The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-20
Carried In Few Counties.

Carried In Few Counties.
The Sank Rapids Sentinel plunes itself
on the fact that the amendments carried
In Benton county, because the gross earn
lngs bill got 876 votes to few dozen neg
alive votes. If that was the way the
votes counted, they would have carried
throughout the state by about ten to one.
The trouble is that a majority of all the
votes cast is required, and those who did
not vote at all voted against the amend
ments. AS Benton county cast 1881
votes, the amendments failed to carry
there, as nearly everywhere else. So
far as heard from, the only counties
where the gross earnings bill carried are
Aitk1n, Becker, Carlton, Chisago, Clay,
Dodge Fillmore, Houston, Kanabec, Kan
diyohi Kittson Marshall Martin, Nor
man, Otter Tail, Pope, Redwood, Renville,
S1bley, Swift, Traverse, Wadena and yell
low Medicine. It is noticeable that most
OF these counties are in the northern and
western portions of the state, and that
most OF them strongly republican.
Prohibs Lead the Pops.
Official returns from fifty-six counties
snow that Rev. Mr.. Scanlon, the prohibit
| zionist candidate for governor. gets more
votes than T. J. Meighen, the populist
nominee: In these counties, which take
IN the three large ones, and most of the
popullst strongholds of years past. Mr..
Melghen gets 1896 votes, while Mr.. Scan
Ions vote foots up 1885. In the TWENTY
SIX missing counties the Meighen vote
can hardly be brought up to 5000. while
the Scanlon vote is likely to run over
| 5000.
The rest of the populist state ticket
ran ahead of ,Meigheh. The highest vote
apparently will be cast for F.. c.. Gibbs.
candldate for state railroad and ware
house commissioner This is undoubtedly
accounted for by the fact that manv old
time populists voted the republican state
ticket till they came down to the last
name and then voted for the populist to
show their disapproval of the present ra H.
| road commissions record.
Where VIII the PopuIists Go?
The Fergus Falls Journal saws:
In view OF the result Of the recent cleo
ton, the interesting question now con-
1fontlng the populist politicians is what
to do two years hence. The partv did
not cast enough votes to retain it's legal
existence as party In the state, and sev-
eral OF the leaders state that it is use
less to attempt to carry on another cam
palgn as a populist organiza ton in Otter
Ial county. TO go over bodily to the
democrats is simply suicide, and there Is
rumor that some of those who took a
IoouIilS pe1It III conducting the DOpuliSt
campaign this year will file for nomfna-
tions on the republican ticket two years
from now"
Salt for His Wounds.
joel p. Heatwole "rubs it in" on his
friend Congressman Babcock (not DR..
Babeock) IN the last issue of the North
field News. He says:
Had Congressman Babcock Of Wiscon-
sin shot as he talked on tariff revision.
ne would now be the logical candidate of
the west for the speakership.:'
Boom for Judge Torrance.
The Globe Gazette. of Mason City. Iowa
looks across the line into Minnesota poll
tics long enough to notice a boom for the
past commander in chief Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, as follows:
Judge Ell Torrance, who has been a
close friend Of the Memorial university
here, is being suggested in Minnesota as
a good man to succeed Governor Van
SAINT. Every veteran in the United States
will second the suggestion and will be
glad to move into Minnesota to vote for
him."
Charles B. Cheney