The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-05

Milaca Time RepC: The members
of the state legislature from the For
ty-sixth district are non-committal on
the senatorial question. That's all
right. There are number of gentle
men in Minnesota who would make
good senators.
Hokah Chief (Rep): Washburn will
find plenty of opposition in his scram-
Die for the United States senatorship.
He halls from the Twin Cities and the
locality that virtually owns the earth
as far as Minnesota goes. Just as long
as we concede everything just that
long will we go unrecogniZed. No man
In the southern part of the state, in
Justice to his cons tituents, can be do
ing his duty and support Washbuln or
any other candidate from the Twin
City region.
Anoka Union (Rep): A certain state
senator was requested by telegraph by
a certain candidate for United States
senator to come down to Minneapolis
FOR consultation. The certain senator
replied to the certain candidate that
II he wanted to see him, his Office was
In certain city at certain hours. Ger
lainly!
Clarkfeld Advocate: Would it not
be a good plan to sell the senatorial
tOga at public auction 1t would save
time and would undoubtedly secure
the same results.
Duluth Commonwealth: While Du-
| luth is not red hot for Washburn, the
people here do not see any great i'm
provement in sending Mr.. Rogers, of
st. Paul, whose candidacy is probably
a joke on him anyway One reason for
choosing some other rather than
| Washburn, is to get somebody outside
OF the Twin Cities a situation that
would be little bettered by having two
men from st. Paul.
Moorhead News (Rep): A Minneap-
Oils newspaper puts a scare heading
over the clippings from two newspa-
pers, stating that the country press is
beginning to show itsr hand for Wash
burn. One clipping lis from the ST.
Cloud Journal-Pres and the other
from the Mankat0 Review. AS every
newspaper man in the state, and most
newspaper readers, know why the for
mer is an ardent Washburn supporter,
and as the latter is Democratic and
hasn't a hand in the deal, it will be
seen how far the press quoted go to-
wards showing the sentiment of the
country press in the matter Of Wash
burns reelection &
| 4-lNI
Pioneer Press: Among the many
names which Ingenuity has busted
itself in suggesting as possible candi-
dates for the, senate, there is one that
all must see to be, when seriously con-
sidered, is entirely Unavailable. 1t is
the present misfortune of Mr.. John
Lind, whose amiable qualities all ad-
mire, to be out of sympathy with his
party on the silver question. Mime
sofa has no uncertain tone for honest
money. and the district of Mr.. Lind,
where no other issue was heard during
the campaign, gave an overwhelming
vote in it's favor. But Mr.. Lind him.
self. in the single instance in which he
appeared in the late campaign, took
the opportunity to deny the announced
doctrine of the party and declared his
belief in the free coinage of silver.
| This removes him as effectually from
the list of Republican possibilities as
| If he belonged to the Peoples party.
Austin Transcript Rep.): We con-
fess that we do not like to sec the
claim brazenly maintained that Sen
ator w. D. Washburn owns the COM
ing legislature so that no one else is
to have any consideration in it, and
his reelection is to be foregone con-
clusion. Certainly this was not one of
the issues of the late campaign. What
is the legislature for if it is not to
consult in just such matters for the
best interests Of the whole state? ANY
one who claims that there is no other
man in the state who can represent us
| just as ably and successfully at Wash
ington should move at once to Colo
RADIO or Kansas where he may find
| the intelligence of this state to assume
such condition. The fact is that it
is possible to be better represented
| even than we have been during the
past II years. We have nothing of
criticism to make of Mr.. Washburn's
career through Congress. What gals
us is the gratuitous assumption that
he alone has the requisite legislative
| ability in this great commonwealth.
We hope that the legislators from
this county will take independent
action in the selection of our next
senator and consider nothing but the
interests of all classes and conditions.