St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-02
Leaders Of Both Parties Pom
dering on That Campaign
Question.
Biennial Discussion Of the
One Joint Campaign Com
mittee Plan.
How a Couple Of the Repub-
liean County Nominations
Were Made.
A Husband in Trouble--Gen-
eral News Of the Day Gath
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just now the leaders of the two great
parties in Hennepin county are think
ing of the appointment of the campaign
committees. The books are ready for
entering up the names of the county
and con greSsiOnal committees, both Re-
publican and Democratic. The Repub-
licans have practically decided that
neither their county nor congressional
committee shall be appointed until
after the city convention next
week. This delay is with the in
tentiOn of having one joint committee
manage the three campaigns, city.
county and congressional. This is the
same old proposition that comes up
every year, and is as regularly hung up
in the attic where unavailable political
plans repose in oblivion and dust. But
this year the Republcans-some of
them-are urging it with more pertlnac-
ity than ever before. The probable out
come is following of the precedent of
former years, and making campaign
committees separate and independent
committees.
The Democrats have been cogitating
over much the same sort of a problem.
The Democrats. however, will probably
do as they did two years ago. Then the
committees were separate, but they had
joint executive committee, composed
of members of both committees. which
attended to the business that affected
both committees alike. In the mat
ters of securing full registration
nf n no I'm. Ivn inn
papers, hiring halls for mass meetings,
etc, matters that affected both commit
tees, the county and city committee
acted together through joint executive
committee. They will probably do the
same this year. But it is absolutely
necessary to have full city, county and
congressional committees, and they will
be appointed.
The way at least two of the nomina-
tons came to be made in the recent
Republican county convention is inter-
eSting as an illustration of practical
politics. The nomination of DR.. w. p.
Spring, for coroner, was one of the two
The men who know DR.. Spring know
that he is tbs last man in the world to
know how to get nomination in pO-
litical convention. Although he is a
good physician and surgeon, he has not
the slightest suspicion Of political acu-
men or tinesSe. But he is close to DR..
Hill. DR.. Hill is of the Hill family
He is also politician. as all
the bills are. The Hill family is
interested more or lesS-principally
more-in the railroads entering Mime
apolis. The coroner mas good deal of
business, In the way Of inqueSts over
persons killed on the railroads, that
concerns the railroads. and, hence, the
Hill family, i. e. the railroad interests,
secured the nomination for coroner for
DR.. w. z. Spring.
But the other nomination offers bet
ter illustration OF practical politics. 1t
was that OF Alfred Soderstrom for
county treasurer. Soderstrom, you
know. is at the head of the Svenska
Folkets Tidning. Swedish daily. 1t
undoubtedly has some influence in
Minnesota politics. Two years ago
it was a loyal Democratic paper
and fought valiantly for the cleo
ton of p. B. Winston. But that
was before SoderStrom became an office
seeker. He wanted to be named by the
Republicans for county treasurer this
year. The SwedeS demanded place
on the county ticket. but their choice
was not Soderstrom. But Soderstrom
was the choice of Robert JamIson and
Dave Clough. For SoderStrnm has a
newspaper, don't you see. And tine in
fluence Of his paper is wanted this wear
in the state campaign.
The cheapest way to keep Solder
strOm's paper in line for Knute is to
nominate him Tor county treasurer"
SAID Robert to Dave.
eyer right" said Dave to Robert.
pAfh
vention to see SOderstrom nominated.
The nominating speeches began. Viii
lis A. James, Stillman, G. l.. Cove, n.
Z. Peterson, all were nominated. 1t
looked as If no one would propose Sod
| erstrom'S name. r. r. Odell was loiter-
ering around on the platform. He had
been knocked out in his precinct,
and was not a delegate. But
| Robert and Dave hunted up a
proxy for Odell and sent him out
| into the body of the hall to nominate
| SOderstrom. He went out and talked
so fast that no one had time to call him
down Oh the score of his not being a
| delegate. So Soderstrom's name was
| proposed. Then Robert and Dave
pulled the wires and SoderstrOm was
| nominated. That's how Soderstrom
came to be chosen-through Roberts
and Dawes desire to keep his paper in
line and Odell'S gall.
Now the Populists say they won't in
| dorse Prof. Cation, the Prohibitionist
| for congress. The populists will have
no sort Of truck with the Prohibition
lists. They had their fill of the cold
water crowd last year. Some
of them are talking of S.
Nj. Owen for congressional nominee
| But Owens closest friends do not be
lieve he will run. They do not see now
he can afford to do it. He has the pres
| tige of having polled big vote as
| gubernatorial candidate. He cannot
| afford to run for congress in the Fifth
district, where heswill get no sort of 6
vote.
H. B. Martin is one of the PopuIlst:
who insists that OliueT I. Erickson
shall become the Populist nominee fol-
congress. Martin is the same man WHO
was ready to renounce all his Populs
professions, including allegiance to The
Sub-treasury plan. and swear loyalty
to the Democratic platform, provided
he could get a nomination for secretary
Of state. He probably thinks tina
Erickson is made of the same sort O
stuff. He is ready to 20 back on hi.
Democracy for the empty honor of F.;
nomination for congress by the Popu
lists of the fifth district.
The women want representation oil
the school board, where two vacancies
are to be filled by election this fall
The Women's council has taken up tn,
matter. 1t will hold special meetin!
tomorrow afternoon at the library build
ing to consider the matter, and then in
tends to call a mass meeting to test pub
| lie sentiment Prncedent-their owl