The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08
CANDIDATES FOR LEGISLATIVE
POSITIONS BEGIN TO SHOW
THEIR HEADS.
FIVE WANT THE SPEAKERSHlP
AND THE CAMPAIGN rs NOT YET
THAT MANY DAYS
OIL.
DowL1Ne's WORDS OF cHEEu
Sent t. the State Presidents of Re-
publican League Clubs-He, Too,
After Something.

secretary LOWING, or the National
Republican league, has returned to
Chicago. The headquarters of the
league will continue as usual at the
Auditorium hotel and the fight for 1898,
says Mr.. Bowling, will at once com
mence. 1.-THE National Republican
league, for the first time in years"
Mr.. Bowling says, Starts out on a
new campaign Of organization and edu-
cation without a cent of indebtedness.
A year and a half ago the league owed
$14, 600 and had a law suit of ST.. 600 on
its hands. The suit was decided in
the leagues favor by the appellate
court and in addition to the current
expenses of the campaign every dollar
OF the indebtedness has been wiped
out"
Secretary Bowling has sent out the
following letter to all the state presi-
dents Of the league:
Allow me, hurriedly and informally, to con-
graduate you on the glorious victory of
Tuesday, and on the good efficient work done
by the State league and the Republican
clubs in your state. | would like to hear
from you in a general way, concerning the
closing league work of the campaign and it's
results.
Allow me to urge you to keep intact and at
lNS u StICh6tA every CiuDs Wl6ll6r IL was
formed for campaign purposes or otherwise.
Let no club disband in this hour of victory.
but join the league if it has not already
done so.
Every Republican league should be proud
that 1T served in this memorable campaign,
and should resolve to stand firmly by Will
lam mckinley and the inspiring principles,
protection and sound money, which he rep
reSents.
Five candidates to date for the speak
ership of the house. Ramsey county has
no candidate this year, and while Hen
nepin has, that county will not likely
get many favorS because of the way
Clough was turned down in the election
Ia that county. But the country bobs
up with some good men, all Of whom
have good eaSonS for their ambitions.
and all Of them, likewise, good back
ing. Dan Shells friends are unwilling
that his d~eclination to contest for the
place shall be considered seriously. The
Worthington man, they say, is entitled
to the honor, and there is no getting
away from the fact hat the burly
statesman has as many friends as any
of the avowed candidates for the place.
Shell may be out of the race person
ally, but it is possible that his friends
will insist that he get into it again.
Such things have happened.
The latest aspirant Is Joseph Under
leak, of Olmsted county. Underleak
was a candidate for the speakership
Two years age n got out of the way
in favor of Capt. Van SAINT, with the
understanding that the captains
friends would be at Underleak's service
this year. That compac will be ad-
hered to, and thus Underleak ecomes
a formidable candidate from the first.
j. u. Jones, of Todd county. is said
to have the best of the fight at this
time. He has the support Of other
counties han his own, and the assis-
tance OF some of h mos influential
ofhce holders at the capitol. Jones
chief claim to the office is that he got
out of the way in favor Of Holcomb
for the supreme court c~lerkship. Ed.
Smith, who halls from Hennepin. Is
In bad odor with the politicians ecaus
OF that fact. No mai who comes from
that county can expect much from the
legislators this year. Clough's friends
will not soon forget the result of the
election in that county, and while Smith
may not have had anything to do with
the slump it's against his chances that
he claims Minneapolis as his residence.
John f. jacobson, Of Lac Qui Parle;
G. F. Staples, of Dakota, and POSSIBLY
Steve Lovejoy, Of Hennepin. are also
candidates.
There are any number of candidates
for the chief clerkship- also. L.. +.
Ahlstrom, of Hennepin. yesterday an
bounced that he is a Candidate. He
was on the floor as a member two
years 6 q. M. j. Bowling. secretary of
the National Republican league. who
held the place two years ago. is I'm.
derstOod to be a candidate for re-eIec-
ton. Bowling, it is said, will shortly
resign his position with the league and
return to Minnesota and enter politics
actlvely with a view to securing the
nomination fnp cnnrnto WV ~ 49,
years hence. Bowling will have the
votes Of all the old members of the
house and tarts in with at least thir-
ty votes. He is the most formidable
candidate the other aspirants will have
to face. Bronson Strain, of Battle
Lake, who was first assistant clerk
OF the house two years ago. is a can
d1date for the first place this year.
j. Frank Dean, who was second as
s1stant two years ago, has been in
training for the contest for first place
ever since h last legislature adjourn,
ed.
The usual scramble for the positions
of enrolling clerks has begun and
every member Of the Ramsey delega-
ton has been asked to make pledges
to the numerous local candidates. The
usual struggle for committee clerk.
ships has also begun.
over IN the senate >. A. Langum. of
Preston. who was chief clerk last ses-
sion, is a candidate again. Langum,
like Bowling, is a candidate for secre-
tary of state when Berg ~retires. The
presence of Langum and Bowling in
the legislature, both working for the
same end, will likely inaugurate a
red hot political battle.
Fred Falley, secretary-elect of state
for North Dakota, was in st. Paul YES
terday. He said the most disagree
able thing the people of North Dakota
had to contend with was the persis,
tency with which the papers placed
the state in the doubtful column.
There is nothing Populistic about our
state" he said. Our people don't want
any Kansas in theirs. In proportion
to the total vote of the state the ma
jority Of 5000 for Mckinley is larger
than the 80, 900 of Minnesota or the
1850 Of Illinois. The people up there
gave Senator PETER the laugh when
he tried to talk to them about free
silver. They had heard Of his state
ond fhoxy uyor%aI ~ono LIZ IrAEr