The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-07
MINNESOTA POLITICS

The populist state convention will probably
meet about July 49, in Minneapolis. Chair
man Lawson OF the state committee has been
authorized to issue the call for any date be-
tween June Is and July Is, and late date IS
| favored. The populists are determined on in
dependent action. but prefer to wait until the
TWO great parties have held their convention
NO oVertures have been made or will be made
to the democracy, but if the democratic state
convention dominates suitable candidates, the
populists are likely to leave the nomination
1or the corresponding positions blank.
The executive committee of the populist
state committee will meet at the Nicolle.
House, Minneapolis, next Friday at s D. M
and the date for the convention will be deter
mined then. Minneapolis has already been
agreed on as the place.
Minnesota populists repudiate the recent
| gathering at Louisville and are inclined to
| laugh at the pretensions OF delegates there.
who announced that they represented the peo-
pies party Minnesota was not represented
and the local populists say that the so-called
popullSts at the meeting were a faction Of
tHild-1oaders, not entitled to speak for any
one but themselves T. H. Austin of Mime
aEolis, former deputy insurance commissioner.
and member of the populist national COM
1nittee writes to- T he journal of the
Political Editor. Minneapolis Journal-Dear
Sir: During the past week the twin city pa
perS have all said considerable in both tele-
graphic and editorial columns concerning a
so-ealled convention being held in Louisville,
Ky, for the alleged purpose Of forming a
third party Without exception, these arti-
cles referred to stated that the Louisville
| gathering was composed largely of members
OF tho peoples. party national committee and
was engineered by one 10 A. Parker in the
role of chairman Of the peoples party nation
al committee Permit me to state that so far
as can be learned not a member of the peo-
| ance at this Louisville affair." l would also
inform you that 10 A. Parker is not the chair
man Of the peoples party national committee
nor has he ever been. He is not even mem
| authority whatever from either the national
committee or any recognized state committee
OF the peoples party in the United States to
attend that meeting. z. H. Austin
Jefferson banquet in Minneapolis without
| John Lind on the program!
It does not seem credible, but the x-govern-
ors name does not appear on the toast list
| OF the banquet which will be held next Mon
day night. This is another straw to Indicate
that he will keep out of state politics this
year. BY the same token, l.. A. Rosing will
be decidedly in evidence at this gathering
having been intrusted with the speech on
! State Issues 1t is Mr.. Rosing who will
sound the key notes this spring. Senator
| Baldwin of Duluth and Pierce Butler Of St.
/ Paul are the other outsiders on the program.
The Appleton Tribune says:
| If the editors who are ''knocking' Van SAINT
would leave their oreiudices behind and go
out among the people, they would be apt to
| learn something about the real Van SAINT
sentiment in this state.
H. Nupson Of Preston, former sheriff of
I nf ha hoSt sp
formed men in southern Minnesota on popu-
| lar opinion, says the sentiment of his county
| is tremendously strong for the renomnation
of Governor Van SAINT, and that the Preston
! Times does not reflect the feeling of the
city or the county in its hostile attitude to-
| ward the governor.
The Austin Transcript chimes in for Mower
county, as follows:
The talk of Dunn, Heatwole and others be-
| ing candidates for Governor Van SAINTS posi-
| ton at the coming convention Is considered
down IN this section of the state as idle ru-
NOR without any probability of being serious
! ly thought of. Nothing would be more fatal
| to the future prospects of either of these poll
| ticians than to attempt to wrong our present
worthy governor out of the Endorsement and
! compliment of denomination.
Former Senator W. A. Sperry of Owatonna
has taken up the cudges for Governor Van
! SAINT against the OWatonna Journal, and the
joint debate on the subject takes about four
columns Of a recent issue OF the paper.
! The Moorhead candidate for congress in the
ninth district has not had much to say lately,
but lest we forget the Moorhead News comes
out with the following:
Friends of S. G. Comstock have of late been
| greatly pleased with the assurances of sup
porG~which have been coming in from nearly
1 every county in the district. Those received
| from certain sections in the nature OF
surprises, coming as they do from localities
which were presumed to be given over entire
| ly to the interests of other congressional can
didates. These unsolicited and hearty assur-
| ances of support make the prospect of Mr..
| Comstocks nomination brighter than ever be-
| fore.
| Judge N. o. Moen Of Ada is being doomed
| by the Norman county. papers for the demo-
cratic congressional nomination in the ninth
| district.
| Oar S. Hall of Preston Lake, who repre-
scented the third district in congress in 1889,
and was later Chippewa Indian commissioner,
| has filed his affidavit as republican candt-
date for the state senate from Renville coun-
| ty. His nomination is considered sura
thing. Charles B. Cheney.