The Irish standard., 1920-06-19

party.
Ortonville, Mimi, June 10, 1920.
Mr.. NJ. J. MCGOWAN,
\Appleton, MINI.
My dear sir
have noted with much interest the
work in which you have been engaged
for the purpose of bringing about the
nomination by the democratic party
of the Hon. julius Thorson as its can
didate for Governor. AS you must be
advised, am earnestly with you in
this enterprise and the good work that
you have been doing impels me to
write a word of encouragement.
am satisfied that in acting upon
this important matter as you have that
you have had the interests of our
party wholly in mind and that if Mr..
Thorson does not receive the nomina-
ton, that you will join with me in a
faithful and earnest support of the
man who is nominated.
We have never before known po-
litical situation so peculiar. Notwith-
standing the fact that every able bod
led man in the country who wants to
work has a job at unheard of wages,
when the products of the farm bring
such prices that lands have reached
price levels never dreamed of, when
the trains everywhere are overcrowd-
ed and the hotels are overwhelmed,
yet party of hate and dissatisfaction
has arisen which has gained control
of our neighboring state and threatens
to overwhelm Minnesota with gov
ernor and legislature determined to
issue bonds as they have in North Da-
kota, with the sky for a limit, and
with a view to finance with state
monies every business enterprise from
a flour mill to peanut wagon. Very
fortunately, these quack doctors in po-
litics are not found in our party. They,
with their friends the l. w. w. and
the disloyalists are all safely lodged
in the ranks of the republican party
and have become so numerous that
the decent element of the republican
party has given the long yell for help
to our party, by bill boarding the big
cities with an appeal to nominate
Preus and save the State from Social
ism. The democrats have not for
gotten how this same appeal was made
two years ago; how they listened to it
and purged the republican party, and
what thanks they got for it.
Today the better element of the re-
publican party is trembling in the be-
lief that Townley controls the party
and will nominate his man and there
is no doubt of the fact that they cal
culate right Thousands of the sane
republicans will support our nominee.
Three democratic governors have
proven that the State is never so safe
as when in democratic hands.
But it should not be considered that
our nominee is to have walk away.
We must give our best offering to the
people. We have too many aspirants,
though believe any one of them to
be flt for the Office of Governor. For
weeks I have sounded out the senti-
ment. Major Duane, Indrehus, Jacques
and Andrist, will apparently receive
support in spots. Hargadine's support
will be better distributed but it is
clear to me that leaders in the race
are Thorson and Mayor Hodgson and
that the others will lag far behind
them in the returns. The Mayor, be-
cause he has been the Chief Magistrate
Of great city is of course widely ad-
vertised, but the recent election gave
him in his city only small majority
although he was backed by a business
element and by the power of the great
newspapers and he surely has a
greater personal strength in his own
city than in any other part of the
state. I have found loyal friends Of
his who are indignant that Immediate
ly after his election as mayor he
should seek another Office that would
compel his resignation. But in case
Of his nomination the greatest danger
would lie out in the country. It is not
the temper Of the voters on the farms
to tend toward the Mayor of one of
the big cities. It was with knowledge
Of this that we democrats a few
years ago determined not to chance
Mayor Haynes Of Minneapolis as our
candidate. Right or wrong, the feel
ing that I speak Of exists and we
should consider it.
The seventh congressional district in
which you and I live, we know to be
the stronghold of the republican party
in this state. Mayor Hodgson, and I
may say none of the other candidates