The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-08-31
Want DWYER TO
GET OFF TICKET
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS WOULD
NANIE NEW CANDIDATE
FOR GOVERNOR
PROPOSE BETTER KNOWN MAN
SUDDEN ACTIVITY OF PARTY
MANAGERS ATTRACTS POL
ITICIANS' ATTENTION

st. Paul, Aug. 28.-Leaders of the
state Democracy, anxious for the sue,
cess of the party this fall, are laying
down hard on Thomas P. Dwyer, the
Democratic gubernatorial nominee, tC
withdraw in favor of some Democrat
better equipped to make the race
against Governor Burnquist, the Re-
publican nominee. S. d. Works, state
insurance commissioner, is said to be
their choice if Mr.. Dwyer will hano
in his resignation. That the Demo
cratic nominee will pull out, however,
hardly seems likely. Dwyer, as l get
it, is one of those hard headed lads
who believes he has a mission, and he
is going to go through with it, what
ever the cost. Ever since the pri-
naries the Democratic kingmakers
have kept pretty much in hiding and
their sudden interest in Dwyer to the
extent of advising him to withdraw is
receiving considerable attention in
capitol political circles. 1t looks
pretty much as if they believed they
could defeat Governor Burnquist
Though regarded as thoroughly hon
est and sincere, no one takes the Dem
Ocratic candidate seriously, and this
fact is undoubtedly responsible for
the efforts being made to get him off
the ticket. With him at the head, it
is practically impossible to get any
money for campaign purposes, and
while this statement may sound rather
strong, nevertheless it is true. 1t
takes money to run a campaign, and
this applies to the Republican side of
the house as well as the Democratic.
Someone must supply the sinews of
war, and in the case of the Demo-
Gratis, Dwyer, as the head Of the ticket,
is not overly supplied with this worlds
goods. No one in this neck of the
woods believes for a moment that
Governor Burnquist will not get by,
but they do admit that with the prop
er man on the other side his majority
might be cut. Probably this is what
the Democratic leaders want. While
they may not get by this year, there
is always another election coming,
and sometimes it pays to be pre-
pared.
If chose mentioned" continue to
increase, the candidates for speaker
OF the next house will be as numerous
as the counties. Every day brings out
q possibility The latest to be men,
toned is Knud Wefald of Clay county.
Representative Spooner of Morris is
reported to be back of the Clay coun-
ty mans candidacy. So far the house
sreakership list runs about this way:
Knud Wefald, Clay county; H. II.
Flowers, LeSueur county; Thomas
Girling, Minneapolis; Magnus John
son, Meeker county; John B. Sanborn;
Ramsey county; C. E. Warner, Aitkin
county; S. Y. Gordon, Traverse
county, and L. A. Lydiard, Hennepir
county. Of course all of those men
toned have to be elected first, but as
most of them expect to get by, thei1
enthusiasm is to be pardoned. C. E
Warner of Aitkin county, according
to friends, is going to be in the fight
to the finish. Mr. Warner was one of
the leaders Of the last house and haC
a good record. Sam Gordon is an
other one who intends to fight to the
end, and still another is H, H. Flow