Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-12-19
State CAPITOL Notes

sive cost OF. the war. high taxes, labor
trouble. and various other ills s.. they
struggle. In fact, they patted them
selves upon the back and declared that
Dog to the presidency. That is hap
Ply thought The YelloY e b l;,I party y
people. Chicago was chosen for the
coming national convention with
, Friends of the various candidates
conceded that General Wood held an
remarked that the old line reactionary
politicians do not look with favor up
on his candidacy. 1t was stated, how
eyer that Colonel Proctor }the f,, m.Ilion11
was behind the General with his mil
lions and there are strong hopes that
prior to the conX my, plentiful h sap-
ton to Wood that these standpatters
may have. In this eonnecti33Mn' n 30 men en-
ton Was made of Gsor 9 W Mcw
who is also behind the General in his
ambitions for the presidency. nor Of
Pan Hannn yet e anqthfn politicaiy
with soap, or oil, OF anything else nee
essary. to secure for the Dear People a
candidate who will look after their IN
From this distance it looks as though
the same old cleavage exists IN the re-
publican ranks as in the 1 III +aaNe;ai
interests interested in the repupncan
party that they have to divide up: the
winners taking the larger share OF the
spoils. On the other side. it is under
stood that Governor LoWd en-, that 9th
er friend of the People and Of the Full
man sleeping-car corporation, is the
candidate behind whom men with nil
lions will rally. 1t makes no ditference
whom the republicans put up, the mil
lionaires will be there to do him SER
vice.
Mr. Manley rosseHn c hd1aa,a of of
throughout the state telling women
how to vote" I know this + to be IT. trp 1e
documents and I have the AUTHORITY Of
the Duluth News-Tribune for the fact
that her business is to tell the women
G. A. Severance. Minnesota's .wcman
members upon the Republican National
Committee, is about to start 2rganlzng
is "educa ting them how to vote" his
reminds mo that in 1916 the republican
national 9rganization sent 81 OFT ~; fl ON
New YORK far Ca or nerfnr 4baf
same duty among the women Of the
West during the campaign which. re-
SON. There e is si no auestion that the ef-
forts Of the dear sisters from the East
were largely instrumental in. securing
that the Informative efforts Of Mrs.
Fosseen and Mrs. Severance will prove
as beneficial to democratic prospects
as did the experiment. by the repu 1o1e
election.
President Wilson. from his retirement
in the White House, mas reached out
the Te natoa On
it was announced that the President
had formulated a plan of settlement
ah had Of Se he a }ne
unions and that it was belieycd get.
tlement would be reached yithin fey
days. Attorney s,nG Genefa ar frian
a eR Taesda aSre The Presidents propesS
Sn to t the caed h9f me
mediately return to work at IA per cent
increase in wages, and that ttereafter
q commission of three should oe ap-
pointed Zone mine owner, one re-
preventative Of the miners, the third a
representative of the government?, this
to make cakt The
fits of the operators. and that as soon
as possible a decision shall be reach
ed as to the wages to which the miners
the increase shall not be less than "A
per cent. This proposition was accept
ed by the Union officials on Wednesday
sumed work and the production Of coal
is underway This vas *as one 21?e+ If the
most severe cGisis IN the history or or
cerely grateful that at this time we
have in the White House man strong
enough and influential enough 70 bring
the matter to a successful conclusion.
I notice in Washington dispatch
that the leading republicans who at
tended the meeting of the Republican
that the Of 9h
coming campaign shall be that of Low
er Taxation: The experience of the
county in taxatiGn applied by the
this point. Under the present admins
tration unheardof taxes have been levi.
ed upon wealth and vast AMOUNTS Of
possible that if the republicans get in
to power income taxes on swollen in
comes will be greatly reduced, Than
other taxes will be levied upon the
clothes the poor man wears. the. food he
or sells. We can only Judge the flu
ture by the past In the past this sys-
tenn of taxation has been extremely
popular with the republican party. If
the country wishes to return to heavy
customs duties, to a tax on tea and cof-
fee, the best way to get them is to
eject the republican national CandldateS
in 1920. The democrats, it is true, have
taxed our luXuries and our non-essen
tails. The republicans will tax our
backs and our stomachs.
One man in the state is already talk
ing his candidacy for the republican
guberna tolial nomination seriously.
That is our genial banker friend Mich
acl Do>vl1lEs, OF. Olivia. In every cOun-
try in the state Mr.. Dowling's friends
arc busy in his behalf. Up at the state
| capitol, however. this fact is not taken
seriously, as Mike is considered a rank
! outsider in that quarter. Nevertheless,
! it is considered certain that he. will
stick until tho votes are counted in the
(; June primaries. This is fact which
| is most discouraging to Julius
| Schmaltl, who seeks an elimination of
| superiluous candidates at the republic
can convention called for the purpose
Of electing national delegates. Mr..
| Downing has not yet filed. but I have
| it STRAIGHT that he will do SO soon at
! ter the first Of the year. His candi
! dacy, together with that Of Tom Frank
| son, would drive julius to drink if it
were not for the fact that his temper
ance principles are SO strongly ground
! ed that for him to slip off the wagon is
an imDOssibility. l am very much
afraid that our republican brethren are
| in for it right in the coming primaries.
Of course, this Srieves me, but as a
chrOnicler Of events I am compelled to
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