The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-09-21

dependent candidate for governor and
that the report was in anticipation of
q conference arranged with Thomas
P. Dwyer, the Democratic guberna
torial nominee, who had promised to
retire if Mayor Power desired to get
into the game. In his statement he
was particularly bitter in his arraign-
ment of Governor Burnquist, whom he
charged with pulling official wires so
as to hurt his (Power's) possible gu
bernatorial candidacy. Of course this
is Mayor Powers side of the story and
in the absence of any statement from
the other side of the controversy it
must be taken with the customary
grain of salt. However, this does not
detract from the knowledge that the
mayor of Hibbing is some boy and
that those who have started out to get
his official scalp will have to go some.
He is unusually strong in his partlcu-
lar locality and is wonder on the
| stump.
| he h6puDllCdl NlSCOiy III
has not been lost upon the 6. y. T.
leaders in Minnesota and from now
on the efforts of the Republican
boosters in the state will be directed
at piling up big majority for Justice
Hughes. Party workers now profess
the belief that his election is sure.
Chairman Thornton of the state Re-
publican committee has opened state
headquarters at the ST. Francis hotel
in St. Paul and is preparing to smite
the enemy hip and thigh. Gust Lind
quist, close friend of Governor Burn
ouist will be in charge of the speak
ers' bureau. Sid Huntley, former
manager for Thomas Frankson, Re
publican candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor, will be in charge of publicity.
and Josiah Chase of Minneapolis will
| officiate as secretary.
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| The state Democratic leaders will
meet this week and arrange for the
completion of their organization Dan
| DAILY, it is expected, will be selected
| chairman of the executive committee
The chief talk of those in charge OF
| The political affairs of the unwasheC
s the putting over of Thomas P. Dwy-
er, the party nominee for governor.
and it is one, / am told, the leaders
despair of accomplishing. They can
not get their fingers on the necessary
Nherewithall, something it is reported
the candidate cannot appreciate. He
is asking lots of advertising and ques-
tions the. committees excuse that
such is impossible without money.
E. E. Lobeck, Prohibition candidate
for congress in the Seventh district,
may not get by, but if he does not pile
up a respectable vote it will not be
his fault or that of number of friends
who have taken his candidacy in hand.
His followers, am told, have contrib
uted quite a sum of money for use in
his. campaign and the district is being
flooded with Prohibition speakers and
| literature Lobeck himself is some
hustler He got by as Senator from
Douglas county and has served sew
eral terms in the house.
Progressive party workers are cir
culating petitions to nominate three
candidates for state Offices. A COM
mittee headed by John F. Beyers of
Minneapolis was directed in July by
the state central committee to select
candidates for the three places and
get them on the ballot. The candi-
dates selected are: Lieutenant gov
ernor, William w. Hamilton, Duluth;
! secretary of state, Henry w. Libby,
Winona; attorney general, John F.
Byers, Minneapolis. Mr.. Hamilton is
publisher of a weekly newspaper in
Duluth, Mr.. Libby is a railroad man
and former member of the legislature,
and Mr.. Byers is Minneapolis attor-
| ney. Each petition will have to bear
1000 names of voters who did not
! take part in the June primaries.
Fred E. Wheaton, the new Demo-
cratic state chairman, is great be-
lever in organization. He has formed
9 big state committee, has revived the
| organization in Hennepin, Ramsey
| and St. Louis counties, and aims to
perfect county organizations ever
| the state.
Headquarters are to be opened
III the Twin cities soon for Judge J.
H. Quinn, candidate for the supreme
| bench. Senator F. E. Putnam of Blue
Earth and former senator ]. E. Hay
craft of Fairmont of the Quinn cam
| paign committee have been in the Cit
| les making necessary arrangements.
The County Chairman.
Fashionable Calls.
"WhO rang the doOrbell just now
| Katie:"
"a woman who fOund Won ont