The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-09
1AWNEY IS DRAWING
AHEAD IN The FIRST
THE CONGRESSMAN PULLING AWAY FROM KNATvoLD ON THE
HOME STRETCH @H=
Careful Review the First District Made After
Personal Visit to the Various Counies-The
They Have Been Handled

the last few years and have waxed fat.
They see nothing wrong with existing
conditions in the main. and dread any
run against this. and found it discourag-
ing So 2t2E
This nationality issue cuts both wayz
sometimes. Where Swedes and Norwe- =
gians live side by side some jealousy gem
orally exists, and in sections where there
are Swede settlements they have been .
lined up for Tawney very largely. !.
, Tawney on Lumber. .@:~Saf.
The lumber tariff. talk has. not drawn /.
Mr.. Tawney out to defend his past acts,
but it has produced q statement from him.
that has had an effect on the situa ton.
He has announced that he will favor re-,
moving all the duty on rough lumber, and
reducing the rate on the rest Of the sched-z,
ule. Conditions have so changed, he says,
that the duty on rough lumber is no longer
needed, and although it would not affect;
the price, it should be removed to admit
the Canadian raw product. However,
American labor in planning mills, furniture
factories, etc., should still be proteced by .
a duty on finished lumber and it's prod
ucts. 49, s. },.t.. . -.,.>s-z., ..-s r .sE
This statement has taken a good deal OF
the edge of the lumber tariff argument,
though Mr.. Tawneys friends regret that :
it has been delayed SO long. However. it
has treasured many voters as to their,
congressmans intentions, and many tariff !.
revision men have been held to sTaWneYt
by this argument: H ~.-. "
'Mr. Tawney is committed to tariff re-
vision and is better able to bring it
about than new man would be. He IS /.
one of the eleven republican members OF
the ways and means committee, in whose
hands the tariff bills always shaped
and a new member could not hope to get
one of these places. Without TaWney,,
Minnesota would have no real voice In.
shaping tariff legislation Better keep.
him there than put in a new man. with
more pronounced tariff views but less
power to carry them into effect
This Is the principal Tawney argument
While the bitterness of this fight and the.
disorganization that follows are depored,
it is common remark in the district that
the contest has been a good thing, be-
cause it will stiffen Mr.4Tawney's back
bone and, by impressing on him the feel
| ing Of the district, make him take a;
| stronger stand for revision. ..azSF..tzS..5r
| ~ - Dems May Take Hand. - y
One thing that gives the -Tawney men,
uneasiness Is the attitude Of the demo-,
Gratis. They do not expect to be able to
! elect Senator McGoyern, and in most OF
] the first district counties they have no
j ticket at all. Most of them want atosget
4 at Tawney, andSn they have q e1landes will
plug him at the primary election In
/ the strong republican counties they yFou1u
| like to take a hand in naming county Of
fcers. and the primaries are their only
chance. There have been rumors in Now
| er. Freeborn and Fillmore; especially, to
the effect that democrats are forming a
| concerted scheme to vote the republican
primary ticket, and to vote against Taw-
| ney. The Tawney committeeman are
| looking into it, and it is possible that they
will use challenges. but. as rule, If the
| democrats ask for republican, ballot, it
will be- taken In good faith, and handed
him. This vote may cut quite a figure.
| I have already furnished T h ] 0
n al estimates on the vote of Waseea.
Steele Mower, Fillmore and Houston
counties, and those estimates represent
the present outlook. have also visited
| Winona and Wabasha. f. gig,
Work IN Winona County.
In Mr. Tawney's home county there is
no organized opposition to him. He, will
not have the county solid, and opponents
are doing some still hunt work against
him. The danger to Tawney in Winona
county Is from light vote. There is
nothing to bring republicans to the pri-
maries but Tawney. The county is demo-
cratic, hence no struggle for republican
nominations. The supreme effort of the
Tawney committee is to get out the vote
They have sent a circular letter, to every
voter, stating the case to him and urging
him to turn out. It Is signed by a COM
mittee of Eli, headed by Thomas Simpson
and representing every voting precinct
l This committee will do its best to bring
out the votes, but 1t is not likely that over
1900 of the $1,000 republican votes will be
cast at the primaries OF this number,
not over 800 will be cast for Knatyold
which will make Tawney 1 200 to the good
In his own county. ~
wahs eha for ,..,n -.
Wabasha county is strongly Tawney.
found the county seat practically solid. In
and about Lake City, where there is a
large Scandinavian element Knatyold ha q
some active, friends, but even here Taw-
ney is believed to be in the lead. and the
country vote is generally for him. There
is a county fight on which will bring out
4 fair vote to the primaries. though not q
) heavy one. OF the i 900 republicans who
voted two years ago, about i 800 will turn
out Sept. 16. OF this number a liharaI
estimate gives Knatvold 4o0,, to 900 for
/ Tawney. go =
Fighting knatvoId at Home.
Advices from Freeborn county indicata
that an organized fight is being made there
: by the Tawney forces. Some Of them ara
personal enemies, who do not carry much
: weight, but there are some other strong
$ TaWney men. such as A. w. Trow, the
isACo4tii6 ne IaWneyS men VIII
} only concede Knatvold 500 plurality. while
3 his friends claim 1900. Out of "a. total OF
:. 2,1o0 which will probably be brought out
out by local contests, Tawney is likely to
, get close to 500, while Knatvold polls 900.
. Dodge Is for knatvold
! Dodge county has been reputed a Krat-
void hotbed.g It has large Norwegian
: population, which flocked to Knatvold
I when he visited the county. Tawney has
. made several sore spots by postofrice APP
pointments, and each one of these was Z
nucleus for the Knatvold campaign But
when Tawney learned the situation, he
. jumped right into Dodge county and
worked like a Trojan to bring 1t back In
line. He spent the week before last in q
canvass Of the county. and left it In the
Q hands of some of his best workers They
: now claim it for Tawney by 200. The
8 Knatvold men claim 1t by 500. These es-
9 Inmates are wide apart, for Dodge is mol
: likely to cast over 1000 votes at the pri-
9 martes. In the absence OF more definite
9 data, the only fair thing is to split the diff
!. ference and give the county to Knatvold
I by 200.
Olmsted is conceded to Tawney by 4
y large vote. The opposition is scattered ex-
: cept in one locality. Rock Dell, a. Nor
s fWegian settlement will 60 for K nafyold,