The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-30
MINNESOTA POLITICS


MINNESOTA POLITICS |
Democrats Of Minnesota went to Nor
mama hall last night prepared to hear
an awful Blasting" of Samuel r. Van |
SAINT at the hands Of his opponent Mr.. |
Rosing disappointed them. and pleased |
his friends, by a speech that was in large
part concfliatory. His criticisms were as
honeyed words compared to the attack |
made BY his official organ.
. One section Of the speech open to criti-
Van ssant tor mot alta cking the merger
Of the iron ore roads. This IS a thing 1
easier said than done. AS already stated |
in Il he j ou rn a l. the ore roads are |
owned by two distinct New Jersey cor
porations, and to that extent there is no
apparent merger. The United States
Steel company owns the stock of these
but it cannot be reached In Minnesota
any more than the Northern Securities
company. The merger is more remote.
and less important to the state than the 1
Great -Northern-No Pacific con-
solidatton. Exactly the same question of
Jurisdiction is involved, and when the
present merger suit IS concluded the state
will know on what sground it stands for
attacking the steel trust merger.
TWO Against Street.
Republicans OF the sixty first sena-
torial district are in quite a mix. W. F..
Street Of Bemidji has many supporters,
and is an able. aggressive man. His attf-
tude toward the merger. and his general
friendliness to railroad interests caused
much oposition to his candidacy In Red
Lake and Norman counties, and strong
effort was made to bring out DIR. N. M.
Watson Of Red Lake Falls. DR.. Watson
dallied with the proposition, and his
friends waited. Meanwhile, E. F, Swed-i
baclosof Bemidji. Streets own town. got
tn thssrace: AT the next to the last min
his fr1ends ups the ,htr, ,sand at the very
last minute q aE7candidate from Norman
county jumped IN: He is A. K. Strand. a
weu-meaning farmer, who has apparently
entered without any encouragement. Nei-
ther he or Mr.. Swedback can compete
with Mr: Street ii ability. and they win
divide the votes OF those who are opposed
to- him on principle. The result will
probably be his. nomination and election,
as s. A. Swanson, the populist candidate,
Is not strong man; and the district is
now republican. ~ .s T.. i. 70 r., - ~. =.
'H6sa salisusts" Fasaon,=i5 5s;s s: 81: =
!. Haldor E. Bosn tsykeeping lip hissrecorh
as a fusion smasher. Theademocrats and
populigts of Otter Tail county had it all
fixed to- combine on q legislative ticket.
only three populIsts filed for the house,
s. D. Rider, Knud Peterson and Ole O.
Sageng. One house place was conceded
to the democrats, and John F. Nangle Of
Fergus Falls fled for it. At the last
minute the irrepressible <Haldor stepped
as q popuiist candidate. There IS no way
to stop him. and she will I be one Of the
8saf pepulist nom1nees. MI. SNangIe will
Be shut out, and atJeasf one republican
candidate for the houss ,win.be elected.
Primaries or Petitions; Not Both.
The prohibitionists Of the state are cir
culating petitions for candidates In num-
ber Of counties, and the Crookston Times
calls attention to the fact that those who
Sign the petitions are debarred from vot-
Ing at the primaries THIS also applies
to independent candidates. The attorney
general holds that the voter signing
petition has made use Of his right to take
part In nominations, and cannot use IT
again. So, If you want, to vote at the
primaries, fight shy. of petitions. Vice
versa after you hanesyotefsat the, prima-
ries, your name wiHsbe pfthd account on
a petition. u ~ islas&@ +-.f,: 4
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VOID. The Waseea. JournaisRadieail Gs1 e1i-
torially compares the candidates, much te
the advantage Of Knatvold, and it is said
seca COUNTY The pansr IL owned bv Far
wood ana oter en
nfT the town. The Rushfor1 .star ~ Fiji.
more county and the Spring Grove Herald
Of Houston county have also declared for
Knatvold. ~ t'.5s
The campaign In the first district is
largely in the newspapers and the indt-
tyfdual effortsfof the candidates The avs
erage voter is too busy yet to talk poll
ties and IN many localities It is inapos-
sfble to ascertain sentiment. Both Taw
nav and Knatvold yne,n. a gree u, tt,js ro,o
nlaint - . =
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Thorpe and crue AGAIN.
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wsat thsv wsre ~ 1sas and T. ne nss,od as mo-
ina. = e sa an4ape1 ,t VIII return 70 .he sta.e
r,,1. and onlv f,ed at the iast yni,nts
Kandivof,f 5cniIrtv Eis tlhe h;,h IF non,Iis,,,
II M,nnesota hut the th5rd nartv ba :
lost hea vi,,.5 5tf,ere ana o ren,,hiica,, :, VIC
tory, is predicted All along the. line. An
drew o. Nelson is the house candidate
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