The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-09-21

The Popuiists, for instance, nominated
o Democrat for president and free
silver Republican" for vice president,
and then, when the Democrats refused
to accept their presidential nom-
inee they gracefully accepted the
Democratic nominee, who happens to
have been the political partner and as
sociate of the man who is, of all 9TH
ers, most hated by Populists-they &C
copied Adlai Stevenson, the running
mate of Grover Cleveland.
Just so in the state convention, the
Democrats nominated for governor the
man who coined most Of the express
sions Of contempt which are current
IN their application to Democrats, ana
then fitted him out, at his own re-
quest, with a set of running mates
who are, almost without exception,
Populists or renegade Republicans
but recently identified with Democracy.
The nomination of H. C. Koerner for
treasurer was made in the same vein OF
Political PettifogEing
that prompted the nomination of
"Judge" Kelly for attorney general
two years ago. 1t was expected that
Judge" ]. F. Kelly would be con-
founded with. Judge w. F. Kelly. and
that many would vote for the Dem
ocratic candidate for attorney general
under the misapprehension that they
were voting for the honored and re-
spected judge Of the district court OF
Ramsey county. In the present case
Koerner was nominated in the ex-
pectation that he will be mistaken for
the present incumbent of the same
UUh
has voluntarily retired. State Treas
urer Koerner is as much chagrinned
over the duplication of names as
though he were a candidate himself.
and will make 1t his business in the
course of the campaign to let his
friends know that the Koerner who Is
running for treasurer on the Demo-
cratic ticket is another kind OF a
Koerner. H. c. Koerner, the Demo-
cratic nominee, is at present a deputy
In the office of F. M. Pope, the pubic
examiner, and is in no way related TO
the present state treasurer. w. N.
Saunders, the nominee for attorney
general, was
Selected by Gov. Lind at a Late Hour,
It is said, upon the refusal Of T. D.
O'Brien to take the nomination. Mr..
Saunders is said to be q practicins at
torney, or at least to have been adj
mitted to the bar, which Is more than
can be said Of some former Democratic
nominees for the same position.
The nomination Of Ringdal, Knox
and Owen for railroad commissioners
was determined upon by the governor
long prior to the convention, and the
fight put up by certain friends Of
Neary to get him on the ticket for
commissioner was as unavailing as was
every other struggle to break
The GubernatoriaI Slate.
Just why the governor, or his friends,
regard Ringdal as a formidable can
didate is difficult to understand. In
1898 Ringdal was the Populist nominee
for congress in the Seventh district.
That district was, at that time. at
least, regarded as the great Populist
stronghold, and although Gov. Lind
carried it by over 1000,
RingdaI Was Defeated by $500.
If he could not carry his own district,
which was so strongly for Lind, II does
not seem probable that he can carry
the rest Of the state, which is naturally
and normally Republican. The rail-
ROAD commission ticket Is, OF course
essentially Populist, Mr.. Owen being
the high priest Of that party, and Mr..
Knox that doubtful quantity which is
always reducible into .Populist
Silver Republican. Mr.. Meighen, the
nominee for lieutenant governor, Is also
a Populist of the most recent fashion,
that is, one who talks for Populist
principles but is always ready to
Surrender and Sacrifice
then. for votes.
Although there were nearly 40, 900
people in attendance at the state fair
on the evening Of the ovation" to Gov.
Lind, less than one-eighth of that num-
Der took the trouble to attend the
"grand rally" at the Auditorium when
the governor made his speech Of &C
ceptance, AMI by far the greater part
Of those present were people from the
two cities, who were not specially in
terested in the fair. The real farmers
were at the fair grounds, while those
who farm the farmers were at the con-
vention, parcelling out the patronage
they hope to gain by the election Of
Lind.