Morris tribune., 1918-06-28

Swan township this county that it also
the prize Spooner precinct of the county.
In Traverse county, Peterson received 401 votes,
Lndbergh 75s and spooner FOL Lndbergh and spooner
carried the county every precinct the Spooner
and Lindbergh vote practically Identical except
in Browns Valley village Lndbergh has been con-
viced of disloyalty in court of law and loyal man
might be mslead into voting for him under misappre
henson of the facts but the Peterson straight
disloya VOTE therefore take that vote the
test.
Peterson carried only two precincts in Traverse
county Leonardsvle gave Nelson 49, Peterson 40. In
this township Spooner also received 40 votes Cliff r.,
Mangan 10. Dollymount gave Nelson IS, Peterson IA,
and gave Spooner 81, Cliff A. Foss 1, Mangan 8. In
Arthur, Parne Walls, Croke, Redpath and Taylor,
Peterson showed special strength and received over
of the vote, in Folsom Valley Cliff
and Monson, Peterson received onefourth of
the VOTE which is doing pretty well for convicted
of disoyalty in time of Spooner carried
of these precincts over combined Cliff
gan Foss they the only precincts that he
did carry.
And here other side of the picture. The pre-
cincts of Browns Valley Tara, Windsor Tintah Village
and Wheaton gave overwhelming vote to the rec
ognized loyal candidates, Cliff Mangan and Foss, and
they gave overwhelming vote to Nelson Out of ATT
in these precincts United States senator
Peterson received only IS votes.
In Grant county, analysis of the vote tells the
same tale Lindbergh received $685. Peterson 41s and
full of Townleys propaganda might have voted for
Lindbergh, but the vote for Peterson the dsloya
VOTE intended humiiate Of the foremost states
men the United States, Senator Knute Nelson.
Peterson carried Land township 81 to "a, Pomme
43 Al and tied in Elbow Lake township, SO
to 49, Spooner carried Land 81 to 81 his three
loyal opponents Pomme de Terre 81 to 2S and Elbow
Lake township 4S to 81. In Delaware, Elk Lake.
Erdah Macsve and Roseve, Peterson showed spe-
strength and received from oneourth to onethird
of vote. Spooner carried every of these
his three loyal opponents and they were the
only towns that he did carry except Logan.
The other side of the story is that Elbow Lake
village, Gorton Herman Hoffman, Lawrence, Lien, Nor
cross, North Ottowa Pelican Lake. Stony Brook San
and Wendell all majority to the loyal candi-
Spooner and that out of 1896 votes cast in
precincts Peterson received
only 1877 votes
If Peterson had been elected to the United States
senate he never would have seat for if he
loses his appeal he would have been barred by
law if his is reversed the senate itself would
have admitted him to the of the loyal
lawmakers of the United States If spooner is sent to
the Minnesota Senate, he will be admitted. But with
his discredited Towney and Lindbergh affiliations and
showing of the community of interest between
for him and the vote cast for Peterson
what standing will he have with men who have taken
political lives in their hands and dared dsloyasts
to do their worst?
These that the loyal Stevens county voter
must face and without prejudice For two years
has been deliberately poisoning the minds of the
by the statements he has made relative to his
defeat of two and has been the beneficiary of
most detestable lies circulated about A Stone, Jr
waived his exemption and entered the military
vice of the United States Spooners support in this
county his support other of the district
two entirely different things The vote shows how he
regarded in Big Stone Traverse and Grant counties
it is time the people of this county looked the situa
squarey the face If the county itself is not to
be misjudged