The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-13
JULIE Rt|TER PUTS FRED
LYNCH ON THE HOT PAN

st. Paul, September 9.-Minneso-
ia democrats are iii turmoil over
filings for state offices, and there is
one of the liviliest fights in years
to wrest the state organization from
F. B. Lynch, national democratic
committeeman, and ID. ID. DAILY,
chairman of the state central com
mittee, successor to f. A. Day.
In communication addressed to
the democrats of the state by Julius
Reiter, Rochester, democratic candi-
date for the four-year term on the
railroad and warehouse commission
given to the press today, Mr.. Lynch
is denounced as a reactionary and
boss. Other communications are
to follow.
King Is Scouting.
c. NJ. King, Deer River, demo
! cratic candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor, whom w. H. Stricken, St
Paul, democratic candidate for the
six-year term as railroad and ware
house commissioner, declares Mr..
Lynch asked him to file against,
and withdraw from the race for the
railroad commission in favor of Gay
ner CT Litchfeld, is in the city today.
sounding conditions. He refused to
make any statement, but Mr.. King
has joined the opposition to Lynch.
Assemblyman VIM Powers, it is
charged, was put up by the Lynch
faction to oppose Mr.. King.
Day Versus Lynch.
F. A. Day and several leading dem
ocrats, are lining up against the
Lynch organization. 1t is said that
! the movement is to wrest control
of the Wilson campaign from the
| Lynch organization on the part OF
the Bryan men, who believe that
| Lynch is reactionary and thai
! Wilson's campaign would not be
handled successfully by the Lynch.
DAILY crowd.
Mr.. Lynch was not worried this
morning when shown Refers state
ment, which is the third of a series
of attacks on the democratic organi
cation.
| What Lynch Says. '
Il have not seen Mr.. Reiter," he
said, "since the Duluth campaign and
do not know anything apc:.. his
plans. That is all l have to say"
Mr. Reiter charges that the Lynch
organization prompted Andrew French
former state dairy and food commits
sioner to oppose him for the four
year term OH the railroad and ware
house commission after Mr.. French
had promised Mr.. Reiter that he
would not file. Mr.. Reiter declares
that he was not eager to file, but
was urged by democrats all over
the state to get into the race.
Neither Would File. .
Wishing a clear field, he took the
matter up with Mr.. French to find on
his intentions. According to Refers
! statement FIR French agreed that
neither would file without letting
the other know.
The statement in part says:
"On the 23d, as the time for filing
was nearly closed, | thought the
matter should be settled, and so call
ed Mr.. French, i'm st. Paul, on the
phone from Rochester, and said he
would better decide what to do:
whereupon he told me to file al
once, even urged me to file that day
! I Immediately called up my friend
| in st. Paul and gave directions thai
the filing affidavit signed on the 18th
should be filed; and that was done
Then French Filed.
"a few days later, on the last
me. / do not understand what pres
I sure could have induced him thus tt
disregard our long political and per
sonal friendship by making a fgh
against me after urging me to be
come candidate. have since learned
that on the very day when l las
talked with Mr.. French it was stat
ed in st. Paul by F. B. Lynch thai
Mr.. French would be a candidate
and it seems that he knew better
what would happen than Mr.. French
himself. Now l had not taken the
trouble tos consult Mr.. Lynch.
Red Hot One For Lynch.
| 81 did not think him a democrat
worthy of consultation, for 1 con
sidered not only that his vote fol
Guffey on the national committee
had been a slap at every progress
sive democrat, but that his whole
record shows him to be a reaction
airy politician of the old WORKOUT
machine school of politics. l dc
not know why Mr.. Lynch should con
Germ himself with the state ticket
at all, unless it is true that he has
decided that it is his business to
tell Minnesota democrats whom to
nominate"
The fuss now going on among
several of the democratic candidates
for railroad and warehouse commits.
sioner will most likely result to
the benefit of F. M. Currier of
Mankato, who is free from all the
Ipnfanp1omonfc