The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-21
MINNESOTA POLITICS

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MINNESOTA POLITICS
DODGE is OUT, John S. Dodge will not
be chairman OF the re-
BYRNEs Is CHOSEN. publican county con-
vention. Altho 6
generally satisfactory, Mr.. Dodge declined to
serve. 1t is understood htat the powers iufx
charge of the Ray Jones campaign have de.
cided on Tim Byrnes for chairman of the
and they Will ask that he be al
lowed to name the 113 delegates.
Their is ell-defned rumor that the Hen
nep1n delegation is to be turned as far as
possible to- 1verson for auditor and to Reese
FOR clerk Symptoms of revolt have already
appeared, and unless the friends OF the other
candidates get positive assurance of square
deal. between now and Monday night, there
will be prettysrow in the convention Tues
day.
Senator Roverud wants to know in his :.
Caledonia Journal, why Ray Jones and
nothing but Ray Jones on the republican
ticket from Minneapolis?" and answers 1t as
follows:
Because Ray Jones is friendly to certain
politicians in Minneapolis who desire to die
tate the makeup of the senate committeessfor
the next session of the legislature. To make
a strong republican ticket, Minneapolis should
Ray Jones. as candidate for clerk OF the
supreme court, and join In with the rest
of the state in nominating Senator II. J.
Miller, of Rock county, for lieutenant gov
ernor. i =
Sam Langum says, in the Preston Times:
1t is authoritatively- stated that Senator
Bert Miller, of Rock county, will accept the
nomination for lieutenant governor IL ten
dered him. but that he will not engage in
scramble to obtain the Office r.
1t will have all the indications of scram-
ble however, if Miiiers name should be !.
sprung on the convention.
DEM. TICKET With few shifts. the
democratic state ticket
UP TO DATE. is given out by Mr..
Pardees Argus again
this week. It now reads: -,
Governor, John Lind. -
Lieutenant governor, W. H. Harries Of
Caledonia. So ~
Secretary of state, spurgeon odell of Mar
shall, tpop.) LIE - a
Auditor, A. G. Leick Of owatonna. p
Attorney General, T. J. Knox (pop.), p.
Fitzpatrick or Humphrey Barton. ?
Clerk of the supreme court, H. P. Hall.
Railroad commissioner, P. M. Ringdal or
T.. J. Knox, both populists, or w: E. Nc. !
Even of Duluth. >
Of this list, Lind is not candidate. Hall
is candidate for governor instead Of the
place allotted him, Spurgeon Odell is out OF
politics, and the Argus says Of the first man
named for railroad commissioner:
; "Ringdal is perhaps the favorite, but he
has grown almost as hard OF hearing as
Lind in the last few months, and perhaps the
convention will not insist on it,
This is the Rosing view OF Linds obliga- :
ton: ~ ...r =
Lnds nomination seems a foregone con- :
clusion. II the convention unanimously in
sists on nominating him, in spite Of his pro-
clared himself democrat and the first prin.
ciple of democracy is to- submit to the Tll OF
the party has aas
Lind will naturally, have to run.
HALLS BIZ, IS II: r: Halls candida
=. go =: cy for governor taken
. -. - = 2 ':third estate, ire
spective of politics, and It, is a matter OF
common remark that outside OF John Lind,
he would be as good vote-getter as the
democrats could name Chairman Rosing has
served notice on Mr. Hall, however. that the
party has decided to nominate Lind, and no
others need apply. The notice comes via the
official organ of democracy the Red Wing
Argus. which says: -. -.--;t - -
Mr.. Hall, being newspaper man and con-
mighty we'll to be governor, and does not
hesitate to say that it is an honor to be gov
ernor an honor to be candidate of a great
party for that nigh Office Furthermors; si1 after @
can't help feeling that he would be elected.
And he would. 49, aars -.
IT the party had not made up Its mind for
if the nomination does come from republican
sources.
POPS HAVE FULL Attorney Gems al
= ~ Douglas says the pop
LEGAL STANDING. ulist party has legal
~ Il right tosnominate can
didates in the various counties OF the state
under the primary law and place them
the election ballot as poPulist candidates. NOV
that fusion is barred, each party may put up
separate ticket without resorting to petit
tons. .--. r Z, .--=~.E- =
The opinion was furnished to Victor r.
Lawson chairman of the populist state COM
mittee, and is given to the public in his news
paper, the ,Willmar Tribune. AS the point
is one Of Importance, the letter is given In
full: ..~esc-. =. = ~: -. = -. :.
The peoples party retains Its rights as
party inr-the state as well as the democratic
or republican parties It depends upon the
action of the party this year whether 1t VIII
retain these rights or not after the next cleo
ton. : - aE6t~-..@ 2-,- = 49, @.
BY way of comment, Mr. Lawson observes
editorially: 80 X
The popuIists of Minnesota are disposed to
be content to rest upon the record made by
the railroad commission during Governor
Lnd's administration That record Is the one
crumb of comfort to the party for the many
sacrifices it has made. Under the changed
conditions of the present no sacrifice OF party
prestige could attain a victory that would
reach the railroad commission. and through 1t
the grain departments, and therefore populists
are disposed to regard the election OF a gov
erner alone this year as a barren victory
which would eventually do more to retard the
political redemption of the state than othes-.
wise.
Mr.. Lawson's attitude toward the indorse-
ment of Lind by the populists is clearly
shown in the following: -- -, r
AS forecast in this column, Or. Duke. w.
| Cowen Of Sandstone entered the lists yester-
! day for the republican nomination for the
senate in the thirty-third district against L.
H. McKusick of Pine City. With Stark and
his following pulling for him in Chisago,
county, Kanabec county sore over being left
| out of the Mckusick combination and Dr.
Cowan's popularity in his home county, he
1 will give the doughty senator from Pine an
| uneasy summer:
Representative N. w. Benson OF Clinton 10
| said to be slated for denomination by the re-
| publicans of Big Stone and Swift counties
| Dick Norrish Of Ortonville will probably be
his democratic opponent.
Two republican candidates for the house,
| filed from the forty-fifth district yesterday
They are Emmet Mark. of Princeton, Mile
Lacs county, member OF the last mouse.