Little Falls herald., 1914-10-16

boys get it, they told him SO without
anv mincing Of words. As the Lee
expense accounts show, Secretary OF
State Schmahl, Attorney General
Smith and some Of the other candi-
dates each contributed 5000 to the
state central committee for campaign
purposes, but they might just as well
have dropped it in the river as Tar as
any return is concerned. Lees COM
mittee simply appropriated the; various
contributions to boost Lee exclusively.
Some posters carrying their pictures
was all the minor candidates got out
Of it. Mr.. Lee, from all accounts, has
not even taken the trouble to mention
the minor candidates in his speaking
campaign, and the same applies to tons
Of campaign literature being sent out
from headquarters. 1t is Lee, and
nothing but Lee. On the contrary,
some Of Mr.. Lees utterances, at least
before the primaries, were not COM
plimentary to the other republican can
didates and they did not seem in
clined to give their time and money to
the special train stunt.
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Reports of Hammond sentiment con-
tinue to come into the state headquar-
ters in St. Paul. Mr.. Hammond s re-
turn to congress to attend to his duties
has received wide publicity, and this
seems to be making him almost as many
votes as if he were at home campaign
ing. The good reports do not come
from democratic strongholds, either.
Party politics seems to have been
dropped this year. The non-partlsan
election of county and legislative can
didates is largely responsible for this.
The tendency is to consider the best
man, and naturally Hammond is the
gamer. The voters are learning that
Mr.. Hammond is big man, broad
minded, a man of his word, hard
worker, and man who puts duty
above all else. This has made him so
many republican friends that the Lee
managers have had hard time to per-
feet an organization in some of the
counties. The party plea does not get
votes as it used to. If any evidence
if this is wanted it is shown in the
hundreds of Hammond clubs organized
throughout the state in which republi'
can leaders are just as numerous as the
democratic boosters.
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George Lotus, head Of the new
Equity grain exchange, was caller
at the state capitol the other day.
George has been an active republican
and when Lee first broke into the
gubernatorial game. it could not be
said that he was opposed to the Long
Prairie man. "It's Hammond,'' was
the comment when asked how things
looked over the state. ''I am out of
politics, but I can't help hearing things
POLITICAL Mr.. LOTUS come in con-
tact with hundreds of farmers daily
tical.
That Jim Peterson, Of Minneapolis,
is not doing Lee any good on the stump
is indicated by newspaper comment.
The Barnesville Headlight, Lee pa
per, says that "If the republican state
committee thinks it is favoring the
Lee cause by sending out a man like
Peterson into the state to turn loose
such monotonous string of attacks,
it is mistaken organization In
state capitol circles Peterson is re-
garded as a Jonah. His debate in Min
neapolis with John Lind lost Bob Dunn
thousands Of votes in 1904. He came
out for Jacobson, and jacobson went
down to defeat. He was against Eb-
erhart in the two campaigns when
Ehc1hart wcc. Pc. :son's reputation
for being on the losing side will not
suffer now, the way it iooks.
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High praise for w. s. Hammond's
industry and ability is given by
Speaker Champ Clark in a letter to
the state committee, in reply to re-
quest for information regarding the
prospects of congress- adjourning. He
says: "Of course Mr.. Hammond re-
grets and so do that it seems impos-
sible for him or myself or any of the
rest Of US to get away from here. 49,.
Every since his first entrance in the
house, I have regarded Mr.. Hammond
as one of the ablest men in it. I have
found Mr.. Hammond able, punctual,
faithful and extraordinary useful. He
has made great congressman. I be-
lieve he will make a great governor. -
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Records Of the state fair board show
that in 1909 w. E. Lee,. then mem
Der of the board, made the motion to
give all heads Of state departments a
season pass to the gates and grand
stand, and all other state employees a
one.day ticket to the gates and grand
stand. Mr.. Lee seconded the motion
providing that building be set aside
for the entertainment Of legislative
members at the fair. Under this md,
tion the state paid 1921 to eight men,
three Of them legislative members, for
entertaining other legislative mem
bers at the fair. Mr.. Lee was mem
Der of committee of two which
spent $100 of state money buying din
ners for legislative members at the
fair that year.
: Hammond headquarters in st. Paul
have been besieged with hundreds of
for Hammond buttons. But
tons cost money, and owing to it's lin
tied campaign fund the committee has
not felt that it could afford this lux.
ury. The expensive colored Lee lith-
ographs which are being sent around
the state indicate that economy this