Morris tribune., 1911-09-29
BADLY MIXED UP
IN THIS STATE
Presidential Situation ImpossI-
BILE Of Analysis.
MUCH OPPOSITION TO TAFT
Senator Ia Toilette, However, Is Not
Likely to Secure the State
Delegation.
Especial Correspondence

is to include Minnesota; Governor Har-
mon of Ohio sending representatives
westward to feel the public pulse;
press agents busy in the interest of
Champ Clark; La Toilette boomers
busy on every hand, and friends OF
Governor Woodrow Wilson insistent
that he alone is the only man that can
pilot Democracy to safe harbor, the
dopester of this day and date is GER
tainly up against it. A correct, or
even half way intelligent analysis, is
impossible. The national game is the
Aost mixed up proposition the North
west king makers have ever encoun-
tered and this condition of affairs ap-
plies more particularly to the Repub-
lican side of the house, with the lead
ers of the unwashed next. In capital
circles you can get any kind Of story
covering national affairs in Minnesota
and they all sound plausible. One has
it that the La Toilette boom is financed
by the big fellows who want to take
Taft down a peg or two, another is
positive that the Wilson boom in Min
nesota is only a blind for Champ
CLARK and still another is certain that
Ahe brewers association has started
AN active campaign for Governor Har-
mon because he is friendly to their in
terests. To yours truly it looks as if
this mixed up condition was being put
out for a purpose, with the dear peo-
kle as usual due to get the short end
bf it.
I. X X
Whether it is the failure of that
$25,O00 Taft barrel to arrive, which it
was said was assigned to Minnesota,
or pressure from the East, where the
president is reported to have incurred
4he enmity of Wall street, know not,
but one cannot help but be a trif1e
suspicious when he hears men close
10 the throne indulging in some quiet
"knocking" as to the president and fa-
Forably commenting on the generally
agreed opposition of the plain people
TO some of his policies and then fol-
lowing it with the information that if
Governor Harmon is Democracy's
choice he will make President Taft go
some. With the majority of it's po-
litical staff Republicans, the liquor
people speak favorably of Taft and
predict a Minnesota delegation for
hirn, but they are not unmindful of
Governor Harmon's vote getting quail
ties. He has their best wishes, as far
As the Democratic side of the house is
concerned. Board of trade interests
IN both cities are against the presi-
dent, but they have no use for the La
Toilette crowd. Harmon shines here.
Wilson is too Bryanisque. Champ
Clark, however, fills in the gap and it
Is here where the seekers of knowl-
edge may find the niger in the wood
pile. Quoting Congressman Charles
Davis of st. Peter, who dropped into
st. Paul the other day, the Minnesota
followers of Harmon will not stand for
Wilson and visa versa, and so what
must be the result-a compromise
and what better compromise than
Clark.
AS to Senator La Toilette no one
down here seriously considers at this
writing that he will get the Minnesota
delegation That the several inter-
Aests who control the king making end
OF the Republican party would permit
1t is beyond any one who follows the
game down here. The present execu-
tive may not reach their standard of
docility, but if his scalp is to be taken
it will not be through delegation for
the other fellow. That would be harm
full to their tenure of power. The big
fellows have the whip hand in Democ-
racy, and some of it's presidential Of
ferings may be quietly used to turn
the trick
!. !. !.
Governor Ebe1hart is doing the
county fairs, and while he tells the
ruralites the beauties of consolidated
schools and diversified farming, men
from departments close to the admin
1stratiOn quietly mingle among the
crowds and note it's effects and by
advance work give the whole thing
the stamp OF success. His exceIlency,
however, k25 not monopoly of fair
.,
Gordon is weekly dividing honors with
big rec apples and salt rising bread.
Another Who is playing the fairs is
ID. W. LaWler, who has filed for Unit
ed States senator on the Democratic
ticket.
i. y .s-
Speaking of LaWler and his candi-
dacy, which is puzzle to some, sew
eral have been unkind enough to say
that his candidacy is not on the
square. A known opponent of county
option, some of his enemies are charg-
ing him up to the liquor crowd, while
Others say that the main object of his
candidacy is to hamper the chances
of John Lind, should he get into the
game. As mayor of St Paul Dan was