The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-19
"JAKE'S" AIM Is HIGH
MARC ANTONY of THE HOUSE TRY.
ING TO TALK. HIMSELF
HIGHER
WANTS THE GovERNoRsH1p
SO Do Loren W.ACO1lins and Robert
G. Evans, andfThey Do Say That
Robert G. Dunn Would Not BE
Averse to- Wearing the Lind
Observation-Disclosures Rocker After
1900

1t is said that Representative Jacob
shoes two years hence, but to be gov
ernor There is a well proven adage that
There Is always room at the top and
ever since coming to ST. Paul as a legis-
lator from his obscure home in Northern
Minnesota, MIR. Jacobson had had this
in mind. No one appreciated its sig
nifieance better than Jacobson, and now
1t is said on good authority that 1.-The
alarm clock" is grooming for the CUB
ernatorial race two years hence.
Mr.. Jacobson has served in several
legislatures. but he has never taken as
prominent part andJas bold a stand on
many measures as during the present ses-
s1on He has beens regarded as one OF
the coming strong men in the Republican
ranks, and his name has been mentioned
IN connection with the state authorship
on many occasions. But Jacobson is sly,
and shrewd. Some of the party would
be glad If he would commit himself. and
there has been great deal of speculation
among party men as to his position. The
legislature has always been the political
schcol for future success and Jacobson
has been measuring noses with the other
members OF that body of late, and has
found that he just about had things his
own way.
There is perhaps no man who has
watched all Of this of late with as great
an interest as Judge Collins. Judge Col
Inns would rather be governor than any
thing else in the world, and his appear
ance around the legislative halls recent
evidence he
Ing the more remote fences of his balli-
wick to go unattended. He has been in
the lobby OF the state house off and on
with great frequency. In short Collins
and jacobson are playing game of hide
and seek around the legislative nursery
room. Collins is an out and out candi-
date for governor. He has said SO and
every one knows it. The ink on Gov
Lind oath of Office was hardly dry last
fall when he made an attempt to get into
the good eraces Of the old soldiers Anti
Eust1s club without much success. Since
then he has quietly been at work among
his friends who, it can be said, constitute
the best element of1the Republican party,
and he is daily growing in favor with
tnat wing of the grand old party. But
jacobson while not an out and out can
didate, has the advantage and is in
every way possible making himself solid
with the country delegations. He has
1ought ali the corporate measures this
session and has taken the part of the
taxpayer in every controversy where
there was chance for him to get In a
lew bars Of his Yociferous oratory.
Judge Collins has observed this with
no little displeasure, but the fact that
he is an out and out candidate gives him
license to do little more work in his
behalf. He has to date made but one
deal. but 1T is one Which will add great
ly to his strength. For. a starter Judge
Collins proposes to-. nominate H. w.
Childs for chief justice Of the supreme
court to succeed Judge Start. OF course,
Judge Starts friends will raise small
sized insurrectiof1 in their part of the
country. but it don't count as Collins
don't expect to get his strength from that
| locality anyway
Collins all the while is figuring with
other Republicans and he will probably
have the deal to get himself nominated
all fixed up by July, 1900. 1t is an open
| question, however, whether his early
campaign will not suffer the same fate
that-came to Samuel Ryan Van SAINT.
incidentally, however, Mr.. jacobson
| should not overlook the presence in the
ranks of one of the most alert and
sagacious Republican politicians of the
state, Robert G. Evans. While
Robert G. realizes to the full
the political prestige of keeping ones