The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-30
MINNESOTA POLITICS

making the republican,
CAMPAIGN WORK state committee no end
Of trouble. The effort
is BLOCKED. to get in touch with
county organizations is
almost useless at this stage for in nearly
every county the old committee is still in
charge. The new committee, which will han
die the local Campaign, will not be selected
until after the primaries, when the nominees
will get together and pick their committee
men.
Naturally. the old committees are not par
ticularly interested in the work this year.
They will be asked to do some things for the
state campaign, but after the primaries the
change Will come. and the state COMMITTEES
will have to begin all over again with new
county committees. Under the old convention
system the county tickets were In the field by
this time and the county organization per-
fected. a4.i Es# We vs.
Here the democratic plan proves more feast
BILE, having a member of the state committee
in each county to keep careful watch for the
state organization. 578a - aE..-z. -
Hennepin and few other counties started
the new organization at the time of the only
county convention. in June. Under the pri-
mary law this should be the universal rule.
The executive committee of the republican
state committee will meet at noon Tomorrow
! at the Windsor Hotel, St. Paul. The most i'm
portant proposition is the selection of perma-
nent headquarters. -, . d 5.s5y
A KNATvoI,D VIEW The Knatvold cam
i,s. paign wa g n has
| - OF THE swung round the circle
| ss < as far as Austin, and
1 ~ SITUATION. the supporters Of the
/ ~. rs Albert Lea man de-
clare themselves greatly pleased with the
showing in the counties visited, Waseca
| Steele and Mower, Waseca, the first visited
\ has neighborly spirit, and swhen Mr. Knat-
void visited the county seat. Saturday witt
4 H. H. Dunn and Mayor Henry A. Morgan .n1
1 Albert, Lea, he found a cordial sentiment fol
| him. Monday was spent at Owatonna, where
Mr.. Knatvold was reinforced by VI. III. Dunn
| II. A. Morgan, Judge aernan Blackrner, /. L
! Ingebritsen, county auditor, Robert Anderson
| register Of Deeds Sheriff w. G.. Mitchell. H
C.. Carlson and r. c.. Blackmer, all of Alber
Lea. Many of the leading men In Steele
| county volunteered their support. and de.
almost overwhelming. Editor Lawson of tn
i Owatonna Journal, the Tawney paper, admit.
i ted that If the primaries were held now, Steele
county would go for Knatyold, but said the!
hoped to work a change by Sept Is. -
I Tuesday was spent in Austin. The Tawne,
organization, IN charge Of s. Sweningsen, l!
strong there, and the county is likely to &
/ I0r IaWney. .:IO-0ay WAS spent. III F1llmOfe
county, which the Knatvold men hope to carry
| strong. They also count on Dodge and or
| Houston. Olmsted, Wabasha and Winons
counties are harder territory, but they will
be covered within the next few days. and the
strength pf the Tawney opposition will re
| ascertained. - . ..>.. .~--. - -.t
4 HEATwoLE AND The :Anoka Herald
l. says: 1e-ts' g
I DUNN INC, f., "The friends Of Au.
-.:.z ditor Dunn are an
| FIGHT 1T OUT. nouncing, his ! candi
I ~: ..-,'.'s = dacy for governor twt
years from now, and they say that Joel Heat:
| wole will refuse to stand for congress be-
| cause he wants It, too. AS both gentlemen
| are excellent scrappers and both have beer
| compiling the others political pedigree fol
years. the battle will be a royal one. - r.
| With or without candidate from Mime
| apolis, the pre-convention campaign is sure
| to be "a warm one In 1904. Dunn and Heat
woe will need no assistance to make 1t inter
esting. F' @.l = ''.e.. ~ J.. ~ - p. -
Eugene g. Hay will speak Fri.
\ day evening at the hall Of the Eighth Ware
| Swedish Republican Club. on Nfcollet avenue
! near Lake street. He will reply to the ad
dress of Judge Morris. and to MIR: Fletcher
| defense Of his record. 49, =
i Senator Clapp has been asked to deliver sew
i eral speeches ttis fall In Ohio and Indiana
i He will spend most of mis- time in Mfnnesota