The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-10-16
RURAL VOTE TO
ELECT VIM. {. LEE.
Responsibility of Republican Success
In Minnesota Rests on Shoulders
Of Country Voter.

Centerlng tremendous EFFORTS In the
three large cities Of the state. The
vote. Is sure to come out In the cities.
and II the cities should control the
coming election, William q. Lee might
be defeated. II the farmers and the
jewellers In small cities and villages
turn out well on Nov. 3, there will be
nothing to It." With this In mind
the republican state committee II max
ing every effort bend now toward get
ting the vote out. They have nothing
to fear from full and free expression
Of the choice Of Minnesota voters.
William ID. Lee Is strong with the
farmers and rural jewellers OF Mime
sofa. In the primaries he carried the
state outside of Hennepin, Ramsey
and st. Louis counties BY 10000. He
lost those three counties by nearly
1000. He carried Hennepin by 1850
votes, but lost st. Louis by 2,440.
which nearly Offset Hennepin. and he
lost Ramsey by 1891 votes. Outside
the three counties the vote stood:
Eberhart, 1874; Lee. 76.172.
The three large counties In the gem
eral election Of 1912 cast 81 per cent
Of the total vote. Democrats are
stronger in the cities than they are
In the country. In the primary Of
June 16 there were 1929 republican
votes cast for governor, and Of these
6S,643, or 80 per cent, were In the
three large counties. These counties
cast 1929 of the total democratic
vote of 42,775, or SO Per cent. Il IL
also worth noting that Of the 2,S74
progressive party votes cast In the
primary, 1928 or As per cent were cast
in the three large counties.
1t is evident that Lees greatest
strength, and the republican party
strength in general. lies In the country,
and 1t behooves Mr.. Lees friends In
get their neighbors out to vote. Lee
is pretty sure to carry Hennepin
ctunty again, but the democrats are
fl,hting hard for It, and Ramsey II
likely to 60 for Hammond BY . good
margin.
Mr.. Lee has developed splendidly IN
the qualities of an aggressive cam
paigner. He Is inspired by the jus
tice of his cause and has warmed to
his task splendidly. He came back
with a sumner of reply to Mr.. Ham
mond's Red Wing speech. Mr.. Lees
speech at Buffalo put Mr.. Hammond
right where he belongs, In the lime
light as the brewers apologist and 40
their candidate. He will be kept right
there till the close Of the campaign.
The issue is very clearly presented
now to the voters. Nobody win have
any excuse for misunderstanding It.
Mr.. Lee, at Buffalo, showed clearly
that democrats were the political back
bone of the brewery political machine,
but he did not deny that republicans
have had a hand In Il, too. Some Of
the brewery-retained men In the 70
publican party are known to be work
Ing their heads on now to elect Mr..
Hammc nd. They are doing II secretly,
of course, but they are lining up strik.
ers and hangers-on, distributing brew.
cry money to them and teaching them
stories to be repeated by word Of
mouth, stirring up prejudice against
Lee in every conceivable way.
Fred B. Lynch, democratic patronage
boss of Minnesota, and the man who
made Mr.. Hammond q candidate FOL
| governor, knows that his prestige In
| Minnesota and at Washington will sui
fer by Hammond's defeat. He has
been in Washington calling for help
and sent back word that he had In
duced President Wilson to write let
| ter urging the election Of Hammond
| and of democratic candidates for con
| gress.
Mr.. Lynch also announced that VIII
liam j. Bryan will come to the Twir
Cities to speak on Oct ~. Now Their,
] Is lot of speculation az to what Mr.
| Bryan will say about Hammond, 1
anything at all. In the first place, Mr.
Bryan's strong views on county option
are we'll known. Because Mayor jim
mated for governor by the Democrat
Of Nebraska, ne out against count!
option, Mr.. Il, an openly bolted II
1910. Now that Mr.. Hammond hal
taken the same position as Dahlman
how can Bryan advocate his election
IL the query.
Minnesota democrats also remembs
the terrific scoring VIM. ]. Bryan CAV
Hammond when he followed Ham
mond on the program Of the big demo
! cratic dinner in st. Paul on June
1911. Mr.. Bryan had been denounc
ing the democratic leaders In tn,
house for not putting raw wool on tn
free list. On arrival in st. Paul b,
gave out an interview terming Osca
Underwood and the other members o
the ways and means committee Pre-
tectionists. Mr.. Hammond also 81
rived and gave out an interview de
tending his committees action. Whel
called on at the dinner Mr.. Harmon.
avoided the subject carefully. Wit
an appeal for harmony he adroitl.
passed the tip to Bryan to keep OF
the troublesome topic. This onl,
aroused the Commoner, and he wade
right in, denouncing the democratic
leaders for perpetuating the backbon
Of the protective system"
Talk about harmony" shoute
Bryan, with flashing eyes, fixing Han
mond with his gaze. "You can't hav
harmony under that kind Of leader
ship unless you betray party prir
ciples."
Bryan Is not man to compromis
or recant his views. II he comes 3
Minnesota, II Is pretty certain that hi
speeches will deal In generalities an
in extolling the Wilson administration
II Fred B. Lynch loses out on Han
mond and fails to send any democrat
to congress from Minnesota, he ma
rz.1 htc c~tr an faHaraI nafpnua ~