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Show PREUS STARTED AS MGE BQY 'May B UtcXtd to 0. S. , ' Senate'"' '' ' , By NIA aWvloa. "' -. MI NNXAPO LIS, Mlna, July I. ... rram page-boy to TJ. a acnei?'' That may ka Ua nt road lra; aled by J. A. O. Preua, geramor of , Idlnnaaota. - : ' . - Thirty yaara atro. Praua, then f. waat to th. anpltal ta itrri ja een.er bay In tha hlahor bodyor 1 oanarooa. Like other page, ba waa nartlaularty brlaht, and aw than -ahawd a anarkW dlro knew " mar about thla .Lmnr a.m. or 1 BollUo In wblt h ha waa Btorlnir. , - On July It of this yaar. nflnntnw- 1 ft.! will hold s Bpo-al -aHlan ta fill C n yaoancy In tha sonata, caueed by a th. death af Kb10 Hataaw. ) ' And tha former pea. will tno "B'Publlcan cantlldata. ' Praua' aueoaaaful career In poll-' poll-' "I'tlri really dateg back lut Y? " whan th. equate-Jawed young Kor-' Kor-' weglan from Iowa waa attandlns Mlnneeot Unlreraity Law achool. ' Ha waa a mlnltra pan. qurnlly poor. And to pay bin way , he waited labia. In tba BBd ball. rousis his me. . . - Ha and a ocora of othor -eountrr Voy." wro diareaarded by tba arl- ' tocratle town clique which ran ci.ee ' and achool. Praua waa too buay to ' mind It nntll tha aonlor year, whan ' tha -arUtocrata" But for pro.ld.nt a man whom BS ldnt Ilka and didn't conatder fit. Praua want to work. In raw day ha bad an offer tiro and all.nt "machine - And when tha woteo were counted, "country boy a" bold all offices from praaldcnt on down. Today, aa governor, ba haa bn active In an effort to tm "radl-callam" "radl-callam" la Mlnneeota. When he get to th senate, ha ex pert a ta coatlnuo with bla work. ,! Ha became aorarnor .In lilt, at ' tha age of la. And thooo who know him aay tha aanatorahlp to but topping clone. Ha haa bis aye on : th biggest prlao of ail lh. 'Whit H'i. . HI gtTrnorahlp record haa ten admirably chequered. Hla admlnle-tratlon admlnle-tratlon haa worked ably to lauach one bis coopcratlva firmer- enter-prlee enter-prlee after another. MlnneeoU farm product now ara Bold aimoat II par cent cooperatively. Ha aianed tba bill tmpoarns S t per cent eoeupatlon tax on Iron ml. . nlna oompaniaa, It par rent at eel truet owned. Yet tha oeaaeleea taunta of being a "reactionary and s friend of tha "at eel tract' Sorted , at him tor down a majority of ll, 60a lo 1120 to one of le,0 ta llll ' when ha waa reelected. aiCRlTARV TO NILtOH. ' In hla early manhood Praua spent - pnreral year In Waahlngtoa a eec-retary eec-retary ta Uenator Nrleon. Neleon alway waa referred to a hla "politic "po-litic papa.' Throughout his career hla otrona-eet otrona-eet political lieutenant, bar been, and still ara, th same 'country . hoy' of the clae of 'te. who rod to Tletory In tho oollg election. - M.ny have hald Important offlcaa Prru la. an aff.bl and effective speaker. Ha has aray eyea which can oof l en or can bora llko chilled steeL He really looks older than bis age. With his wtta and their I-y I-y ear-eld eon Jack." ha Uvea In s oeven-room brown frame house In A - 'middle class Minneapolis suburb. |