The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-30
MINNIE SOFA POLITICS

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vs.. opposition. That Il
natural, considering
| VAN SAINT. that Ramsey county is
the home OF the Great
Northern railway. and the head and center
Of railroad influence in politics.
IT is almost past belief however. that the
coterie which Governor Van SAINT rAecgnized
by the gift Of the most lucrative ONCE in the
state should be organizing opposition to him.
It is a fact, however. Members pf the Reese
Warner Schiffman syndicate have within the
last week been working upon visitors from
the country. They promise Ramsey as nu-
cleus for the opposition. and want the rural
counties to send uninstructed delegations
They are working under cover, and when app
preached by Van SAINT sympathizers they reit-
crate their allegiance to the governor.
They are again using the name Of State
Auditor Dunn a candidate. and promising
that he will be in the open before the con-
yentton meets. 81
With all their show of assurance, they are
talking without any authority or warrant
from Dunn himself He has given them no
encouragement. He has repeatedly denied
that he is or intends to be a candidate. and
has repeatedly declared himself for the re-
nomination Of Governor Van SAINT. He
stands on that same ground now, He will
not be candidate, and the opposition cannot
win cut a candidate. IS
1t is hard to see how they could win with a
candidate, at this late day, and in the face
of an almost unanimous sentiment from the
state at large in favor of the governors re-
nomination The country districts are solid,
and quarters where opposition was looked for
are showing IN strong for Van SAINT An
earnest effort was made to convince the iron
range people that the governor was behind
the tonnage taY bill. The bill was drawn and,
introduced during his absence, and he was
innocent of At. The range people are con-
WINGED of that fact now. and are for Van
SAINT. ,gs
The following from the Hibbing News is u
sample of the feeling there: SIS
The Van SAINT opposition has not been heard
from in several weeks. 1t is high time to-
get in evidence if it hopes to make itself
more ridiculous than it is now. s
The Ely Miner chimes in: .
The Hill candidate for governor will have a,
rather hard road to travel,&yThe muchly
advertised opposition to Governor Van SAINT
is long time showing UP something tan.
gible
= HILLMOND' Herman Hillmond of
Elbow Lake, who sat
IS A REPUBLICAN. in the recent legisla-
lature as populist,
has come out for the republican party Mr.
Hillmond is a large farmer, and man OF
great influence in the community. He is.
counted on to bring a number of his populist
friends back into the republican ranks. from
which they originally came. He says he was
originally a, republican. The populist party
is now dead, and he cannot gonwith the dem
ocracy. On nearly everything he agrees with
the republican platform. He believes in,
Roosevelt and Van SAINT. and is for Volstead
for congress. Mr.. Hillmond showed signs of
breaking away from the popullsts last winter
He was one Of the five minority members
whcsJvoted for the tax code. refusing to bow
his neck under the party yoke. IS
SENTIMENT Jens X. Arneson Of
& 5.sys Elbow. Lake, probate
is UNANIMOUS. judge of Grant county,
was In st. Paul yester-
day. He said: 5
Grant county is solid for Van SAINT. re-
CARELESS OF politics. have Travelled over
| ness, and 1 have yet to find any serious oppo-
sition to the governor Everybody is with
him. and I believe he will surprise them all
at election time. l suppose our delegation
will be instructed for him. but any man
who would go to the state convention and
| vote against Van SAINT would be killed politi-
I6cally. .
| Grant county is Eddy stronghold, and the
politicians up there are somewhat in the air
lover the congressional situation. Volstead has
lSyisited the county gatM has good many
friends, and the other two candidates have a
footing.
j. H. Harris of Owatonna. while at the
capitol the other%day, said that in his travels
over, the state, which are continuous, he has
not found any serious sentiment against Gov
ernor Van SAINT. a,
n - plotop sics aff er
the seat in the state senate being vacated by
e. T. Young Mr.. Stanton is a democrat. a
newspaper man and an attorney. H. W.
Stone, the Benson, banker, will probably be
4 the republican nominee. He has served IN
4 the house. 81 s.
| IowA's. GOVERNOR Governor "A. B., Gums
| Minis of Iowa will be
| HERE TODAY the honored guest Of
| ." the Fourth Ward Re-
publican club this evening, on the occasion
| Of, the clubs annual banquet. "A rare treat
| for Minnesotans is promised in the address
| of the eloquent Iowa statesman. Congress
man r. G.. Stevens. of St. Paul will be an
other star attraction. He VIII speak for his
colleague, Congressman Fletcher, who Is de-
| tanned at Washington.
/ A little Iowa politics will be apropos of the
| governors visit. Governor Cummins has
| merger troubles Of his own. Els veto knocked
| out the original ,Molsberry, Bill, which was
designed to permit Iowa railroads to issue
| bonds to any amount for acquiring other
lines. CuInmins has been fighting the Bur
| lingten for years, or they have been Tight
ing him, and this year the anti-Cummins in
| terests hope to gain the state committee away
| from him 1t now stands six to Ave for
Cummins. Chairman Spence is from the
eighth district, which is part ct the 20 res
ervation.' He was elected chairman by Cum
Minis votes and has trained with the gov
ernors friends The antis hope to knock
! him out and get the committeeman from that
| district The Cummins men will make a
fight for the committeeman from the fourth
district as the term Of W. L. Turner expiress
Thomas E. Way of Mason City, who was
! the astute manager of the Cun,nlins cam
paign last year,.is in the city, and will at
| tend the banquet this evening. He is largely
interested in northern Minnesota land and
! just returned this morning from a northern
! trip.
EVERETT is Colonel ]. A, Everett
OF Fairmont has made
"A CANDIDATE. formal announcement
/ of his candidacy for
clerk of the supreme court. His platform is
his own fitness for the Office, antl-thir term
for Oar Reese and political recognition for
: the second district. C. "a. Pidgeon is making
a tireless campaign, and between them these
two candidates promise to give the present