The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-13
Roosevelt Men Are Very Sore at
Stand of Progressiyes.
SOME HARSH TALK IN ST. PAUL
Followers Of Colonel Declare Lee Is
Not Only Pebble On Political
Beach.

81. raul, september 1l.-The &C.
ton yesterday by La Toilette sup
porters, in control of the governing
board of the Minnesota Progressive
Republican league, in indorsing w.
E. Lee for governor and rapping
at the candidates. of E. T. Young
and Sam Y Gordon, Roosevelt sup
porters, has put an end to all talk
of harmonious action between the
Roosevelt and La Toilette leaders.
Twin city Roosevelt men are in
dignant over the singing out for
Endorsement of Lee and equally in
dignant at the attacks made by La
Toilette men on the governing board
of the league upon Young and Cor
don. They predicted that the action
taken in favor of Lee will prove a
boomerang that will ALLEVIATE Roose-
velt support that might have gone
to Lee and will practically kill his
chance of getting any of the second
choice votes cast by Roosevelt sup
porterS for Young and Gordon.
"In the first place." said a Roose-
welt leader yesterday, "the govern
ing board of the Minnesota Progress
sive Republican league represents
nothing-it is myth. 1t is COM
posed. of a few worshipers of Sen
ator La Toilette, who chung to the
ship after the majority of the pro-
gressives in the organization went
over to Colonel Roosevelt.
Bunch of Wilson Men.
"These worshipers are the men
who went to Chicago to aid in the
fight on Colonel Roosevelt, who al
lied themselves with the reaction.
aries and helped nominate President
Taft. The governing board several
weeks ago declared for Woodrow
Wilson. Half its members are open
ly working for Wilson. Yet they are
afraid to call "a full mass meeting
of members of the league. They
are afraid to do that because they
know that the league membership
is almost solidly for Roosevelt.
What right has body of men who
have declared for the democratic
nominee to indorse republican can.
didates for office? Why not let the
democratic state central committee
look over the republican candidates
and make recommendations"
The progressive state central com.
mittee refused to indorse any, of the
republican candidates for state Of
flee because it's members believed
that as party they should take no
active part in the primary cam
paign. 1t was quite generally under
stood that either Lee, Young or Cor
don would prove acceptable, but that
the committee should keep it's hands
off the fight.
Roosevelt men hoped that the La
Toilette men would do the same
thing. James Manahan, republican
and one of the men Endorsed by the
league, is said to have fought against
any Endorsements. He favored a re-
port that would set out the records
of the three progressive candidates
for governor and leave the choice
to the voters without recommends
ton.
Manahan Caused Delay.
1t was intended that the report of
the La Toilette organization on state
candidates should have been made
public on Monday 1t developed last
night that Manahan was responsible
for the delay.
Manahan vigorously attacked those
portions of the report of the COM
mittee of ten which severely criti-
cised Attorney General Lyndon A.
Smith and f. T. Young. He defend
ed both the attorney general and
Mr. Young against charges contain
ed in the report and fought against
Endorsement of either Lee or Fraser.
Manahan's defense of the attorney
general and Mr.. Young kept the
governing board in session all Mon
day afternoon and until late Mon
day night. His objections were over
ruled by the majority of the board
members yesterday morning and
the report of the committee adopted.
George S. Lotus, warm admirer Of
Senator La Toilette and president
of the league, was in favor of In
dorsing a slate of candidates. Work
ing with Lotus was Thomas Fraser
of Rochester, candidate for attorney
general, and another La Toilette
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