New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-08-12

his big speaking guns into that state, and
Gov. Eberhart. is among the number.
His excellency will take up the job Of
attempting to perpetuate the old Guard
as soon as he completes his present south
ern lecture contract-all of which means
that w. E. Lee, the Republican guber-
material nominee, will have to get along
without the governors help so far as his
own candidacy is concerned. Rock
ribbed Republican Maine is not the Re
publican Gibraltar it used to be, and,
according to Chairman Hilles' letter to
Gov. Eberhart inviting him to stump
the state for the Republican ticket, the
need of help at this time is most pressing.
If victory prevails in September it is to
be used as an object lesson for other
states them Minnesota which
have been slipping in Republican way
during the last six years. The chief OBJ
jects of attack are the Progressive move
ment and the Underwood tariff act. The
poor, downtrodden farmer is to be wept
over as he was never wept over before,
and Gov. Eberhart is to furnish some of
the tears.
W. S. Hammond's entrance into the
Democratic gubernatorial arena was
heralded with Joy by the old guard at the
state capitol, for, as they put it, his part
in the framing Of the present tariff would
be enough to condemn him. They fair
ly hungered for the hustings and in anti
cipation dragged out forgotten pro-
lection speeches and brushed up their
memories on needed tariff statistics.
But this eagerness to get at the Demo-
cratic nominee was early in the game and
they have changed their views since and
agreed that if Mr.. Hammond is to be
gotten it will have to be through some
thing other than the tariff. With the
state facing bumper crop and the prices
of all cereals soaring, to attack Mr.. Ham,
mond on his tariff record would be to in
vite sure disaster. In fact the state CAPT.
tol crowd is not any too certain regarding
the political future of those republican
members of the Minnesota delegation
who voted against the Underwood act.
They may have to do some explaining
to the voters before November is reached.
If newspaper well-wishes and support
count for anything, then Carlos Avery
of Hutchinson, the Democratic candidate
for Congress in the Third District, comes
pretty nearly having walkaway. In
the district there are nearly sixty-fve
papers and it is said that more than half
the number have nailed Mr.. Avery's flag
to their mastheads. Mr.. Avery, who
was member of Governor Johnson's
official family when that gallant leader
held forth at the state capitol, has taken
it for granted that the district wants a |
change in it's Washington representative
and is making vigorous campaign.
*Bill' Rich, St. Paul representative
for w. E. Lee, announces this week that
the Republican nominee will make Ram
sey County his headquarters for week,
beginning next Monday, and that he will
be available to all persons and voters who
have grievance. During the primary
campaign Mr.. Lee gave Ramsey County
and the Capitol City strict letting
alone and Mr.. Rich looks upon his alb
sence then as mistake. Though Ramsey
county climbed aboard the Eberhart
band-wagon on two successive occasions
and gave substantial Republican major
ity each time, the chances are decidedly
remote as far as repetition in Mr.. Lees
case is concerned. The opinion here is
general that Hammond will carry the
county by at least ten thousand.
The Rines-Preus authorship recount
continues to drag on, and each day only
adds to the troubles of Mr.. Lee. Last
week St. Louis County was completed
with net gain of twenty-five for Mr..
Rines, but, in the opinion Of many here,
he will have to do better than that if he
is to put the nominee out of business.
The two rivals for the state authorship
are now going over the votes cast in