The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-06-09
ADVICE OF FRIENDS PREVAIL; !;
ELEVENTH HOUR DECISION
is THE RESULT.

Word reached Redwood Falls Mon
day evening that the name of julius
A. Schmahl be stricken from the prim-
ary ballot, as he had finally with
drawn. The copy for the primary bal
lot was already in the hands of the
county auditors ready for the printer.
This still leaves candidates on the
republican ticket for governor.
The withdrawal of Schmahl's name
was quite a surprise to his friends,
but it was the only logical thing to do
under the circumstances. sPrevlous
to the elimination convention he was
the popular choice of the people and
would have carried the republican par
ty on to victory. However, his pop
ularity began to wane when he re-
fused to abide by the decision of the
elimination convention. The people
did not care one hoot whether that
convention was legitimate, whether it
was bought before hand or not. The
question that swayed their Judgment
was, is he good loser? The answer
was adverse Like the Romans of
old, the leaders held their thumbs
down, and the hoi polloi unsheathed
their knives and another political as
sassination was written across the
pages of Minnesota politics.
/ 1t has often been said that politics
makes strange bedfellows." If julius
i had accepted the guests the landlords
wanted him to, all would have been
well He would have floated into the
/ sovernorship on the top wave of pop
ularity. He could have had anything
for the asking, but thumbs were
pointed downward and his political
death was demanded at any cost
What effect Schmahl's withdrawal
will have on the primary election, is
mere conjecture. There are still too
many chestnuts in the fire. If the re-
publican party is wholly split assund-
er and hopelessly lost, something rad
ical and drastic must be done to save
the North Star state from chaos.
When the Roman empire was crum-
bling from within and politicians
could be bought for $1.00 head, the
people seized the reigns of govern
ment, went out into the highways and
took Cincinnatus from the plow to re-
store a semblence of order and decen-
cy. Will the republicans of Mime
sofa be forced to vote for Cincinna-
tus in order to save it from disgrace
,. and pollution? The primary elections
will be the hand writing on the wall,
It's results will either echo victory
from one end of the state to the other,
or it will echo doom and disaster.
The state of Minnesota has got to
present a united front against the
common enemy. If the primaries in
, dicate that j. A. o. Preus is doomed
! by political treachery within his own
party, the people as a whole must
] unite on a Cincinnatus like Mayor
Hodgson to clean its Augean stables
and to give the grand old party a
E breathing spell to reburnish its in
terror decorations until such time as it
can claim its rightful inheritance
,ich inheritance of 10000 to 10000
majority. At present, however, it is
fools pastime to butt heads against
a stone wall.
e During the meantime it is up to the
S republicans to do some clear headed
k thinking before they vote at the prim-
Ell aries. But if the party is hopelessly
s divided like bunch of scrambled eggs
I. with not one chance in million oi
d crossing under the wire, little re,
: verse English will be in order to save
the situation