Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1914-02-27

name Johnson sounds good anG
should bring a lot of votes, but the
owner will not have administration
backing. According to those who
know the Austin man he is in bad
with the Republican machine of thai
section. This should not be handi
cap, but it will not help.
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State Senator Johnson of Chisagc
county was the first to announce him
self as a candidate for the Republican
nomination for congressman in the
new Tenth district and popular opin
ion was to the effect that he would
get Jim Manahan's scalp, but jim
like few others, seems to have been
born under lucky star Last week
the kingmakers said that Senator
Swanson of Anoka was grooming him
self for the fray and now it is re
ported that Senator Dwinnell of Min
neapolis has the bee, and bad at that
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One of the liveliest legislative con,
tests is on in the Sixty-fifth district
where D. P. O'Neil, a former house
member, and G.. L. Hanson, a Thief
River Falls banker, want to represent
Pennington, Red Lake and Clearwater
counties as state senator. Both are
using printers ink in large quantities
Mr. O'Neil was one of the heavy
weights of the last house, but it is
claimed got in bad with his district
because he failed to land a state
normal school for his home town
Dan got the bill through all right anG
a committee supposed to be friendly
to Thief River Falls was picked, but
at the last minute the state admins
tration got busy and another towr
landed the school.
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The coming progressive Republican
love feast, or rather gubernatoria
elimination convention as some tern
it, scheduled for Minneapolis mex
month, is attracting not little atten
ton from politicians throughout the
state. The story now is that Jim Pc
terson, one of the Republican guber
Material candidates, has decided tt
abide by it's deliberations and wall
the plank if the convention so de
! mands. S. G. Iverson is another wht
is reported to be willing to accept it,
findings. There is talk to the effec
| that a scheme is in the making tt
have the convention pass up all tht
| present candidates and name new
cne. Senator Gunderson of Alexan
dria is prominently named in this con
nection.
Governor Eberhart's efficiency an
economy commission is daily fndin!
things and its latest surprise is tina
the number of state inspectors of on
thing or another is close to the so
mark. There are boiler inspector
who inspect as they. please; oil in
speotors, who wax fat the yea
through on the fees they receive; be-
inspectors, milk inspectors and in
spectors of score or more of othe
lines. Some get fees, some just pc
litical preferment and others salaries
All around the commission regard
the lot as burden on the taxpayer
and will recommend the abolishmen
of about half Of them.
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In all eleven constitutional amend
| ments will be presented to the voter
for their consideration next fall. SeS
eral of them are important, anon
| them the initiative and referendum
Another is to increase the size of tn
supreme court. That any of then
will pass is doubtful t}ly those inter
ested in several Of them announc
that they intend soon to start a can
| paign of publicity in their behalf
That the initiative and referendum
will prevail is generally doubted
THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN.