Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-04-19

Gossip concerning the much sought
for job of leading the state, G. O. P.
to victory would not be complete
without the announcement that L. G.
Spooner of Morris has listened to tbs
call and has decided to give heed. The
announcement of his candidacy is old
as news runs these days, but il per.
mits the tip that he is due to hear
few things from his neighbor, s. Y.
Gordon, one of the first to enter the
field against Governor Eberhart. /
am told Mr.. Gordon is filling his am
munition locker, and it is not bird
shot either. Gordon is too canny a
Scot to speak his mind regarding the
entrance of a rival from his home dis
trict, but his friends are not so care
full and they have been indulging in
some statements not entirely to the
credit of the Stevens county man.
They openly say Mr. Spooner's candi-
dacy is simply for the purpose of en-
barrassing Mr.. Gordon and in the in
terest Of certain crowd that they will
expose later. When in the legislature
Mr.. Spooner's bulldog tenacity was the
one asset that often forced from a re-
luctant majority support for measures
which he advocated, but no one ever
accused him of not being on the
square. He was never of the milk
and water sort. AS l once said he
was not generally liked, but he com
PEELED admiration because of his fight
ing qualities. Mr.. Spooner, l figure,
will be heard from soon and whether
he is the candidate of some particular
interest or not he will have Jolt COM
Ing for some one. He is bad medicine
to tackle.
The position of governor, with it's
salary of $1,000 a year and a $4,000
contingent fund, not to speak of the
honor, may look good to some people,
but it those aspirants now so indus
triously engaged in trying to wrest the
job from Governor Eberhart would
spend a day at the big marble pile in
| st. Paul they might change their
minds. If between begging letters, in
sistent solicitors and campaign con-
tribution demands his excellency
| gets away from an expenditure of at
least $25 day he is lucky. The gov
ernor of this great state is legitimate
| prey for every man and woman with
| bunch to detach him from some
ready money. Then there are the
| seekers for office and when they are
not on the job applicants for release
from Minnesota's various penal insti-
tutions have the floor. One up state
! paper, in an effort to perpetrate joke
remarked that the present governor
was not afraid of the cars, and anoth-
er, in answer, said there was good
. reason for the statement, as he was
car broke. Between you and me it
pays to stay on the cars if you are
! governor.
With the fight for the Republican
nomination for governor on those now
occupying the minor Offices and who
are candidates for denomination have
what might be termed a cinch, but
they do not want to be too positive in
the matter. Their nice things have
, been hidden by the smoke of battle. It
comes on good authority that the two
places on the railroad and warehouse
commission which will be filed this
fall will be contested for and even the
job as state treasurer may figure as
the contention between several. Judge
Mills and Charles Elmquist, at present
members of the railway commission,
want to be returned and it looks as if
they might have a clear field, but word