The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-30
Crist OF the
Political Mill

The joking manner In which the
multiplicity Of Seventh district candi-
oates for state Office is referred to will
be sober earnest by the time some of
the political wise-boys wake up to the
situation. For instances, the friends Of
representatives Peter Schwarg think
the Dodge county man will find no
seventh district obstacle to his am
bltion to succeed julius Block as state
treasurer. Schwarg's friends have over
looked one bet. julius Schmahl, of
Redwood Falls, is not out Of the race
until he gets the full count.
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Schmahl was in st. Paul yesterday.
Naturally enough he declined to an
nounce himself as candidate for. state
treasurer. He was not so reticent
however, about his alleged candidacy
Tor secretary of state which he I'M
qualifiedly denied. Schmahl did adj
NIT that contemplation OF a nomination
Tor state treasurer is a pleasant oc-
cupation, and. also admitted that he
could not refuse the honor were the
nomination offered him. In this con-
nection two things were we'll not to
overlook. The Republican state con-
vention will hardly be forced to search
for patriotic citizens willing to sacri-
flee themselves on the altar of nomina-
ton to soft thing. And it were also
Wei not to forget that this same julius
Schmahl is utterly unlike the young
man afraid to try for what he wants.
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Schmahl says that his candidacy will
or course depend upon the condition
that may develop in the Seventh dis
tr1et There is something in that. II
Frank Eddy is nominated for cover
nor, Ed Young for attorney general.
Charley Whitney for secretary of state
and Hon. Jacob F. jacobson for
railroad and warehouse commissioners,
things will be dark for a Seventh dis
trlct candidate for treasurer.
On the other hand, if the district
should not line UP Solidly for Eddy, the
GlenWood man might consider himself
out of the running and be willing to
let some other Seventh district man
have try for place. Both Eddy and
Young are bound to be friendly to
Schmahl if the Redwood mans atti-
tude in the last congressional cam
paign entities him to consideration.
be friendly, as it was Schmahrs es-
pousal Of Ed Young's cause that beat
Bowling, and if Bowling is again to
be a congressional candidate it will be
up to him and his friends to make
something more than peace with the
Standardization faction
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SchmahPs friends who are not SO
IN
the situation figured out something like
this. First, they insist Schmahl is a
candidate and that he will land the
nomination if the Seventh district stu
alton takes shape sufficiently definite
to permit his public entry before the
convention. They think they can
figure on the Seventh district standing
pat; first, because Of the popularity of
their man and, secondly, because other
Seventh district candidates must tote
fair with Redwood county or see the
district smashed for them.
They say Schmahl is a logical can
d1date, geographically He is a rep
resentative German American, one OF
the first prerequisites for Republican
nomination for treasurer And last.
but not least, they claim he has a right
to the convention because he has done
things for the party, and that without
recognition more substantial than cleo
ton as chief clerk of the house Of rep
resentatives. These and the argument
that his nomination would be in the
nature OF a long deferred recognition
OF the young men of the party are the
arguments expected to line up the rest
of the state.
Schmahl's friends, like Schwarg's
friends, think it will be the easiest part
OF their campaign to take the Third
district away from Block, who is will
ing to serve third term. SchmahI
has some warm and powerful friends
IN Hennepin county and his Fourth
district friends, as demonstrated in his
first campaign for the chief clerkship,
are among the men who deliver the
goods. The Sixth and Eighth districts
may easily be considered as stand off
propositions on account of the inter
ests of their own candidates and
possible division Of sentiment on the
gubernatorial question. The same
thing will probably be true in no small
degree of the Ninth district, while
other things being equal Schmahl
ond district.
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Yesterday was marked by another ac-
cidental meeting of Republican big wigs
in ST. Paul. Senator Dan Shell came
in from fishing trip with a party Of
which Ed Smith, Ray Jones and others
were members. w. A Nolan had no
fish stories, nor had George Arm
strong, but the latter insisted that it
was a fishing that he got tanned. And
Julius Schmahl, oh, just in to talk
about the crops.