The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-10-27
POLITICAL GOSSIP
The County Chairman" Gives Miner Readers
Entertaining State Capitol Gossip Touching
The Great and Near-Great.

There h q middle ground to every
question and the happy medium may
yet be realized.
Senator Clapp's endorsement of the
presidential candidacy of Bob La Fol
lette and his spirited attack on Presi-
dent Taft is puzzling more than one
Minnesota politician these days. They
look upon him as an enigma Figur-
ing as ray of sunshine during one
particular dark day in the political
history of the North Star state they
are unable to follow his game now,
and SO there you are. To be frank
about 1t, and with all due respect for
the junior senator, he is the worst
hated man in Minnesota today as far
as the king makers are concerned.
They say that they elevated him from
an obscure lawyer to the highest Of
fee in the gift of the state and were
he candidate today nothing would be
overlooked in an effort to relegate him
to his former position. Those who
made him are his worst enemies to-
day. Senator Clapp has always been
band wagon proposition. Whether
he realized or not that the day of the
machine politician was past l cannot
say, but just the same it is of note
that he has not overlooked any bets
in getting right on popular questions.
Whether he believes in them or not
he advocates the popular ideas and
his voice is ever heard in their en-
dorsement. Some day the people may
get wise to his inconsistency, but just
now he is on the top wave of popu-
larity.
Well, 1t does look as If the ambi-
tons Of those who hope for Repub-
lican gubernatorial scrap will be re-
allied. Lieutenant Governor S. Y.
Gordon has practically said that he
will be candidate and he fixes Jan.
1 as the date for the launching of his
boom. In the meantime he will keep
his eyes open and study conditions.
Former State Senator Ole Canestrop
Of Elbow Lake was the medium Sc
lected for his announcement and if
friends have it right Governor Gordon
builded we'll Mr.. Canestorp is re-
garded as the most substantial Scan
dinavian in the state and his backing
Is the next thing to an endorsement
by that particular nationality. He is
held in high regard by his people all
over the state. He has held practi-
cally every Office in the gift of his
county and when their number failed
the voters sent him to the legisla-
ture. He might have been a member
yet had he not elected to retire and
spend his remaining days in quiet.
4. + +
The prospect of rival for the Re-
publican gubernatorial nomination has
not as yet seriously disturbed the
hackers of Governor Eberhart in the
Twin Cities. The most of them are
located here and like the average city
tie their horizon is limited. They re-
fuse to be worried, but it is good bet
that they will be sitting up and TAX
ing notice before the convention rolls
around. What concerns them most is
WhCAV Odh WlG 6CI uuduCCS lIOIu
to conduct campaign. This is one
of the essentials as far as they are
concerned and they would like to be
put wise. Lieutenant Governor Cor
don Is perhaps better known among
the voters out in the country than he
is in the cities, but this does not nec-
essarily mean that they cannot be ed
ucated. 1t is expected that the Eber-
hart hackers will shortly inaugurate a
publicity boom for their favorite
They admit to a knowledge of some
OF the knocking now going on over
the state, but declare that it will soon
pass away. Secretary ]. A. o. Preus
of the Republican state central COM
mittee says that there Is no doubt of
the denomination and election of Gov
ernor Eberhart.
i. i. !.
The threat of the United States
Steel corporation to relieve itself of
the Hill iron ore lease brings to mind
the investigation started by the legis-
lature in 1905 looking to dissolution
of this particular trust It was be-
lieved then that the whole thing was
in violation of the state laws. The in
vestigation at the start promised some
interesting disclosures, but after it
had progressed day or two certain
influential ones appeared on the scene
and it was practically dropped. The
evidence secured regarding the forma-
ton of the trust is somewhere on file
in the state capitol, but it was thor
oughly censored before being placed
in the archives
!. I. i.
The jobbers and wholesalers of the
Twin Cities have prevailed to the ex-
tent that hereafter the activities of the
new state department of weights and
measures will be confined to the in
spection Of scales and measures used
for vending purposes only. The pro-
test of the wholesalers was to the eff
feet that the department was inter-
fering with their business to the ex-
tent of inspecting scales and package
goods displayed for sale only and that
they were being charged a fee for the
same. The state railway and ware
house commission says the point is
well taken and hereafter scales and