The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-12-16
TAFT AND EBERHART
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OOAt1AucU IRON rage L.
1ty, Charlie Davis Is reported as hav-
ing canvassed his district and on his
return home he informed a friend
that Eberhart has one staunch friend
in the Third, Joe Ring, the numerous
mayor of Shakopee.
Joe Reynolds, editor of the Man.
kato Free Press, has circulated about
the Second district and in his travels
found one-count 'em-one enthusi-
astic Eberhart man, in the person of
Tom Collins, the genial miller and
banker at Window.
This outlook would DISCOURAGE the
average politician but it does not
phase Chairman E. e. Smith who
smiles and says: "Oh, we'll get 'em.''
Fundamentally the Republican par
ty is split into three factions. The
the smallest faction
numerically, is made up of the office
holders, would-be office holders. and
the few men in this day and age who
swear by the Republican party. right
or wrong.
County Optionists Next,
comes
county optionists, who are welded to
one idea. They want to down the
liquor traffic regardless of party sue
cess.
The Progressive Republicans COM
prise the great balance of the partv
but they are practically unorganized
and no one believes that they will be
able to get together in order to
capture either the gubernatorial NOM
lnation or the presidential DELEGATES.
SO 1t looks like Taft and Eberhart in
the conventions. The elections are
very apt to tell different story.
Private Secretary Wheelock caused
gasp of surprise a few days ago
when he announced that the Eber-
hart administration would not stand
behind the Taft people in a fight to
capture the state delegates and the
establishment was increased when
Eberhart followed this interview up
the next day with practically the
same assertion in milder form.
Silent On Taft.
1t Is known that when President
Taft was in St. Paul, Governor Eber-
hart and Jake Preus, took Mr.. Hdlles
up on the high mountain and in
v1ted him to view the beauties of MINI
nesota, telling him that they were the
only ones who could deliver the state
into the Presidents hands. This sud
den reversal of form must have heen
something of shock to the Washing
ton end of the line.
Inere are few who thing that the
governor and his followers have had
sudde nattack of cold feet. There
are others, better posted, who be-
iieve it Is shaking down PROPOSE
ton' With Ed. Smith holding the bag.
. Hot Fight for Office.
A successor to the late George
WEIGH. state immigration commissions
er. Is now engaging the attention of
Governor Eberhart and his advisers.
The candidates are said to be Assis-
tant Secretary of State James A. Lar
sen, George Author, political writer
OF the Minneapolis Tribune, w. r.
Mckenzie, Secretary of the Northern
development association, and Joe
Ring, Of shakopee, the governors
friend in the Third district. It is an
easy bet that the fight is between
Larsen and Mckenzie, with the odds
In favor Of Larsen, ~ --A
= The last legislature appropriated the
sum of $4,000 to be Distributed
among the county fairs of the state
but it looks as If majority Of the
eligibles were due to get left in the
distribution. @& -. :la5.
The legislature made December
18th the time limit for application
to participate, and according to State
Auditor lverson less than q dozen OF
the counties have come forward at
this time. Il. z.s~.. 7 :. @s.s: u
Extra Session Fight.
Minnesota Progressive Republicans
are now threatening to break. into
the extra legislature session fight and
assist sl.s lin the crusade Of the Duluth
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