Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1911-08-25

is no getting away from the fact that
the voters of this great United States
are welded to reduction in the tar
it1 and aside from what you and
may think the six Gophers who voted
to overthrow the presidents veto
played pretty good politics. Expectant
rivals will have a hard time convinc-
ing the voters otherwise. Congress-
man Miller some time ago announced
his intention of getting out of the
game at the close of his term of office.
The other five, however, want to be
returned, but they are due to fight
some one for the honor. A. J. Rockne
of Zumbrota, it is said, bankers for
the scalp Of Congressman Davis, while
Frank Clague of Redwood county
would like to cross swords with Con-
gresham Volstead. Anderson is due
to have competition and the same
thing applies to Congressman Steen-
erson and Lindberg.
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ngressman-at-large, the latest ad-
dition to Minnesota's list of elective
officers, threatens to include former
Congressman Frank Eddy. He says
he has received many letters asking
him to get into the race. Just now
Frank is busy looking up Taft's
chances in the state and this week he
is hobnobbing with the editors on the
Great Lakes in an effort to find out
where they stand politically. The
gossips have been busy with the names
of James A. Tawney, s. R. Van SAINT
of Minneapolis. and even George T.
Simpson in connection with this one
job. Jim Tawney is looked upon by
the leaders down here as not anxious
to get into the game. His present po-
sition as member of the boundary
commission, which pays him $4,000
and expenses, it is said satisfies the
Winona statesman.
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Lieutenant Governor S. Y. Gordon
of Browns Valley dropped into the
Twin Cities Saturday. That is all he
did do-drop. The much talked of
solutely refused to talk politics. All
he would comment on was his trip
with the editors. He anticipated
fine time. Anent this particular jaunt
it was said a week ago that friends
might anticipate the Browns Valley
mans ambitions by securing for him
an endorsement from the editors, but
if such does happen it will not be be-
cause Governor Eberhart and his man
ayers are not on the job.
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Believe me, if President Taft's
North Star state managers were half
as active as those now fostering the
La Toilette boom in Minnesota there
would be nothing to it. The latter
have been on the job the past year
and nothing has been overlooked in
booming the La Toilette cause. Where
the money comes from is not known,
but the Minnesota managers of the
Wisconsin man have it, Expensive
headquarters in Minneapolis, and one
man with a large fat roll stationed
in the Saint Paul hotel, attest to that
fact. But is it realizing them any
thing? That is the question. To be
frank, | fear it is not. Say what you
may and think as you will, money adj
vances more ambitions than votes, as
far as the political game is concerned,
but at the same time much depends
on the disbursing agent. Down here
the La Toilette disbursing agents are
not regarded highly, Jim Peterson,
James Manahan and George LOTUS,
who are behind the. movement, may
be sincere in the advocacy of the
Wisconsin senator, but
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Beltrami county has figured so much
in an official way that the county and
it's troubles is becoming to be an old
story. Three years ago Governor John
A. Johnson retired several of it's coun-
ty commissioners to private life be-
cause of charges which were filed and
sustained. Later they were returned
to official life. Now the chairman of
the county board, Vigo Peterson, has
filed charges against Sheriff A. D.
Hazen, and there the matter rests.
Later friends of Hazen filed charges
of malfeasance against Peterson. The
charges on both sides are in the hands
of the state legal department.
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| suppose Bob Dunn-he of many
hard fought battles-wll resent this,
but just the same his name is figuring
prominently in connection with the
lieutenant governorship. His name is
wanted for presentation at the next
Republican state convention. After
an absence of four years Bob took a
fling at the game a year and a half
ago and came to st. Paul as a member
of the house. And he made good, too.
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Oscar Arneson, chief clerk of the
last house and editor of the Grant
County Review, is no longer in the
L. liz hoe dicpocod of hic nowc.