Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-07-19
STATE CANDIDATES
Opposed to Disrupting the Re-
publican Party.

st. Paul, July 16.-In a week or so
admirers of Colonel Roosevelt will
meet in convention in St. Paul and Sc
lect twelve delegates to the national
Progressive convention to be held in
Chicago Aug. 5. The whole thing is
for the purpose Of launching the much
talked Of third party movement, with
Mr.. Roosevelt as it's patron saint. The
Leading spirit In Minnesota is Hugh T.
Halbert, young ST. Paul attorney.
He Is the self-constituted leader. Pre-
liminary to the mass meeting to be
held in St. Paul Mr.. Halbert has been
endeavoring to place the various can
didates for the Republican nomination
! on record as far as the third party
movement is concerned and some of
I the answers are interesting reading,
| that is from the few who have ac-
knowledged his right to quiz them. Of
| the three who have made answer so
| far s. Y. Gordon of Browns Valley is
| the only one to endorse the move
| ment and he uses it for a vehicle to
relieve himself of his feelings regard
ing the "steal" at Chicago. E. T.
Young, with more caution than his
! rival, says that while he is heart and
soul for the new deal yet he cannot
actively join in the call. He does not
| want it to obscure the real issues in
the gubernatorial campaign, which, in
his opinion, some people that he knows
of are trying to do. Nothing doing" "
Is Governor Eberhart's answer. "Un-
til you show me otherwise I am for
the regular nominee, Mr. Taft" What
| other answers have reached him Mr..
Halbert has failed to make public,
which is pretty good evidence that
they have not been received. With
fiat refusals on the part of Speaker
Dunn of the house of representatives,
R. c. Dunn of Princeton, Congressman
| Halvor Steenerson of the Ninth dis
trict and others prominent in the po-
litical field to have anything to do
with the scheme, thus stands the third
| party movement in Minnesota today
and there is no indication that it is
going to show any Improvement. All
! this, however, must not be taken as
meaning that the North Star state is
already in the Taft column or that it
! is going to be there. On the other
hand the feeling is the reverse and
men like R. c. Dunn, Speaker Dunn of
114Y md 0&1 Aaa IL
ward in saying so. They do not want
to see the party disrupted, however,
for in their opinion it only means the
elevation of Democrats to the state
Offices now held by the G. o. P. They
argue that there is absolutely no
chance for Mr.. Roosevelt now, that a
new party would only mean throwing
the state to Wilson and that if such
is to prevail it can just as we'll be ac-
complished with Mr.. Roosevelt out
of the way as in. The preservation of
the party in the state appeals to them
first and if it has to go down they
want it to go down with flying colors.
j. j. !.
When prospective candidates for of.
fee are not the topic the statewide pri.
mary law has the boards at the state
capitol and the gossip now runs to
what the latest thing in progressive
legislation is going to cost the state
Secretary of State Schmahl advances
the opinion that the cost is not going
to be far short of S500,000 for the first
primary and others say it will be in
excess of that figure. Whatever the
cost may be it is going to be heavy
one and the big howl, fear, will come
from the counties, which will have to
put up the money Each district un
der the new law will have to pay its
own bills and there will be no aid
from the state treasury. This ex
pense will include the printing of bal
lots, the tabulation Of votes and ever
the printing of the ballots in the Off
cial paper. This alone will be big
item and the paper having the conces
sion stands to add considerable to it:
bank account. This time the state
ballots will have to be printed in the
official paper in each county and a!
there is ballot for each party lots O
newspaper space will be consumed.
i i =
| Two st. Paul papers, the Dispatcl
and News, and the Daily News of Min
, neapolis have complied with the news
paper provision Of the new primar!
law to the extent of filing with the sec
retary of state list of the holders o
stock in the same, but the forced pub
licity does not bring anything new t.
light What each owns Is not given
,. Mr.. and Mrs. George Thompson figur
principally in the stock ownership o
the Dispatch and the Asbaugh famil
in the case of the Minneapolis and 81
Paul News. have a hunch that thi
provision of the new law will be ger
orally violated until it can be teste
in the courts. This includes the pla<
ing over political advertisements tn
cost OF the same and the name of tn
person authorizing the advertisement