The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-30
HOW ABOUT SEARLE?
WILL ENTER COMPRESSION
!. AL FIGHT
WEsTERMAN IS UP AND DOING
Several Reasons Why searIe Is Be-
ieved to Have Best Chance
to Win Out in the
Sixth.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The GLOBE.
ST. CLOUD, Dec. 29.-While Judge D..
B. Searle has declared that he is not, or
will not, become a candidate for the
Republican nomination for congress in
the Sixth district, there are very few
who have taken him at his word. In a
recent Interview at Wadena the judge
is quoted as saying. that he was not a
candidate, nor would Stearns county
have candidate for the nomination. II
is a known fact that Stearns county al
ready has a candidate in theEopen in the
person of Col. William Westerman, thus
disposing of part of the interview, at
least. The closest friends of the judge
in the county and district place about
the same amount of credence in the other
assertion They are strongly of the
opinion that at the proper time Mr..
Searle will shy his castor into the arena
and become an active candidate. That
he is the strongest man yet spoken OF
for the Republican nomination is certain
Senator Buchanan, of Little Falls, and
Col. Westerman, of st. Cloud, will have
many willing workers throughout thee dis
trict but with Judge Searle in the race
it is predicted that he will be in the lead
from the start.
There are a number of reasons for such
an assertion A prominent politician Of
Little Falls gives some very good rec
sons why Senator Buchanan will not car
ry even his own county against Judge
Searle. In the first place he IS net
backed by the leaders of the party IN
Morrison. In the second zhere is q ju-
dicial candidate in Little Falls whose
friends would rally 10 he support Of
Judge Searle in order TO get him out of
the judicial running, if for no other Tea
son. The man who aspires to judicial
honors is C. A. Lindbergh, one of the
most prominent Of the Little Fails at
torneys. Judge Searle has been on the
bench for upwards of a dozen years, and
during that time he has male many
friends. Moreover, he is a diplomat, and
politician as well, and the many kind
words spoken to juries in The years
gone by will bear fruit when it comes
to congressional nomination-under pri-
mary election rules.
WeSterman Is Busy.
Col Westerman is we'll known through
out the district, and already has con-
siderable of an organization at work
in his behalf AS between he and Sena-
tor Buchanan the contest would be a
close one, with the odds probably in IA
vor of the Little Falls man, ewing to
his more skillful manipulation of things
political. The younger element of the
party can be safely counted for Wester-
man in the event that there should he
but two candidates.
Another interesting story is being talk
ed quietly anent the judgesnip, should
Searle become an avowed candidate, as
is confidently expected, and that is that
the friends of M. D. Taylor, register CT
the land office, will insist on his becom-
ing candidate for district judge. Mr..
Taylor is an attorney of well known
ability, and has the requirements reed
ed for the position. While there is nc
more in it financially than In land office
position, the honor is one to which any
attorney may well aspire.
The candidates will have all entered
the race early in the new year, and the
prediction is freely made that among
the aspirants will be seen Judge d. B.
Seare With this certainty, his friends
claim to be able to see far beyond the
primaries: