Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-12-01
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Stafe iadminIefdfiAS ion. and @ torn thu
state hoard sc control over TO poll ticAl
ruls has failen, missrahly and con-
spieuously. . 5.s
The board 81 control not BY . two
to one party division but unanimously
has ruled tbat Supt, Whittier has
committed no oftensesl WarrantiEg his
s ri IN. |s:.,
I Before that the legislature IN both.
after careful consideration,
Of the evidence, had by decisive vote
taken the same stand. 81
Those who have been behind and
beneath the, Whittier persecution ex-
pected that r. M. Ringnahl and C. II.
Vasaly. the Governor johnson appoint
id Whittier's favor. They wanted
them to and IT they mad been alone.
beyond all question the governor would
have taken steps to remove them from
Office and give their places to his own
friends. 81, .,sl s.,
Tut the game is spoiled completely
when Governor Eberhart's own ap-
pointee. @. j.. Swendseu, though dis
agreeing in minor particulars witt the
reasoning of his associates. joins with
them in holding that there is no pos
slble warrant for Winters removal.
Practically, this? ends the Whittier
episode. Rhe character of the mem.
bership Of the hoard of control puts it
beyond possibility that any will take
exception TO it's findings. A similar
finding BY Messrs. <Ringdal and Vasaly
alone WOULD have convinced the public
that the suproar against Whittier had
suspicious sources and more suspicious
purposes. When: Governor Eberhart's
new appolntee, a square, upright citis
zen with an honorable legislative rec.
ord, joins them in their ruling, the
hue and Cry against Whittier reaches
its finish. and the scheme to use Whit
tier as an excuse for remoidinR the
board If control to the liking Of cor
rupt politics receives ; it's death sem
tence.5 ~: :. =
The Herald is glad of this outcome
for many reasons. tits, glad because
it could not patiently sit by and watch
dumbly the perpetration of AN outrage
against justice. and because justice
has been the outcome OF an unjust per-.
secution. It is glad because the at.
tempt to turn the board of control and
Lts multitude of rich contracts and
appointments over to venal pulitica
has failed. It is glad. modestly, b.:
cause its stand has been Endorsed by
the decision, as it always was by the
facts. The Herald was practically the
t1rst newspaper in the state outside
Red Wing to rebuke the scheme that
was then in full operation, backed by
most of the new spapers OF the state
AMI many well-meaning citizens be-
cause OF q popular misunderstanding
Of the motives and purposes Of tho. at
tack upon Whittier.
Mr.. Whittier has been only an in
cident in this fight, though as a man
and q faithful public servant he was
entitled to fair play. Greater than he
however, was the danger thai q dis
honest scheme to inject greedy politics
into the affairs Of the board of control
would succeed. -. )
Happily. it has failed. The governor
cannot discharge the appointees of the
late Governor johnson without: dis;
charging his own appoinree. The
mem ership of the board will remain
as it is, and it is to the best interests
OF the state that this should be So. ..
Possibly there is consolation some
where in this for Governor Eberhart,
who made himself the willing tool Of
this contemplate scheme of evil poll
tics and who started something ho has
been unable to: finish but we haven't
time to look for it,