The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-02-10

he would have that platform not
merely a device to catch votes; the
principles it would embody would in
volye policy which Republican exc
cutiye officers and a Republican legis-
lature would carry out.
In short, Mr.. Lee would have the
Republican party stand for something
that the people want. He would have
the leaders meet the issues which ex-
ist squarely and boldly instead of try
ing, by making much of such subjects
as conservation on which all are
agreed, to obscure and eyade them.
Such a break as would result if an
active campaign for Mr.. Brewer were
begun, would undoubtedly be the sig
nal for activity on the part OF Mr..
Lees friends. There are others who
would welcome such an opportunity
of getting into the game. We might
then look for a breaking up of the
slate now practically agreed upon;
Eberhart for governor; Cole for lieu
tenant governor; Schmahl for secre-
tary of state; Kaiser for treasurer;
Simpson for attorney general; Iverson
for auditor, and Dix for clerk OF the
court. Where this would end no one
can say. That there are other men
only waiting for a free-for-all fight to
get into the governorship game is
well known. Prospective candidates
for other positions, who have been sat
down upon, are said to resent the
highhanded way they have been treat
ed in making up the slate, and already
insurgency among them is rife. So
that on the whole the situation makes
it clear that it will be in the interest
of the organization to sit tight. To
break away from Eberhart now would
be to lose control of the situation.
This is being impressed on the practi-
Cal politicians who these days are
vending their way in increasing num-
bers to St. Paul. Party solidarity is
the watchword not only with the
leaders here, but in the county seats
generally. Insurgency is discredited
in the local organizations which CEN
ter in the court houses. Tlae plan of
the more far-sighted ones is to dis
courage agitation, to placate opposi-
tion and to secure harmonious action
among the party workers. With this
in view the machine is being strength
ened all along the line. Whether it
will control or not the developments
of the next few months viii indicate.
1t is understood here in St. Paul
that the trend ofithe daily press will
be towards the support of the organi-
zation program. A change is already
noted in the tone of political COM
ment. The Dispatch has dispensed
with the services of the writer, who,
over the nom de plume of"The County
Chairman" furnished it with a gos-
sipy weekly letter which indicated
that he was in close touch with what
was going on, even if his, partisanship
was rather pronounced. understand
that this partisanship is in part at
least responsible for the change.
"Chappy" inclined to play up Brewers
availability. Brother Thompson and
Editor McLain had other views and
the OPPOSITION to Eberhart. ''The
County Chairman" is now with the
Minneapolis Journal, and it is under
stood will have the state capitol run,
while Cheney" will be given a row.
ing commission to size up the general
situation throughout the state, and
will get in touch with the local situa-
tion by making a tour of the county
seats.
The appointment of ex-Congressman
c. f. Buchanan to be deputy United
States marshal is regarded in some
quarters as an official rebuke to q too
outspoken insurgency. Although the
appointment was subordinate one
and made ostensibly by Marshal
Grimshaw, it is not thought that he
made the selection without consulting
his official superiors. Neither is. it
believed that Congressman Lindberg,
who defeated Mr.. Buchanan some
years ago for. the congressional nomi-
nation, recommended his fappoint-
ment. However, no mere outsider
has any call to attempt to unravel
the tangled skein of Sixth district poll
tics. The fact that the governor ap-
pointed Mr.. Buckman's predecessor,
Mr.. Rider, very unexpectedly to 4
place on the game and fish commission
and thus Inade room for Buckrnan IN
dicates that In this matter there have
been wheels within wheels and that
the governor was !acting in concert
with those ndifectSthe operations
Of the federal machine ~
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