New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-09-23

string possible for Mr.. Lee and that It's
state connections have been ordered TO
put the Republican candidate acre IS
without fail. It's state connections in
clude a score or more of small banks, n ".
to speak of business concerns whose
credit depends largely on the FIJI st
National Banks aid and friendly auppcrss
on the part of Mr.. Hill and his father, J.
j. Hill.
Why the Hills and their financial &C
nections should take such a sudden
interest in Mr.. Lees candidacy is nat
explained is, not openly-but cr!
the side the gossips will tell you that it
is the result of grievance dating sort:
months back and which had its inception
in the failure on the part of the present
administration to head off some depart
ment regulations affecting the train SER
vice of the Great Northern Railway.
The regulations in question were rules
imposed byDr.H. M .Bracken covering the
service of the Great Northern road
especially and train service on all lines
ingeneral. To be. more specific, DR..
Bracken demanded that every car used
be subjected to thorough cleaning and
fumigation and that all drinking con-
tainers and vessels used on such cars be
of the regulation sanitary type and that
sanitation in their care be most thorough.
That DR.. Bracken's orders called for
additional cost in the way of maintenance
goes without saying, and it is here that the
empire builder is reported to have
delivered an ultimatum. He demanded
the withdrawal OF the order, and when
the administration announced its inability
to bring such about Mr.. Lees nomi-
nation and election were decided upon.
Ever since, the gossips say, the Great
Northern and it's allied interests have
been busy in Mr.. Lees behalf.
Perhaps there are other reasons why
this activity should continue after the
primaries. It will be remembered that
the only substantial railroad rate re-
auctions made in this state were made
under Democratic governors. When
John Lind was governor the railroad
commission, then appointed by the
governor, ordered cuts of from one-half
to two cents per 100 pounds on wheat,
flax and other grains from southern
Minnesota points. John A. Johnson
when governor made the two-cent fare
law an issue and also urged freight rate
reductions. The result was legislation
and orders from the railroad commission
-. Of n
dollars year to the farmers and shippers
of the state.
The predatory interests have never
been a successful factor in Minnesota
politics. The political history Of Mime
sofa is replete with attempts, but they
have won only temporary success.
They fought John Lind, the foremost
Scandinavian in Minnesota, but ne
bested them at every turn. Ihey
fought John A. Johnson, but this only
raised issues which made him more
popular.
No candidate for public favor ever
broke into public life under more adverse
circumstances than w. S. Hammond,
the choice of the State democracy for
governor this year. Pitted against
a man who for years enjoyed the con-
fidence of men high in financial and social
life, his candidacy for Congressman in the
Second district was regarded in the light
of a Joke. J.. T. McCleary, his rival,
was looked upon as invincible, AS the
representative of a purely agricultural
district, Mr.. McC leary's insistent demand
for the continuance of high protective
tariff was regarded as out of the ordi-
and predatory wealth left no stone UNI
turned in an effort to continue his
Washington residence. He was called
the Little Schoolmaster" and his
services as a speaker were in constant
demand whenever the old guard was
under fire. How Mr.. Hammond retired
Mr.. McCleary to private life is now
history. Mr.. McCleary is now con-
nected with the United States Steel
Corporation, one of his creations. That
contest between McCleary and Ham
mond was another instance OF where
predatory wealth interfered and got the
worst of it, and who knows but history
may repeat itself.
The present European war has almost
put politics in the discard. The head
quarters OF DOM guUeIHdtOIldl Cdnu!uaISo
are suffering in consequence, and in the
opinion of many the vote this fall will be
light as result. All this may be true,
but at the same time one cannot get
away from the conclusion that which
ever side suffers it will not be the present
administration at Washington. De
mocracy is not the predominating poll
tical faith in Minnesota, but just the
same there seems to be general desire
on the part of the voters in the North
Star state, to back up President Will
son. That Congressman Hammond will
profit goes without saying and as re-
lot Water is one