The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-25
From a Staff Correspondent.


BEMIDJI, Mimi, Oct. 24-Bemidji
and Beltrami county gave Leonard A.
Rosing a cordial and enthusiastic well
come tonight. Mr.. Rosing made his first
speech in the Ninth district under most
favorable circumstances and was CIV
en- reception which augurs well for
the Democratic ticket in Northwest
Minnesota, where the Republicans hope
to overcome the losses Van SAINTS
friends admit that he will suffer in the
southern half of the state. Mr.. Rosing,
escorted by DR.. r. F. Milestone, ar
rived from Cass Lake at 7:15 p. m. He
was taken in charge by special re-
ception committee and escorted direct
ly to the hotel, where he received in
formally until o'clock. A band
paraded the principal streets and rem
dered a concert programme at the
hotel preceding the meeting.
The meeting at the village hall, the
largest auditorium in town, was an un-
qualified success. 1t was large au-
dience thoroughly representative of
both Bemidji and the county. Mr..
Rosing's speech, direct, concise, but
logically comprehensive, placed him in
a new light before large number Of
hearers and the unanimous opinion of
political workers on both sides of the
fence is that he made new friends and
votes for himself and his associates.
His discussion of Van SAINTS merger
issue was especially well received
Flying Trip to cass Lake.
Mr.. Rosing paid a flying but wholly
satisfactory visit to Cass county this
afternoon. He had expected to visit
Cass Lake on his way from Duluth to
the Ninth district, but not to address a
meeting. His train was met by dele
cation of CasS Lakers headed by State
s. Committeeman r. F. Milestone, M. E.
Stanton, candidate for county attorney,
James Gibbons, and M. c. Cannon. Mr..
Rosing was informed that the citizens
of Cass Lake expected a speech from
him. At 3 o'clock, busy as everyone
in bustling Cass Lake is, a good audi
ence turned out and enthusiastically
indorsed the sentiments expressed by
the Democratic leader. At Carlton Mr..
Rosing was joined by Thomas McHugh,
candidate for senator. Mr.. McHugh
also made d short speech at Cass Lake,
clinching the good impression he left
with the voters of Cass county on a
former visit. Mr.. Rosing made
marked impression in Cass Lake. His
audience was disposed to be friendly,
but was entirely unprepared for the
masterful explanation of state and ma
tional politics he gave it. He spoke
more than an hour and comprehen-
SiVely covered the main questions of
state government upon which the Dem
ocrats and Republicans differ. He paid
particular attention to the failure of
the Van SAINT administration to treat
all corporations alike and it's refusal
to increase the assessment of the Twin
City Rapid Transit company While it
unhesitatingly raised the valuation of
farm lands throughout the state from
10 to so per cent
VIII Run Better Than Lind.
The Cass county Democrats are de-
lighted with the outlook which is
brighter from their point of view than
ever before. Even the Republicans do
not pretend to doubt that Mr.. Rosing
will run better in Cass county than did
Gov. Lind, and of the 400 votes in Cass
Lake it is generally admitted that the
head of the Democratic ticket will have
a clean majority of Is. Relatively the
same conditions prevail throughout the
county. The vote will be larger, prob
ably reaching a total in excess of g.
200. There is a comparatively large
new vote and the looks of it's partisan
complexion are in favor of the Demo-
Gratis. A large number of the new
voters are from Kentucky and Tennes-
see and vote the Democratic ticket
straight. The Republican detection on
the head of the ticket is sufficiently
apparent and of such magnitude that
the Republican leaders make no at
tempt to conceal their anxiety. The
entire Republican ticket will suffer, but
Van SAINT will get his in a degree en-
tirely out of proportion with the losses
sustained by his fellow candidates.
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