The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-23
MINNESOTA POLITICS

secretary sIOln1ie OF
LIND UP. the democratic state
committee lef. last
evening for Cannon Falls. They will conduct
the business OF the committee from that point
until convention time, after which headquar-
tiers will be established in st. Paul.
Leading democrats. some of them. still re-
fuse to believe that John Lind will refuse a
nomination. Said one yesterday:
Governor Lind may deny he is candidate
till he is black in the face. That will make
no difference. OF course he is not candi-
date He was not candidate two years ago,
or four or six years ago. He accepted the
nomination just the same There Is nothing
for him to decline until the convention meets
and dominates him. 1t Is a different thing
for. man to be a candidate before the CON
vention meets. and for him to yield to the
unanimous wish of the party with which he
aftilates, and accept the nomination Of a con-
venton He can't refuse.
+ Other well-known democrats, friends of the
ex governor, say that he will refuse. and that
he will do it In such an unInistakable manner
before the convention meets that there will
be no attempt made 70 nomiante him; that he
williif necessary declare his withdrawal from
politics from the platform of the convention.
WHO WILL If precedent Is fol-
lowed the chairman Of
BE CHAIRMAN? the Hennepin county
republican convention
will name the 113 delegates to the state
vention. It will, therefore, make great deal
of difference to outside candidates interested
in Hennepin who the chairman is. There is
already work being done in the interests Of
jacobson man for chairman. The selection
will probably be dictated by Ray w. Jones,
the local candidate, and the attitude of the
delegation toward candidates for auditor will
depend largely on his wishes in the matter.
1,,o1- ,s,,s1 u1,nr ,on
appointed, as previous events have demon
strated.
FIGHT IN. REBsE's The St. Paul demo-
cratic organhas doubt
So OWN YARD. less oyerdraWn the
Ramsey county situa
ton, but it is true that there is as much oppo-
sition to Oar Reese right In St Paul as any
where in the state. There is soreness in the
ranks over the recent defeat, the magnitude
of which is laid to the unpoDularity of the
''big four" This latter element is already
making war on Moses E. ClaDp and plotting
his downfall. and the senator's friends are
retaliating by making trouble for Reese They
cannot fight him without a candidate, and
there is talk of Armand Albrecht and Fred e.
Ingersoll, both well known attorneys. MI
Reese has declared that he does not intend to
do any travelling i'll the interests OF his can
has work to do at home.
There will be bitter fight in st. Paul this
wear over the nomination Of state senator's
tho issue being Clapp or ant-Clapp.
NYE WON'T RUN Frank NJ. Nye has
given q definite answer
FOR CONGRESS to the republicans who
have been seeking to
oe+ him IN the race for the congressional
nomination. 1t was in the negative. After
looking over the field, Mr. Nye came to the
conclusion that it. was pretty we'll occupied
and his only hope for winning would be IN
campaign of such strenuosity as to deter
almost any one. He concluded that the game
was not worth the candle.
JOKE IS ON At last j. Adam Bede
has q, rival for the
ADAM eighth district nomina :
ss ton. It is J. G. Jei-
lison of Cohasset the combative farmer who
hurled defiance at Page Morris some months
ago, and threatened to oppose him at the
primaries Mr.. Jellison should challege Bede
to a joint debate.
Colonel j. A.. Everett Of Fairmont has sert
to newspapers and friends through the state
a printed letter, thanking them for compli-
nentary mention of him, and explaining that
he has been unable to attend to his CORE
spondence owing to attack of typhoid
Meanwhile his campaign for clerk of the SUI
preme court is suffering for lack of attention.
and thesBert Miller boom forslieutenant gov
ernor is working in the second
Senator Charles H. Dart of Litchfeld will
be a candidate for another term. He carried
Meeker county in the face of republican
majority two years ago, but will not be likely
to succeed this time. His record in the up
per house has not been satisfactory.
DR.. John II. Dorsey of Glencoe, one OF the
solid democrats Of the lower house, will be
candidate for another term
Charles B. Cheney,