Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-08-05
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

On the OLD and exploded CneOry Cndt
as goes Maine so goes the nation,
Chairman C. D. Hilles of the National
Republican Central Committee is pour
ing his big speaking guns into that
state, and Gov. Eberhart is among the
number. His excellency will take up
the job as soon as he completes his
present southern lecture contract-all
of which means that w. E. Lee, the
Republican gubernatorial nominee,
will have to get along without the gov
errors help so far as his own candi-
dacy is concerned. Rock-ribbed Re-
publican Maine is not the Republican
Gibraltar it used to be, and, accord
ing to Chairman Hilles' letter to Gov.
Eberhart inviting him to stump the
state for the Republican ticket, the
need of help at this time is most
pressing.
w. S. Hammond's entrance into the
Democratic gubernatorial arena was
heralded with JOY by the old guard at
the state capitol, for, as they put it,
his part in the framing of the present
tariff would be enough to condemn
him. They fairly hungered for the
hustings and in anticipation dragged
out long-forgotten protection speeches
and brushed up their memories on
needed tariff statistics. But this Gag
erness to get at the Democratic NOM
inee was early in the game and they
have changed their views since and
agreed that if Mr.. Hammond is to be
gotten it will have to be thru some
thing other than the tariff. In fact the
state capitol crowd is not any too GER
tain regarding the political future Of
those Republican members of the
Minnesota delegation who voted
against the Underwood act. They
may have to do some explaining to the
voters before November is reached.
Speaking of the Underwood tariff
and the efforts of the old Republican
guard to make it the chief object Of
bombardment this fall, the St. PAIL
Dispatch in recent editorial declines
with thanks line of Eastern press
matter calculated to incite reprisal on
the part of the farmers of the country.
Copies of the press matter received,
the Dispatch says, are palpably false
on their face and it cannot see it's
way clear to inflict such matter on it's
readers.
"Bill'' Rich, St. Paul representative
for w. E. Lee, announces this week
that the Republican nominee will
make Ramsey county his headquarters
for week beginning next Monday,
and that he will be available to all
persons and voters who have griey-
ance. During the primary campaign,
Mr.. Lee gave Ramsey county and the
Capitol City strict letting-alone and
Mr.. Rich looks upon his absence then
as mistake.
The Rines-Preus authorship re-
count continues to drag on, and each.
day only adds to the troubles of Mr..
Lee. Last week St. Louis county was
completed with a net gain OF twenty
five for Mr.. Rines, but, in the opin-
ion of many here, he will have to do
better than that if he is to put the
nominee out of business. The two RI
walls for the state authorship ere now
going over the votes cast in Anoka
county. Whether by accident or de-
sign, the recount of the votes cast in
St. Louis brought to light the fact that
the rotation feature of the primary
law in connection with this particular
Office had not been observed. Mr..
Preus' name led the list, and as re-
suit Of the discovery Mr.. Rines wants
to take the matter into the courts.
Friday it was reported that Represen
tative Bjornson Mr.. Lees manager,
conferred with Mr.. Rines in an effort
to have him. drop the. contest, but
CAPITOL CLERK.