Little Falls herald., 1914-10-30

has been one Of his big hits, coming
Just at time when the farmers and
other property owners are paying the
last half of their real estate taxes.
Mr.. Hammond $ great danger now is
the overconfdence of his friends. The
enthusiasm aroused by his trips through
the state has been so great that some
Of them have been inclined to believe
it might be a landslide. The battle
is not yet won. Mr.. Hsmmond IS
friends must see that the full vote
gets out November 3; that there is no
iet-up in the efforts to insure good gov
ernment by the election Of Mr.. Ham
mond. If the work continues, if the
full vote gets out, there can be no ques
tion Of the result.
That Mr.. Hammond's trip has been
vote-maker is admitted Dy his 0p-
ponents. Charles B. Cheney, political
writer for the Minneapolis Journal,
while he says that "the farmers Of
the western prairies are an unknown.
quantity admits, that "the Ham
mond men met with great deal Of en-
couragement in the villages. Senti.
ment is many of the villages showed
up strong for Hammond. There were
frequent signs Of republican detec
tions. Some old line republicans are
piqued as result of the primary cam
paign.'
\ (From the St. Peter Herald, formerly
owned by Governor Johnson)- Ham
1nond strong enough to win? Reports
which reach the Herald indicate that
he is developing amazing strength. He
is certain to 90 out of Southern Mime
sofa with big majority, and if he is
successful in carrying Hennepin and
Ramsey counties he will win by a
larger majority than did John A. John
son in his first campaign.
If there be those who doubt Mr..
Hammond ability as a vote-getter,
they have only to turn to the returns
of the 1908 election. In that campaign
John A. johnson and Mr.. Hammond
both carried the Second congressional
district. In the eleven counties John
son received total Of 5000 and Ham
mond 1916 votes.
A man who could outstrip johnson
when the latter was at the height Of
his popularity has elements Of poten-
tial strength. It will be displayed to
the complete comprehension Of the Lee
forces two weeks from next Tuesday.
q q
-Four years ago the Minneapolis
journal endorsed Eberhardt and helped
to elect him. In 1914 the Journal ad-
mitted it made mistake and helped
to defeat him. Two years ago the
journal helped elect w. G. Nye mayor
Of Minneapolis. Now It says it made
! a mistake and is trying to defeat him.
If it should succeed in putting over
w. E. Lee for governor, what will it
say about him in 1916?
$$$
Victor E. Lawson, in Willmar Trib:
une.-The editor went up to Morris
and came down on the Hammond spe'
cial in order to get chance to have a
talk with Mr.. Hammond and get an
idea of what his meetings were like
along the line. We are glad we did
In our humble opinion Congressman
Hammond is one Of the ablest and most
sincere men that Minnesota has pro
duced, and if the crowds and enthusi
asm along the line are an indication he
] will get a good vote in this part Of tht
state Nov. 3. OF one thing we became
convinced, and that is that a brewery
corporation or any other interest would
have a more difficult time getting any
undue favors from him than from can
didates opposing him who are making
charges Of brewery control against
Mr.. Hammond.