Little Falls herald., 1914-02-06
OUR POLITICAL LETTER

oUR PoLIT1oAL LErTER
Speaking of Dan Lawler and the
Lynch designs on his gubernatoria:
ambitions, gather from the talk that
if Congressman Hammond, who is IA
vored by Mr. Lynch and his lieuten.
ants, is brought out for governor that
the flaying the administration end will
receive from Mr.. Lawler win be worth
recording. 1t will be an echo of the
Clark-Wilson fight for control of the
Minnesota delegation and some choice
linen may be aired in the mixup
Hammond, the Lawlerites charge.
though enjoying committee prestige
at the hands of Speaker Clark, forgot
him in his hour Of need and for this
reason he should be treated as an in
CRATE. Besides they hold that Ham.
mond, because of his connection with
the present tariff Law, cannot be
elected. The farmers, they say, would
knife him.
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1t is pretty certain that the mini
en- passed by the last legislature will
be attacked in the courts on the
ground that it is unconstitutional.
This was made plain by Rome G.
Brown Of Minneapolis in a hearing
on the law before Attorney General
Smith. Mr.. Brown, who represents
employers of labor affected by the act,
says the law is unavoidable and un.
enforceable as we'll as uncOnstitu-
tional About all the commission
which resulted from the passage OF
this law has done since it's creation
has been to draw on the $4,000 a
year set aside for its maintenance.
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Fl. ]. Maxfield, former state .immi.
grafton commissioner, has filed for
the Republican nomination for con-
gress in the Sixth district. He is CO.
ing to contest the present incumbent,
Congressman Lindbergh, and accord
ing to close friends the fight that will
We waged will be hot one. Whether
Lindbergh will elect to go after his
present job or throw his hat into the
Bull Moose gubernatorial ring is not
known at this time, but if he does
try for his Washington job it is gen.
orally agreed that he will have the
fight OF hi, life on his hands. Max
field is some campaigner and is we'll
known in the district. His home is
at Wadcna.
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Quite faw of the wise ones are
arguing that Bull Moose candidate
for governor stands an excellent show
of election: They point; out that the
present fight in the ranks of the two
old parties will force votes to a Pro-
gressive. W. H. Lee of. Long Prairie,
it is reported, is inclined to take this
view of the situation and friends have
been putting the same thing up to
Congressman Lindbergh, but so far
the two have refused to bite.
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Admirers of the extreme in:election
and primary legislation cannot but
view with salarHl the sent Aan<1
to relegate to the discard some 1T: the
| undoubted misfits which 1oRs5adorn
the various statute books. There are
! wise ones who argue thatthe next six
years will see modified convention
system in Minnesota and that the nom
partisan feature Of present election
and primary lawstawill be dropped;
| One paper, the Minneapolis Journal,
! has already taken up the cudgel in
behalf of some kind Of political
conference and the plea.fs spreading.
Another election and the cry will be
louder. s~s: vu i:
!. Adam Bede, former congressman
from the Eighth district 1andaa noted
| wit: has absolutely no use for the
new order OF things in matters polfti-
cal and never fails to air; hisl views:
when he can. It is said of him that
he was a guest at a banquet given to
a we'll known Minneapolis newspaper
man about to depart for. another field
and that one of the principal speakers
was: Archbishop Ireland. The remarks
of the archbishop were quite pointed
and in his talk he roundly scored the
tendency toward Socialistic ideas and
their incorporation in matters polite.
Mr.. Bede was favorably impressed
and, rising as the archbishop sat
down, said: "Yes, your grace, if the
primary law was compulsory in the
Catholic church You would have Billy
Sunday as pope" The audacity of the
remark rather startled the guests, but
the archbishop only laughed and after
a slight pause said: Il guess you
are right q
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The state is being flooded with a
two-page letter sent out by an organ
ization styling itself the Minnesota
State Railway Employees Protective
association, attacking the eastman
distance tariff law. The letter is pre-
sumably for railroad employees only,
but many others are being made the
recipients of copies. The idea of