The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-11
SOURCE F 0PA|R 5 GoD|ENZ IS WELL SATISFIED
THE OHIO CONGRESSMAN SPEAKS
VERY HOPEFULLY OF HIS
OWN STATE
REPUBLICANS VERY ANXIOUS
They Are Afraid of Losing the State
LEM liz Pleased at Gov. Lind's
Certainty Of Re-
election.

Congressman John j. Lenz, of Ohio; NJ.
A. Wipperman, the Independent Demo-
cratic nominee for governor in North
Dakota, and Thomas Kleinogle, chairman
/ of the Democratic state central commit
tee in North Dakota, were visitors OF
John Lind yesterday.
Congressman LEM has just returned
from South Dakota and expresses himself
as being we'll satisfied with the political
outlook in the Northwest He will speak
/ at Minneapolis tonight From there he
leaves for Black River Falls, WIS. nd
thence to Madison. After having spoken
at Madison he will go direct to his home
In Columbus, O., where William Jennings
Bryan, ex-Gov. Patterson and he. him
self, will open the campaign on Fri6av
Speaking of the political outlook in
Ohio, Mr.. Lenz said:
The Republican ma tional eoomittaa
TINS year IS concentrating a respecta Bile
/ snare OF its forces In Ohio They are
AFRAID OF the state and would not for the
world lose 1t. Tie Democratic parry is
just rs determined to win out and from
the Time we open the campaign at Co;um
DuS We viii give them a run for their
money Personally, 1 am very we'll cat
| lsned with the outlook there and also
Where, ana what pleases me particularly
IN this state is the fact that John Lind
VIII continue to be Your governor. There
| Is little doubt of that fact"
Thomas Kleinogle, of the Democra t.c
state committee in North Dakota. Is
equally confident OF success at the com
ing election He says that all the Ger.
mans in North dakota are against i'm
perialism and VII vote for the Democrat g
ticket because of that fact
The Democrats of the First congress
sfonal district will meet TODAY at PocF.
ester to name man to oppose T. A Taw
ney, present United States renrasenta-
/ i've from that district The nouina fion
| VIII IN all probability be rendered to Mr.
L. l.. Brown, of Winona, the home Of
MI Iawney. Mr.. Brown is an able atto-
! ley ana a very popular man in his home
town and district. He would. 1t is con-
f1dently believed, make a most AGGRESSIVE.
candidate, and if elected would give his
district fair representation in the ma
tionaI house
Today, at Mankato. the Democrats Of
biue Earth county, hold their county con-
vention, which will be a very interesting
| one, 1t is stated. Hon T. D. O'Brien. o.
st. Paul, is to be present at the conyen-
ton, and deliver the principal speech of
| the day.
1t would be difficult to find a buster
place in the city these days than the
| Democratic headquarters at the Mer.
chants hotel. The entire force finds hIs-
mess enough each day to keep them en-
| gagged more than the usual number of
! hours allowed by union labor Democrat &
from various parts Of the state are at
the headquarters every day.
John H. King, attorney, of Hu-
| ron, S. D., is looked upon az the
! Republican candidate for United States
senate in that state to succeed Sena tor
| Pett1grew. He is regarded as independ-
emit politically, and is said to have a
strong following, and the pledge of GER
tain members of the state legislature in
his inside vest pocket.
Director of the Census Merrif1fri is rush.
ing his work in order to be able to enter
I the campaign in Minnesota before IT
closes. He has not been dated for any
speeches as yet, but will doubtless partic-
ipate in the hopeless fight for the Wfnona
raftsman and the remainder of the state
ticket toward the last of int campaign.
A typical Teddy meeting took place
last night at the Merchants It was a
reception of the Minneapolis Roosevelt
club by the contingent OF ST. Paul bear
ing the same name. The affair was chris
tened smoke social" and so far as it
went was properly applied. The orator
t of the occasion was J. Adam Bede and
he delivered one of his characteristic hui
| mofous speeches. One or two of the
'Teddies" said a few words, but speech
making was not the order, and very little
time was wasted in that Music was
furnished by set of fife and drum per-
| formers.
Rev. Mr.. B. B. Haugan, of Fergus Falls,
Prohibition candidate for governor, ar
| rived at the Merchants last night, and
will remain In the city today to confer
with the leaders of the party rega riding
| campaign plans. Mr.. Haugan has not
actively entered upon his campaign, but
expects to take the stump and make a
vigorous canvass Of the state He will
| begin his operations at Holstad Norman,
county, Friday next. He expects to speak
in st. Paul Sept. 27, when John G..
| Wooley, nominee for the presidency;
Chairman Stewart, of the national com
mittee, and ex-Chairman Samuel A.
y rum. They go to Minneapolis the follow
| ing day.
Peer Stromme will go to South Dakota
next week for a three weeks series of
speechmaking before entering upon the
campaign IN the state OF Wisconsin Mr..
Stromme will be at his office in the press
bureau at the Democratic headquarters
until he leaves for South Dakota.
Clark Has Accepted.
President Kenneth Clark, of the Mer-
chants National bank. received a Motif
cation from Chairman Mark Hanna yes
| terday that he had been selected as a
| member Of the advisory committee of the
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