The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-10
MINNESOTA POLITICS

NOW that the potion has. fallen out of the
anti-Van SAINT movement, republican leaders
are beginning to speculate on the prospects of
the campaign. Commenting on the campaign
fund proposition, referred to in this column
yesterday, one of the state committee says:
There is no need to worry about cam
paign funds for the republican party in Min-
nesota. They will be forthcoming though
don't expect to see the railroads contribute
a cent The republican party Of the nation
is behind Governor Van SAINT in his contest
with railroad consolidation. President Roose-
welt is just as strongly committed to it as
Van SAINT himself, and the national COM
mittee is not going to see him slaughtered.
There will be plenty of funds to run the
campaign on the usual lines
Are any republicans more interested in the
success Of the state ticket than those gen
tlemen who expect to see their names under
! that of S. R. Van SAINT? If the state officers
who are expecting denomination thought Van
SAINTS nomination bad policy, they would not
be supporting him as they are State Treas
| urer Block, Secretary Of State Hanson, At
torney General Douglas and Railroad Com
| missioner Staples, are all open supporters Of
1 Van SAINT, to say nothing Of State Auditor
| Dunn, who is not candidate for renomina-
| ton, but is just as much interested in party
success. There are intimations that Oar
Reese does not favor Van SAINTS renomina-
| ton. They must be based on the attitude Of
his friends, for he personally declares him.
self for Van SAINT. The St. Paul gang" for
| whose misdeeds the governor is often roasted,
| is not for Van SAINT though of course it's
hand will not be shown as long as he has no
open opposition. Tim Sheehan was called
1 into the HeatWole conference In an advisory
capacity, and the capital city crowd was all
ready to fasten itself to the tail of the ant
Van SAINT wagon whenever 1t started.
Albert Berg says he is not an insurgent, and
| he could not help being at the eMrchants
Hotel Monday, because he lives there. 'They
say,' however, that Albert was willing to
/ accept the call Of the anti-Van SAINT cohorts
to lead their forlorn hope. He has always
had an ambition to be governor, though his
course in the Legislature would seem to in
dictate that he had given up such aspirations
4 Beyond question John Lind does not want
to run for governor, and favors the nomina.
ton of L. A. Rosing. Mr.. Rosing still talks
Lind, but if the ex-governor refuses to emerge
from his library it is believed that his private
secretary will be a willing sacrifice. AS t.
whether Mr.. Lind will run for congress- opin.
ions differ, and there is apparently good all.
thority on both sides. However, that is g
question that is not likely to be settled unit
after the state convention. Local republicans
will be very glad to have Mr.. Lind stick tc
his lucrative law practice. @
Certain rulings on the primary election Law
have gone the rounds of the state press
credited to Attorney General Douglas They
were so announced by the st. Paul papers
just before the primary election there but as
a matter OF fact no such ruling has eve1
been made by the attorney general 1t come!
from Assistant Corporation Attorney Grigg:
Of st. Paul. The points he decided were a:
follows:
To be entitled to vote at the primary cleo.
ton, man must have lived IN the preclnc
thirty days.
No one can be judge at the primary cleo
ton who has not been resident OF the pre-
} cinct thirty days.
A man who is under q years of age canno
register. This applies, regardless Of the cir
cumstances that he will be p before the cleo
ton in September.
Names cannot be inserted on the ballots.
1t is hard to find warrant for these opln
ions in the primary election law. To vote, 4
a general election, the voter must have Hvet
in precinct thirty days, but the primary
law does mot say anything about residence
except this:
"All persons entitled ito registration a.
voters in the election district on the day o
the primary election, for the purpose OF vot
ing at the ensuing election, shall be entitled
| to participate in the primary election.
| This reads plainly. II "a man is entitled Il
: register, he is entitled to vote, and, no matte
| if he has just moved in, he will have livet
ir the precinct thirty days by general cleo
ton day, and is, therefore, entitled to regis
ter and vote at the primary.
The opinion was given out to prevent col
onization in St. Paul. Without doubt tn
law ought to guard against such work T.
make sure that 1t did, Mr.. Griggs drew bill
, to amend the section quoted above, but
. failed of passage during the closing hours Q
t the extra session.
With regard to the last point, it has bee
decided recently by the supreme court Q
South Dakota. The court held that vote
could not be deprived Of the right of votin
for whom he chose, and, therefore, IT tn
man he wanted to vote for was not on tn
, ballot, he might write the name in. Thi
decision will hold good in Minnesota In fact
democratic candidates for the legislature !
t the forty first district were nominated in 19C
e just that way.
=. The second district has no open candidat
r for state Office. Colonel Everett Of Fairmon
e says he has never declared himself candi
date for clerk of the supreme court, thong
his name has been freely used. If the secon
district will back him for the place, he wi
probably get into the fight The second dis
| trict will at least see to it that j. u. He'll
Of Luverne is retained as deputy in the office
The following from the Renville Record
t submitted as sample of the way countr
e politicians make a josh mark" out OF Hen
T nepin county:
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