The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-27
MINNESOTA POLITICS


pinned Its hopes for the state ticket to the
twin cities. Minneapolis and st. Paul
will witness the beginning and ending Of
the campaign and all efforts will be con-
centrated here. The stumping campaign
proper will open in st. Paul next week.
Following that Candidate Rosing will
make a tour Of the state returning to
Minneapolis about Oct. 20 for a Rosing and
Lind demonstration. After another coun-
try tour he will get into the twin cities
for the final week of the campaign.
The democratic managers hope to carry
Ramsey county for their ticket. The
railroad influence, SO powerful in st. Paul,
Is friendly to them, and that carries with
1t the good will of the jobbers and other
leading business interests. The de-
throned big four which until now has
handled things in Ramsey county for the
republican ticket, will not be lending a
hand this year, and the democracy hopes
to profit by the transfer of the republican
re1ns to new hands.
In Hennepin they count on Linds popu-
iarity and the fact that he is on the local
ticket to bring votes for Rosing and others
on the state ticket.
"A strenuous campaign will be made in
the country, but the democrats have little
hope OF making gains in any of the outside
counties There are thousands of demo-
Gratis who will vote for Van SAINT OH the
merger proposition, and thousands Of
populists who have either returned out
right to republicanism, or stand by Van
SAINT individually. Through the country
districts there is little doubt that Gov
ernor Van SAINT will run up with the rest
of the ticket, if not ahead of it. y
1t was therefore decided yesterday by
the democratic executive committee to
center the energies of the campaign in ST..
Paul and Minneapolis, and here the great
Will Ha 1NcIn
Hopes in Another Direction.
The democratic managers are counting
| on the quiet support of business interests
opposed to tax legislation for at least the
head of their ticket. 1t Is we'll known to
them that Mr.. Rosing in his capacity as
chairman of the democratic state commit
tee went among the democratic members
of the legislature last winter and bore
down on them to defeat all the republican
measures. With divided republican ma
jority, and most of the democrats obeying
Mr.. Rosing and opposing the bills, the
original tax bill was killed in the house,
| and the Jacobson bill was in like manner
put to sleep in the senate: This service
| IS gratefully remembered by the business
men most active against tax legislation,
who blame the administration for the
whole agitation. These gentlemen do not
cast many votes, but their influence, is
far-reaching. 1t has not yet made .Atself
felt III the state campaign, but beyond
question the democratic committee is
| building UP hopes Of support in this direc-
| ton.
VIII Run, but Not for Governor.
The Elbow Lake Tribune, which sup
ported Volstead for the seventh district
| nomination. says:
| "Tn view IF tho "a ct tbot M Do,,,;,o
made such phenomenal run for the con-
gressional nomination and just missed it,
the Tribune suggests that he go into
| training for the nomination for governor
| two years from now. Mike is good run
ner, although he has wooden legs. Min
! nesota has had governors of good deal
smaller caliber than M. J. bowling"
Reliable authority says that Mr.. bowl.
ing does intend to do some running two
years from now, but not for governor He
Is reported to be already laying wires fol
another seventh district battle, hoping tt
unite the opposition to Mr.. Volstead on his
| candidacy. He counts the support O.
the Young following. Just now the bite,
feeling in the district is between thu
Young and the Bowling people, but time
may heal their differences. However
| Mr.. Volstead will have year in congress
before the next campaign really begins
and by judicious use of patronage HI
may build UP a. powerful organization ant
cause quite a different alignment of force:
in the district. ..., -. ~. -. Ar
He Knew 1t Tuesday Night.
T. h e Journal gave the third dis
trict result the day after the primaries
but other papers of that day gave I've
or Whitford in the lead Congressman
Heatwole remarks in his Mortified News