The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-11-02


as Capt. Stevens, went down to
St. Paul.
That evening, while absorbing
highballs in the big hotel, in
waddled Halden, in truly royal
style and smiling like Punch at
a circus.
81 can tell you who will be the
next surveyor general of logs, !"
he announced, as he bu1ged up to
the bar.
"Who it isl" the gang inquired.
"Simon Clark" was the reply.
It was too true. Gov. Van SAINT
had thrown down Capt. Stevens
and named Simon Clark.
But Halden had not been for
Simon Clark. Proving an migrate
to Stevens, in return for magnam-
Unity in permitting Halden men
to get onto the st. Paul delegation
from Duluth, the willy Halden not
only hung a deadly Double-Cro
on Stevens by trying to get the
appointment for Guy Eaton, but
he double-crossed Simon Clark, as
we'll. Gov. Van SAINT played out
his devious hand by throwing
down Stevens, Eaton and Halden.
OF course many newcomers in
Duluth, blinded by Halden's lord
ly way and ELUSIVE manner, will
dispute all this and declare that
the Rip-saw is Throwing mud"
at their hero. Old-timers will not
dispute it, however.
Another trouble is that many
newcomers do not wish to hear
or believe anything as to Halden's
weak, wicked, willy ways in
politics. They camoufage their
! insincerity by belittling and dis
putting the Rip-saw, whose editor
saw all these things when many of
his detractors were wearing dia-
pers.
Then came the time when
George R. Laybourn was candidate
for state senator. Mr.. Laybourn,
strong republican, was a gentle
man, scholar and honest man. He
had enough principle to refuse to
enter saloons, shake hands and
buy drinks when candidate, for
the reason that it was not his
custom to do so when not a can.
| didate. A man with so much con-
! sistency and principle could not
expect to hold Halden's loyal
support.
Halden, although on the
Laybourn campaign committee,
present at all conferences, and
trusted to the fullest extent,
regularly and invariably went
over to the democratic candidate s
camp after every Laybourn con-
ference and there spilled out all
that was said or planned for the
! welfare of the senator who
possessed moral scruples and per-
| sonal principles.
1t was during that campaign, if
| the Rip-saw mistakes not, that
Halden and a lawyer for a Duluth
brewery went to Two Harbors to
hold quiet, private, unmolested
conference on ways and means to
! defeat Laybourn, the regular
nominee of Halden's party.
All this can be proven by man
living in Duluth who was invited
to go along but who declined be-
cause he had high respect and re.
gard for Laybourn, therefore
! would not take hand in double
crossing him. This man was a
Halden funky for many years but,
this year, is strongly against him,
as are thousands who let voting
for Halden become a sort of habit.
! "Never again!" they now loudly
exclaim.
! There came the time when John
II. LaVaque, old soldier, old
citizen, man long past his prime,
buffeted and battered by hard
! fortune, sought the office of COM
missioner of the Second district.
! Although John H. LaVaque was
| an old soldier, old citizen, in need
! of such an office and highly
capable to hold it, as well as
! brother to the man who took the
bankrupt Halden and gave him a
good position, the willy, spidery
exponent of the deadly Double
! Cross did everything possible to
! bring about Mr.. LaVaque's defeat.
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