The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-11

his county. Before the state convention
last year he and La Moure were warm
friends, and he was anxious to help along
anything that the Pembina man desired.
The result was that Cass county secured
no place on the state ticket and Haggar
lost prestige at home. 1t is said that
since that time there has been no COM
munication between the two old friends
| as Haggart charges his loss of influence
at nome at La Moure. Haggart has been
succeeded as a local leader by James
Kennedy, prominent Fargo contractor,
but reports from that city are to the eff
feet that the local feud is to be patched
up and 1aggart is to be reappointed and
all hands are to turn to secure the nomi-
nation Of Spalding for congress at the
convention next summer
Marshall is working hard for renomi-
ration and will probably have the Fourth
judicial district with him. Geographic
cally the tendency of the Marshall men
would be to support La Moure rather tina L
Spalding, as the placing of both congress-
men in the southern half of the state
would make trouble in the north. A
precipitate fight with the probability
OF a similar combination between Cass
and Grand Forks counties for Spalding
and a Grand Forks man as candidates.
Aspirants in Grand Forks.
In Grand Forks county there are pIen-
ty of men who would be willing to accept
places on the state or national ticket,
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The only person who is understood to
be an actual candidate, with ar orgaHiza-
ton working for his nomination, is John
M. Cochrane, who is considered an act
i've candidate for the supreme court to
| succeed Judge Waliin, of Fargo, whose
term expires next year Cochrane has
the support OF Chairman Bulge, sof the
state central committee, who is also said
to be interested in the candidacy of La
Moure for congress. This has led to
stories of a hard and fast combination
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other local and state candidates. Some
of these stories are manifeStly fabrica-
lions, while others have the appearance
of truth. But one of the moving spirits
in Grand Forks politics assures me that
the county will not accept a place on
the supreme bench as satisfaction of its
reasonable demands. He says that the
feeling there is that the supreme judge
nOn-poltical, as they have always been,
so far as concerns the charging up of
these places to localities. He calls at
tentlon to the fact that while Judge Bar
tholomew was a member of the court
his county, La Moure, was represented on
the state ticket by DeVine, who has been
had a place on the supreme bench and
in addition to this had until the present
had either congressman, state treasurer
or some other good office. Ramsey coun-
ty now has one of the supreme judges
and a United States senator. The idea
of this man is therefore that the, NOM
ination of any Grand Forks man for the
supreme bench will not be permitted to
stand in the way of the county demand
ing some other position if the local pol
ticianS can get together and decide on
what they want, and in support of this
proposition precedentS since statehood
will be freely quoted.
Outlook for Legislature.
One of the things that will tend to COM
plicate things is the increase in the NUM-
Der of members of the state legislature
under the redistribution made at the last
session. The representation has been in
creased from ninety-three to no. and the
greatest increase is in the western part
of the state. This section will therefore
have many more senatorial votes to dis
pose of than heretofore. Senatorial votes
will be in demand. 1t is possible that the
western men may get together and insist
on naming one of the congressman them
selves and be permitted to do so in re-
turn for their support of some candidate
for the national senate. At the present
time there is no person on the slope who
has been mentioned for congress.
though there are plenty of men on t
slope who would not refuse the nomina-
ton if it were rendered to them.