The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-03
MINNESOTA POLITICS

Kay w. Jones formally announced his can
dldacy for lieutenant governor yesterday in
the news columns Of Th Q ournal. He
is the first entry In the race, and there are
one or two more expected. Hennepin county
republicans are charged with the selection of
the next lieutenant governor, and the pri-
maries, about June ], will develop lively
contest for the honor.
q Inc principal thing to be desired of the
candidate Is that he shall add strength to the
ticket by harmonizing the local opposition to
Governor Van SAINT and welding the party in
Hennepln county into a solid front. The pre-
sumption Is that the man who commands the
most strength at the primaries will fill the
bill.
Senator E. G. Potter, who has been men
toned for the place, returned yesterday after
a thrilling experience In a snow-bouud North
ern Pacific train. He was back at his office
th1s morning, full of business, but not talk
Ing politics. He declined to discuss the po-
l1tical situation until he had time to clean
up his correspondence and learn something
OF what has gone on in his absence.
G. IA. Smith, the other man. prominently
mentioned for the position, declines to say
anything about it. He will not be an active
candidate at any. stage. his friends believe
lie would probably accept the nomination il
rendered him. but would not turn over his
hand to get it, as to accept it would be a
business sacrifice
Mr.. Jones, in announcing himself a candi-
date, defines his position as follows:
Having been urged by republicans of Hen
nepin county and the state at large to be a
candidate for the office of Lieutenant governor
l. hereby announce my candidacy for that Of
hce do this In the belief that it will be
IN the interests of, harmony in the party. In
entering the race, am hopeful of securing a
solid delegation to go to the county con-
vention which elects delegates to the state
convention. l wish to announce at the outset
that have no political debts to pay and
am entirely free from any factional influences
III the party. The sentiment throughout the
state seems to be strongly in favor of Henne-
pm P IN county's being represented on the state
ticket. If successful in the nomination and
election, shall undertake to fill the office
to the best of my ability
l wish 1T understood from now on that il
at any time it shall appear that some other
candidate for the nomination is better quail
ned to make the run to insure the success of
the ticket, will be willing to withdraw in
his favor.
W. w. Jermane wires The journal
from Washington as follows:
State Senator Buchanan of Little Falls went
nome leaving the impression behind that he
was certain to be nominated for congress in
the new sixth district. 1t is said that there
are no ex-members of congress in this new
district, and that if "Buck' should win, he
would have a long lease Of political life ahead
OF MN. IT is understood that he has made
a satisfactory arrangement with the repub-
lican leaders of Stearns county, the only
county in the district which had promised
him any trouble, and that his pathway to a
n nomination is now clear. His recent declara-
from Washington, is said to have been the
latest step in the bringing around of Stearns
county to his support.
This is the current explanation of the Buck
man Interview. Though the senator is not
naturally in sympathy with the Van SAINT
element, ne is wise enough to pick the win
ner, and in an effort to harmonic certain
opposition in the district he has declared
himself on the governorship just to their lik-
ing. The. implacable opposition to Buchanan,
much OF It, is also anti-Van SAINT which
makes his position still stronger before the
people,
Alvah Eastman comments in the St. Cloud
Journal-Press:
Senator Buchanan is in Washington and told
a newspaper correspondent that Van SAINT was
entitled to denomination The senator need
not have gone away from home to have
learned that much.
Sam G. lverson has issued second circu-
lar to leading republican workers in behalf
or his candidacy for state alditor In SO
doing, ne states his platform as follows:
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The state auditor has the care and control
OF all lands belonging to the school and other
trust funds, with their untold agricultural
timber and mineral wealth; he is the chief
taxing and financial officer of the state and a
member of many important boards and COM
missions In short, it is, business office.
conducting the enormous volume Of the
finances of the state. Should I succeed in
obtaining the nomination and election, the
best assurance can give to the people of
Minnesota is that it will be my earnest en-
deavor to follow the wise and businesslike
methods of State Auditor Dunn in the care
and management Of the duties pertaining to
the Office.
J. F. Jacobson may not be candidate for
any office this summer. Friends Of the Lac
qut Parle statesman, from his section of the
state, say that he is not going into scram-
Bile for the authorship. He has kept silent,
and will do SO indefinitely. He is fighter,
but not given to fight for his individual pre-
ferment, and he feels that his services have
entitled him to recognition without making
struggle for Office. He will not become
candidate, therefore, unless a strong and
spontaneous sentiment develops and forces