The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-06-06
MINNESOTA POLITICS

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LEGISLATORS The question Of tax I
reform will be the
i MARKED FOR principal issue In the I
election of legislators
II THE Ak this year. It has not
4. made It's appearance
to any great extent, but underneath and out
Of the public view Things are doing. which
indicates that later on the lines will be sharp
" defined. ;4
This is particularly true in Hennepin coun-
ty.l where a number of business interests will
actively oppose the denomination and re-elec-
ton OF members who voted for the late La |
mented tax code Whether! the constitutional I
pass this fall or not, there will |
be tax legislation next winter, and these in
terests have undertaken to get a delegation |
from Hennepin which will stand as a unit |
against the direct taxation of property at its
full value, against the taxation of franchises
and OF grain in elevators.
In the thirty ninth district Senator Snyder
Is not a candidate for reelection. Repre-
sentative Sweet Is a candidate for the senate,
and is marked for the slaughter by the oppo-
nents of tax revision Sc is Representative
Deming, who will probably be a candidate
for denomination. w. P.&Roberts' senatorial
candidacy in the forty-hrst is opposed by the
same element. George p. Wilson will be
opposed in the forty first, II the unfrendly
interests can hnd candidate, and their intiu
ence will be against the return Of L. G. Ste
vensol to the house. James A. Peterson's
congressional aspirations are opposed because
of his stand on tax legislation Carl Wal
lace has the same element against him in
his senatorial canvass in the forty-thiri.
Lowell E. Jepson Is absolutely sure of re-
nomination in the forty fourth, but if there
was any. prospect Of defeating him the same
interests would make their influence felt
against him. They will take hand in this
district against the return OF George W. Arm
strong to the house. ,.a,-
BOWLING AND The nti- Saloon
- s.s - IT, League and NJ. j.
BATnEY Bowling are hard at
s =: :: It. In the last edition
DISAGREE. Of the leagues organ,
= - its Endorsement of
Senator Young for congress is justified on the
ground that Mr.. Bowling, as speaker APP
pointed saloon committee on the house tenn
perance committee. Mr.. Bowling, in reply
to this, quotes from the record Of the vote
on the county option bill, when the speaker
himself, with nine members Of the temper
ance committee. voted for. the bill. and only
six of the committee against It: So. -.
Senator Jepson tells how the temperance
committee was chosen. He says that he
happened in on Bowling late one even
ing when he was sitting in his room at work
with his stenographer completing the list of
committees. Mr.. Bowling asked Mr.. Jepson
to make suggestions for the temperance COM
mittee. He did so, went carefully over the
house roll and made list which he thought
would be about right. Mr.. Bowling adopted
substantially that list. Mr.. Jepson was graft
fed to find that niue Of the fifteen voted for
county option and he thought the appoint
ments could not be excepted to by any fair
minded temperance man. .-.t .--..
VAN SAINT AND W. W. Jermane wires
r Ell 0 ur n a from
NELSON CONFER. Washington as fol
lows: S'#t-',''
1T is quite likely that Governor Van SAINT
and Senator Nelson, during their conferences
in this city this week, have discussed at some
length the platform to be adopted by the
state convention, July l. This discussion has
not been insany sense an attempt to dictate
to the convention orS>to prepare a platform
for the state in this city, but 1t was very
natural and necessary thing for the man who
will be nominated for governor and the man
who will sound the keynote in the ;conven-
ton, to talk over the matter Of platform and
SO arrange as to make sure that it will ac-
curately express the ideas Of the adninistra-
ton here on all national matters.
1.-THE points Of especial interest are the tar
If, trusts and Cuban reciprocity. Senator
Nelson will be expected at the convention to
tration point OF view, and it will be highly
necessary that the sp1atforn, which rs always
| written In advance.of the conventional least
| in the rough-should harmonic with what
| Senator Nelson will say. He will not arrive
| in the state in time to be Of any service In
1 making the preliminary draft OF the resolu-
| tons" r. -
:HENNEPIN The Hennepin county
| populists will hold
PoPULIsTs. their convention al
| So Labor Temple on the
evening of June Is. This convention will Sc
| lect 1853 delegates to the state convention
| which meets in, Minneapolis July 2.
In the~call for the convention, attention il
! called to the merger issue as an argumen,
/ for government ownership, and Chairman
I Fontaine declares the party demand is as fol
lows: ~ .:Srf S
/ Direct legislation, local. state, national
i Direct taxation local, state, national ~,
4 Treaty relations for trade with foreign
l countries. ~ = SS.r '~En-- -
/ Public ownership OF public. utilities
Independence for Cuba and the Philip
i protection. l5s55a. -
Election. by direct vote of president, vice
j president, senators and all United States
Direct, government issue of money as full
i legal tender, without Intervention Of banks
or others. ~5S
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HILLMoND STILL Herman Hillmond o
4 rsE - Elbow Lake was IL
1 POPULIST. St. Paul 4 yesterday
II and for the first tim
q since his reported conversion to republican
I ism, he spoke of his present political views
1 They have been much in dispute lately.
I Mr.. Hillmond says he Is still a populist
and explains the report OF his conversion a
! follows:e
I'm conversion with some Of my republican
4 friends 4 expressed my admiration for tn
stand Governor Van SAINT toook on the merge
question, and said the republican party ough
to renominate him. also said that in com
mon with oil other good Americans coul
i not help adrniring some OF the doilgs o
President Roosevelt. The boys made NOR
J out Of that than I meant to say, and sine
4 then they have been after me to run for tn
7 legislature as republican. 1 cant do that
q am populist, and as long as the populis
party holds together will stay with it,. l
It should SO to pieces, don't know wher
would go / think the republican party, o
some of its leaders anyway, have adopte
some Of the ideas Of the populists, and l. an
4 glad to see. that but l. still believe that tn
4 interests fsthe farming community are bette
represented by the populist party than by th
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