The Princeton union., 1900-01-11

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Lind's confidence, nevertheless We
4 will hazard q guess Or two. Gov.Liad
will not be a candidate forss recollection
to. his present position. There will be
j tremendous pressurs Brought tboT bear
to induce him to change his determine
ton; but he will steadfastlyssSref to
accept denomination at the hands Of
the allied opposition to the Republican.
party:7fHe doess not ,care for another
term in The goternof''s office, even #
he were satisfied that he could be-
elected. The goal Of John 1ind's am
bition is u seat. in the United States
senate. The UNION wishes to so on
record as predicting that ex-Justice
Ctanty or Mayor Gray, of Minneapolis,
will head the fusion State ticket next
! fail; and that John Lind will be nomi-
mated by the Observation-Disclosures
lican scom bination for United States
senator IF these guesses prove ! cor
rect the campaign next fall will be the
most hotly contested that has ever
taken place in Minnesota. Undoubt-
edly the Republicans will nominate
Knute Nelson for U. S. senator. With
Lind pitted against Nelson, Swede
| against Norsk, it will be a battle royal.
There will be splendid fighting along
the whole line. Mr.. Lind's friends
will reason this way: Lind came
within an ace of carrying the State in
1896, against by no. means weak can
didate and in a presidential year; in
1898 he did carry the State by, 10000
against the Blaine of Minnesota Re-
publicans; why cannot he carry enough
Legislative districts in 1900 to overcome
the Republican majority OF 25 in the
State senate? Senator Nelson will
conduct such a campaign as he alone
is capable of conducting, and he will
be backed by thousands of loyal friends
and compact party organization, and
the odds will be greatly in his favor.
But on the other hand, Mr.. Lind will
have all the State patronage and a
powerful, we'll creased and smoothly
running machine to aid him-thanks
to the generosity of Republican State
senators there will be no scarcity of
.'oil" to keep the Democratic machine
in good working order. The National
Democratic committee will also make
a far from niggardly contribution of
the sinews of war. Such a man as
Canty or Gray, with Lind the promi-
nent factor and actively participating
in the campaign, would poll almost as
many votes for governor as Lind him
self could. $ We ight give numerous
other reasons why Lind's chances of
capturing the United States senator
ship would not be altogether hopeless,
but suffice it to say there are some big
corporate interests and several big
Republicans, too, who would not be at
all displeased to see John Lind wear
ing Knute Nelson's toga.
OF course Lind may be dragooned
into accepting denomination for gov
etnor.: His party or parties may in
sist upon nominating him whether he
will or not, and then appeal to him to
not desert them in such crisis;-
appeal to him in such a manner that it
will be almost impossible for him to
decline. One thing is absolutely cer-
tain, every intelligent member of the
allied opposition to the Republican
party is fully aware of the fact that.
unless John Lind heads the State
ticket or is nominated for u. S. sena-
tor the Republicans will have a walk
over. We believe Gov. Lind is sincere
when he says he does not want Sec
ond term in the governors chair, but
we do believe he would like very much
to succeed Knute Nelson in the United
States senate.
Gov. Lind will make an announce
ment atsthe Democratic banquet which
is scheduled for Wednesday evening at
the West Hotel in Minneapolis, and
we are decidedly OF, the opinion that he
will, in positive terms, give his follow
ers to understand that he will not, un-
der any conceivable circumstances,
accepta denomination for governor.
1r may not l'''5 be an. altogether charita-
BILE thing to say, butiit is nevertheless
the plain and ar VIII olesomes estruth, that in
nine cases olltsof ten. the editor Or mol