The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-01

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county office appeared in body
before Gov. Burnquist to- demand
the right of peaccable assembly
and free speech. Reading the St.
Paul papers, one would thin: that
the entire delegation was sent
flying by a patriotic frown or
two and super-humal question
or two by Minnesota's prince Of
muddlers. The facts are that
Gov. Burnquist made pitiable
appearance, a sickly smile, or
smirk, being his chief bulwark Of
defense when pressed too hard.
It is a sight fit to entertain the
Gods when the members of the
G. o. P. fall out and cannot
agree. So far, the Burnquist side
of the fight has had the privilege
Of most Of the daily papers Of the
state. AS a matter of fair play
and for information Of its thou
sands of intelligent. readers, the
Rip-saw reprints the story Of that
meeting between the delegation
and the governor, as published by
the Minnesota LEADER AS follows,
viz:
The state capitol never has held
a more dramatic scene chat it did
Wednesday night May %, when 72
nonpartisan candidates for state
office met with Governor Burn
quist to present a memorial and
to demand their right to cam
paign in every county of the state.
G.. A. Lindbergh, candidate for
governor, Endorsed by the league,
sat face to face with the present
occupant Of that office. In his
calm, forceful way he wrung
from Burnquist the admission
that loyalty is not the issue in
the campaign. The governor de-
clared that he never had said that
loyalty was the question. When
Magnus johnson declared that
statements printed in the news
papers indicated that the COVER
nor was making his personal,
loyalty his principal plank for re-
election, Burnquist stirred un-
easily.
"You can't 60 by what the
newspapers say" he remarked
with a sickly smile that came and
went throughout the entire two
hours of the meeting in the execu-
tive chambers.
The governor early in the ses-
sion called in Attorney General
Hilton and Ambrose Tighe, attor-
ney for the state safety commits
sion. Just after he had been
forced to admit that loyalty was
not an issue, Lawyer Tighe at
tempted to come to his aid.
"a good many people are
wrought up against yau, Mr..
Lindbergh," he broke in. "You
have made uncomplimentary ref
erences to some of our leading
citizens. Then Tighe named
some wealthy men of Minneapo-
lis, and spoke of their splendid
rise from poverty to wealth. Mr..
Lindbergh agreed that he had
lambasted some local representa-
tives of the money trust, and
added that as for their rise from
poverty, some people thought they
had risen entirely too fast to be
strictly honest. This was a great
shock to the attorney for the
safety commission.
1t was at this point that he
boldly came out with sinister
warning.
"Mr. Lindbergh, you must ex-
pect that there will be demon
STATIONS against, you before you
get through said this represen-
tative of the public safety COM
mission.
The memorial of the candidates
was read to the governor by Mr..
Lindbergh. He prefaced it by say
ing that he did not think any
other organization of citizens
would endure the treatment
meted out to the loyal farmers
of the state, whose meetings are
so frequently interfered with by
politically hostile sheriffs or safe
ty commissions.
Bankers meet, labor unions
meet, and there is no interfer-
ence," he said. "None of them
would submit to mob law without
making trouble. And the only
reason that there hasn't been
trouble is fhat tho farnoro hove