The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-01-10

Will wear away, especially after the
commoners note Mr.. McEwen's eff
cheney in his present position. Mr..
Ed. M. Erickson is being backed by
railroad men for a place on the State
Grain and Warehouse Commission and
that will put balm on any old sore
spots.
Then there is the blight accompany
inb any good graces of Little Tam
many, which will put Mr.. Carss in the
position Of an Indian prisoner running
the gauntlet. A host of voters will
turn the Carssian picture to the wall
if any good proof is offered to the
effect that Little Tammany and the
big congressman are rubbing necks.
Little Tammany is too much of a pro-
fessional pie-counter aggregation to
prevent many high-minded and criti-
cal voters to stand for anyone it highly
favors.
There are allegations that Congress.
man Carss has flirted seriously with
Little Tammany and that is as dis
pleasing to many union men as it is
to Independent republicans and pro-
gressive democrats.
Just how the Nonpartisan league
will treat Mr.. Carss has not been re-
vealed to the public. Two years ago,
Mr.. Juls J. Anderson was serving the
Carssian cause as secretary. He ar
ranged for political meetings in Duluth
and the Eighth district whereby Mr..
Carss should appear with David Evans
and Tom Davis. Not only did Mr..
Carss refuse to appear with those state
candidates, but he repudiated the Ell
gagement. Further than that, steps
were taken to retire Mr.. Anderson as
secretary of the Carssian cause and
to put William E. Hammond in his
place. Mr.. Hammond was a union man
but, also, credited with being tied up
closely with Little Tammany.
It is a fact that a strong union man
is being quietly groomed as a possible
and eleventh-hour candidate against
Mr.. Carss. His name is being kept in
the closest secrecy. All that the Rip
saw has learned is that the dark horse
has not finally decided and that his
decision will depend on future develop
ments.
Some Of Mr.. Carss' intimates, if he
has such, have thought that this posi-
ibility was Earl Griffin, but the Rip
saw is confident that he aspires only
to county commissionership, in sue
cession to Mr.. Swanstrom. A goodly
number of railroad men speak very
highly and favorably of Ted. Harris
and ground swell might sweep him
into position as q candidate if any
thing untoward should arise as to Mr..
Carss.
A little bunch of sopping wet union
men are peeved because Mr.. Carss vot.
ed for national wartime prohibition,
but their noise is credited with being
much greater than their numbers.
There are some mysterious whispers
In re Carss, as the lawyers say it, but
nothing tangible has been repeated
loudly enough to reach the Rip-saw's
fairly acute ears. If there is no foun-
dation for that whispering, then there
certainly is some clever propaganda be-
ing quietly and mysteriously dissemin-
ated against the big man from Proctor.
on-the.Hill.
Since Judge Cant seems to be impos-
sible as pinch hitter for the G. o. p,
Editor Hitchcock, of the Hibbing Trib-
une, is serious possibility. If Warren
E. Greene does not wiggle onto a seat
on the district wool sack, it is within
the bounds Of possibility that he will
endeavor to take his spurs and shout
der straps to the halls Of national leg.
islation.
Time will reveal many things in this
congressional situation that are very
obscure and uncertain thus early in the
fateful New Year.