The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-14
MINNESOTA POLITICS.

VACANCY ON THE According to the
DEMOCRATIC Joseph L. Meyer Of
Little Falls declines
TICKET. the democratic nomi-
nation for state treas
urer. He is now county treasurer Of Little
Falls, and thinks he can be reelected this
year. In other words" says the Dispatch,
Mr.. Meyer is fully convinced that tho demo-
cratic ticket Is doomed to tdefeat and he does
not feel called upon to become martyr for q
lost cause. - IS
Modesty is prevailing trait with Mime
sofa democrats this year, beginning with John
Lind There was Lars M. Rand, who de-
clined the nomination for secretary Of state
In favor of another aldermanic term, and now
Mr.. Meyer prefers the quiet of the Morrison
county courthouse to a wild. dusty, perspir-
Ing scramble after the office SO firmly held
down by Julius Block Of ST. Peter.
There are some people in Minnesota who do
not know "Jim'' Martin, the new chairman of
the republican executive committee. For
such the following tribute Is reproduced, writ
ten by man who knows him through and
through. Alvah Eastman says in the St.
Cloud Journal Press: .st.'
james "A Martin, chairman Of the executive
committee, which will have charge Of the
details of the campaign, Is political general
o. great T5 In the r d Paes Ne Is
use them. He is ;shrewd and skillful and is
in close touch with public sentiment. He is q
natural diplomat, and yet is aggressive, He Is
leader as we'll as "a worker He will give the
party an ideal campaign and a substantial
victory. Mr.. Martin will be one Of the leaders
in republican affairs for years to come, and 1t
is a pleasure to state that he is of the stamp
Of men who believe in the principles he ad-
vocates. and that he places party above any
personal consideration:
The Austin Register asks a question of
g j ou Tn J.. It wants to know ''if
Mr. 1verson is an official resident of the
fourth district, how could he recommend Mr..
Thompson as a member of the comrmittee
from the, first district? >Can candidate have
two official residences?' - s y
AS to the last question, no. Mr. Iverson' S
official residence is st. Paul. But when: it
| came to recommending a man for the state
committee, Mr.. Iverson naturally spoke for
the man who had spoken for him. Fillmore
county nominated him, and he returned the
compliment It was not his faultsthat Senator
Thompson was candidate for reelection,
and therefore could not serve.at -
VERIFY WILL TAKE The trouble in the
/, = ~s.,-.a- = - Todd -Wadena : Hub
A HAND IN WADENA. bard district did not
- ~. @ end with the with
drawal Of ]. D. Jones. In fact, it seems to
have just begun. DR.. Babcock Of Wadena has
p
managed by w. E. Verify in the interests OF
the new Maynard-B -Babcock- -O'Neill eombina-
tion. It will be straight republican paper.
George G. Maynard, the new candidate for the
senate, threatens to cut more of figure than
Jones did. He Is an old settler, having semi-
grated from Tennessee in the war time days
when that was an unhealthy climate for union
sympathizers.S = He has been three@ times
sheriff of Todd county. His announcement
bo xyicr into
of the Babcock-O Neill contingent, and with
a newspaper. of = their own they will make
things hum from this time out. = -
sTITEs VS.: scHUTz II the primary cam
- paign in the seven
: A WARM CONTEST. teenth legislative dis
r" %'s' = trict grows in interest
at the present rate for the next two months,
Governor Van SAINT may have to order out
the militia. The supporters OF G. W. Stltes
of Lake Benton for the senate are wroth be-
cause Lyon county is out to "do'' them WIFI
| John G. Schultz, and especially because Schutz
has allied himself with a Lincoln county tac,
| ton and is combined with A. H. Mohler o.
! the Ivanhoe Times, a candidate for the house
| : Mohler comes back with the grave charge
that Mr.. .stites is, not a loyal supporter o1
Volstead This is not Strange, in view OF the
| fact that Mr.. volstead's county of Yello"
| Medicine appears to be lining up for zSchltz
Mr.. Sites newspaper organ is out Tor Young
and it is said that the Lake Benton men
threaten xtoa gosafter fVolst2ad thkoSs YES. 4eleo"
Medicine county supports SHa.Ss. - - =.
The Faribault Pilet, an old line democratic
| and anti fusion paper, jubilates over the pres
ent situation. as, follows: .'.-, -.
| The neonle Of the state will most certainly
hold the populists Of Minnesota e p nlgnsl @ tbt
populists began their unprohtaple allanct
with the democratic party for the mercenar'
purpose of securing few paltry ofhces. .,s.
democratic party and the populist party. The
democratic party is individualistic, the popu.
| list party is paternalistic. The poPuhst party
holds that the state saGu kd the emoeSatit @
party believes that the state should make
| laws only to protect the rights OF the cltizeI
andy to. give him opportunities. ,ro - oo-.
II Ihdiyidualisrn and paternallsm are IN con-
i fct and there should be no auempt 10 ami
i late the political organizations representing
| these two opposite theories OF government.
There was another third district confer
| ence} at the Merchants hotel Saturday after
1 noon Postmasters Rasmussen OF lRed wing
Pierce of Mortified and Grimes of LIE Sueu!
met Congressman Heatwoae, who still hold'
! off from denomination. The. general yer
! dict from his Organization Is tnat ne VIII
/ have to run, as with Heatwole out, ther'
| will he war between Frank Wilson OF Ret
Wing, Captain Reed Of Glencoe and per
haps halt a dozen others, and the presen
effective machine will be disrupted.
| Even Eyenson seems to be the choice To-
Meeker county republicans for the state sen
4 ate. The democrats are waiting to learf
1 the Intentions of Charles II. Dart. 80
i S. "A. Swanson of Red Lake Falls Will b.
| the populist candidate for senator In sth
/: l:sixty-first district He was defeated for: tn
house in 1900 by e. q. Rapp.
All danger of tame campaign In the forty
third legislative district has been ayerted b.
the timely entry of the Hon. Warren Wake
i field of Orono.
+ Governor Van SAINT will attend the conven
ton of the National League of Republica
tclubs, which will he held in st. Louis i
I October Most of the republican governor
will be present and Governor Van SAINT will
fprobably appear on: the program.
: Charles B. Cheney.
! ADJUSTMENTS
Foyer Chat.
i The Percy Haswen company opened 1t
i summer engagement at the Metropolitan las
night in "Catherine,'' a play which tells