Mower County transcript., 1914-10-14
.RURA vOI TO
fLECI WM. LEE.
Responslbilltyot Republican Success
10 Minnesota Rests on Shoulders
of Country Voter. y.

VI OVuiltTy VVlGE &s:;
I i, Minneapolis, Mimi, Oct. 12.-It =
the country vote Of Minnesota that de-
cldes state sele ections, but II the coun-
try vote does not turn out, the cities
exercise more than their proper share
OF influence. The democrats and their,
allies, the state brewery machine, are
centering tremendous efforts In the
three large cities Of the state. The
vote is sure to. come out In the cities,
and If the cities should control the.
coming election, William e. Lee might
be defeated. If the farmers and the
dwellers in small cities and villages
turn out we'll on Nov. 3, there will be
nothing to it," With this lin mind
the republican state committee is 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 q. Lee is 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, 55,794; Lee, 76,172. IN:
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 Is there were 1922 republican
votes cast for governor, and of these
b8,643, or 30 per cent, were in. the
three large counties. These counties
cast 1922 of the total democratic
vote Of 42,775, or 36 per cent. It is
also worth noting that of the 2,874
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 neighbors out to vote Lee
Is pretty sure to carry ~Hennepin
ctunty again, but the democrats are
fChtlng hard for it, and Ramsey is
likely to go 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 splehdidly. He came back
with q sumner of 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 candidate. He will be kept rfeht
there till the close Of the campaign.
Tho issue is very clearly presented
nav 70 the voters. Nobody will haye
any excuse for misunderstanding e
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 a hand in it, too. Some of
! the brewery-retafhed men in the re-
publican party are known to be work.
Ing their heads of now to elect Mr..
Hammond. 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 candidate for
governor, knows that his prestige in
Minnesota and at Washington will suf-
| fer by Hammohd'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
i and of democratic candidates for con-
! gress.
Mr.. Lynch also announced that Will
! liam J. Bryan will come to the Twin
! Cities to speak on Oct. 81. Now there
d, IL a lot of speculation as to what Mr..
Bryan will say about Hammond, II
! 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, came out against county
option, Mr.. Bryan openly bolted in
1910. Now that Mr.. Hammond has
taken the same position as Dahlman
how can Bryan advocate his election
is the query. <5z.z@ s. ISL. :.s.s;,. .S..5
Minnesota democrats also remember
the terrific scoring VIM. ]. Bryan gave
; Hammond when he followed Ham
mond on the: program Of the big demo
! cratic dinner In St. Paul on June
1911. Mr.. Bryan had been denounc
ing the democratic leaders in thu
house for. not putting raw wool on thu
free list; On arrival in st. Paul ht
gave out an interview termfng Oscal
Underwood and the other members o
the ways and means committee pro
tectionists. Mr. Hammond also ar
!. rived and gave out an interview de
! Tending his committees action. Whel
called 6n at the dinner Mr. Hammont
/ .fVolded the subject carefully. Will
i IN appeal for harmony he adroitl,
passed the tip to Bryan IS keep Of
a the troublesome tonic. Thig 0n1,