The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-21
] MINNESOTA POLITICS

atont for clerk Of the supreme court. and with
that understanding the colonel launched his
He is Ill with typhoid fever, and
cannot be out for weeks. His campaign is
therefore dragging. He may stay in the fight
lii the convention meets, hut the second is
already figuring on an alternative. That al
tentative is the candidacy of Senator Herbert
]. Miller OF Luverne for lieutenant governor.
Up to cate there has been no mention of
any opposition to Hennepin's candidate for
this office, except in a few of the weekly pa
pers. There has been no hint of an effort to
turn him down. Months ago Senator Miller
was mentioned as a probable candidate. but
refused to get in. owing to complications
j Ia. Helm, deputy in the of1ce+of clerk of
the supreme court, is also a Luverne man.
and it seemed likely to jecpardize his position
Tor the. county to get out candidate for state
office.
The second has a large delegation. however,
and Senator Miller would make formidable
candidate BY combining with candidate
Tor auditor and one for clerk, it could dictate
the retention of Mr.. Helm, and possibly defeat
Hennepin on the lieutenant goyernorship at
the same time. ~, ~
This Is a contingency that is likely to hap
pen, and Henneoin does not want to take 1t
for granted that place on the state ticket is
conceded to this county. ?
PIDGEON G. A.. Pidgeon of Buff
falo is putting in some
s IS AFTER REESE hard ticks against
Oar Reese, and ap-
pears to lbe making quite showing for the
clerkship.s Reese refuses to be worried and
will not go outside st. Paul to Go his cam
paigning. He. is conducting a-twireless cor
respondence with his friends There is no
question however, that the attitude of Reese
and hts friends towards the state adninstra-
ton has done a good deal to weaken him be-
fore the onven!ion.
u HOSTILES Papers which have
IN Il been criticizing Gov
FAILING IN LINE ernor Van SAINT and
questioning the neces-
sity of his nomination are falling in line one
by one. The Owatonna Chronicle states. its
position as follows:
THE Chronicle has never been Van SAINT
paper, but it believes that only through the
ernor Van SAINT by the republicans of Mime
sofa can the election be won an SAINT
mistakes have been mainly political ones
His administ- alton has been 5000 "a. ana popa'
so far as the governor is concerned, winch
deserves the Reputation which failure tc
renominate. him would mean. II ne is de-
approval but of the luke-warmness: or hos
tilty of certain republicans (not AID who
have been trying to prevent his denomination
"
~ most persistent in forcing him upon the
party as a gubernatorial candidate.
From the third district comes this tdeclara-
ton Of the FARMING ton Tribune
The republican state convention has been
called for July,1, which is a distinct victory
for Governor Van SAINT. Opposition to his
denomination has leer abandoned The
railroad merger will re-elect him, it matters
not whom the democrats may nominate. The
common people are So intensely bitter against
the trust system that they are united i'll their
support of any public officer who opposes
them.
The Zumbrota Independent chimes IN:
/. The state convention which will meet on
July will without doubt nominate Governor
Van SAINT to succeed himself. That is one OF
the foregJne conclusions. His election next
fall is another, Joel P. to the contrary not
Withstanding.
FOR VAN SAINT At :. a well. attended
meeting of the Viking
AND RAY JONES. league last evening,
resolutions were pre-
sented by DIR. Henry S. Nelson and unani-
mously adopted, indorsing Van SAINT for gov
ernor and Ray w. Jones for lieutenant gov
ernor. The league thus went on record In
favor tot an INSTRUCTED delegation from this
county for Both bfiess. Talk against instruct
ing for Van SAINT has, practically ceased.
HAWKINS Il Senator E. B. Hawkins
go was in st. Paul yester-
s: WILLING day. He says he never
r ss g }'Es - had a serious thought
. TO RETURN. of congress. but hopes
al 81 - - to return to the state
senate another term OF this there seems to
be no question. Senator Hawkins says there
will be no candidate to contest the republican
nomination in the eighth with ], Adam Bede
u u 49, u ,f
republican house nominations in the same
district, the forty-ninth. He is not antago-
nstic to Hawkins, hut claims, that the range
is entitled to senator and representative,
and in the other two districts Duluth has
everything.
EI3s BOWLING p e. Bowling, editor
S3 Of the tEveleth Star,
s<sIzES UP said, while in the city
l5$5s5sIIss II ,. yesterday: s.: 81
y. THE RANGE Governor Van SAINT
EFfa ~ at one time was held
sims some disfavor by the range republicans,
due to thezfact that he was supposed to have
some part in the ore taxation agitation But
that sentiment is totally removed .now.- and
has been for some time, due to the fact that
the range people have reached the truth of
the matter. He is at present exceptionally
strong among the labor elements and will
poll wonderfully large vote in the fall cleo
ton. Even many former. supporters of Lind,
in making choice, will choose Van SAINT as
against%lLind. Theressis little doubt but a
unanimous delegation, for Van SAINT will be
sent from the ranges to the st. Louis con
yention.
'SOdin Halden, who aspires for state audit
orship, is exceedingly strong among the
masses. die, has been at any and all times
fearless in the matter of taxation, and has
always sought to have the iron companies pay
their proportionate sharefof taxes. His bold
stand for Van SAINT for denomination has add
ed much to his personal strength
The field being left to Bede, as it is at
this time, it looks very much as though no
other candidate IN the new eighth could be
named no matter what his personal strength,
that would at this time defeat Bede. He is
exceedingly close to the voters on the Iron
Ranges and an almost unanimous sentiment
seems to be in favor Of his candidacy Re-
publicans on the ranges feel that Bede has
done a great deal for the republican party in
the past three campaigns, and that not only
would he be a strong candidate at the polls,
but an ideal representative in congress. He
seems to have faculty of reaching the COM
mon people as few men have, and his thor
sough5 knowledge Of the entire district and
acquaintance makes him inyincible.
- JONES is Senator j. D. Jones OF
80 81 Long Prairie was also
f COIFID DENT. at the capitol yester-
II i. ss.5a day He says the fight
is on in his legislative district, and admits
that it will be warm one. but he appears
confident of the outcome. It is the 'ins''
against the outs Senator Jones and Rep
resentatives Babcock and O'Neil1 are striving
to. hold theafort against the assaults of Cap
tain E. B. Wood Colonel, George G. Whitney
and Ed r. Kinds: The senatorTfs wondering