The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, February 17, 1919, Page 10

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Il | Minnesota Farmer Duly League Senator Ousted by Gang Vote Elected Turned Out of Office— Constabulary Bill a Blow at Labor HE fight on the Nonpar- tisan Jleague in the Min- nesota legislature reach- ed its first climpx last week when the’ senate - unseated Senator Wilcox of Washington county, Leaguer, grad- uate of the state university and on- the-land farmer. Senator Wilcox is compelled to run for re-election on February 20, at a special election called for Washington county by Gov- ernor Burnquist. it The story of the kicking out of this farmer senator reveals the workings of a political gang drunk with power," which will stoop to anything to dis- credit its opponents. Senator Wilcox, who was elected by a safe mujority, was unseated on the charge that he violated the corrupt practices act dur- ing his campaign. He was charged with circulating a “false and defama- tory” pamphlet against George H. Sullivan, his opponent, corporation at- | torney and agent, and for years reac- tionary leader of the senate. Mr. Wilcox got out a pamphlet dur- ing the campaign stating that Mr. Sullivan was attorney for the Twin City Rapid Transit company and 63 other corporations doing business in Minnesota. - Mr. Sullivan-admitted be- fore the senate that he was attorney for the Twin City Rapid Transit com- pany and that he was “agent and at- torney-in-fact” for 53 of the 63-cor- porations mentioned ‘in- the “Wilcox pamphlet. He admitted that he re- ceived compensation from. these 53 corporations; but said he had severed his connection with the other 10 cor- porations. The big point he made, however, is that there is a difference between being “attorney,” as Wilcox charged, and being “agent and attor- ney-in-fact,” and therein the pamphlet was “false and defamatory.” Further- more, the pamphlet neglected to state that Sullivan had severed his connec- tion with 10 of the 63 corporations. This neglect also made the pamphlet “false and defamatory.” FOOLISH EXCUSES FOR-GANG MOVE This was everything advanced by Sullivan to prove the pamphlet an illegal campaign document. A more flimsy 'and technical charge could not have been made. Yet a majority of the senate elections committee and .the senate upheld this charge. Of course the Wil- cox pamphlet would have been just as effective a campaign docu- ment, and would have worked just - as surely for Sullivan’s defeat if it had mentioned only 53 instead of 63 corporations and if it had called Sullivan “agent and attor- ney-in-fact” for these corpora- tions instead of merely “attor- ney.” A One other charge was nrade by Sul- livan. He alleged that.the campaign literature was seen in the polling: booth of Woodbury precinct, which went 149 to 26 for Wilcox. manded the throwing out of Wood- bury precinct, and that is' what the senate did in order to unseat Wilcox. Now, even if the charge had been true that the campaign literature of Wilcox was displayed-illegally at this polling booth, it was proved beyond the pos- sibility of a doubt that it had no ef- fect on the vote of the precinct. At the -election before the last, this pre- cinct gave Sullivan 12 votes, less than he got when he ran against Wilcox, and it gave Sullivan’s opponent at: that election 126 votes.. The precinct ‘| went: in the same ratio for ALL the League candidates last’ election. It has always heen strongly anti-Sulli- van. Yet it was charged, and the | sendte upheld the charge, that Wilcox He de- illegally influenced the vote against Sullivan. No sane man would have questioned the election of an opponent on flimsy and ridiculous charges of this kind had he not known there was a major- ity in the senate hostile to the League and its candidates, right or wrong, and that would go to any limit to show their hatred and exercise. their power to crush the organization. The first plan was to seat Sullivan at the same time Wilcox was unseated, but the senate majority did not stick together on that. It was too raw even for poli- ticians drunk with power and shame- less in their methods. - SPECIAL ELECTION ORDERED The first vote was an the proposi- tion of - substituting the minority re- port of the committee, seating Wil- cox, for the majority report unseating him. The vote showed a majority of. one in favor of seating Wilcox, which surprised everybody. But Wilcox had voted for himself, and on a point of order being raised the presiding officer threw the vote of Wilcox out, making a tie vote and defeating the proposi- tion- to adopt the minority report favoring Wilcox. : WY Balked by the breaking up of their own majority, which they had fondly counted on, the senate gang now did the next best thing it could do to sat- isfy its hatred for the farmer organi- zation. It was moved, as a “compro- mise,” that Wilcox should beunseated, - as scheduled, but; that, instead of seat- ing Sullivan, a special election should be called to fill the vacant seat. The two candidates will therefore run again at a special election February 20. against Wilcox, that he violated the corrupt practices act, which have ‘been widely circulated without any explanation of the weakness of the charges, will be sufficient to put Sul- livan over at the special election. ' The so-called “compromise,” like all compromises of politi- cians, is an act of gross injustice to Wilcox and the League. Wil- cox was elected, as shown by the original returns and by a court recount proceeding brought by Sullivan. Bhe charges of Sulli- van alleging violation of the cor- rupt practices act have no foun- dation and are a mere pretext. Yet the so-called compromise unseats Wilcox. The whole business has been a cowardly and contemptible proceeding. BILL TO PROVIDE ‘COSSACKS The Minnesota legislature has aroused organized labor by an at- tempt to put over a state constabulary bill under the guise of a bill estab- lishing a volunteer' “motor corps.” Such a corps was established by the public safety commission during the war, and the governor and public safety commission urge ‘that it be made permanent. It consists of young volunteer business men. None can belong without owning an automobile; The members wear uniforms resem- bling the United States army uniform and carry side arms instead of rifles. They ' are.also to be equipped with machine guns, mounted on the auto- mobiles, under the plan. Organized labor, of course, knows what this means—an arm- - ed force at the service of a gov- . ernor unfriendly to organized la- _bor, which will be used to intimi- date workmen and, under the fiuis: of “preserving law and or- . dery It is hoped that the charges. used to: break up strikes - .