Evening star., 1924-09-23
Minnesota Chiefs See Peril if
Agitation of Corruption
Issue Is Renewed.
WHEELER WILL SPEAK
IN ST. PAUL TOMORROW
Dawes Follows Thursday in Min.
neapolis-German Vote Objective
of Both Candidates.
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.
Stan CORRESPONDENT Of The Star.

SluU Correspondent Ol
ST. PAUL. Mimi, September ga
Just when the Republican leaders out
here believed that the Coolidge ad-
ministration had pretty well disposed
of the charges of corruption in Wash
ington along comes former Attorney
General Daugherty and starts the
fracas all over again. One OF the
principal Republican leaders in the
State today expressed the opinion the
people in Minnesota put no faith in
what CASTOR B. Means had said or
might say in regard either to Mr..
Daugherty or Senator Wheeler.
But from Republican standpoint"
he continued, Il believe that is mis-
take to agitate the old Department of
Justice troubles again. The admins
tration had cleaned house. The for
mer Attorney General had left the
cabinet at the suggestion of President
Coolidge"
Hope Issue Is Dropped.
A fervent wish was expressed by
this leader and by other Republicans
that the Republican campaign man.
agement would not now undertake to
pOiSlcF up DduSHcTlS. lHcy Sdlu lucS
understood, of course, that Mr.
Daugherty was seeking vindication
for himself.
The Republican press in this State
already has begun to strike at Wheel
er, in view of the Daugherty an
nouncement that Means had repudi-
ated his statement before the Senate
investigating committee. While as
serting they put no credence in the
statements made by Means regarding
Wheeler, these newspapers are insist
ing that Senator Wheeler. if he knew
what kind of a man Means was,
should not have given such weight to
his testimony before the committee,
and that if Senator Wheeler had not
sized Means up then he was lacking
in the ability needed for the vice
presidential job.
Republicans Fight Hard.
The campaign here is on in earnest
The Republicans, feeling that they
have a chance to carry the State for
Coolidge, are bending every effort to
put across their State ticket and to
win the electoral votes of Minnesota
-12 in number-for Coolidge and
ing them in the face-the State going
for Johnson and Shipstead. the Farm
er-Labor SenatorS-the Republicans
were somewhat disorganized. But.
encouraged by the better times due
to farm prices jumping higher and
higher, and by the fact that many
people seemed to be willing to give
Coolidge chance" they have been
working hard.
The Farmer-Laborites suffered a
short time ago from overconfidence in
this State, according to reports. But
that is being rectified now, and they
are planning a vigorous campaign
from now until election.
Both sides are bringing up their
heavy guns this week. Senator
Wheeler speaks in st. Paul Wednes-
day and Thursday. Gen. Charles G..
Dawes is to speak in Minneapolis.
knowing well that the swing Of the
German-American voters in the State
is strongly toward La Toilette, the
Republicans are StreSsing the value
of the service of Gen. Dawes and the
Republican administration through
American Observation-Disclosures not
as government-in the discussions
which led to the Dawes plan" being
adopted by the European powers.
Cannot Gauge Results.
Much printed material setting forth
the benefits derived through the
adoption of the Dawes plan, printed
in the German language, is being dis
tributed in the heavily German dis
tricts of Minnesota-and there are
many of them. Frankly, the Repub-
lican leaders admit they do not know
how effective this argument will be,
and they admit just as frankly that
La Toilette has had the inside track
with many of these voters up until
now.
A very considerable number of the
German-Americans in the State are
Catholics, and Republicans are hop
ing that the antipathy of the Catholic
Church to socialism-and the Social
ist party has clasped La Toilette and
Wheeler to its bosom-will serve also
to bring these people back to the
Republican fold.
There are Democrats in Minnesota,
OF course, but the race this year, it
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