The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-10-16
RURAL VOTE TO
ELECT WIN. {. LEE
Responsibility of Republican Success
10 Minnesota Rests on Shoulders
OF Country Voter.

centering tremendous efforts In the
three large cities Of the state. The
vote Is sure to come out in the cities,
and II the cities should control the
coming election, William Il. Lee might
be defeated. II the farmers and the
jewellers In small cities and villages
turn out well on Nov. 3, there will be
nothing. to It" With this In mind
the republican state committee 10 max
ing every effort bend now toward get
ting the vote out. They have nothing
to fear from full and free expression
Of the choice Of Minnesota voters.
William d. Lee IL strong with the
farmers and rural dwellers of Mime
sofa. In the primaries he carried the
state outside of Hennepin, Ramsey
and st. Louis counties BY 10000. He
lost those three counties by nearly
1000. He carried Hennepin by $3.50
votes, but lost st. Louis by 2,440,
which nearly Offset Hennepin, and he
lost Ramsey by 1891 votes. Outside
the three counties the vote stood:
Eberhart, 65,794; Lee, 78.172.
The three large counties In the gen
eral election of 1912 cast 81 per cent
of the total vote. Democrats are
stronger in the cities than they are
In the country. In the primary Of
June 16 there were 1929 republican
votes cast for governor, and Of these
6S.643, or 80 per cent, were in the
three large counties. These counties
cast 1922 Of the total democratic
vote of 42,775, or 80 Per cent It IL
also worth noting that Of the 2,S74
progressive party votes cast In the
primary, 1928 or 46 per cent were cast
in the three large counties.
1t is evident that Lees greatest
strength, and the republican party
strength in general, lies In the country,
and it behooves Mr.. Lees friends In
the country districts Of the state to
get their neigbbors out to vote. Lee
is pretty sure to carry Hennepin
ctunty again, but the democrats are
fl,hting hard for It, and Ramsey 10
likely to 60 for Hammond by . good
margin.
Mr.. Lee has developed splendidly In
the qualities of an aggressive cam
paigner. He Is inspired by the Jus
tice of his cause and has warmed to
his task splendidly. He came back
with sumner of q reply to Mr.. Ham
mond's Red Wing speech. Mr.. Lees
speech at Buffalo put Mr.. Hammond
right where he belongs, in the lime
light as the brewers apologist and 40
their candt dat o III % Rs kaRp sSht
The issue is very clearly presented
now to the voters. Nobody will have
any excuse for misunderstanding Il
Mr.. Lee, at Buffalo, showed clearly
that democrats were the political back
bone of the brewery political machine,
but he did not deny that republicans
have had hand in It, too. Some Of
the brewery-retained men In the re-
publican party are known to be work
Ing their heads OF now to elect Mr.
Hammc nd. They are doing It secretly,
of course, but they are lining up strik
ers and hangers-on, distributing brew
cry money to them and teaching them
stories to be repeated by word Of
mouth, stirring up prejudice against
Lee in every conceivable way.
Fred B. Lynch. democratic patronage
boss Of Minnesota, and the man who
made Mr.. Hammond o candidate for
governor, knows that his prestige In
Minnesota and at Washington will SUI
fer by Hammond's defeat. He has
been in Washington calling for help,
and sent back word that he had in
duced President Wilson to write let
ter urging the election Of Hammond
and of democratic candidates for CON.
gress.
Mr.. Lynch also announced that VIII
liam J. Bryan will come to the Twin
Cities to speak on Oct. ~. Now there
is a lot of speculation as to what Mr..
Bryan will say about Hammond, Il
anything at all. In the first place, Mr..
Bryan's strong views on county option
are we'll known. Because Mayor Jim
Dahlman, of Omaha, who was nomi-
mated for governor by the democrats
Of Nebraska, ne out against county
option, Mr.. IL an openly bolted In
1910. Now that Mr.. Hammond has
taken the same position as Dahlman,
how can Bryan advocate his election,
IL the query.
Minnesota democrats also remember
the terrific scoring VIM. ]. Bryan gave
| Hammond when he followed Ham.
mond on the program Of the big demo
J cratic dinner in st. Paul on June 1.
, 1911. Mr.. Bryan had been denounc-
ing the democratic leaders In the
house for not putting raw wool on the
| free list. On arrival In st. Paul he
| gave out an interview terming Oscar
| Underwood and the other members Of
the ways and means committee pro
| tectionists. Mr.. Hammond also ar
| rived and gave out an interview de
Tending his committees action. When
called on at the dinner Mr.. Hammond
avoided the subject carefully. With
an appeal for harmony he adroitly
passed the tip to Bryan to keep OF
the troublesome topic. This only
aroused the Commoner, and he waded
right in, denouncing the democratic
leaders for perpetuating "the backbone
Of the protective system"
Talk about harmony" shouted
Bryan, with flashing eyes, fixing Ham
mond with his gaze. "You can't have
harmony under that kind of leader
ship unless you betray party prin
| ciples."
| Bryan is not a man to compromise
or recant his views. IL he comes u
Minnesota, 1t is pretty certain that hi
speeches will deal In generalities ant
In extolling the Wilson administration
II Fred B. Lynch loses out on Ham
mond and fails to send any democratic
to congress from Minnesota, he ma,
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