The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-20
Moorhead Department
. ANTI MACHINE"
!. ENDORSED LEE

Minneapolis, ,Mtnn,.. MARCH, 90
William, E. Lee, of Long. Prairie, was
unanimously endorsed for. ! governor
yesterday AFTERNOON by the anti-ma-
chlne conference OF republicans, repre-
senting all parts of the state. S. G..
lVerson was quoted just before the
nomination as saying that Governor
Eberhart would not file for the
nomination. when the time for filing
came ~ ..,
THE governor. does not yet real o.
lze the strength of this movements
he said, land as soon. as he does, he
will see Immediately that it would be
futile for hima-to~ attempt to be re-
elected" .a.~.~- -S...- -~...-., ...... .-.~-~
Ahiee by Conference. /
One thousand delegates to. the Min
neapolis 'anti-machine republican
conference, cheered loudly, led by
Chairman j.. +. Jacobson. when Sam
uel G. lverson, state auditor, declar-
ed in an address that he would abide
by, the choice Of the conferencerof a
candidate for governor Mr.. liver
sons adherence made, three f., aspir-
ants who submitted their claims I'M
TeServedly to the conference decision,
William E"Lee and James r. Elwell,
N@AA fN@AS 80
*..'~ Peterson Holds Out.
James A. Peterson, of Hennepin,
alone declined an. unqualified pledge
OF support to the conference decision.
He coupled an offer of support. Of the,
man. selected by saying, provided a
machine man is not nominated" Mr..
Peterson'st announcement, in accord
with his previous, declaration: on that
subject, provoked some heckling from
the floor by those who wanted a.
more specific statement, and he re
peated it, in substantially the same.
words, after, taking the platform a
second, time: g.. ..... ,..>t.|
y. "InyisibIe Government" 81
IDENTIFICATION of the, invisible gov
eminent Of the state of Minnesota.
the machine the alleged control of~the
state administration by the brewery.
and other interests, and emphatic con-
domination of Coy. A.: O. E]berhart's
frequent trips, about the country, bis
Vetoes Of the Nolan and Minnette bills
and his public utility proposals were
contained ina vigorous series of Jreso-'
lutions, submitted by a committee of
Which r. Il. Young was chairman. and
which were adopted.
The resolutions followed the, general
style of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, arraigning Governor EberhartI
IN much the same as George
Ill was denounced in that instruments
.. Jacobson Chairman.
DELEGATES rallied around the county
standards n practically filled the
seats provided by II o'clock in tneI
morning, when Chairman J. F, jacob
son. OF the conference committee, call |
ed the gathering to order. .,.
c. H. March of LitchfeId nominated
Mr.. Jacobson for temporary chair
man, landing him as the man who has
always stood for the common peopleI
or the state. Mr.. Jacobson was elect
ed with a shout, and immediately
aWo5e the: gathering to enthusiasm.
rms is not a conspicuous fraud
by those who have ridiculed it, /
feel that l. am presiding over a body |
or men equal to. any whoever assem-
bled in convention in the history: of |
Minnesota. We hoped to get 400
here for a: state conference and
many. -
No Apology.
We have absolutely no, apologyI
to make for our presence here today. |
| feel absolutely confident that if we
celebrate here as we are a oil
doing, we are going to. name a gov-
This great gathering is a protest |
against the invisible government thatl
has existed in our state for the last
ten years. We are not going to toll
the brewery machine control of
the state any longer. We are going
to run it ourselves
Mr.. Jacobson said that he. felt, hui
when Gov. A. o. Eberhart
tailed. to represent the. state at the |
governors conference which acted on
the Minnesota rate case. He alsoj
condemned the :vetoes. of the public
public utility bills and the extra
utility bills and the extra session in
- r4~.., Pa. 49, g.. ~- .-....s 49,.
ED Smith, said he didn't. want it,"
said Mr.. Jacobson, "and SO Eberhart J
call it, We can't all Of us. get
our first choice he said, ~'or mybe|
second choice, but one thing is
sure, we will get. a better choice than
we have now. Any man who goes
before this conference. and is notl
chosen, but fails to agree by it's
choice, is not big enough to be gov
ernor. We%are not going to elimi-
nate anybody, but by: such action al
candidate would, eliminate HIMSELF
The committee on 4 credentials
ound go delegates present andl
qualified to vote. ~
Rule. Covers Farm Produce.