Morris tribune., 1913-11-28

discard county option and other
schemes for the curtailTnent of the
activities of the saloon and from now
on will have complete prohibition as
it's slogan. He attended the conven-
ton of the national organization at
Columbus, o., and prohibition was
the sentiment throughout. This
means, he says, that the league and
the prohibition forces will once more
be on friendly terms, as their cause
is now one. All that the head Of the
prohibition forces in Minnesota says
regarding the league may be true, but
many will doubt the slaughter by the
league of the goose that has laid its
golden eggs for these many years. In
it's palmy days the league gave en-
ployment to many and not a few of
it's leaders became rich. One thing
is to be said of the Prohibition party
those who follow it's banner are on
the square. They have a principle
and stand by it even in the face of
continual defeat.
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Capitol circles continue to be puz-
zled in the matter of the recent filing
by d. w. Lawler Of st. Paul for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomination
Following the registration of his name
Mr.. Lawler, who ordinarily does not
hide his light under the proverbial
bushel, went into hiding and there has
not been peep out of him since The
only statement made by him was that
he would tell the voters a few things
about the first Of the year. 1t has
been pretty fairly established that Mr..
LAWYERS entrance into the game is not
in any way in the interest of National
Committeeman F. 3. Lynch and his
followers. r. T. O'Connor and his
crowd only smile when Dams name is
mentioned. Mr.. Lynch, it is known,
has a leaning toward Representative
Pfaender of New Ulm and if he plays
the game as successfully as he has in
the past Pfaender will be it if he cares
to run.
Whether Governor Eberhart be-
lieYes that his almost daily acceptance
of speechmaking invitations from
places within and outside the state are
really part of his official duty, or that
he does it for the advertising it brings
him, puzzles many who have been
watching his meteoric career for the
past four years. How he stands it
appeals to them the most. When the
state drainage commission toured the
northern part of the state recently he
was a member of the party and those
composing it had an excellent oppor-
tunity to wise up on his strenuous
qualities. The trip, with it's cross
country walks, constant changes of
beds, rough roads and chilly winds,
was a heart breaking one, yet Gov
ernor Eberhart never complained. He
was the first up and the last to bed
and he never failed when called upon
for a public talk. The arm of car
seat often served him for a pillow. He
could WOO slumber most anywhere.
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Minnesota is to have the Opportu-
nifty of seeing and hearing former Gov
ernor Sulzer of New York. The audi
forums in Minneapolis and st. Paul
have been secured for his use. The
topic of his lecture will be "The Trea-
son of Iammany." Promoters in both
cities are planning on big crowds for
the depOsed statesman.
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The expected attack on the nonpar-
tisan primary law has not materialized
as yet, but the delay need not be taken
as meaning that those interested will
allow the law to get by without some
kind of a court test Senator ]. E.
Haycraft of Madelia, who was in Min
neapolis recently, gave it as his opin-
ion that the new primary law was con-
stitutional. There are any number,
though, who have an opposite opinion.
The defective feature of the law is
the title. assaas-ssur~"~4-ts ass.a 49,.
Fsssaaa2sza !. + 4
That the nonpartisan primary law
was bad as far as construction is con-
CSIuSu Was hnOW Il W LlS AOcIOOA0 VI
the last house. They kept quiet until
after its passage and then made
known the fact that they knew it all
the time. The interests, they claimed,
were behind the bill and to have put
up a fight would have meant either
the passage Of worse act or some
thing that would put the progressive
end of the political game in the dis
card for all time.
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Now comes another misdeal in the
shape of the legislative reapportion-
ment law passed by the last legislature.
Two precincts, the Eighth and Tenth,
are missing in the making up of the
Thirty-eighth district and as a result
Senator James Handlan of st. Paul is
without an official residence. The
Thirty-eighth is his district and he
lives in one of the missing precincts.
The error practically disfranchises the
two districts named and the law may
be taken into the courts to have its