The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-02
MINNESOTA POLITICS

instruct for van SAINT
CONVENTION" and Ray Jones. Local
~ i sentiment has crystal
med IN that direction within the past few
days The scheme Of the Ramsey county in
surgents to secure unnstructed delegates has
peen uncovered, and Its purpose s evident
~ means that there will be no open candi.
date against Van SAINT before the convention
meets, and that in case their plan wins. they
VIII start stampede on the convention hpor
lof Dunn or some one else They cannot get
i.unn or any one else to come out as a can
dia gate and the stampede is their only hope
we DO not want a Doodle convention, is
the way prominent, Hennepin county repub
mean puts 1t. "We must keep our skirts
cream and go before the peopleSwith no apo]o-
gles to make In the interest of poIitica;
morals, every county in the state should in
struct its delegates for Van SAINT, unless a
candidate comes out against him In that
case let them instruct for their choice"
The Austin Resister speaks its mind on the
proposition as follows:
1t Is reported that some OF the anti Van
SAINT leaders are working In an und erha nded
way 70 prevent the instructionSof delegates to
me a1 state convention. This course world be
all right II there were other candidates for
governor before the people. but as there are
none.slt is the duty of county conventions to
morse Governor Van SAINT and his excellent
Il
shrk this plain duty would not be ereditable
to the party at this time, and it would weaken
the entre state ticket with the people. Let
the republicans speak out II thew are WITH
the president and governor In their hght
against the merger, now is the! time to say 90.
WILL LIND L. A. Rosing may have
had thoughts OF run
DE- SoERCED? ming for governor, but
he has no longer He
prefers to manage the state campaign and run
Tor his old position of private secretary With
Ibis end IN view, he is working UP sentiment
1or Inc denomination of John Lind The ex-
governor will not be consulted. His attitude
OF nina is well known and repeatedly ex-
pressed He will not consent to be a candi-
date The program now is to nominate him
without asking his consent, and rely on hin,
to heed the party's call as Of old 5.
IT may not work this year. Mr.. Lind Is
uhoeF no opllgations to any one to be- a can
didate, and is quite likely to consult his per
sonai 1nclinations. That means that he Will
stay out OF the state campaign, combining his
political activity to making a few speeches
for the candidate.
There is good reason to believe that Mr..
Lind would accept nomination to congress.
me trouble Is that, under the primary law,
ne must declare himself. He would not entor
scramble for the nomination, and will not
be a candidate unless other axpirants ioin in
a request: w. H. Vanderburg has recently
ued his certificate. and George F. Porter is
understood to have it in mind but either one
would stand aside for Lind at word from,
him. -
GET TOGETHER Indications point to
Judge Theodore Brue-
On BRUENER. ner of ST. Cloud as the
democratic nominee fol
congress in the sixth district. Since the con-
Qr4SEOna1 H.,
timent has grown all over the district in ia
vor of Bruener as the logical candidate and
the one with the best chance of election Tie
two doctors, Du Bots of Saulk Center ane
Hemstead of Brainerd, are willing to be can;
didates, but wall not stand tn Bruener's way
Bryan democrats from all parts of the distrlr,
are declaring for Bruener: They are con.
WINGED that, from the standpoint of ayaila:
bility, he is the man. Buckman will get some
democratic votes, and the democrats mus
nominate man who can get republican votes
It seems to be up; to Judge Bruener He il
still considering the proposition.
The anti buchanan republicans still refuse
TO be quiet A. N. Dare says in the Ell
River Star News#that there are two pron,
inent republicanssat this. times censid erfns
the aadvisaRility~ entering the, race for tn,
NOMINATION. gg*Tass t,F' 5ttstt'fas.
al. PLAY A The eighth district Ii
waiting to hear fur
WAITING GAME. Their from c. g. Nc
Carthy The Gran,
Rapids statesman is waiting to hear furthe
from Duluth, and Duluth is waiting to hea
from Q. D. Kinney. Mr.. Kinney will return
in few days, Sand it will soon be known
whether he will be a candidate The Will
| cults faction want Duluth candidate, but i
| they can't get him, at is likely that they viii
take up Mccarthy. If Duluth candidat
| comes out, Mccarthy will not enter the race
Otherwise, it is considered likely that Nc
| Carthy will enter. ]. Adam Bede declare
that he will carry st. Louis county and til
district against any one who enters.
81 IVERSON 49, Samuel G. Iverson /
$iSSaessss@lE<s taking q good, LON
80 A TOURIST. vacation, and just a
present Is in til
southern counties looking over the groun
and lining up delegations for the authorship
1t is evident that the announcement of hi
friend Jaeobson's candidacy has not deterre,
him in the least, and that there will be !,
! lively contest between them for delegates
Halden expects the eighth district solid, ant
strength in Hennepin, Ramsey and othe
quarters.
Redwood county set the pace, and the Ed,
following in the southern counties OF th
seventh is rapidly coming over to Young
A stampede is not likely, and Volstead AM
Bowling will both profit by Eddys with
drawal.
M'KINNON OR NJ. J. DAILY puts asid
the suggestion that h
CAMPBELL run again for congress
~. in the ninth district
IN NINTH. This leaves the democ
racy to select between
Alexander McKinnon and Mayor Ma
Campbell, both of Crookston. Reports from
other parts Of the district INDICATE that Nc
Kinnon is to be the man. The anti -fusioi
law hampers the opposition seriously in tina
district. The populists will have to supper
a straight democratic nominee, or put can
didate Of their own in the field.
| Senator Daily will ask Otter Tail count
for election.
There is report from Grant county tina
Herman Hillmond will be a candidate TO
| the republican senatorial nomination In tn
! fifty seventh district, comprising Stevens
Grant and Traverse counties. Mr. Hillmon,
| is the populist member Of the legislator
whose return to republicanisnn was recent,
noticed in this column. He Is very strenj
in the district, and may take the nonina
| tion away from j. T. Sehain Of Brown s Val
ley. Two things would operate against Hill
nond-his recent return to the party, an
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