Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1914-01-09
ECONOMY BODY
RI,9nING WILD
Said to Fave Soften Away From
EbaFhaFt Control.
PLAN TO DELIVER The GOODS
Committee Members Would Refuts
Idea That Appointments Were
Made for Political Purposes.
PLAN TO DELIVER The GOODS

has gotten away from him and is
preparing for trouble, but if such is
the fact his excellency did not show
any nervousness when, as witness
summoned by order of H. ]. Hughes,
a member of the commission, he APP
peared before Group B." better
known as the public domain commit
tee of the commission, and aired his
views on centralized government.
The meeting of Group B, which is a
subdivision of the commission u
thirty named by the governor follow
ing the announcement of the candi-
dacy of S. G. Iverson, took place last
week at the state capitol and is the
first of a series of subcommittee
meetings to follow. With much of
his time devoted to speaking trips
outside the state Governor Eberhart
has earned the title of the travelling
governor, all of which has been re-
sponsible for a line of talk to the eff
feet that what little he did know of
state affairs was confined to the APP
pointment of certain individuals
whose influence would be most eff
fectiYe about election time. Well, If
such is the case he certainly disap-
pointed those who have been hoping
to pay few election bets on this al
legged failing when he appeared be-
fore the committee 1 speak of. To
use a slang remark. his batting aver
age was better than 100. lie had an
answer for every question tut to him
BY the members of the c, nittee and
his knowledge regarding % govern
ment as it is at presen- conducted
was remarkable. He knew the per-
sonnet of every state board or com
mission, its duties, where it was de-
6c4ent and the remedy needed to cure
the ills complained of. AS to his own
views centralized government was
the only cure for a disease that had
been fifty years in the making, and
he pleaded with the committee to the
effect that if it had the best wishes
Of the taxpayers at heart in the job
Of remaking the government of the
state 1t would make the governor re-
sponsible for everything. 1--WE have
a biennial recall in this state" said
his excellency, "and that recall is the
voice of the voters every two years.
Put the burden on the governors
shoulders and if he is a man he will
not shirk his duty"
j. \ !.
Why Governor Eberhart should get
in bad with a commission of his own
creation, especially one concerned
with the elimination Of abuses now
eharacterizing the government of the
state, is unexpIainable, but just the
same the gossips will have it that the
present economy and efficiency com
mission is not entirely with the gov
ernor. The gossips, of course, go on
the theory that his excellency, in
naming the commission l speak of,
did so for his own benefit, hoping to
beat Sam Iyerson, who is his rival
for the Republican nomination, to it.
One thing is certain, Governor Eber-
hart would have liked to have had
George Authier secretary of the com
mission and from all accounts wires
were laid 10 bring about Mr.. Au-
theirs appointment, but for some
reason or another John Stone Par
dee of Duluth was named instead
Pardee was formerly a Twin City
newspaper man, later he was picked
to head a newspaper enterprise in
Duluth and when that failed he was
attached to the Duluth chamber OF
commerce. When it comes to brains
no one has it on Pardee, but as l get
it the reason he never made good in
q newspaper, way was because of his
visionary ideas. The practical ap
peals to him, but it does not have any
part in his deductions. AS they tel
Il down here C. A. Congdon, T. T
Hudson and other members of the
commission named by Governor Eber
hart, full with the idea that they
we're being used for political purposes
GOT their heads together and decided
tAat they would deliver the goods in
stead. AS a result George Authiel
was discarded and Pardee named
Entrusted with duty most important
14LSLd4ly-, 0N6IyDUUJ- WISHES LIE COIL
mission success, but honestly have
my doubts. The future does not looE
any too bright. We decry politics
and occasionally send to the discard
those who attempt to use it in tbs
Hartherance of schemes designed tt
be in aid of moral and civic uplift
but at that real politics is based OF
the practical and when it comes tt
the test it has the idealist beat Z
mile.
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In the new Tenth congressional
district Senator Johnson of Chisag,
county is due to give Congressman
Manahan. who viii ask to be return
: ed, the run of his life because of tn,
{. latter's vote on the Underwood tarif
n bill wv in the Second distric