The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-09-20

was. when it was the annual mecca of
every politician in the state and fair
week practically holiday as far as
those housed in the state capitol were
concerned. Everybody and his dog
was State Fair booster and, when
the bi-annual session of the legisla-
ture rolled around big appropriations
for new fair buildings and improve
sments were certain. Possibly there
was fight but the fair crowd gener-
ally landed the coin. There were pass
es galore and those in charge over
looked nothing in an effort to pile up
friends for the institution. 1t is diff
ferent now however. Few politicians
bother their heads about the big meet
and as for the state capitol heads and
department employees, fair week is
the least of their troubles. One de-
partment head was heard to remark
last week that if the fair manage
ment got fifty cents out of him, the
price Of admission, it would have to
take it from him. AS to helping the
management out when the legislature
is in session, there is a general
scramble to get busy with other and
more important matters. Why this
change Of front, you ask? Well, the
best explanation, and to quote quite
few, is the close-in corporation that
seems to feature those in charge of
late years. About the time the leg
islature meets the fair bunch is
frightfully friendly, but they are very
little in evidence after that. Only the
anointed break in and after that it is
air. tight. Former Secretary John
Simpson, an Eberhart appointee, laid
the ground work and since that the
outside world has not had very much
of look-in. Perhaps it is the new
idea and perhaps it is a good one so
what's the use. If it gets the money
that is all the state wants.
Oar F. Reese, for two terms clerk
of the supreme court and once an I'M
successful republican candidate for
congress from the Fourth district, this
week shook the dust of St. Paul from
his shoes and hied himself to Califor-
MIA, which state he will make his fu-
ture residence. Few had it on Mr..
Reese for strict adherence to repub-
lican principles and few more were
as consistent as he in their advocacy
of the party and what it stood for.
False political gods had no lure for
him. In season and out of season he
was a republican and his voice was at
all times lifted in the party's behalf.
Perhaps Oar lived too much in the
past. He certainly did not fit in with
the new view, but just the same it had
to be said of him, he was consistent.
J. J. Farrell, former state dairy and
food commissioner, who was lifted out
of office last month by the governor
to make way for the superintendent of
the state creamery at Albert Lea, is
being talked of as a possible candi-
date for the democratic nomination
for governor. Mr.. Farrell is very sore
over his removal and it is safe bet
that he is going to make all the trou-
bile he can for his excellency. Friends
say he was practically assured that
he would be permitted to continue as
the head of the state dairy and food
commission, and his removal was a
surprise to all. -.
New Ulm is working hard to re-
move the stigma incurred as result
of its recent so-called disloyalty meet
and this week repudiated the efforts
of those in charge by pulling off a
big demonstration in which practical
ly the whole town joined. Prominent
among those participating was Albert
Pfaender, city attorney and former
member of the state legislature whose
part in the previous gathering brought
him so much censure. Incidentally it
might be said that old Minnesota it
literally seething with patriotism.
Loyalty meetings are a nightly fea-
ture throughout the state and the
Capitol Loyalty Lyceum is swamped
with demands for patriotic speakers.
Certainly the governor will not ad-
nit that he made mistake, in fact he
is more insistent than ever that his
veto of the legislative 100000 ap-
preparation to pay school deficit
covering the past two years was right,
but it is sure thing that it will not
happen again. With better than 5000
school districts clamoring for their
money which is tied up by court in
junction growing out of the governors
veto, the yell has reached the proper
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