The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06
SEAhLE MAY RUN.

for the Republican congressional
nomination to succeed Hon. PAGE
Norris.
Mr.. Searle would not confirm this
report yesterday, but admitted to
representative of the News Tribune
that the pressure that had been
brought to bear upon him of late
was of such nature that he felt in
duty bound 70 consider the propo-
sition with seriousness.
"Up to the present time," said Mr..
Searle, II have given the question
no thought whatever, and when my
name was first preached for the DO
sition informed my friends that it
was idle in them TO urge me fur
Their. Since that time, however, II
have been waited upon by de]ega-
ton after delegation of representa-
tive men of the party, urging me to
reconsider the stand I had taken.
II must confess that I am in con-
siderable of quandary. If the Re-
publicans of this district believe
that would make an acceptable
candidate for congress and want me
to make the race, l would not be
performing my duty as citizen
and as member of the party should
l ignore the requests that have
been made. However, as the situa-
ton stands today, I cannot see my
way clear to announce myself one
way or the other News Tribune.
w. w. BUTCHART is out as an &C.
tive candidate for the nomination
for sheriff on the Republican ticket.
His personal popularity among the
voters will count much in his favor.
HON. NEIL McINN1s, county com
missioner, was in from Eve]eth on
Friday last. Neil is looking after
his political fences these days, on
the side, and it is likely a renomi-
nation will fall to his lot with grace.
full ease. No prospective opponent
has thus far been mentioned, to our
knowledge.
HE announcement that two pews
in one of the wealthy and fashion
able Washington churches recently
sold for $3.50 and $1,000 respectively
loses it's alluring glare when COM
pared with the fact that a seat in
the New York stock exchange sold
at $4,000. 1t would seem that the
temporal welfare of man still holds
pre-eminence over the spiritual.
The STAR, of Eveleth, predicts
that 1.-The iron ranges will roll up
much larger Republican vote this
year than the city of Duluth" The
profundity of the thought is apt to
be borne out by the facts; but even
that would avail naught to an iron
range candidate without a solid
and united range support. If such
can be assured, the ranges will elect
complete county ticket.
WE acknowledge receipt Of Vol.
No. 1 of the Eveleth Mining News,
by H. c. CARROT & Co. A bright,
newsy initial number, containing
goodly amount of attractive adver-
Using. The new paper is printed in
the Virginian Office in this city.
Politically, it claims to tend toward
Republication, but "regrets the in
creasing tendency on the part of TO-
cal politicians to seek political Off
ces as reward for party services"
1t does not appear that the candi-
dacy of Hon. J. L. Jellison, of Co.
hasset, appeases the desire of Du=
luth politicians as an antagonist to
J. Adam, and they continue to look
further. The Hon. Frank E. Searle
has been prominently mentioned as
a possibility, but refuses to permit
the use of his name. Capt. Alexan-
ander McDougall is another whose
candidacy is sought, and whose
name and work would add material
strength to the ticket.
THE ENTERPRISES acknowledges
the proud distinction of having a
copy of our paper returned from a
local subscriber for two weeks past
marked REFUSED" But those things
do happen occasionally. It was
only the other day that Senator
Billy Mason returned his COPY of
the Chicago Inter-Ocean through
the post-of6ce, labeled with the
same inscription. But The Enter
prise continues to do business at
the old stand, and we have yet to
hear OF the Inter-Ocean suspending
publication. Of course both publ
cations naturally feel the depress-