The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-06-14
(By Asa M. Wallace
Sank Centre Herald)

Sank Centre Herald)
Reports from all parts of Mime
sofa indicate that apathy on the part
of the active voter is notable, not
withstanding the fact that each one
of the three dominant parties have
several candidates for the position of
United States Senator.
The Herald urges all it's readers to
do their duty as citizens, and to par
ticipate in the primaries next Nor
day.
From the best information the edi-
tor has at hand, the people of west
erns Stearns County are strongly in
sympathy with Judge Oscar Hallam.
Under normal conditions one would
expect that Governor Preus, with his
immense organizations of paid en-
'ployees, getting into every corner of
Minnesota, would have the advantage,
and be easily nominated, but such is
not the case. Every report available
at Hallam Headquarters, is that this
contest is between Judge Hallam and
Governor Preus. The Governor is
decidedly weaker in every section of
Minnesota than he was last Novem-
Der.
This criticism is caused by his ap-
parent attempt to force himself into
the Senate following the death of
Senator Nelson. In spite of the
claims made by Charley Cheney of
tbo M;pn oonol;c To,,rpoI q fou Iouc
ago, when he made the absurd pre-
diction that the expense would only
be $500 per precinct, the total ex-
pense in each precinct in Minnesota,
when the primary and the election
are taken into consideration, will not
be far short for 500. AS there are
about $500 precincts in the state,
this expense will not be far short of
$350,000, and it is fair to assume that
the other expenses will make the to-
tai cost 100000.
Had the Governor honestly desir-
ed to have had any cloud on the law,
authorizing the appointment of the
Senator cleared up, this could have
been done by special session of the
Legislature at an expense of not to
exceed $4,000.
These are some of the reasons why
the people in every hamlet and pre-
cinct in the state, north, east, south
and west, are criticising the Govern
or, and the Herald is convinced, that
if he is nominated at the primaries
next Monday that he cannot be elect
ed. We are just as thoroughly con-
WINGED that the one man who can best
unity all factions Of the people of
Minnesota and defeat the radical
candidate is Judge Oscar Hallam.
against whose name or official life
there is not single blemish.
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The Herald editor urges the peo-
pie of Western Stearns to use their
right of suffrage at the polls On Mon
day. If you are convinced that the
Farmer-labor candidate best meets
your requirements, get out. at the
polls on Monday and help nominate
one of them. If you are convinced
that tn Democratic candidate will
best serve the people of Minnesota,
do your duty at the polls on Monday.
Finally, if you are convinced that
the best interests of the state would
be conserved by the nomination and
election of Republican, vote at the
primaries on Monday.
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Much misinformation relative to
the resignation of Supreme Court
Justice, Oscar Hallam before he
filed as candidate for the United
States Senate, is being circulated.
Publicity has been given to the claim
that it was compulsory for the
Judge to resign before he became
candidate for the nomination at the
primaries.
There is a state constitutional
provision requiring jurists to relin-
quish the office they hold when
making a final campaign for another
elective office, but this has been held
not to apply to primary campaign.
This decision was given at the time
DlSCTlCI JuuSS w. LIE SOIioCOCh, u1dll-
kato, was candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Governor.
The object of this wide publicity
to this misinformation is of course to
minimize the motive of Judge Hal
lam in resigning while numerous
other state officials are campaigning
for the senatorship with no apparent
though of relinquishing the office
they hold unless they are elected to
the Senate.
In this connection it may also be
said that the state constitutional pro-
vision can have no application to the
election to a Federal office. The u.
S. Constitution and laws alone can
determine the eligibility of men for
Federal office or the regulation of
their election. A recent Supreme
Court decision. is an example of
this.