The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-02-26
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Furthermore, ! Shall Pay all my own
Expenses Incident to the
Of Campaign
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Long Prairie Man, as Candidate for
- Governor, Presents Issue o1s
no ,sIan1t .EtAndI Plansr iBD1t5 18ado.
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bAND policy IS pc CRITICIZED
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4 advocates 1oau,essy System stem Whereby Pro.pec.-
ia tive Settlers May Buy of State
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| a. If Il am fortunate enough to be!
nominated m ated and elected, there will be
no dust on my knees when I take the
governors chair said William E.
Zee III Statement made to the Pion-f
eer this morning Mr.. Lee is a can
didate for the Republican nomination
for governor at the coming state. con,
ventlon. and is at present making a
tour Of northern Minnesota feeling; .
out the Sentiment in this section Of
the state3as92@H -5Woq 9dJ ash so!l
Continuing the conversation, he
sa id: ''Furthermore,-1sha11-pay all
of my own expenses incident to the
campaign. I do not feel that any man,
can serve the people when he is un-
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f'The realtissue of the coming CAM
paign is not that of competing men.
It is. the, fight to control the state
controlled by the machine or; by the
people? In former conventions, the
interests have manipulated the whole
thing. 8 sf the people are to control )
the convention this year, they will
have to. be at least FentyfVe per
cent. stronger than the machine, for
the latter has prestige money and
skilled politicians at its command. 2
The people cannot neglect the prima-s;
ries and then hope for results. -
'aa Progressives first, Lee second.
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pose to put the Progressive move
ment as of first Importance and Lee
of second. find that all through
the northern and western part of
the state g the Progressive movement
is strong. With the people N with :
whom l have=taiked,- the movement
is the principle at stake, and not so
much attention IS being paid to can
didates. Roosevelt and La Toilette
appear equally popular and I believe, !,
that if Progressive. delegations con55
trol, the state convention that it. will ,
be secondary matter to- find the
right man to lead the fight Get the :
machine touto first. and then if they
wish to nominate me, all right p'd5Hoi
SD Mr.. Lee arrived in Bemidji, this
morning over the 500 line, coming
from Thief River Falls. His trip has.
taken in Alexandria, Fergus Falls, s,Is
Moorhead, Ada, Warren and Thief o.
River Falls He said that he O was +
looking over the territory SO that
when the time came to make the reali'i
campaign, he would be in touch with z
the local situations. 'fat . itt5 - = ~
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Change Needed in Land System. .
- Advocating a change in the sys-
tenn 81 handling state lands, Mr.. Lee,
said that at present there was no in i
formation on file as to the nature
of the lands the state had for sale.
BY looking at q the present records,
tie irrespective purchaser could not
tell whether his land was timber, s
prairie or " hill e country. Further
more, after having selected q piece,
he usually found that he had to wait
until the, next state SALE often; time.
losing a year in the process t99d#tsSt
Z 5.sI, would advocate, ,a he, said, sac
system whereby accurate i surveys
would he emadehof all state land and 8
tile descriptions be placed on file
with the county auditor together with
the price per acre at which the state
IS willing, to sell the land. Then if i
an immigrant finds piece that suits
him. he can pay the county auditor
The said price of the land and settle i
hponisit at onceastT This would allow Y
sd1melof the men to settle in Mime
sofa ahwho9 are now going through to-
other states.
..ssIn order to avoid the lands fall
ing into the hands Of speculators,
would recommend that a provision be
made thetsthes setIler hatesto iseson
The land for q certain length OF time !
hnds dsmake aceftain Improvements bea
fore IFS title would Sc = validated:
The present system forces specuIatf
II adaition ats5 its 9thsf optaettfoanaels tta
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