The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-26
Politics Of the State.

Those persons who for various reasons.
are anticipating the turning down" of
Gov. Van SAINT by the Republican con-
Vetlon without any pangs of regret will
probably have to take all their comfort
now, and from the ''bucking'' DaDers IN
the governors own political family. They
Will get no fragment from the gov
ernor himself, and they will not be able
TO Jolly him into ''heroically sacrificing
himself for the good of the party" One
OF the governors right-hand men and
supporters recently said:
These papers and people who are en-
1oylng themselves just at present by
plcturtng Gov. Van SAINTS overthrow in
the next state convention. or dreaming
that he will voluntarily decline to run
again may find themselves in an uncom-
Portable position before the next cam
paign Is over. The men who say that
Gov. Van SAINT realizes the weakness of
his administration, and knows that he
cannot beat John Lind again, do not
know the sort of man the governor is
He has his faults, no doubt as have all
other governors, but whatever else Gov
Van SAINT may be he is not a. gutter He
Will not be scared by these attacks upon
him, for he understands they are mere
bluff. He is going right on attending to
business every day, and saying nothing
about the men who are so anxious to
depose him. But when the fight gets not.
he viii be there and he will win He
feels that he made a hard fight last time
in the face of Overwhelming discourage
ment, and won out In spite of the croak-
ings of these same men who now talk of
a new candidate. They did not help MIN
then; why should he listen to them now
He feels, and he has a right to feel,
that his party owes him a denomination
and he knows he will get it. If he can
not be elected in 1902, no other Repub-
lican candidate can be elected.
The party is not going to disrupt it
self at the instance of few scheming
politicians by turning down a man who
never hesitated to do any duty that it
put upon him. You can put it down in
your hat that Gov Van SAINT will not de-
cline a denomination, and he will not
quit. If they force him to fight, he is
rot the one to dodge it, and he is not
afraid of the result
Gov Van SAINT has decided that he
will convene the legislature in extra ses-
sion this winter Those who are close to
his excellency, and understand the sit
gation, declare that there can be no
doubt of this. He has heard personal
ly from a large number of Republican
senators and representatives and the
sentiment is generally in favor of such
action The last legislature adjourned
early with the understanding that such
a session would be called, and even
went so far as to name the officials for
that session. The tax commission was
appointed under an act which contem-
plated a session which should consider
especially the revision of the tax laws.
The commission mas been hard at work
ever since the legislature adjourned and
is slowly preparing it's report to be pre-
scented at the extra session. 1t is not
to be presumed that these gentlemen
would be giving practically all of their
time to this important work unless they
believed that their findings were to be
acted upon. The tax commission is pro-
ceeding on the firm belief that their work
will be considered during the coming
winter. It would be impossible to give
this subject its proper consideration at a
regular session. Gov. Van SAINT is per-
sonaHy very much in favor of an extra
session, as he believes that the report
of the tax commission will be of great
Importance, and will point out reforms
which, If carried out by the Republican
Legislature, will add greatly to the
strength and popularity of his admins
tration.
William Henry Eustis says that the
1902 campaign will be Van SAINT VS.. Lind