The Mankato free press., 1920-01-02
Report Lindbergh May Be
N. P. Candidate
TONNAGE TAX PROBLEM
Report That 1t Is Going To Be
Bothersome to the
Aspirants

surprised il Charles A. Lindbergh of !
Little Falls is again the pick Of the |
Nonpartisan league for governor. 1t
comes on fair authority though with
out official backing that the former
congressman still has the guberna-
torial bee and will not be averse t.
Nonpartisan recognition again when
the proper time comes. OF course. he
will file as a republican, although he
has been everything but loyal to this
particular brand of politics since en-
tering public life. Lindbergh. il will
be remembered, was the Nonpartisan
league candidate for governor a year
ago. but he failed To connect. How
ever, despite bad handicap in the
shape of a fool book on the war and
some anti Catholic activities. while
in congress he finished with trifle
over 10000 votes to his bredit. Gov
Burnquist, who distanced him for the
republican nomination trotted under
the wire with a credit of nearly 200,-
600 votes. One of the chief features
of the league end of the political game
To date has been the absence of gos-
sip concerning those who will rep
resent il in the next scramble for
public offices. Its newspapers and
IL controls sixty or more scattered :
over the state. have been unusually
silent regarding candidates and this
even extends 10 those who control its
internal affairs. Early in the year
talk ran to Oscar Keller of St Paul.
VINO succeeded the late Congressman
Van Dyke. but Keller. it is under
stood, would prefer to remain con-
gressman Mayor Vic Power OF Hib-
bing is another who. IL is said, has
many league admirers. but from all
accounts, he too. is not anxious to
make the race with league backing
All this probably is responsible for
the Lindbergh rumor. though it has
some authoritative backing in the
statement OF friends that Lindbergh
thinks he could make the ripple this
time. II is known that Lindbergh is
very close to Townley and that he
enjoys the confidence of the league
inner circle A point made by one
Lacquer is that the democrats will
not participate in the republican pri-
maries TO any great extent this time
and that the league candidate will al
50 have the benefit of a big renubli-
can gubernatorial field.
Ono of the bothersome things OF
the coming state campaign is the
question of tonnage tax. This con-
Germs the gubernatorial candidates
only and because of the announced
stand of some candidates. not to men
hn - leo 1aao he c;f
uation is more or less embarrassing
Tom Frankson, is is known. is for
the tax and so is Franklin Ellsworth,
while whoever represents the Non
partisan league cannot be otherwise.
but where accepted republican candi-
dates like Julius A. Schmahl and Mike
Bowling stand is not known. Without
prejudice to either, a fairly safe guess
would be that they are against the
form of tonnage tax so far attempt
ed. Leading democrats. ii is report
ed. are avsrse to meddling with the
controversy. Northern Minnesota
perhaps was never more awake to
the need of action than 1t is now and
10 can be said without fear of con-
fradiction that the territory con-
frolled by il will be a factor i'm the
next campaign. When completed the
Minnesota Fair Tax association will
include every voter in the north
country This does not necessarily
mean divided state with tonnage
tax as the issue, for if the truth must
he told. southern Minnesota is less
disturbed regarding the tax than the
north. As to the public prints, only
a few have planted the issue at their
mast head. Whatever way one may
view It, however. tonnage tax is q
trouble maker in a political way and
the movement to organize the entire
northern section of the state against
its infliotion is going to keep the
question well to the front. The south
ern section of the state will even be
invaded and II too has its antis and
they are not 50 few. Many political
~ wise, say forget it,"
About this time in days gone bv
the Merchants hotel i'm st. Paul
would be taking on color It's Hobbies
would be flied with strangers and
prominent in the amen corner would
be seen such celebrities as Alec Nc
Kenzie, Senator Hansborough. Jud
Lamoure and others prominent in the
political life of North Dakota. 1t was
slate making time and Bismarck
would be practically moved intact in |
to its spacious rooms and lobbies.
For brief period the Merchants ho-
tel would to all intents and purposes
be the capitol of the F1ickertail state. |
All this color is gone nov and per-
haps never to return. Jud Lamoure is
dead and when Big Alec Mckenzie |
last registered at the old hostelry is |
not within the memory of many. He !
has taken to more honest and peace |
full pursuits and his haunts are. else |
where. AS to the others, the well |
worn tile floor Of the big lobby no
longer echoes the tread Of their feet |
or its walls their whispered deals |
North Dakota's state capitol is now a
block distant and the sign on the
door reads "Nonpartisan League, A.
c. Townley. President" Inside the |
twenty or more offices which consti- |
tute this new Bismarck many type
writer's click and the musical ring of
metal is heard. The employees are
numerous. IT is the new order of
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