FUSS SLABS Mr.. OEHLfR
Some Inside Facts Relative to
the Recent Shake-up
WHAT CAUSED 1T ALL
How State Auditor Sam lverson Is
Busy Conserving the Resources
of the State.

St. Paul special to The Herald, Jan. II
There are all kinds of ways now of
accounting for how it happened that
Underwood defeated John Furlong.
The Kitchen Cabinet plumes itself
that it did it. II Think, said John
King, that 1 could pick out fifty
votes that Underwood wouldn't have
got if we hadn't got busy.
He tells story of how the change
was made on the credentials commit
tee that gave the Underwood people
five votes to the Furlong crowds four,
The trick was cleverly turned in the
representation on that committee of
the second congressional committee.
AS result some delegations whose
right to representation was of doubt
full legality, but who were known to
be friendly to Underwood, were adj
mitted- enough i'm an election as close
as this to turn the scale.
Another way the result is account
ed for is by the indiscretions of the
Furlong managers. They, so it is
said, showed bunch of politicians to
the front that would queer anybody.
The man they chose a chairman of
the committee on resolutions at this
meeting of the State Agricultural
Society was Col. Wilkinson, the politi-
Cal fiXer of the Great Northern Rail
way, who on this occasion was depriv-
ed Of the sage counsel of Mr.. Begg
and had to 60 it alone. With him were
associated as active aides-de-camp
such disinterested PATRIOTS as-well
what's the use mentioning names
they are good fellows all, if they are a
little unfortunate in their political
regulations. The climax was capped
when the story got out that the design
of the gang was to ditch Cosgrove and
make A. w. Rich secretary. / don't
believe there ever was anything to
the story, but it was like shaking a
red rag at bull to mention the
names and affiliations of machine poll
ticians so well known to the upstand-
ing young farmers who came to town
in the hope of doing something to re-
model the fair management and put
it on working business basis.
Then there were the unexplained
and apparently inexplicable Furlong
expense accounts, which certainly
have queer look, and were so exploit
ed as to make it appear that they
were unprecedented and that the
Nelson-U nderwood-Cosgrove end of
managers were as innocent of the
bills they voted to pay as unborn
babes. Add to this the moving pic
ture drawn of Furlong as the arch
lobbyist seducing an innocent and
unsuspicious state legislature from
the path of virtue and the only WON
der is that Furlong came so near divi-
ding the vote Of the convention with
his rival as he did.
Something about the new board
maybe of interest. Mr.. Underwood,
the president, has good many years
taken an active interest in the state
fasr bod 1n c,,rnrxiciov, nf
the exhibits in the horticultural
building. He is at the head of the
well known Jewell Nursery Co. and is
interested also in dairying and butter
making. He has the reputation of
being very capable executive, and is
certainly successful business man.
His standing in the community in
which he lives is high and he enjoys
public confidence generally in an un-
usual degree. -
Mr.. Griggs, the first vice president, |
is prominent St. Paul jobber, and
has also for many years taken an ac-
tive part in the management of the
fair. Mr.. Stillwell, the second vice
president, is Minneapolis man. Hell
was the choice of the Minneapolis
commercial:club. He is in the paper
-that.is in the business Of
selling printing; writing, wrappingl
and other papers, He has not before
teen prominently connected with the
state fair, and in that respect lis uns
tried. Mr.. Craig; elected: to. succeed
Mr.. Underwood on the board of mana |
gers, is from Duluth. He is a real
estate dealer who owns farms and