KinSource - Tale of the Week - Hoist By His Own Petard

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Minnesota Tales

The Princeton Union, November 7, 1918, p. 1

HOIST BY HIS OWN PETARD.

Cravens' Filthy Campaign Work Strikes Back at Him and Precipitates the Ingrate Into the Sewer of Degradation.

Richard Hamer, With a Bunch of Stickers and a Campaign of But a Few Days, Beats Him to a Frazzle.

W. C. Doane Defeats O. C. Myron for County Attorney --- Peltier, Schockley, Osterberg, Sanford and Henschel Re-elected.

The citizens of the 55th legislative district have shown their appreciation of the late R. C. Dunn by demonstrating, in no uncertain terms, their disapproval of the insidious methods of that ingrate and filthy mudslinger, Fay Cravens. The vote furnishes an exceptionally good test of loyalty, and in this election Mille Lacs county citizens have shown exactly where they stand on that particular issue.

Mr. Dunn has been endorsed in full measure by the election to the senate of Richard Hamer of Milaca, a prosperous farmer, an educated man and an able public speaker. Although but a few days were available for campaign purposes prior to election, Mr. Hamer's friends busied themselves and placed Cravens in the discard - he was, figuratively speaking, cast into the back alley and buried beneath an avalanche of denunciation. His dirty campaign reverted in the shape of a boomerang.

And, withal, Richard Hamer's friends conducted his campaign through the medium of stickers. As all know, there is not one case in a thousand where a sticker candidate is victorious. Hence this shows the contempt in which Cravens was held by the citizens of the county and the district - it shows how much truth there was in his statement, so often reiterated, that he was [indorsed] by "several farmers' organizations." Had he been indorsed by organizations of real farmers - such farmers as Mr. Hamer - would he not have been elected hands down? Even his home village turned him down cold by giving Mr. Hamer a large majority - a tribute to the worth of the farmer candidate and to R. C. Dunn, the man whom he was chosen to represent.

The tale is told, the ingrate has been relegated to the refuse heap, and a representative farmer, Richard Hamer, elected to succeed him by a majority of something like 600 in the 55th district.

While the official count has not yet been made, it is certain from figures at hand that W. C. Doane has been elected over Olin C. Myron for county attorney by a majority of over 400. Mr. Doane had no time to make a personal campaign in consequence of his confining duties as secretary of the local registration board.

Walter Peltier has been re-elected to the office of county auditor by a majority of over 350, and we can say that he is an able man for the position - an expert statistician and a man who is always on the job.

For county treasurer Otto Henschel had no opposition. For register of deeds A. G. Osterberg was re-elected by a substantial majority.

For sheriff Harry Shockley, the present incumbent, defeated his opponent, Albert Kiel, by about 350.

Judge Sanford, as judge of probate, was returned to office.

Olof Wasenius, for county superintendent of schools, had no opposition.

John Levau was elected county commissioner in the second district and John G. Axell in the fourth.

C F Serline of Mora and W. S. Enger of Orrock were elected representatives in the 55th legislative district by a safe majority and Leslie J. Blair defeated.

Knute Nelson, as was confidently expected, beat his hyphenated-party candidate, Calderwood, to a frazzle - his estimated majority being 100,000. In Princeton village he polled 248 votes while his opponent received only 42, a majority of 206. Mille Lacs county has given him a handsome majority, but returns from several precincts are not yet in and it is therefore impossible to give the exact figures. No one will be surprised at Knute Nelson's return to the United States senate.

Governor Burnquist has been returned to office by a plurality estimated at from 50,000 to 75,000. The vote in Princeton village for governor was 247 for Burnquist, 46 for Wheaton and 14 for Evans, the Townley candidate, and Mille Lacs county will give him a handsome majority.

Mueller, for clerk of the supreme court, has apparently been elected over Lethert, but so far there is no certainty. Mueller was on the ballot as republican nominee, but was a Townley leaguer. He was repudiated by the republican committee at the last minute and the committee threw its support to Lethert, but is was too late to focus attention.

Attorney General C. L. Hilton has a big lead for re-election and there is not much doubt that he will be returned by a large majority.

Frankson, for lieutenant governor, is leading Helvig two to one.

Julius Schmahl has seemingly defeated Edward Indrehus for secretary of state.

Putnam is running a long way ahead for railroad and warehouse commissioner, with Jacobson second, Tillquist third and Hokanson fourth.

For state auditor Preus is ahead of the next nearest candidate four to one, and Henry Rines is running like a whirlwind.

Calvin L. Brown, for justice of the supreme court, will undoubtedly win out with a majority, while for associate justices Hallam is leading and Holt second.

Thomas D. Schall for congressman in the tenth district, is safely in the lead, and will have a large majority over Finlayson, while Clarence B. Miller of the Eighth district will probably be defeated by the labor candidate, W. L. Carss, an engineer.

The mayoralty race in Minneapolis is close, but Meyer, the republican candidate, has apparently defeated Van Lear, socialist.

From late figures the prohibition amendment appears to have been defeated.