The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-30
THEY'RE KNOCKING
Twin City Newspapers Have Their
Hammers Out
WnACK TIE GOVERNOR
Republican State Capitol Machine
Takes Heart at a Few News
paper Clippings
Especial Correspondence

ST. PAUL, Nov. 2S:-I'hOugh admit
ted favorable to the Eberhart cause
the present attitude of some of the
Twin City dailies is exciting not "a
little comment. Early in the week
the Minneapolis Journal led off its
editorial page with scathing ar
raignment of the governor because
he failed to come up to its ideal of an
executive, and the st. Paul Dispatch
Pioneer has since been engaged in
trying to show Discrimination on the
part of the administration to lend its
fighting forces to the Taft hackers in
the state. The latter grew out of an
alleged unauthorized interview on the
part of Secretary Wheelock, which. in
part, has been repudiated both by him
and the governor. As to the Journal
it has never looked with marked favor
on tie Mankat0 man.
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With the retirement of George T.
Simpson the first of the year, Lyndon
A. Smith, by appointment by Governor
Eberirart, becomes attorney general
The other day he announced the APP
pointment- temporarily, he sailor
c. S. Jelly of Minneapolis as his as
sistant. and with the announcement
went glimmering the hopes of }. G..
/ Nethaway of Saltwater. whose friends
have backed him a number of times
for place in the department. Infer,
though, from their heated remarks,
that the next time Judge Nethaway
makes his appearance it will be as a
candidate for attorney general itself
and the tender of his name will be at
the next republican state convention.
The republican machine al the state
capitol is taking hope from a number
of newspaper clippings being received
which endorse the governor for his
stand on an extra session. Quite d
few are against it, not so much be-
cause of the remedial legislation pro-
posed, but because of the expense and
their belief that it will not accom-
plish anything.
The state Board of Control will leave
J in few weeks for the West. and
later will follow with trip East, with
view of securing ideas for contem-
plated reforms in the management OF
the Red Wing training school, which
for the past year has been pretty
much in the spotlight. Corporal pun
ishment may not be abolished, but
other reforms will be instituted. Com
missioner Swendsen of the Board said
the other day that the department
parted with Superintendent Whittier
with the kindliest of feelings and
would use their best endeavors to re-
cure him another situation. land
SUCCESSOR added Mr.. Swendsen,
will be the best that the money at
our command can secure"
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st. Paul is on the eve of another
hot municipal campaign and as usual
the'democrats, under the command OF
R. #. 'O'Connor. are the first on the
groand. They have already opened
political headquarters. Otto Bremen,
! brewer and quite popular, is Slated
as the democratic. candidate for
mayor, and the wise ones are picking
him as winner. He will have for a
rival Herbert P. Keller, the present
republican mayor. Both are Ger.
mans, and St. Paul's voting popula.
tion runs heavily to that nationality
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An entire page in the. Saturday
Evening Post, and his attendance at
several local functions, with friends OF
the state administration among those
present, is bringing Frank B. Kellogg
considerable advertising these days
and causing quite few to wonder il
it all has any bearing on his known
candidacy for the presnt vacancy or
the United States supreme bench. II
is known that he has sought the aiC
of several persons in Minnesota close
to- President Taft, but what Their
help has realized him SO far is not
known.
THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN