The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-07-21
TO ASH Bryan HERE
LOCAL DEMOCRACY ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER PROPOSITION.

VIII BE Discussed by Bryan Club
Saturday Night-Candidates for
Office ..Rackward About Coming
Forwar l"-SeberGer for Congress.
Talk Of Baldwin. Truel~en-M Me-
Keen for the Legislature.
The active Duluth Democrats are
now anxiously wondering whether it
will be convenient for Mr.. Bryan to
come to this city during his visit to
the Northwest, which is announced for
the near future. Mr.. Stevenson is So
iourning at Minnetonka and the head
Of the ticket is coming to visit him. A
member of the Bryan club of Duluth
said yesterday that undoubtedly an in
vitation would be extended to Mr..
Bryan to visit Duluth, even though he
finds it convenient to remain here but
a few hours. 1t is altogether probable
that the matter will be brought before
the club at it's meeting next Saturday
night. There has been no concerted
action among any of the members look
ing to the extending of an invitation,
but there seems to be a feeling that
it will be a very proper action for the
club to take, inasmuch as the dis
,inguished Nebraskan is coming within
hailing distance Of the head of the
lake.
1T would be no small card for us to
play" said a local Democrat, IF we
could induce the head of the Demo-
cratic ticket to visit the city Of Duluth
when the Republicans failed to induce
the tail of their ticket to come here
when he was equally as near. People
will recall the last time that Bryan
was here. He visited Duluth in 1896
when he was touring the country and
spoke at the car barn at TWentysixth
avenue West"
The Democratic candidates for office
are, to use the expression Of a we'll
known local politician of that faith
backward about coming forward, owing
to the fact that it is presidential
year. One of the newest things in con-
nection with politics other than Repub-
lican is that the midroad Populists are
circulating a petition calling upon Pro-
fessor Seeberger a St. Cloud educator,
to run for congress on that ticket. Can
didates for the legislature are not very
plentiful this fall. +. J. McKeon, who
has been quite active In fusion circles
for number of years, is said to be
willing to accept of a nomination for
the Legislature. He is a resident OF the
First ward and would therefore figure
as a candidate from the Fifty-irst dis
trict. Mr.. Mckeon is also pressed by
some Of his friends to be a candidate
for judge Of probate.
The Democratic congressional situa-
ton in the Sixth district continues to
agitate the breasts Of the faithful. viii
Baldwin accept? is the question most
frequently asked. The assumption on
the part of those that know him best
is that he will and that he a!readyr
knows that he will say yes" when the
time comes. Nobody has been heard to
ask whether Truelsen will accept or
not, but il. anybody should inquire: the
swim ~ There seems to- be. sonnet thing
Of a contest as to whether the congress-
ional nominee shall be Democrat or
Populist. The friends of Austin con-
tinue to clamor for his candidacy,
While the Democrats are, apparently
quite united on Baldwin. Locally at
least John Jenswold has quite a strong
following and this is especially true
among the Populists. The st. Paul
papers assert that r. T. Hudson will
stand for neither Baldwin nor Austin
and it is intimated that he may have
ambitions of his own. 1t is pretty GER
tain that Mr.. Hudson has no ambitions,
however. to obtain the congressional
nomination. The Populists are dis
satisfied with the location and date of
the Democratic district convention at
Aitkin, Sept. 5. They assert that, in the
first place, Aitkin is the home of a
number of mid-roaders and second that
such delegates as are to attend the
Aitkin convention will be unable to at
tend the state convention at St. Paul
on the following day.
Locally there seems to be nothing es-
pecially new in fusion circles. Charles
Miller seems to be more prominently
mentioned than anybody else for the
nomination for sheriff and J. 3. Rich
ards is alone talked OF ror county at
torney. 1t is conceded that Mr.. Mum
ger will be renominated for register Of
deeds. City Treasurer Voss is talked of
for county treasurer. The salary would
be about $500 year better than his
present salary. Joe: Mannheim is still
in pursuit Of the office of county audi
tor. Clerk of Court Chester holds
over this year, so that there is no use
of anybody squirting in his direction.
Frank Crassweller is urged to run for
judge of probate and Hector Mclean
will run for county commissioner
against Mr.. Patterson, if present reports
may be credited.