The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-01
MINNESOTA POLITICS

AL.
MINNESOTA POLITICS
The action Of the state board Of equal
ization, following Governor Van SAINTS
declaration in favor of Senator Clapp,
effectually sets at rest the story Of a Van
Sant-Lowry Combination. Certainly the
street railway company has never been
so badly hit by tax authorities as by the
raise given it tuesday, which means near
ly 100000 additional taxes. this year. to
say nothing Of the precedent set for flu
ture years. n The people Of the state will
be convinced after a while that the pres
ert governor is not Sin cahoots" with any
corporation, and that he has been very
much maligned.
However, some of the governors
friends maintain that in agreeing to this
raise he made a political mistake. They
say that Dunn will get much Of the
credit for.it because Of the fight he made
last year, and that the street railway in
[terest will be worse set against Van SAINT
now than they have been against Dunn
In fighting for Hennepin and Ramsey
counties this influences is not to be made
light Of. It would have been for Van SAINT
as against Dunn if it had not been for
the action Of the board Tuesday. Now it
will be withdrawn, and will be Indifferent
or actually hostile to Van SAINT.
Regardless of the merits Of the PROPOSE
ton, the increased assessment will be
popular in the outside counties. and the
political benefit to Van SAINT in that quar-
tier will probably outweigh his loss in the
cities.
| Politicians are wondering what idea
prompted Ray Jones when he denied hay
ling agreed to let Judge Elliott alone in
his bid for the Hennepin delegation. He
did not need to deny, a combination
combination between two candidates from
the same county is an absurdity. All that
was necessary for him was to keep still
;, There has been no. prospect of another
candidate for, lieutenant governor, and nc
one has questioned Jones' claim to the
Hennepin delegation. AS he comes before
the convention right after the governor
| he would not be dragged into the con-
| test for supreme court judges at ALL Judge
! Elliott is the man who has to make the
fight, and If he has to fight for Hennepir
Ecountyr it will create delightful uncer.
, tainty about the whole situation here. A
/ fight between Elliott and Jones would
start an outside opposition to Jones ant
cripple Elliott, and Hennepin would ge
her usual "needins." There is no occa
(sion for any such misunderstanding. The
local candidates will find it hard enough
to keep the governorship fight out of Hen
%Inepin, without getting into trouble will
! each other. Il =. -. O.. -. -.
The I.akefield Standard perpetrated al
injustice that yellow New York dali!
would blush for in the following: :
"a pleasant little farce was enacted a,
1 the state capitol the, other day when
much decorated shotgun was presented
to Sam Fullerton, the state game warden
/ by Governor Van SAINT, in the presence o
a lot of deputy game wardens and tn
manipulators of the Van SAINT third-te
i machine: This presentation was made .,
cover for bringing to st. Paul as man,
; of; the $50 deputy state game wardens a
could be induced to make the trip, for tn
real purpose Of instructing them in thei
parts for. carrying on their third-terr
campaign, and to make sure that the
were all right. BY using this fake pre-
:: tsentation as a pretense, it was expecte
: that their presence in the city would b
satisfactorily accounted for. and as a mat
ter of fact, the real object of the visitatio
Il seems to have escaped the Argus-eyed re
) porters of the daily papers, The state
.lment has been, made by one of the depu
ties who felt it incumbent upon him
be present, that the money paid for tn
Fullerton shotgun was not subscribe
b. any Ghost of friends" as alleged, b,
? the weapon was paid for out Of the Low
l ry-Van SAINT campaign fund. 1t is fe
: from dignif1ed for the governor of tt
I state to lend himself to such cheap de
, tvices and subterfuges.'' -
, The facts in the case are that deput
: warden originated the idea Of the gift
knowing that Mr.. Fullerton was in nee
E of a new shot gun. BY correspondent
ssEwitha the 2others Wardens he raised II
Ia money, and a sporting. goods store SO
them the gun at cost Only three wa
= dens were on hand when the presentatiC
+ was; made, Boyd Of St. Paul; Williams +,
4 Minneapolis, and Stevens of Detroit. TT
= others were all at work and no effort W;
! made to have them come in. Sta
=, Treasurer Block made the presentat tt.
- 1speech, and Mr.. Fullerton: was taken e.
y tire1y by surprise. There is no organic
=, ton, of the: game wardens, and the effo
- to give a political complexion to the a
Il fair is an injustice to them and cruel
= to the recipient of the gift. ,--'+~.
e It is understood that John .Fratt
i county treasurer Of Crow Wing count
n will be q candidate for the senate to !
II the unexpired term of the late A. F. Fe
n ris. AS Morrison county has both hou
IL members and the congressman, the sc
e atorship Is conceded to Crow Wing, a.
"a the succession is said to be already SO
10 tied Mr.. Frater Is serving his eighth CO
"a secutive term as county treasurer, a 1
y rnarkable showing Of confidence, and
% ready to retire. He is willing to step ir
IS legislative life for a while, and with
I'd experience In public business ought
W make a valuable member. :
10 - Charles B. Cheney
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