Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-10-24
State Capitol Notes

St; , Paul, \, MINI: Oct; e; 1o1s:-1 have
time the republican organization of
this state would appeal for democratic
own party: In this connection l am
informed that at a meeting of promi-
nent club women in Minneapolis few
ent that the state was in danger Of be-
ing captured by the Nonpartisan
League. and they were requested to i'm
of their politics. the necessity for sup
porting conservative republican candi-
dates at the coming primary. in order
of course, that enough states will not
ratify the national suffrage amendment
state candidates in the 1920 election,
but there is no question of the intlu::
WeldGd by in p9itiGa
this action taken by a group of club
women is merely an indication of what
is going to be attempted by the repub-
licans, men and women, to save them
selves from the expected Nonpartisan
League attack upon their organization.
The shameful tactics of 1913 will be re-
newed if democrats are weak enough to
listen to them as so very many, did at
is that the trick cannot be turne ed
democrats going into the. republican
primaries to nominate radical candi-
dates protest st would 60 up up Wh ish
state to the other. The same objection
should apply whenever a democrat goes
into the republican primaries. Their
presence there is contrary to law and
all :,ood democrats should use every in
fluence to keep the members Of the
party in their own pIima:ies;
In order to show clearly the results
Of the capture of the republican organ
ization by the Nonpartisan League,
quote from The Minneapolis Tribune of
June 5, 1918:
.'Republican Party In Minnesota.
IF there are any. republican candi-
dates for any office in the State of Min
top Of the list, who are not doinS their
utmost to make the nomination OF
Governor l>urnquist sure, they have
he should be defeated by the choice OF
the s.dition-spreadinG Nonpartisan
League and the anti-war socialists and
l-indhe'r;h Zoos on the state ticket as
t:le rvpttliN an cuillid-to, there won't
be enough OF the republican party left
in Minnesota to make /: decent funeral:
be governor OF Minnesota. OF. course,
but who is to rcsu..rect the C. O. p:
and hoy ,N o3f "II it t|;:H 70 81 itT
eilGcnlent, | cannot bgHicve that any
drl.ocrar viii desert his: own party
simply Ior the purpose 81 Keeping the
republican OI:clL IL: ton in q position
where there won't Dc enough OF it left
in ), Minnesota to make decent tuner
Miss Hannah Patterson has been ap
,, pointed assistant to Secretary Of War
Baker, This is the first time in the his
tory of the nation that any woman has
ieceivcd such recosnition from CAP.
member of the Woman's Committee Of
the Council of National Defense during
the war and she was awarded the dis
tingulshed service cross for services to
the country while occupying that posi-
ton.
q . 3
peace treaty. by which the republican
s sti ting the se name Of China in Place Of
Japan as beneficiary in the German re-
la, was defeated Thursday by a vote of
SIS to IS. There has been much elo-
auence wasted in the Senate ZEN ;a, oyer the ne
| Japan in enforcing, its secret treaties
with the allies-and much criticism of
President Wilson because he was oblig-
ed to accept the situation-but it is to
be noted that when it came to a show
down on this side Of the water they
furnished the necessary majority to ra-
not only in the Senate but in the public
press. is being made solely for the PUT n;
FSere 4 IS NC erfntnE Of
treaty: there is no intention of even
amending the treaty: It is well under,
stood that ultimately the: Senate will
ratify both the treaty and the pact of
the league of nations, but that they
will do it in the most ungracious way
possible. The republicans figure that
by so doing they will create senti-
ment in the nation against President
Wilson which will be of benefit to them
in the elections of 1920. The fact that
they are holding up public business,
are encouraging unrest and demorallz-
ing the country is of no moment to
them as weighed against their chance
of electing a president next year.
q q q
There has been much criticism in the
public press of President Wilson be-
cause he did not appoint prominent re-
mission. 1t has been intimated that
Root, Taft, Hughes. or other leaders
assuaged partisan sentiment and help
ed along the ratification of the treaty.
The New York World. in this connec-
ton, notes the fact that Henry Cabot
Lodge, republican leader Of the Sena te,
does not agree with this contention.
Crticizing in his Hodge's) Life of
Washington american Statesmen
series) the action of Washington in
sending Monroe on a mission to France
after the recall of Gouverneur Morris,
Senator Lodge said. mo administration
ought ever to select for a forciGn mis-
sion, especially at critical moment,
any one outside the ranks Of its own
supporters" DEMOS