The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-27
POLITICAL ASPIRANTS DEFY
TRADITioNAL~HooDoo OF
UNCANNY NUMBER
Thirteen CANDIDATES
PAY PRIMARY FILING FEES
Next to Last Day for Reception of
Nominations Brings in One Tenth of
All Filings Received by the Score
tary of State-Total of 1926 at Close
+. of Business Yesterday.

Thirteen candidates for legislative
office filed their certificates of candi-
dacy with the secretary of state yes
terday 1t was the record breaking
day of the year and the filings yester-
day represent a little more than one
tenth of the total filings which COM
menced last year with M. j. Dowling's
first filing for congress.
Secretary Hanson, in compliance with
a ruling of the attorney generals Of
flee, will receive certificates up to the
close of business today, but the fell
lows who landed yesterday were evil
IDENTIFY unwilling to take any chances
with mandamus proceedings and got
in safely beyond dispute touching the
legality of the filings.
The whole number of candidates
filed with the secrtary of state up to
the close of business last night was
126. These include candidates for the
house of representatives, state senate,
congress and judges of the district
courts in those districts which include
more than one county.
The Democrats were in the majority
yesterday. The whole number of Dem
ocrats who placed their names on the
ticket was eight, five for the house
and three for the senate. Three Re-
publicans filed for the house, one Pop
ulist announced himself for the same
field of legislative usefulness and one
ProhibitioniSt took a flier at congress
sional honors. The several candidates
and the offices they seek are as fol-
lows:
Eight Are Democrats.
Richard Norrish, Ortonville, Big
Stone county, Democratic candidate
for the house from the Fifty sixth dis
trict.i
DR.. Werner Hemstead, Brainerd,
Crow Wing county, Democratic can
from the Forty eighth district, which
INCLUDES Crow Wing and Morrison
counties.
M. M. Jenkins, Sherburne, Martin
county, Democratic candidate for the
house from the Thirteenth district.
A. j. MCGEE, Two Harbors, Lake
county, Republican candidate for the
house from the Fifty-frs district,
which includes part of St. Louis coun-
ty and Lake and Cook counties.
c. A. Hunck. Duelm, Benton county,
Democratic candidate for the house
from the Forty-seventh district, which
Includes Benton county and part of
Stearns.
Knute Johnson, Stony Brook, Grant
county, Prohibition candidate for con-
gress in the Seventh district.
John J. Mooney, Granite Falls, yell
low Medicine county, Populist can
didate for the house from the Seven
teenth district.
Luman C. Simons, Red Lake county,
Republican candidate for the house
from the Sixty-f1rst district.
Otis F. Doyle, st. Cloud, Republican
candidate for the house from the
Forty seventh district.
William F. Kelso, Hallock, Kittson
county, Democratic candidate for the
senate from the Sixty-third district
j. T. Branigan, Worthington, Mobiles
county, Democratic candidate for the
senate in the Fifteenth district.
Leo S. Bayrell, Argyle, Marshall
county, Democratic candidate for the
house from the Sixty third district.
Thomas A. McHugh, Grand Rapids.
itasca county, Democratic candidate
Tor the senate in the Fifty second dis
trict.