Willmar tribune., 1914-09-23

w I'LL Wucdts SILL dUOVo Tue OO1l6T
mark, they will have a hard time get
ting the farmers stirred up over this
issue. But the use of this issue by
the Lee people is significant, for, as
the Duluth Herald says, "What has
the tariff to do with the governorship
of Minnesota?" To urge this as an is-
sue is to confess complete bankruptcy
not only of issues, but of reasons why
Mr.. Lee should be favored" Never
theless full and fair discussion of
the tariff question will do no harm to
Mr.. Hammond, but may not reflect |
great credit on those Republicans
who, by opposing the Underwood bill,
were voting to retain the Payne-Ald-
rich bill.
1t is queer what difference a few
months make. This year, when Can
didate Lee says he will use his inf1u- |
ence to pass county option bill, while |
w. S. Hammond holds that the people !
will decide the question by their votes
on the legislative candidates, the Min
neapolis Journal commends Lee and
criticises Hammond. But when Gov
ernor Eberhart, in March, 1910, told
a gathering Of county optionists that
he would sign a bill but 60 no farther,
the Journal said, "There is common
sense in this attitude. The Governor
went as far as he properly could.
County option is legislative question
and must be- settled as SUCH" When
James Gray, Eberhart's opponent,
promised to recommend a county op.
tion bill to the legislature, the Jour-
nal of September %, 1910, said, "This
| is spectacular rather than important.
The legislature is not likely to be in
fuenced one way or the other by
gubernatorial declaration. October s.
1910, after Governor Eberhart in his
keynote speech had reiterated his
pledge to sign county option bill f
passed, the Journal said, more he
cannot do. Nor can his opponent do
more. The question is purely legisla-
tive. If the voters want county op-
ton law, they can get it by electing
county option legislature, and in no
other way" Nor was the Journal al
ways so enthusiastic over Lee and his
platform. When Lee, in the middle ct
his 1912 campaign for governor, came
out for county option in a speech at
Wayzata, the Journal only thought
that "Mr. Lees speech will be consid-
cred a bid for the support Of county
ontiOn men over the state"
Minnesota pays its Governor a sal.
ary of $1,000 a year. Up to date, VIM.
E. Lee, the Republican candidate for
this Office, has spent total of $5,-
742.4O for campaign expenses. But
then there is no telling what a twen-
ty-year itch for Office will make a man
do-Pine River Sentinel-Blaze, (Rep.)
| 49,
OF all the good things Lees sup
porters are saying about him, not one,
to our knowledge, has ever mentioned
his past record made in the state leg
islature, speaker Of the house, chair
man Of the board of control, etc. Dur
ing all those years he has served the
state, he must have accomplished
something for the people Of the state,
worth mentioning. This business ad-
ministration" hobby does not give the
people proof that it's anything more
than a campaign pun.-Vesta Censor,
(Rep.).
Out of some $50 state exchanges
reaching the Daily Eagle Office there
is only one which is really strong for
VIM. E. Lee of Long Prairie for COVER
nor, and that one is the Long Prairie
Leader, Mr.. Lees own paper. No &C.
count need be taken of Jim Hills Min
neapolis Journal, its support being a
foregone conclusion on account of Mr..
Lee being the selection of the Great
Northern railroad magnate for COVER
nor.-Red Wing Daily Eagle.
Which is the safest to trust as gov
ernor of the great state of Minnesota,
the man who remains at his post in
Congress to assist the administration
through these perilous times or the
man who is spending months of time
and thousands of dollars to satisfy his
vain ambition or in order to get con-
troll of the states finances Erie
Eleven Towns.
Most of the voters in the southern
portion Of the state are joining Ham.
mond clubs. This means something.
I-Anoka Union, (Rep.).
We commend Congressman Ham
mond for his devotion to his plain du-
ty. If the voters look at it in the
same light, his refusal to come home
to make speeches till his work In con.
gress is done, will result In his elec-
tion.-Wheelock's Weekly.
Republicans assure us that there Ia
absolute peace and harmony within
the state party, but 1t appears to oe
Of the kind that requires heavy fight
ing to keep it in working order.-Mes-
aba. Ore.
81 Hon. W. s. Hammond, the next gov.
ernor of Minnesota, Is attending strict