The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-04

WASECA, MINN.-Senator knatvold, II. A.
Morgan, H. H. Dunn and ten others from
Albert Lea were here to-day on their way
east, campaigning through the first district.
SOUTH DAKOTA POLITICS
The event of the week politically in South
Dakota is the announcement made by the
Madison Outlook, that it will support the re-
publican ticket. G. NJ. Farley, the editor, has
long been out OF sympathy with the Bryan
Pettigrew party and in the last campaign held
to an Independent course. He is one of the
strong editors of the state and commands
respect and following. He was president Of
the state press association last year and is
mayor of Madison, having been elected on
non partzan ticket He leaves democracy,
because he cannot indorse its attitude as to
the war in the Philippines and because It has
attempted, he says, ito blacken the reputa2
tion of American soldiers while lighting in
the field; also because the money issue is
dead and because the demand for tariff modi-
ication is as general among republicans as
among democrats, and, further. because he
admires and has the fullest confidence in
President Roosevelt. T.
While political alignments are in no sense
well balanced in South Dakota, the tide hay-.
ing set in for the republicans when Mckinley
was elected the first time and gained In force
ever since, the change Of the Outlooks editor
Is OF interest ana importance as showing tina
drift among men who do their own thinking
and regard principles before parties and men.
Mr.. Farley never fought the battles of Petit
grew, Lee, La Folette, and others Of their
peculiar politics and for that reason, perhaps,
his position at this time carries the more
weight and is the more welcome to the
republican organization. He is patriot and
student and his Endorsement of republican
ism and support of the state ticket are worth
having even in a year and q time when thefA
is practically no contest.
Speaking of La Toilette brings to mind
the fact that he is brother OF Little Bob
in Wisconsin, and that at an early stage in
the pre-conYention campaign in that state, the
"stalwarts'' sent a well-known newspaper
writer to South Dakota to look into the Cnam-
berlain mans record. The South Dakota La
Toilette Is thorough-going populist Of the
species that is fast becoming extant. He is
celebrated in South Dakota and would be q
curiosity in Wisconsin and farther east, where
the real thing is not often met with. The
':stalwarts' assert that the Wisconsin La Fol-
lette is tnctured with populism and their
agents trip to South Dakota was made in
large part to show that the disease runs in the
| family. The diversion did them no good, for
| the brothers have never trained In the same
school and the badger brother is much the
abler and more forceful. The South Dakotan
|
| has had his day in court.
While the tickets have been in the field
| over a month, nothing is doing politically.
The Aberdeen News says South Dakota 10
likely to have an election this year without
preliminary campaign. The Flandreau Enter
prise speaks of the extraordinarily quiet con-
dition of affairs and contrasts it with the
noteworthy hustling seen in times past. A
leading republican looks for an average ma
| ioritv of 25 600. The most interesting fore
cast however, comes from a prominent popu-
| list who says the republicans will poll $1,000
votes the democrats 10000 and the prohibl-
tionists 1,5O0. Nine out of ten popuiists, ne
declares, will vote with the republicans.
| The republican state candidates held a
meeting recently at Watertown and decided
| to have campaign later on just as though
there is a contest. Mr.. Crane will be man
ager and will make his best efforts to get the
vote out. What with all the building he has
to do and the best general crop ever raised
| In the state to save and market, the average
voter is not so. impressed with the burden
| of public affairs as he was in the old days OF
| scanty CROPS and nothing to which he could
Law his hand with profit There's something
wrong,' that old cry of days OF poverty ano
discomfort, is heard no more. South Oa-
kotans are going to have money to throw 10
the dogs While Pettigrew has been gather
ing his million, the little fellows have re-
mained at home and put on fat, too. lhelr
! lands have doubled and trebled IN value ana
the big lot. of stuff they will turn OF this
fall will bring top prices. The new era has
lust about finished the last kicker and the
only speculation possible is on the size Of the
republican majority.
| The state no longer carries all Its eggs in
| one basket. 1t has hundred sources OF
revenue now, where it had very few eight
or ten years ago. Almost s15O,Ooo has just
been paid in Hughes county alone for wool.
Henry Sears of Clark county marketed his
wool at Doland. and left $3.50 to his credit
in the bank. The income from the dairy and
| stock interests reaches a large figure at all
| the shipping points. Corn is staple crop
! where only short time ago 1t was thought
| it could not be grown at all. Tradesmen and
representatives of the professions are in tho
swim, too, and municipalities and individuals
| are spending lavishly for betterments. Men
who left the state are coming back to get
share of the prosperity. .
| H. P. Packard, of Redfeld, has headed or
a. report that he will stand again for the
LEGISLATURE, by declaring he has no inien-
ton of becoming candidate for any political
| position whatever. Pack will be missed
at Pierre and should the capital removal fight
break out, as seems highly probable, 1t IL
| safe to say he will be in the vortex in some
| capacity or other Redfeld wants the capital
and Packard knows how to get things
| 'z7 e. c. Torrey.
A Lady Can't Stop Talking
About the delightful time she had on one