Morris tribune., 1912-07-26

Former Attorney General Il. I.
Youngs hat is in the ring, He an
nounced himself as Republican
gubernatorial candidate Friday and
signaled the event by opening head
quarters in the Ryan hotel in st. Paul
and at the same time taking fall out
of James A. Tawney of Winona for
pFesuming to take him to task for
stating that President Tat stole the
domination at the Chicago Convention.
His answer was Of the peppery kind
and Jim was the beneficiary to an ex.
tent that left little IN the way of re-
turn Mr.. Young completed term as
attorney general that was the most
creditable in the history of the state
He compelled many REFORMS, forced
restitution in cases that were literally
outlawed and laid the ground work
Tor a number Of processes that were
later realized by his successor. 1t
might be said that he was one Of the
best attorney generals Minnesota ever
had. In making the race for governor
he has named Kay Todd, st. Paul
attorney, as his manager and here he
again showed good judgment Mr..
Todd Is clean and knows the game.
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But with all this to his credit the
question arises has Mr.. Young any
chance? He should If merit and faith
full stewardship counts for anything.
but there are those who are fearful
that his candidacy will mean only One
thing and that is the cumming up of
the cards for the entire opposition to
Mr. Eberhart. They are fraid that he
Will draw from other accepted progress
sive candidates instead of the admin
istra&1on. This, of course, is their
side Of the story. It is only natural
that they should resent the entrance
Of any more contestants for Governor
Eberhart's job, but the fact remains
that Mr.. Young's announcement does
not add anything to the general har-
Daony in the opposition ranks. The
former attorney general was candf'
date four years ago for the Republic
an nomination, but withdrew when be
saw that the nomination of J. F. Jacob
son was inevitable. He halls from the
Seventh district, but st. Paul is his
present residence. Ed never was
counted as whirlwind Of politician
but he has a good record. And there
are lot who lack the latter.
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Former Congressman Tawney'.
ZANE is figuring in connection with
his old job, but the general belief VI
here is that he will have none of it
Thomas Frazer, lawyer at Roches
ter, is responsible for the rumor, bu
those protesting to know say that thu
talk is in the interest Of Sidney An
derson, the present incumbent Mr.
Frazer is reported candidate for at
torney general against Lyndon A
Smith. Most anything goes in thesl
days Of political wind tanning AM
hypocricy, but one of the strang
things is the indifference of the pres
ent First district congressman to thu
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little to commend him Anderson
tackled one Of the strongest men II
the state, James A. Tawney, and won
Insurgency was just then beginning t
be felt and MI. Anderson had from
seat. Little has been heard of hin
while in congress and much less sine
the new order of things became tn
vogue and now the question prompt
itself, who does he belong to? Cir
ton Robinson of Winona, a Democra
and member of the last legislature
has announced himself as a candidat
for the place and as both have abou
the same amount of public experienc
the outcome is awaited with interes
AS for Mr.. Tawney he is getting SO
900 a year now as a member Of tn
international boundaries commissio
and do not think he would relir
quish it for one with salary whic
Is much less. It's against human naturs
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George L. Mattson Of Roseau file
for the Republican nomination for SCI
rotary of state last week and his cal
didacy has been received with fave
by number of brother editors. M