Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-09-06

thing it probably fa&ors judge Bum,
the present Democratic member of the
bench. He was named by Governor
Eberhart following the death of Judge
Jaggard.
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The machine game, however, is not
confined to the G.. o. P. The state
Democracy has one and it is in excel
lent working order, Judging from the
filings made last week. 1t was ON the
job right up to the closing OF the fill
ing hour and not an Office on the tick
ct was overlooked. Here is said to be
the Democrat machine ticket Peter
M. Ringdal, governor; Winn Powers,
lieutenant governor; H. w. Grimmer,
secretary of state; c. w. Bibb, state
treasurer; w. F. Donohue, attorney
general; Andrew French and John
Gaynor, railroad and warehouse COM
m1ssioners, and Carl J. Buell., congress
man at large. Cyrus M. King an up
state Democrat, was the first to file
for lieutenant governor, but at the
last moment Winn Powers name was
entered. E. j. Lynch of the Demo
cratic organization personally saw to
this latter filing. D. w. LaWler, for
mer mayor of st. Paul, is the Demo-
cratic candidate for United States
senator, but l do not think the or
ganization takes him seriously. The
Lynch crowd, it is said, are against
him. LaWler paid 500 for the privi-
lege of getting on the ticket and it is
100 to 1 shot for the other fellow.
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What surprises many of those in
terested in the state political game is
the filing of almost complete state
tickets by the Prohibition and Public
Ownership parties. The heads of the
two organizations were on hand
Wednesday with checks to cover the
fling fee of all the candidates select
ed to run and in the case of the two
the only offices overlooked were those
on the supreme bench. Word has
been received here that in the coun-
ties the filings by these two parties
have been heavy. They have been
especially active in the matter of
house jobs. In the latter case, how
ever, they have been no more active
than the Democrats, who caused fill
ings for the house to be made in near
~ every county in the state The
three enriched the state treasury to
the extent of several thousand dollars.
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Has Governor EberhaPt abandoned
the Taft crowd? H T. Halbert, who
puts himself up as the head of the
Roosevelt progressives, is authority
for the statement that ernissaries Of
the governor approached him to have
the soft pedal put on the activities of
the committee of fifty-a state Roose-
velt Neutrality-suspicious. job is to se-,
lect progressive candidate for goy4
ernor in the event that the standpat
) crowd prevails. Mr.. Halbert, however,
refuses to- tell who approached him.
In this neck of the woods the talk
does not run Colonel ReoseVelt's way.
! In fact sentiment for him is dwindling.
The gossip is decidedly Wilson and it
is materially aided by reports from
the country districts. The Taft men
are not talking. :
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The resignation of Irving A. Cas-
well, clerk of the supreme ceurt, as
f national committeeman from Mime.
Sofa has caused much discussion. The
fact Of the whole thing is that Caswell
is simply sick of the game. He was a
Roosevelt man and it was due more to
his management than anything else
that the colonel carried the state. Yet
from what | hear he was absolutely
ignored in the finals by those at the
! head of Roosevelt's campaign. 9th
ers came in for the honors. 1t is said
they even got to the money over his
head and he had to go down into his
| own pocket to carry out his work AS
Roosevelt man he naturally was not
! in right with the national organiza-
tion, which is decidedly Taft and as.
he remarked, Il figured that l had bet
ter get out before was kicked out"
1t is pretty certain though hat there
will be few regrets before the CAM
paign is over Caswell is not a quit
ter and it behooves some who think
he is a dead. one to look out They
call him "Scrapper''' CasweI a..
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Quoting practical politicians and
those in the political game for what it
will bring them, Governor Eberhart
has sure thing in the fight for the
gubernatorial nomination, but just the
same both the governor and his
| friends want to keep an eye on Bill"
Lee and few of the other fellows.
The news that comes this way is that
Lee is showing more than usual
strength. !. Another candidate from
whom good reports have been re-
! ceived is +. T. Young. S. Y. Gordon's
. strength seems to be principally in
the northern part of the state. L. e.
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