The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-24
PLENTY OF BARKISES
NO DEARTH OF CANDIDATES FOR
STATE OFFICES IN NORTH
DAKOTA
PRESIDENT WORST CRITICISED
Grand Forks Has MayoraIty Contest
on for First Time in Eight
Years = Cowan stirs
Up Matters.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
GRAND FORKS, N. D.. Feb 93-
The city election is now the thing in
| Grand Forks. For the first time in
eight years there will be a contest for.
| the position Of mayor. Eight years ago
! occurred the historic contest between w
y. ANDERSON and HI. l.. Withheld Whit
nea mad peen mayor for few months,
| owing to the retirement of mayor Rich
| aroson. Withheld was then president az
the council, and was elected by the coun
| Gil TO fill the unexpired term Shortly he,
/ tore the spring election he was nominated
| by citizens committee and became an
/ actlVe candidate He is a Democrat
and though many Republicans Joined in
signing his petition, a Republican cam
palgn was began against him at a Re-
publican convention. w. j. Anderson
was nominated and the fight began
Ihere We're over 1900 votes cast, and
Anderson was elected by the narrow ma
| Jor1ty Of 90, after one of the hottest cam.
palgns on record. AT the election two
years later John Dinnie was nominated
ana there seemed no one willing to make
the struggle for the position. Mr. Dim
ME was therefore elected without opposf-
tlon He has since been elected in the
same manner twice since that time, and
is now closing his sixth years contin-
| uous service.
Mayor Dinnie left the city some weeks
ago on an extended trip West and South.
and ne has not yet returned He made
no statement before he went as to his
intentions as to the Office, and there has
been some doubt as to his being again a,
candldate. A few days ago DR. H. M
wheeler was sugges ted for the place. and
q petition nominating him has been circll-
lated DR. Wheeler has made a public
statement that he is candidate The
| friends of Mayor Dinnie have also cir
ctlated similar petition, and this is be-
ing signed. 1t is not known whether he
VIII accept, but it is presumed that those
| having the petition in charge are assured
that he will There will be no lack Of
effort to bring cut the entire vote AID
lie campaign viii be lively one.
There has been some talk of the possi-
! bility of Mayor Dinnie being a candidate
| for governor, but it is not known what
prospect there is Of this coming to pass
Until year or two ago there was the
pest OF feeling between Dinnie and Chair
! man Bulge, of the Republican commit
Tee. IFns good feeling no longer exists
and If Mr. Dinnie should become 2. candi-
date for the position of governor he may
depend upon the enthusiastic opposition
OIL all OF the Bulge people. Uls le2 these
secure the county delegation, without
which it would be impossible for him to
do anything.
There Is no lack Of timber Tor state
and national offices in the country. John
Sorley would like to go to congress. He
mas a good law practice and has made
a good deal of money during the 1ast
lew years and could afford to maintain
seat, In congress The fact that he is
scandinavian would be of assistance
to him in the campaign In this county
ana might help him to the ronination
IN the state convention. w. j. Anderson
is also a candidate for this position. and
there is no better fighter in the county
than he. j. D. Bacon, state representa-
tive from the Sixth district, is another
candidate who is actively at work Fer
the other positions there are ]. NJ (,och-
rane and j. H. Bosard. who are cam
dldates for the supreme bench; q. e.
cooper, a candidate for state insurance
commissioner, and James Collins, the
present sheriff, who would not be averse
| to seat on the railroad commission.
There are probably some other oandi-
dates who have not yet reported.
There is a good deal of criticism here
Oh the action Of President Worst, of the
agricultural college at Fargo, for his
attempt to deafeat an appropriation for
the state school of mines, which is a
part of the university at Grand Forks
A bill was introduced in congress re-
Gently carrying an appropriation for
schools of mines such as this, which ap-
preparation is to increase until it reaches
/ the sum of $4,000 annually 1t is stated
that Mr.. Worst endeavored to- have the
agricultural college included in the grant
| and failing in this, brought about the
introduction of a separate bill to the
same effect. The effect Of this, it is
stated in correspondence from Washing
ton, will probably be to defeat the entire
appropriation.
Out in Ramsey county Judge Cowan
is stirring UP some OF the dry homes
in the legal fraternity, if reports are cor
rect. A few days ago he adm 'nistGred
a warm roast to a jury in a blind pig
case which agreed to disagree The
court called the jury before him and
stated in no mild terms that the disa-
greement was without warrant and that
it was a deliberate attempt t. defeat
Justice He ordered the prisoner off to
Jail again, and announced that he would
be tried again at the present term of
court. The prisoners attorney, E. u.
Townsend, Immediately filed an affidavit
of prejudice against the court, and Judge
Pollock, of Fargo, will be called TO try
the case.