The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-02
.CASWELL ACTED AS THE
ADVANCE MAN FOR SAM

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st. Paul, July 29.-I. A. Caswell
. is reported to be the man who ar.
. ranged for the Roosevelt-Gordon
! luncheon. He Is said to have confer.
red with Senator Nelson also.
The two acts. however. were dis
tinct. The Nelson conference had
. nothing TO do with the Oyster Bay
. conference as it has been decided
. that Nelson's candidacy shall be kept
. neutral Ii is said that Senator Nell
i. son, after seing Mr.. Caswell, was
. satisfied the Ramsey organization
!. would not oppose him.
1t is said also On good authority
that conference has been arranged
in the near future between the Taft
} faction and Senator Nelson, and,
} when he is sure there will be no
Opposition from that source. he will
! make definite announcement OF
) his candidacy this week.
An Intellectual Attempt.
i Gordons attempt to corral Senator
] Nelson's support has been Intellectual.
Even Mr. Caswell, friendly as he is
4 to Mr. Gordon, has refused even TO
attempt to deliver that, although
the Oyster Bay bid was the compro.
mise. Mr.. Caswel also saw Senator
i Dixon and Frank Knox while they
were getting the third party in shape
in Michigan.
Party leaders are united on Nelson
and Gordon's haste to line up with
i Roosevelt broke the bargain between
the factions in the republican party
that nothing should be done to EN-
barass the senior senator.
Did Governor Violate the Act?
Minneapolis. July 29.-The question
as to whether Governor Eberhart vi
olated a provision of the corrupt
practices act by allowing his photo
graph and office title to appear in
the programs of picnics at Mime
apolis is raised in that city.
A full page picture of the governor
grocers' picnic and another in the
program of the West Side CONNER
cial club Other officials, among
them Congressman Frank Nye, have
followed the example of Governor
Eberhart Attorneys maintain that
the law is violated, while the alleged
violaters declare their innocence.
Il have done no political cam
paigning yet said Governor Eber-
hart. Il made my contract for most
Of the programs long before the pri-
mary law and corrupt practices were
a candidate for governor until | file.
| have not yet made my fling
/ Congressman Ney said that he had
not examined the law particularly
and was unable to give an opinion.
Invited to Taft Luncheon.
st. Paul, July 29.--I A. Caswell, re-
publican national committeeman, clerk
or the Minnesota supreme court, and
manager OF the Roosevelt campaign
prior TO the Chicago convention, re-
ceived an engraved card this morning
which invited him to be the guest
luncheon August l.
Nothing further than the invitation
was enclosed. Whether all the repub-
lican national committeeman have
been invited Mr. Caswel does not
know. He will not accept the invi
tation.
/ You see," the national committee
man explained. my assistant is away
on a vacation, and | cannot well leave
| the office | would like very much to
go, but is ii is. can't"
Word From Roosevelt
Minneapolis. July 29-In telegram
addressed to Judge Milton ID. Purdy
OF Minneapolis Colonel Roosevelt told
the Minnesota progressives why he
invited Sam Y. Gordon to lunch with
him at Oyster Bay and did not invite
some OF the other candidates for gov
| crnor in the Gopher state. He said
j II was because the lieutenant gov
ernor was openly for the progressive
national ticket" and that he would
enjoy seeing any other candidate for
governor Ia Minnesota who is straight
out and open against Mr.. Taft"
The telegram was in response to
the one sent by Judge Purdy and III.
/ T. Halbert last Thursday asking the
colonel why he invited only Gordon,
intimating that by this apparent
favortism among the candidates for
governor he was embarrassing the
leaders OF the progressive movement
who were trying not TO take sides in
the state primary scramble. Colonel
Roosevelt does not say who arranged
the Gordon visit further than he was
requested by one of our delegates to
/ Chicago" 10 see him.
/ Invited BY Colonel.
Chicago, July 29.-Lieutenant Gov
ernor Sam Y Gordon OF Minnesota.
who, after taking luncheon with Colo
mel Roosevelt at Oyster Bay last
/ Thursday, passed through Chicago
Saturday on his way home. did not
have much to say regarding his visit
to the former president. He said he
might have a statement to give out
after reaching St Paul tomorrow
Your visit to Oyster Bay seems to
araata1 a,,fta ct; aYpopo tho