The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-11-16

managers the finish was most graft
flying, as next to the pre- sidential con-
test the fight for United States sens.
tor was one that called for every
ounce of energy available. At no time
were Mr.. Kellogg and his managers
permitted to indulge in lhe belief that
they had a cinch. 1t was figh. or go
to the discard. The disturbing ele-
ment in Mr.. Kellogg's case was tic
Prohibition candidate, w. G. Caldot-
wcoo, an AItl-Saloon league leade"
Of note, and the manner in which he
piled up vote in some localities was
a caution. At no time did he l"av
any doubt as to whose scalp he Wa
after and the friendliness that existee
between him and Dan Lawler, tire
Democratic candidate for senator, a!
most cinched in the Kinds Of some
the belief of wet and dry comtina.
ton. Both said kind things about
each other and were always agreed
that the election of Mr.. Kellogg would
be a menace to god government
That a vote for Mr.. Calderwood was
however, a half vote for Mr.. Lawler,
undeniably the wet candidate, was
never even whispered by them. Tha'
was left to the voters to find out,
which some of them did. For new
man in the political game, as far as
the state end is concerned, the cleo
ton of Mr.. Kellogg is indeed vic
tory. 1t possibly is not generally
known, but more than one friend en-
tertained doubts when the st. Paul
man entered the lists. He persisted,
however, played the game like a vet
eran and now sees his ambition sat-
isfied.
The one other contest of the state
ticket was that of justice of the SUI
preme court and from all indications
Judge Quinn of Martin county won
out over his opponent, w. B. Ander-
son of Hennpein county. Ramsey coun-
ty gave Quinn a handsome majority,
while other counties of the state fell
n line to the extent of adding hand
somely to the figure. Party was not
involved in this contest, but the fight
for preference was as bitter as any of
the others. Both worked ove TT me If
an effort to land the job and did not
overlook any bets in adding to their
holdings. Either of the two worl
nave made an excellent addition to
the court and there is general salts
faction over the outcome.
The old saw about "the best laid
plans of mice and men, etc." is exem-
plifed in the house membersh' p,
which will be the next thing to inter
est official and political circles. Pos
sibly you have not heard that it hap
pened, but when S. Y. Gordon of
Browns Valley went down to defeat he
carried with him the house speaker
ship. His election as speaker, had he
prevailed, was practically assured, but
now everything is in the air. Wit
him at the same time went to thc
discard similar hopes entertained by
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county and Representative Lydiard of
Henepin. All three were beaten.
Quite a few other old house members
who had hopes also took the count
and are now numbered among the
missing. All this, however, must not
be taken as meaning that those in
charge will not have the necessary
speakership material when the proper
time arrives. Gordon's defeat and the
retirement to private life of the
others mentioned make their task ?
trifle harder, but this is not the first
time the leaders have been confronted
with similar difficulty. w. w. Flow
ers of Cleveland, former speaker, is
still available, and then, too, there is
Charles Warner of Aitkin. Mr.. War
ner has been a candidate ever since
he entered the legislative game.
One of the surprises of the cam
paign was the defeat of Represents
tive Spooner of Morris. Without oppo-
sition at the primaries and unopposed
up to within two days of the election.
a comparative unknown A. A. Stono
a brother of Royal w. Stone, former
assistant attorney general, appeared
on the scene and with the aid Of
stickers defeated Mr.. Spooner beyond
all hope of resuscitation. Mr.. Spooner,
an accredited leader in the last two
houses, and whose ability in debate
and craftsmanship was never qnes-
toned, talked himself out of a house
job, it might be said. Without a fight
of his own he directed his energies at
putting S. Y. Gordon, living in an i'd
joining county, under the sod. This
and the known fact that the two were
mortal enemies did not excite much