The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-29
CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN
SOON Will OPEN FOR 1920
william l. Cars. Probably VIII Be Renominated Without
Real Opposition William A. Cant and K. ". Hitchcock
Only Men Yet Suggested as Likely Opponents

anything, the congressional camPd1Sn
for: 1920 already has been opened in
the Eighth district.
It was suspected that something was
about to star. when the dear old Labor
World came out with q fulsome puff
ON what congressman Carss had done
FOR the poor fishermen on the North
Shore by getting submarine chaser
assigned to patrol duty on that stern
and rock-bound coast. Only a few
lays later, fourteen human lives were
saved from a stranded steamship by
that same patrol boat, greatly to the
credit and glory of congressman Carss.
It is true that Mr.. Carss did not orig
mate the idea, but he put his broad
shoulders and great strength behind it
and, aided by Wisconsin and Michigan
congressman, got the plan across. It
was not so big a victory as Charles A.
Towne won when he secured NAM
moth appropriation for Improvement of
the local .barbor, but it was a starter
| towards bigger things.
Suspicion that something was being
started was further aroused on Nov.
Is, when The Herald printed a Wash
ington dispatch, under a. display head
something never done before-nar-
| rating how congressman Carss, on the
floor of the lower house of national
| legislation, sternly opposed a reunion
of the lake lines and rail carriers,
| after divorce Of several years.
In that same speech, Mr.. Carss also
took a wallop at Bolshevism, bomb
| Vx1 ~
the proletariat.
Then, under date Of November H.,
the head-sawyer of this journalistic
sawmill received a breezy, kindly,
heart-warming personal letter from DR..
William e. Hammond, eminent projec-
ton engineer, good fellow and private
secretary to congressman Carss.
That letter was so unexpected, sud.
den and startling as to give the head
| sawyer a severe case Of shellshock.
He retained his senses sufficiently,
however, to plainly see that former
lines Of communication were being re-
opened and steps being taken to repair
political fences and then to begin the
roundup for 1920.
A man with stronger head and nerves
than the head-sawyer would have been
shell-shocked by the receipt Of such a
letter. For nine long, weary, silent
months had he been toiling in the old
sawmill without a word Of communica-
ton from the Proctor Scion or his kind
ly secretary. The Rip-saw office was
ignored when copies of the maiden
speech Of the erstwhile knight Of the
throttle was delivered on the floor Of
] the lower house Of national legislation.
No bone-dry reports from the patent
office were laid on the editorial desk
by the putting carrier of the mails.
Not one single grain Of bird seed was
eranked to the head-sawyer by the con.
| gressional rubber stamp. - -
Since then, there have been several
congressional dispatches from Wash:
:ngton, printed under q display head,
both in The Herald and the News Trib-
me, paying tribute and giving vel.
ONE publicity to deeds done by Carss
IN the halls Of national legislation.
Ono story told how Mr.. Carss and
'ther congressman who had been engi.
leers, conductors and brakemen in
heir younger days shot an engine and
,welve coaches up. and down a train.
he'd track in Washington while NOV.
ng picture cameras recorded their
very movement. It is assumed that
he picture will be projected on the
screens Of all the movie picture houses
America and part of Europe.
Then, on Friday Of last week, an un.
ucky day for insurgents and recalci
rant reds, congressman William L.
{arss, himself, pilgrimmed up Superio,
treet; in Duluth, and registered at the
otel st. Louis. - = - '
MT. Carss promptly began to call or
he boys, shake hands and tell facts
md figures calculated to show how hs
ad kept his hand on the steering pea,
f the Ship of State when he fair
would have lain down and Numbered.
Congressman Carss came back mos,
pportunely, in the opinion of the Rip
aw. Some Of. the prOletariat have beer
,urmuring. Some think congressman
;arss is too conservative and som,
hink him, too radical. The silence O,
is, part, and his economy in sendins
ut letters to constituents, supporter,
nd old friends had caused the atmos
here to cool off a bit. The warmin,
mile, the magnetic hand and the bic
IMPRESSIVE carssian presence undid i
| day what nine months Of silence AMI
bsenee had done TO the detriment O
he Carssian cause. E,'' -
There not only have been murmur
!. 'ngs, but there even, have been rebel
). ;ous thoughts Of deserving the Carssia,
anse and tagging after q new leade
t the proletariat. The Rip-saw speak
avisedly when it states that q -
1ad man Of ability, at the head OF th
axes. has an ably buzFisE hss in Ii
J onnet to buek William L. Cafss I'd
10 nomination Of the nohpartisan Il
or party While the Rip-saw expect
Il see that bee hibernate and RENAL,
II 'ormant for at least two years NOR
: may buzz loudly and effectively lai
r on. 2s - ~ :" X -! 49,
i There is room for serions COMPLIES
ions before, the. primaries next yea,
: iany are in doubt as to the Carss;a
olitics. Some consider him a Wil.o
emoerat, Others believe that he Wi
epend entirely on the nonpartisan !,
'or party. In the campaign a vea