The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-12-01
POLITICAL GOSSIP
The County Chairman" Gives Miner Readers
Entertaining State Capitol Gossip Touching
The Great and Near.Great.

gentleman intended starting for Wash
ington so soon." Down here the whole
thing is looked upon as one of the
Nelson old time foxy moves.
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Though admittedly favorable to the
Eberhart cause the present attitude
of some of the Twin City dailies is
exciting not little comment EARLY in
the week the Minneapolis Journal led
off its editorial page with a scathing,
arraignment 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 disinclination on the
part of the administration to lend it's
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 the Mankato man.
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/ have it from the lips Of Governor
Eberhart that he is for President Taft
and that he will give him all the aid
possible in securing the support of the
state at the convention and in his
election IL nominated. "But as to the
campaign in the state, said his excel
lency, that Is matter for the cen
trail committees. have always stood
for President Taft and see no reason
to change my sympathies now. ]
firmly believe that he will be nomi-
mated and elected" The attack on the
governors loyalty to Taft looks bona
fide, yet sometimes the thought
prompts itself that there may be
Niger in the woodpile. The whole
thing, has been received with much
glee by the progressive and La Fol
lette forces.
With the retirement of George T.
Simpson the first of the year, Lyndon
A. Smith, by appointment by Governor
Eberhart, becomes attorney general.
The other day he announced the ap-
pointment-temporarily, he said-of
c. 8. Jelly of Minneapolis as his as
sistant, and with the announcement
went glimmering the hopes of j. 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
candidate for attorney general itself
and the tender of his name will be at
the next Republican state convention.
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! The Republican machine at the state
capitol is taking hope from number
Of newspaper clippings being received
which endorse the governor for his
stand on an extra session. Quite
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.
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The state board of control will leave
in a 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 rsforms 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 Sc
cure him another situation. "And his
successor" added Mr.. Swendsen, will
be the best that the money at our
command can secure
Talk has been busy with the name
Of former State Senator A. D. Ste
phens of Crookston for place in the
state government service, but Mr..
Stephens declares that he could not
be induced to leave his home town.
He was offered a responsible bank
position in Minneapolis at $500
year, am told, and turned 1t down.
International Falls wants a branch
Of the state agricultural college and
has started a movement toward it's
realization by asking Governor Eber-
hart to incorporate the request in his
next message to the legislature AS
one Of the first steps in the move
ment State Auditor 8. G. Iverson has
withdrawn section 16, near Interna-
tional Falls, from homestead entry.
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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. T. O'Connor, are the first on the
ground. 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 a winner. He will have for a
rival Herbert P. Keller, the present
Republican mayor. Both are Ger
mans, and st. PauPs voting population
runs heavily to that nationality.
An entire page in the Saturday
Evening Post, and his attendance at
novoroI Iooo1 functions with fr;onde ~