The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-03-02
VOTERS TAKING
LITTLE Interest
REFUSE TO GET EXCITED OVER
THE PRESIDENTIAL PRI-
MARY ELECTION
STRANGE SITUATION CREATED
MANK SEEKING CUMMINS DELE
GATESHIPS HAVE NOTHING
IN COMMON WITH HIM

Will SnOrLly De = maCCer OF history.
1t is also generally predicted that it
will be the last of it's kind. On
March IA the Republican forces now
warning for control Of the North Star
state will go to bat, and accepting the
claims of each both have a cinch. l
refer to those who have aligned them
selves under the banner of Senator A.
B. Cummins of Iowa, and a bunch of
quiet, but evidently wise ones who
have conferred their efforts on Henry
d. Estabrook of New York and for
merly of Omaha, Neb. A peep in at
the headquarters of the two and a
few minutes conversation with the
managers of both would lead one to
the belief that the hottest campaign
ever was on. To an onlooker the fight
is mostly confined to the headquarters
Of each AS far as the general public
is concerned it simply refuses to be
interested, and the chances are ex-
cellent that it will maintain this dis
position UP to the date of the prima-
ries. On the Democratic side of the
house there is no interest whatever.
President Wilson is unOpposed and
campaign headquarters are not re-
quired. Whatever interest there is in
the Cummins candidacy centers more
in the politicians than elsewhere, for
the future control of the Republican
party in Minnesota is tied up in the
senator's candidacy and the hopes of
a dozen or more leading Republicans
lights, who have offered themselves
as Cummins delegates, have more to
do with the maintenance of their pres7
ent political position than any, real in
terest in the political future of the
Iowa man. All this the Estabrook
managers have knowledge of and they
are using the information for all it is
worth. AS look out the window they
are billing the old town like circus
for big Estabrook rally on March 2,
At the Merchants hotel, where the
Cummins headquarters are located,
hundreds of pieces of mail are, being
assembled for shipment to the voters;
still the outside world is not excited.
Mr.. Estabrook's managers say this
condition just suits them; the Cum
minis managers say they have no kick
so there you are. ..
To see such big ones as former Gov
ernor A. O. Eberhart, State Senator
George Sullivan, former Congressman
Fred Stevens and a half dozen others
whose names politically are household
words, hotfooting it over the state and
pleading for support as Cummins del
egates, rather gets one when it is
known that those named have nothing
in common with the Iowa man. 1. A.
Caswell, manager for Cummins, how
ever, is the whip that did it and only
the exigencies of the occasion and
fears for their own political future
holds them to their declaration. This
does not mean that they will not prove
loyal-all are too well versed in the
game to do otherwise. The effort to
deliver Minnesota to Senator Cum
minis has caused an entirely new align
ment in Minnesota Republican circles
Oddly enough on the Estabrook side
of the house conditions are exactly
the opposite in respect to the dele
gates. All are practically unknown in
a political way, a condition the Esta-
brook managers seem to be proud Of
They insist that the Cummins candi-
dacy is fostered by delegate candi-
dates who have nothing in common
with the Iowa man and who will de-
sert him on first opportunity. They
point to their delegate as a bona fide
Republican and on this and the youth
fulness and local popularity Of their
delegate candidates they depend.
Their business pull, too, is generally
strong.
i i .
Frank B. Kellogg of St. Paul has
consented to become candidate for
United States senator for the seat Of
Moses E. Clapp. Mr.. Kellogg made
this announcement in a telegram from