The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-08-19
new LEADERS HAVE
DISPLACED The old
STATE HISTORY MAKERS OF FEW
YEARS AGO ARE NOW IN
FORGOTTEN LIST.
SELDOM VISIT OLD HAUNTS
DAYS WHEN JACOBSON, DUNN,
AND OTHERS HAD INFLU-
ENCE RECALLED

st. Paul, Aug. 17.-Five years is
not long period as time is reckoned
these days, still it seems like an age
when one harkens back to the days
of such history makers as j. F. Jacob
son, r. C. Dunn, E. E. Smith, Frank
Day, Joe Cotton of Duluth, E. B. Haw-
kins and score of others. Though
all are in the land of the living only
occasional mention is made of them
now. where are all the boys 2" ask
ed an old timer who was recent Wis
itor at the state capitol, and hon
estly I was unable to furnish the de-
sired information. Other residents
of the big marble pile on Capitol Hill
were equally ignorant. Time was
when no campaign or gossip was COM
plete without some of them, and what
they advocated or backed counted.
Their advice was always sought and
no one was ashamed to follow their
standards. The other day ]. F. Jacob
son of Lac qui Parle county, as rough
and flawless a diamond as was ever
mined, dropped into the Cities. He
was not even noticed. Bob Dunn, the
hero of a score Of rough and tumble
fights, who gave to Minnesota the
best of its timber and mineral pro-
tective acts, hardly let's a week go
by without visiting st. Paul or Min
neapolis, still he might be complete
stranger for all his presence attracts.
And so it is with Joe Cotton, once the
political king of the Iron Range; E.
B. Hawkins, who always had a goodly
bunch of live ones at his back, and
dozen others whose beck and call
brought scores of hustlers to their
aid. E. E. Smith, who piloted former
Governor Eberhart through three
hard fought campaigns and who was
always a dominant figure in state
politics, continues to hold out in Min
neapolis, but if he is still in the game
any activities on his part fail to show
it. The lobby of the Merchants ho-
tel, still the ghostly haunt of a few
of them, is silent and so are the 9TH
er places once given over to their
activities. The wiping out of the con-
vention was their undoing, and as
time passes only their names will be
a memory. New kings have taken
their places, but unlike the old days
they do not answer to the title. Cards
were on the table then. A fifth ace
is necessary now, and publicity is not
to the liking of the dealer.
Not a little criticism is being di-
rected at the state banking depart
ment and its head, A. H. Turritin,
because of the recent failure of the
Osseo State Bank. A dishonest cash
Ter was responsible. Some of this
criticism, especially that concerning
the lack of strong regulative banking
laws, is in order, but that directed at
the head of the department comes
with poor grace when it is known that
the bank will reopen, that depositors
will receive 100 cents on the dollar,
and that even the stockholders will
be partially reimbursed. All this is
due to the activities of Mr.. Turritin,
who has left no stone unturned in
his efforts to force back every dollar
dishonesty taken. Even a corwd of
Chicago promoters who had MIXED
the institution for over $4,000 were
compelled to disgorge, and they did
not do it reluctantly either. They
made good in a hurry when shown by
Mr.. Turritin. Lax as some of Min
nesota's banking laws may be and
weak to the extent that there is lit
tie control as far as the itinerant
bank promoter is concerned, yet it is
a compliment to those in charge of
the department of Minnesota's 1000
state banks are considered the strong
est of any state in the Union and that
the Osseo failure is the first in three
years.
In this neck of the woods one is
simply unable to get away from the
senatorial boom for Governor Ham
mond. You run into it at every turn
and the talk is becoming general
enough to lend to the belief that it
is going to happen-his candidacy, |
mean. Naturally the job holders do
not like it, as their future is depend
ent upon the governor staying where
he is, but found one holder of nice
juicy plum the other day who was
not so concerned. what is the lat
est 2" / asked. "You might mention
the nice way in which Governor HAM
mond's senatorial boom is being re-
ceived," he promptly answered That
such pormotion might mean the pass
ing of about 1000 cold simoleons fer
Kim did not count. The governors