The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-11-04
is pitiful confession on the part of
the governor Of the state.
Sane Business Ignored

is pltlful confession on the part of
the governor Of the state.
Sane Business Ignored
ut is little wonder that the legisla-
ture refuses to heed the advice Of the
governor, because, as is probably well
known to the members of the legisla-
ture, the executive department is the
worst managed of all state depart
ments. Every sane business principle
is ignored, as told the voters in the
last primary campaign.
with the exception of the COVER
nor's side issue of public utility, every
reform he and Auditor Iverson are now
advocating were urged by me last
year, and the governor then denied the
facts as stated by me, while the audi
tor who knew that was telling the alb
solute facts was as silent as clam.
Now he is taking up the things I
preached all over the state, and makes
them his issue in this campaign. Thus
have | been Endorsed by both the can
didates for governor now in the field
this year.
Eberhart Must Be Unloaded
"My position is this: I want to see
"a better business administration of
state affairs. This cannot be secured
until we unload the man now in control
of affairs. We are not going to do that
as long as we divide the opposition to
Governor Eberhart into supporting
three or four more candidates against
him. That is just what the machine
wants. That was just how they won
out last year.
"This fact is well known to the men
who aspire to be candidates. Yet the
chances are that there will be bigger
field of candidates next year than there
was last year. | have been trying to
concentrate the men who want better
business administration and who are
anxious to stop the extravaganza of
public money, on one candidate who
can thus be nominated and elected
Personally l am willing to enter into
any understanding that will bring a.
bout this result, and will cheerfully
abide by the result. There must be a
patriotic effort to win, and I am very
willing to lay aside any ambition l
may have and support the one candi-
date that can be agreed upon to oppose
Eberhart. / am quite ready to say
that no man in the state will give such
candidate more loyal support, both
in time and money.
Chance for MAN From Country"
eff, however, the twin cities come
forward with half a dozen candidates,
as now seems probable, and beside Iver-
son there are James A. Peterson, Fred
Snyder, Senator Elwell and perhaps
Congressman Manahan, all anxious to
get into the field shall certainly be a
candidate myself. I have not yet an
nounced my candidacy, and will not do
so as long as there is hope of concen-
trating the opposition against Governor
Eberhart, which am sure includes a
large majority of the people of the
state.
with three or four candidates for
the republican nomination for governor
all from the twin cities, there would
seem to be good fighting chance for
a man from the country.
"But. understand me, l am perfectly
willing to eliminate myself as a candi-
date, and be worker in the ranks for
reform of state affairs. But the men
who are now talked of for governor,
or who are ambitious to make the race,
must exhibit enough patriotism to get
together and agree to support one can
didate. If there is to be large field
and general mixup-well, am not
afraid to do some fighting myself. -
Minneapolis Journal.