The Saint Paul globe., 1902-07-26
KNATVOLD'S CONGRESSIONAL AS.
PIRATIoNs BACKED BY STATE
MACHINE
TAWNEY IS THE OBJECT OF
',@@ 81 ~. ADMINISTRATION SPITE
First District Congressman Is on Cap
itaI List of Those Who Came Late to
Save Their eownvRacon-Politicians
Admit Albert Lea Man Has Sup
port of Governors Organization.

50 The advent Of Senator sKnatyold on
the First district congressional field
again, brings the Republican, internal
strife to the surface, despite the siren
uous efforts of the state organization
to decry the tales of trouble and cover
up the actual warfareswhich it is Wag-
ing.
Knatvold goes into the fight backed
by the state machine. The Van SAINT
people will, of course, not admit it, but
the politicians not tongue tied by i'm
mediate association with the new state
machine, make no effort to disguise
their recognition of the latest step in
the Van SAINT campaign of retaliation
and reconstruction, nor their indigna-
ton.
The fight for the. nomination in the
First district is between the Van SAINT
and Tawney machines. 1t will be bit
ter, and while the practical politi-
clans pick Tawney to come out victor
they believe the Van SAINT effort will
be seconded by such influences as
Roosevelt is able to swing in the state.
The other members Of the delegation
who are candidates for reelection are
up against the same proposition where
and it was significantly given out by a
Van SAINT organ the other day. that
while the insurgent members were TAX
ing an avenging hand in the campaigns
of those candidates who were fighting
from platforms antagonistic to the in
surgent plan, there would be an ef-
fective counter fight.
Administration Retaliation,
In score of legislative districts new
candidates have been brought out in
opposition to members and senators
known to be antagonistic to the ad-
ministration prior to the convention
Several congressional candidates find
themselves short of any state machine
help and Tawney was included in the
category Of candidates who declared
for Van SAINT when they were obliged
to for their own safety" as the strikers
of the administration put it.
The ultra Van SAINT papers have TAX
en- Knatvold's candidacy with a VIM
He is Van SAINT man, probably from
choice, at all events was always found
training with the men who were ready
to do the administrators bidding. He
seems to have Jared better than ia
cobson, who took the lead in the at
tempt to pull administration chestnuts
out Of the legislative fire and fix him
self for administration support for au-
ditor. Jacobson's reward came in the
shape of a pretty little turn down.
Knatvold, who was one Of the under
strappers, is to- be permitted to claw
for more chestnuts and have such as
sistance as theEVan SAINT organization
may be able totrender,
Promises ugIy Fight.
The fight is ss1resto be ugly. Knat-
void is that kind or man and Tawney
knows how to be strenuous when
crowded to a corner, as is evidenced by
his recent letter published by a Chi
cago paper. That letter will be an
ugly instrument in the hands of Knat-
void, who knows how to use that sort
of material, and the direct illusions to
Roosevelt and trusts will be made to
work overtime Knatvold is also q
Scandinavian. and six out of the ten
counties in the district poll large Scan
dinavian votes.
On the other hand, Tawney has a
machine, which represents ten years
of comparatively thorough work and
well defined organization. He has
about him the young blood of the Re-
publican party in the district. A few
years ago, or following the election of
Mckinley in 1895, Tawney set about