The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-06-03

knutson has never been printed in
the columns of the Independent. 1t
is a rule ridigly enforced by the pub
Usher even to the extent of emitting
from the paper news items that would
necessitate using harold knutson's
name. Up at Sank Centre in StearnS
county that old stand pat republican
political-editor, Asa Wallace, has a
rule that his paper must never use
capital letters in knutson's name and
so whenever the editor talks of the
Sixth District congressman the name
appears like this: harold knutson. But
over at Foley the Independent is ap-
plying the "silent contempt" treat
ment. .,....
When knutson ran one of the two
newspapers published here about
fourteen years ago he was also chair
man Of the Benton county republi-
can committee. One of the grievances
of an old time republican was that
during the time knutson was at the:
head of republican county committee
he supported Wiesniewski, demo-
crat for the legislature against Otis
Doyle a republican. That's going
back a long ways. Both Wiesniewski
and Doyle have represented Benton
county in the legislature. WiesnieN-
ski is now a prominent banker at Fo-
ley and Doyle is president of the Con-
tinental State Bank at Minneapolis.
But it also shows that voters have
long memories.
Foley is the center of the OPPOSE
ton in Benton county to knutson's
denomination. knutson lost Benton
county in the last election to Ship
stead. He has not succeeded in re-
pairing his political fences especially
at Foley. Freeman will ge a very
large majority in the village of Foley.
About four months ago a delega-
ton of Benton county citizens were
in Washington on a business matter
before one of the departments. When
they returned they brought the re-
port that knutson, once the republic
can whip of the house, had not only
lost that position but that he had
ceased to be popular or influential.
That story is being repeated.
Capt. Stayton's reference in his
ST.. Paul speech last Tuesday that
Minnesota had the rottenest bunch
Of congressman of any state in the
union" is also being frequently quot
ed in Benton county when politics is
discussed.
Over at Sank Repids where they
cast lot of republican votes knut-
son is going to fare as badly as he
did against Shipstead in the last cleo
ton. Although overwhelmingly re-
publican Shipstead carried Sank Rap
ids. Sank Rapids republicans are Of
the staid and dependable kind but
mighty Independent even if they are
set in their republican ways. The
Sank Rapids Sentinel is outspokenly
for Freeman. This leaves knutson
without the support of either repub-
lican paper in Benton county. Free
man will carry Sank Rapids by a big
lead. There are also several other
sore spots in Benton county for knut-
son. At the same time there are sew
eral townships that he will carry by
substantial pluralities but the net re-
suit will most likely be that Benton
county as a whole will return plur-
atty against the present republican
COnSreSSIudu lTOIl Tile OiXLn QlSCrlCL.
His vote against the Wilson admins
tration in the war which used to net
him lot of votes in the German COM
munities in Benton county is pretty
well forgotten, besides these votes are
being generally registered for the
Farmer Labor party in recent cleo
tions.
Wadsworth, the Cass Lake entrant