Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-05-17

ty as far as the opposition to the adj
ministration is concerned would not
be complete without calling attention
to the activities of some of the gov
ernors friends in the interest Of w. E..
Lee. With the knowledge that his ex-
cellency was in bad in the county this
transfer of sympathies was undoubted-
~ for the purpose of discounting Mr..
Gordon in his own district. Still this
view and the sudden administration
activity in Mr.. Lees behalf was cloud
ed by the presence of P. J. Young
dahl and others prominently connect
ed with the Anti-Saloon league, who
worked industriously for the Long
Prairie man. There was no lack OF
support in this respect. This bundling
of supposed warning interests into
the same bed only further leads to the
prediction that the campaign is going
to be a warm one and that nothing
will be overlooked by those involved
in securing an advantage.
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If outward appearances indicate
anything Governor Eberhart is little
disturbed over the attacks being made
upon him by his rivals, but just the
same he has his hand on the public
pulse and he is we'll aware of the dis
content in many quarters. It comes
in the shape of newspaper clippings,
not to speak of reports from close
friends. However he has said that
he will not make any pre-convention
fight to speak Of and his determine
ton not to do so seems to be borne
out in a general unwillingness to dis
cuss or meet any of the attacks from
the other side. He believes that his
stewardship is sufficient answer. This
does not mean. though. that his eX-
eellency is not working. In his case
it is going to be battle of wits
! against the sledge hammers of the
other side. Many bits of correspond
ence go out that the public knows lit
tie about, lots of conferences, trivial
| to all appearances, take place and
quite few alliances are being made.
All this does not show up on the sur
face, but it is one way of reaching the
final result.
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This is bad year for the gang and
political boss, as was evidenced in ST.
Paul last week when r. T. O'Connor
better known as the CARDINAL" AMI
his Eeutenants went down to defeat
The count was close, but it was none
the less effective. Into the discard
went Otto Bremen, treasurer of the
Schmidt Brewing company, the Demo
cratic candidate for mayor, and prac
tically all the other candidates for i'm
portant offices on the ticket. The
old town even adopted the commission
form OF government, which goes int
effect two years from now. AS accept
e ed by the public it was a fight be
tween rival breWeries, with the Hamn
concern on the Keller side. of the
house, but the voting public was more
concerned regarding gang rule thar
which beverage it favored and The
OConnor defeat came as a result
The story is abroad, though, tina
while the sympathies of the Hamn
crowd might have been with the Kel
Ter forces at the start hands off, wa
the feature at the finish. l am toll
: the O'Connor forces threatened re
taliation, win or lose, and there wa
no Hamm activity after that.
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Snrna hthnF hA 6as
of the difficulty but it looks as if tn
state board of control would be com
> PEELED to recommend to the next leg
islature the construction of a fourtl
insane asylum. They say a new hos
pftal would be much better than add
ing to the present institutions. On
of the largest hospitals for the insan
Is that at Rochester and when tn
board visited it last patients Wer
sleeping in the corridors and on tn
porches. In the wards the beds wer
so closely packed together as to CON
pei the inmates to walk over the 9th
er patients in order to reach thei
own sleeping quarters. The attend
ants in ministering to the wants Q
the sick have to walk across the bed
in order to reach them. And yet thi
year, in Difference to the demands @
number, with influential city paper
to back them and the treatise writin
activities of others, the state is bulk
ing an expensive hospital for t1
! reformation of DRINKS and has a