The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02
MINNESOTA POLITICS

The congressional reapportionnents has
made hard work for those who try to get up
well balanced state ticket. State officers
We're pretty evenly divided among the old
seven districts, except of course the fifth, bul
the new division into nine districts has
turned things topsy turvey
The old seven districts divide the presen,
state officers including United States sen
ators, as follows: - 4S5ls.
First Governor Van SAINT, Chief Justice
Start Justice Lovely
Second-Lieutenant Governor Smith, Stare
Treasurer Block. 8
Third-Secretary of State Hanson Railroad
Commissioner Staples.
Fourth-Senator Clap, Oar Reese, clerk O
the supreme court.
Fifth-Nothing
SlXth-State Auditor Dunn, Justices Collins
and Lewis, Railroad Commissioner Miller
Seventh--Senator Nelson, Attorney Genera
Douglas, Justice Brown, Railroad Commits
sioher Mills.
Now all the judges hold over, also the
7 senators. Two railroad commissioners, Mil
Ter and Mills. hold until 1904. All those
whose terms expire are sure of renomina
ton except Lieutenant Governor Smith ant
| State Auditor Dunn, who do not desire re
nomination, and Oar Reese, who has oppo
sition. The lieutenant governorship has beer
conceded to Hennepn, which helps some
| However,, the second district has lost tn,
state treasurer by redistricting, and will b.
left off the ticket unless it lands either tn,
authorship or the supreme court clerkship
| There are other shifts. which do not great.
disturb the balance. but would leave the of
fees portioned out. to the districts as fol
\ lows, including the hold-overs, but not tn
auditor or clerk:
First-Governor, two judges
| Second-Nothng
| Third-state streasurer, railroad commits
| sioner
Fourth-United States senator
Fifth-Lieutenant governor
sixth-United States senator, secretary o
state, one Judge
Seventh-One judge
Eighth-Railroad commissioner, one Judge
sioner ..so@@..-. y = :
The fourth district will probably get tn.
| clerkship again, leaving only the auditorshi,
to- be settled. The second district has can
didate in G. B. Franklin of Faribault county
but he would seem to be distanced in tn,
race by the. big trio, Jacobson, Iyerson ant
! Iialden. Jacobson comes from the new sew
| enth, and Halden from the eighth Whil
! lverson halls from the first district, he ha
4 been in the capitol SO long that he is rathe
to be credited to the state at large.
There is growing impression, anyway
that this attention to. the geographical dis
| d
! farce. 1t was not so BAD when~there wer
only seven districts to appease, but witt
nine there are hardly. places to go around
The different sections Of the state are vel
represented row, except the southwest cor
! ner.
| The state bar association met in St. Pau
yesterday, and the supreme court set case
for the April term. This brought to the cap
ltol great many lawyer statesmen, and tn
| air was full Of politics. There were Sen
ators Young. Barker, Wilson, Somerville
Lord, Halvor Stevenson Of Crookston an,
many other well-known attorneys
| Mr. STEVENSON would not discuss his can
didacy for congress, owing to his well know
modesty. He did, however, introduce two o
his friends, E. G. Yetter and J. II. Shaw o
| Hallock, Kittson county. These gentlemen
| say that at this stage the favorites in Kit
son are Stevenson and Grindeland, with til
popular vote largely in favor Of Stevenson
| There are a good many politicians TO
Grindeland, however, and the campaign worl
! OF the next few months may change tn
drift of things somewhat: Kittson count
| hopes to name Senator Grindeland's success
| sor. Peter ,Lofgren of Pelan will probable
| be candidate, and C. ]. McCollum of Hal
lock is a possibility.
Senator Barker has not made up his min
1 whether to ask for another term He alread
has an opponent in Frank r. White of Eli
River
| Julius schmahl of Redwood Falls was ais
at the capitol. He sticks to his Eddy doc
trlne, and maintains that the man from Glen
wood will carry Redwood county. He EXPECT
1 Volstead to cut quite "a figure, not only in hi
own county but in Lincoln and Lyon. for thi
| reason. The three counties are in q senatorie
district. Yellow Medicine has just had th
senator, and the other two counties are fight
ing for it this time. John G. Schultz of MAJ
shall will be "a candidate. and Lincoln has tw
entries, c. W. Sites of Lake Benton and Ma,
Gus Lauritzen Of Tyler All these candidate
Will be after votes in Yellow Medicine. an
to get them they will have to do somethtn
for Volstead.
j., Adam Bede surprised and delighted hi
friends the other night in Duluth by maxim
a serious speech He broke the ice with a fe
jests, and then settled down to a strong, log
cal effort j. Adam can if he tries.
The Granite Falls Tribune says:
we DO not credit the report that Ex-Govel
nor Lind will be a candidate for goyernc
! at the coming election because he has nothin
in particular to gain, but much. to lose h
such candidacy. OF honors he has had all b
! can get, so what is there left for him to, g
after? Rosng is more probable candidat
for the young man has aspirations galore.
! The Preston Times observes:
In speaking about the failure of the recer
legislature to do something, it should alwa,
be remembered that the democrats and nom
lists are tarred with the same stick as al
the republicans. A united stand on the mai
Of the opposition would have won the day fl
tax reform, but as usual it bundered at tt
critical moment and the opportunity W.
thus lost, not only to do good, but to gal
! some valuable political thunder True, tt
republicans were in the majority, but tn
does not excuse the demo-pops from doin
their duty
4 The Van SAINT opposition is reported to hay
/ struck a snag of large proportions in Goodhu
county, and the latest is that all effort to tall
j the county away from the governor has bee
given up. Charles B. Cheney.
ADJUSTMENTS
Foyer Chat.
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