Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-06-10
COMMENTS ON
STATE TICKET
A Few Opinions Of The Editor
on Next Tuesdays
Election.

Next Tuesday is primary election
day in Minnesota 1t is the first time
such an election is held in June in
this state. The change was made
from September because it was
thought that country people could
more readily leave their work long
enough to go and vote in June than
in the busy times of early fall. We
hope that the people of Kandiyohi
county will evince their interest in
public affairs sufficiently to go and
do their duty on this election day.
Next Tuesday is the day to act All
the talk, argument and. criticism of
public affairs Of the seven hundred
and twenty days between election
days availeth nothing if you do not
use your right to cast the ballot This
county has been short a thousand
or more votes at several recent elec-
tions. Why not all vote next Tues
day?
Regardless of party affiliations at
this election every voter will be
handed ballot on which appears all
candidates for judicial, legislative
and county offices where three or
more candidates contest for an Office.
The two candidates having the larg-
est vote will be placed on the official
ballot at the general election in the
fall and the minority candidates will
be eliminated. Where there are but
one or two candidates for a non
partisan Office the names do not ap-
pear on the primary ballot at all
Besides the above mentioned ballot,
which every voter receives, there
will be party ballots provided next
Tuesday for members of the Republi-
can, Democratic and Progressive pol
itical parties on which such members
will be required to make their choice
of candidates for their party tickets
to be voted on at the general cleo
next fall. On the Prohibition and So
cialist state tickets there are no con-
tests, so that there is nothing to de-
eide for these parties at the primar-
les.
On the Republican ticket there are
six contests. A large share of the
Willmar Tribune readers expect to
cell for this ballot. The editors person.
al leanings are not towards this par
ty, but our readers may be interested
to know what our views are on these
men, nevertheless State issues are
not partisan, and we firmly believe
placed on the nonrpartisan ballot.
Knowing our Independent attitude
our readers will not believe that we
would advocate a bad man for nomi
ton on any party ballot for partisan
reasons.
First of all there is the gubernator
ial contest between Eberhart and Lee
The candidacy of that man Raab o1
Duluth is either that of a cOnceiteC
fool or that of stool pigeon induced
to file in order to divide the vote
Very few voters will be fooled tt
vote for him. The contest is between
Eberhart and Lee. Governor Eber
hart represents the state machine
headed by E. E. Smith of Minneapoli:
and will have the undivided supper
of all the interests which have Tough
progressive measures in Minnesot;
for years back. He is backed by :
host of brilliant appointees and mos
of the smoothest political workers II
the state, who will leave no ston,
unturned to make sure of .his renom
ination and reelection. We have N
hostile feeling personally toward
Gov. Eberhart. On the other hand W.
have some things in common wit
him. But ties of nationality should no
blind the eyes of good citizenship
Whenever attempts are made to us
such connections for partisan purpos
es in favor of policies which one i
convinced are wrong 1t become
doubly ones duty to resent it. Bein
in possession of the party organ
which circulate among the people Q
his own ancestry, however, Gov. Ebe1
hart has big advantage and in az
dition to the strength which enable
him to carry such counties as Stearn
he has this big factor of the 10y;
support from large element who ar
misled to vote for him, not KNOWN
or believing that he stands for an
thing but the welfare of the peopl
This is not so difficult to explain
either, when one considers that til
stand of the present governor is nj
much different from what other R
publican governors have stood fC
in the past. But to us it brings
loathing to think that loyalty to tt
best traditions of race and peop
should be used as catspaw fl
unworthy political purposes and v
believe it will be resented by an i
creasing number of our people. Fro
the time he packed the Senate col
mittees against the people as lieute
ant governor to his vetoes Of tt
Minnette and Nolan bills as governc
Eberhart has never failed the big
terests at crucial times when tn
needed assistance badly. At Il
same time they are too shrewd al
value his usefulness too much not
expect him to do the right thing
Z: the public interest in minor matte
and appointments.