The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-17
MINNESOTA POLITICS

MINNESOTA POLITICS
CONVENTION The formal call for thu
republican state con.
CALL ISSUED. yention has been Is
sued by Captain C. c.
Whitney, secretary of state committee. The
| convention is called to meet on Tuesday, July
1, at IL o'clock, noon, In the auditorium
building ia st. Paul The order OF nominal
tons Is prescribed as roliows:
Governor, lieutenant governor, secretary OF
state, state auditor, state treasurer, attorney
general, clerk of supreme court and railroad
and warehouse commissioner.
WAY is CLEAR II have not given the
| subject any considera-
! FOR BEDE. tion and do not
4 After this fashion Oscar Mitchell Of Du.
| luth dismisses the possibility of his becom-
/ ing a candidate for congress. Mr.. Mitchell
thus enters himself the list of Duluth
statesmen who have refused to hear the call.
/ Duluth republicans with one voice predict
/ that j. Adam Bede will succeed Page Morris.
Most of them do it with hearty good will.
Others admit it deprecatingiy, and wonder at
| the circumstances which have robbed Duluth
1 of a congressman and given a man from
Pine City apparently clear field. They are
| inclined to blame Morris first, and an adj
/ verse fate afterward. Morris Withdrawal
|
| and when he refused to go in, no one else
| had nerve enough to take UP the contest.
significant feature OF the situation is the
| inactivity of the occupants of the federal
building. They appear to have lost all in
| terest in politics This was explained to mo
az follows
Before announcing his withdrawal Judge
| Morris saw to it that his friends were fixed
fer four years in advance. He secured the
| reappointment of Lee NJ. Willcutts coll
lector of the port. William e. Cilkin as regis
| ter of the land Office Jay NJ Smith as re-
cever. and E. L. Fisher as postmaster OF
| Duluth. These gentlemen are, therefore, in
dependent of Bede during one term at least
| Willcutts, who has been recognized as the
Morris manager. was looked to by the bust.
ness interests of Duluth to provide candi-
date. They expected to be called in to APP
prove the candidacy Of some good Duluth
man as Morris successor. But they waited
and watched the federal building in vain.
Willcutts has been seeking an opportunity
to get out of politics for years. and this u
his chance. He has embraced 1t, and viii
not take any hand in the game at all.
I Bede's patronage troubles will evidently
be small ones, with all the principal places
filled for long term. For such a relief he
should give much thanks. By escaping from
patronage pitfalls he avoids the commences
route to ruin that comes to statesmen.
While there is lukewarmness toward Beds
!! on the part Of many OF the heavy business
men, he has a splendid following among the
workingn1en Of the district. They all know
Bede have heard him talk or met him per-
} sonally, and he is prime fayorite. In Du-
lutn and on the ranges he has strength
which would make the strongest candidate
hustle to take St. Louis county away from
BIN.
JUDGE ENSIGN The talk Of Judge En-
sign as candidate is
| WILL STAY. alleged to be scheme
to sidetrack the judge
from the district bench. His term expires
this fall and he is conceded a reelection.
Oscar Mitchell has ambitions in the direc-
ton Of the bench and would be a natural
selection in case Judge Ensign left it. Talk
OF the judge for congress has not reached q
serious stage, for 1t Is understood that he
| prefers to stay where he is, and his ago
! makes it impossible for him to put up an
aggressive campaign such as the primary eys-
l TEN requires.
S THEIR LABOR In this connection II
t is remarked as Gu.
WAS IN VAIN. rious fact that Frank
/ M Eddy and Page
Morris were the most strenuous Of all the
Minnesota delegation in advocating the pri-
mary law. They urged their friends to sup
port it, and especially to see that 1t included
congressman, feeling that it gave the tncutn-
y bent great advantage. The wheel has
= turned, and neither is a candidate for re-elec-
ton
BALDWIN is Senator c. o. Baldwin
is not candidate for
. OUT OF POLITICS congressional honors.
-s- neither will he ask for
reelection to the senate. He will stick to pri-
t vate life and the practice of his profession for
! while, and the legislature will lose valu-
| able member. John Jenswold laughs when
congress is mentioned to him. The idea Of
e running for congress seems a joke to Duluth
democrats.
ST. LOUIS COUNTY The legislative slate is
49, in a chaotic shape In
DELEGATION. st. Louis county. SEN
! ...9 ator E. B. Hawkins IS
assured of another term and the fftieth and
1fty-hrst will probably be represented in the
!, upper house by T. NJ Pugh and George R.
Laybourn, now representatives. The latter
may be opposed by F. B. Daugherty. who has
recently moved into the district, but the con-
dition of the senator's health will probably
keep him out Of politics this year
E. F. Afford will net ask for another term
in the house. but George Mallory will prob
ably be a candidate again If Marshal Grim
shaw gives his permission. Andrew Miller ID
out Of it in the dftieth, and candidates are
scarce. No Duluthian has yet announced him
SCH lOI IeOISS IdyUOuIu pidCe IN tH0
house T. L. Bury of Two Harbors is out
of it, and the village has two aspirants in
A. j. MCGEE and H. l.. Holden. Ely has not
had the place for four years, and its claims
l to representation will be upheld by A. J.
Thomas.
HALDEN is Odin Halden has been
! detained at Duluth for
HARD WORKED. two weeks by the
pressure OF county
work. but will soon leave to look after his
candidacy for state auditor. The ONCE Of the
county auditor of St. Louis county is busy
place. Duluth republicans are behind Halden
to a man, and hope he will win. Their only
fear Is the prejudice against st. Louis county
that exists in the rural counties Of the state.
r Senator Daniel Shell has filed his declara-
5 ton as candidate for denomination in the
: Mobiles Murray district. The Murray county
4 republicans now know what Mobiles is going
to do. and If they want representation In the
g legislature they will have to get together
Charles 3. Cheney.
r IN A NUTSHELL