Morris tribune., 1912-03-29

tary to the late Governor Johnson,
never overlooked bet He was al
ways good for a story a day The
present crowd waits until things
break, and they have to break right be-
fore they are handed to the reporters.
One of the best copymakers the state
capitol ever produced was Bob Dunn,
then state auditor. He fought for
principle and he clashed with friend
and foe alike. Frank Day and Gov
ernor Johnson compelled good copy
because they could not help 1t. |
hate to say it, but the present crowd
offers nothing in this respect The
reporter assigned to the big building
makes his own copy.
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Regarded as among the down and
out, the La Toilette presidential candi-
dacy has taken on new life with the
capture of North Dakota by his mana
gers. His victory In the Flickertail
state means trouble for the Roosevelt
boomers in Minnesota and this fact
has not been lost upon l. A. Caswell,
who 10 in charge of the Roosevelt
movement in the North Star state. He
has been busy ever since the North
Dakota returns were received. One
of the results of his activities is the
promised visit to Minnesota of Colonel
Roosevelt March 20. He will be fol-
| lowed by other speakers of promi-
hence. One thing to be said In Cas-
/ wells favor is his practicability With
the knowledge that the organization
| and the administration is for Presis
dent Taft and that the two are against
publicity his every effort has been
directed at forcing them into the open.
''If can make them place their cards
face up l have got them" he is
| quoted as saying. In the old days
Caswell played with the bunch and he
knows their tactics. He knows that
the mob is a formidable weapon, but
it is of no value unless organized.
That is what he is trying to do now.
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AS l stated in a previous letter the
scramble for the Republican nomina-
| ton for governor has been lost sight
| of in the fight for national control of
the state. From the lack of publicity
| it would appear that S. Y Gordon Of
| Browns Valley and w. E. Lee of Long
Prairie were not doing anything, but
to use slang expression, believe
| me-" they have been working every
minute of the time. Going back to
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is not good publicity man, and as for
"Bill' Lee, if anything, he is even
worse. Gordon's long suit is gum
shoeing and, quoting q friend, the
Eberhart forces will wake up some
day and End that he has quite few
scalps tied to his belt. Regarding Lee
the story up here is that his managers
are ON the trail Of Governor EOerhart
and some of his appOintees and that
one of the Lee papers has in type a
| story not calculated to put his excel
lancy in q good light.
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| Commenting further en- the Lee can
didacy it is said that parties favorable
to the Long Prairie man have been
digging into Governor Eberhart's con-
tingent fund, that they have noted the
number of times he was absent from
the state, the amount expended for
mileage books and travelling expenses,
the money invested in clipping bu-
reaus and his official department gen
orally. Attorney General L. A. Smith
has said that the use of the office con-
tingent fund for newspaper clippings
is not legal expenditure and in order
to set an example he is paying for the
same out of his own pocket, but in the
case of the executive the state pays
the bill. These clippings cost the sub
scribers cents each and represent
quite an item in year.
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Judge P. E. Brown of Luverne, who
was elected a member of the state SUI
preme court at the last general cleo
ton and who has been sick pretty
much of the time, will not resign as
reported. Justice Brown sent word to
ST. Paul last week that he had fully
recovered and would be on the JOB at
the opening of the April term. The
story abroad was that the administra-
ton, aware of Justice Browns illness,
had figured on the appointment of
Judge Dibell of Duluth. Governor
Eberhart is supposed to be in bad on
the iron range and the appointment of
Judge Dibell would have strengthened
him in that neck of the woods.
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The Ramsey county district court
has been crowded with mob anxious
to hear the details in the $4,000
breach of promise suit in which Will.
lam Rufus Edwards, a prominent St.
Paul lumberman and Summit avenue
society leader, is defendant, and Miss
Ada M. Cox, Chicago stenographer,
is plaintiff. and the chief feature is
the failure of the St. Paul papers to
mention it. A paragraph or two has
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