Morris tribune., 1914-03-13
ALL ASPIRANTS
TO STAYIN RACE.
Opponents Of Eberhart Object
to Elimination Scheme.
PETERSON STARTS CAMPAIGN
Opens at Minneapolis and Will Follow
With Meetings Throughout
the State.

ta's political future lies in the wiping
out of the present Eberhart admins.
tration. With an anti-Eberhart broad.
side characteristic of the man, James
A. Peterson tore the covering off the
ball at a big Peterson meeting in
Minneapolis. With the close of his first
rally Mr.. Peterson announced a series
of gatherings to be held in the Mill
City, with others to follow through,
out the state. The meeting was a
success. Jim, it had to be said, was
in good form and what he did not
say regarding alleged rotten existing
political and administrative condi-
tons is not worth relating here. SUI
flee it to say the speech was thorough
ly Peterson. With Mr.. Peterson a
late conner in the game the talk up
here, as far as the opposition is con-
cerned, has run mostly to State Audi
tor Iverson, who was the first Repub-
Iican gubernatorial candidate to pay
over his $50 and file, but during the
last two weeks Jim has been forcing
even the administration, which re
CARDS everything anti as pretty much
a joke, to sit up and take notice. The
Minneapolis man has been travelling
over the state day and night and he
declares from his observations that
the Eberhart star has set. He has
even taken into camp that seasoned,
war horse, R. c. Dunn of Princeton,
who, while in ST. Paul last week,
said he was for Jim Peterson for
governor and he wanted all his
friends to know it. Peterson for
governor and Henry Rines for state
auditor; that's my platform this
year" announced the Princeton man.
And Bob, mind you, is in earnest; he
thinks Jim has better than chance.
What Mr.. Peterson said in his
speech, how he flayed the administra-
ton and what he promised to do if
elected has been told in the daily
papers. A feature of his speech was
his side attack on S. G. Iverson, his
rival. Jim, for some reason or an
other, has never cottoned to the pres
cent state auditor and in his Minneap-
oils speech he was just as caustic
with that official as he was denuncia-
tory in the case of Governor Eberhart.
Mr.. IYerson, he limited, had admins
tration leanings, not to speak of
friendly relations with the predatory
interests. To accept Jim's version of
it Sam is sinply in the game to gum
the cards and he had been engaged
in the cumming process long before
he became a candidate. With the
majority of those at the meeting, and
it was a good gathering at that, the
speech appealed and it was cheered
to the echo, but l am afraid Jim will
have hard job trying to convince a
lot of people that Sam Iverson is not
on the square.
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With Jim Peterson tearing the COW
er off the ball, Sam Iverson sitting
tight, as usual, and Bill Lee chasing
the gubernatorial bee through the
medium of letters in which a central
ization of effort is advised, the guber-
Material question now resolves itself
into what will the elimination harvest
be? Will the progressive Republic
an gathering scheduled for March 19
at Minneapolis be able to pull the
elimination act off? Kingmakers in
this neck of the woods are making
bets that while an elimination pro.
gram may be adopted the eliminated
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I gather, will accept if the lightning
happens to strike him; likewise Sam
Iverson, and ditto Bill Lee. In any
event Peterson expects to win, for ii
he is not named it will be Sam Iver
son, and such, in his opinion, means
a reduction of the field to two, as Mr.
Lee has expressed himself to the eff
feet that if he is not wanted he will
retire. Jim, however, may fail in his
calculations. Down here there is
talk to the effect that the coming Re
publican gathering may abandon the
elimination stunt and devote its la
bors to the preparation of platform
and statement to the public denun
ciatory of Governor Eberhart Rep
resentative Bjornson of Minneota
who is in charge Of the call for The
gathering, has notified all the coun
ties that instructed delegates are no
wanted and this, in way, helps on
the talk.
X : \
John F. Rosenwald of Lac qui Parl,
county, who two years ago gave C. E
Elmquist of the railroad and ware
house commission the run of his poIit
zeal career, is going to take anothe
try at a place on the commission. MI
Rosenwald has filed for the Office o
railroad and warehouse commissions
on the Republican ticket and viii
have G. f. Staples, the present incun
bent, as his rival Typically prod
gct of the soil, and with the bsc.