The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-06-18
MINNESOTA POLITICS
POPS MAY NAME

STRAIGHT TICKET. ernor down. The dem
ocratie~ leaders have
taken the populist state committee at it's
word; and are assuming that there will be
Independent action on the part of their old
allies They are conseqently discredtting the
populists, and using their influence to keep
those with strong fusion leantngs away from
the party organization. Following John
Limbs announcement that he is a democrat,
1t is hoped 70 bring many former populists,
who have been training with democracy as he
did, to formally declare their allegiance to
the bourbons.
The popuhst organization in Minnesota was
content to play second fiddle to democracy SO
long as their party could lay xeoual claim to
the head OF the ticket. While Mr.. Lind was
q political ORPHAN he was as much of a
populist as a democrat. Now he is a FULL
fedged democrat, and to accept him for the
head Of the ticket would mean surrender on
the part Of the populists. He could not go on
the ticket as 'democrat-people's but as
plain democrat, according to the antifusion
law, and 1t lis a. significant fact that the DEM
ocrats In the legislature made no serious pro-
test against the enactment Of this measure.
In a nutshell, the plan of the democrats this
year is to swallow the populists whole. They
will name a pcpulist or two on the democratic
state ticket. as bait to draw the rest of the
party into democracy's net. : They will be-
little the populist organization and its con-
vention. and throw odium on straight popu
lists as assistant republicans.
The members Of the populist state commit
tee are almost unanimous in their determine
ton to keep UP an independent organization,
and they are beginning to feel that the only
way to accomplish this is to put up a straight
party ticket. Any attempt to dovetail their
ticket with that of democracy will only be a
makeshift, and a sign of surrender which
would he fatal to the continuance of the pop
ulist party and principles.
- DIFFER ON In one thing the two
| e. = - - = ".- parties are radically
THE different The popu-
lists stand for govern
DOMINANT ISSUE. 1lent ownership, step
80 : toward socialism. The
democrats stand for individualism in every
thing. The democratic state convention will
declare as strongly against trusts, combina-
lions and mergers as the republicans. The
populists will reiterate their pronouncement
for government ownership, and to be consist
ent they can hardly condemn a combination
which leads to the end they seek. They are
likely to point to the railway merger as an
important step in the direction of government
ownership, and therefore a good thing. 1t is
hard to see how any candidate could accom-
plish enough of a 'straddle' to stand on these
two platforms. $50 ..-s.-y. 3
b. j. MILLER Now comes trouble
| $a, =: hs4a .}.- I. for J. F.. Jacobson in
FOR AUDITOR. the person of E. J..
|, z.te ,a-e:s., h<,ytafl Miller off, ortonville,
county auditor 4of Big Stone county. Mr..
Miller declares himself a candidate for: state
| auditor, and will endeavor to split the sew
enth district with the man from Lac qui
Parle: It is "a little late in the day for a
new candidate to land the nomination, but
Mr.. Miller's candidacy will please some peo-
pie from the fact that it will weaken, Mr..
Jacobsonss hold on his section of the state.
Incidentally, it will put some seventh dis
triot candidates for congress in an e1nbar-
RAISING position. - 49,
m. b. Lloyd, former alderman from the
ninth ward, is said to be a certain entry for
the legislature. He will seek one of the re-
publican house nominations. and will be "in
cahoots', with F.. F. Comstock, the ninth
ward senatorial candidate. This means that
business will be good in the thirty ninth dis
trict. p. &C.. Deming has not decided whether
to run ,for~the senate or the house, but will
probably enter for the, latter.