The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-31

En- Route He Will Confer with Min
nesota Representatives at .fs 8
Washington.

William H. $Eustis is receptive
candidate for governor.
The former mayor Of Minneapolis
gave out statement to-day, in which
he announces that he is willing to ac-
cept the nomination He leaves thls
the winter in warmer climes. When
he returns he will become candidate,
if the outlook is favorable.
The statement is a notice to the re-
publicans of the state, that the Mime
apOlis man is to be reckoned with IN
the next convention. 1t is bid for
support, and a tip to the many repub-
licans who are friendly to Mr.. Eustis
not to make any other alliances It
is a concession to his earnest friends,
who have been urging him to get into
the fight, and it is now up to them to
develop favorable situation before
Mr.. Eustis returns
His Position Defined.
Mr.. Eustis statement is as follows:
"In view Of the fact that my name
is being in some measure considered in
connection with the republican nomi-
nation for governor and that I am to
be absent for some little time from
the state, it is perhaps only just that
I should frankly state my position.
THAT would be glad some day to
be governor of Minnesota goes without
saying. There are special reasons Why
this honor would be doubly appre-
ciated, and why 1 may be pardoned
for indulging this particular ambition.
But because I may harbor this aspfra-
ton is in itself no sufficient reason
why I should become a candidate for
the office. In my Judgment, for a
candidacy to be justified, strong, and
possess fair prospects of success,
kindly public sentiment ought to pre-
cede, as we'll as follow it's announce
ment: then the candidate may retain
his self-respect and feel, at least, that
he is not an unWelcOme suitor, tho he
win not the prize.
IF there be an earnest desire on
the part of some of my coworkers in
the republican party, both in my home
city and thruout the state, sufficient to
warrant my becoming candidate,
this being a generous sentiment, it
will keep; but if there be no such con-
dition existing, as some others assert,
then by waiting that fact will more
and my friends no little embarrass-
ment. If on my return in the early
spring conditions are such as to justify
my becoming a candidate, shall in all
probability become one. If, on the
contrary, public sentiment has crystal
lized around any worthy candidate, so
as to reasonably presage his nomina-
l
duty to remain out Of the pre-con-
Vention contest, and give the victor my
cordial support"
Will Confer at Washington.
Mr. Eustis goes from here to Wash
ington, and will spend two or three
days there. Undoubtedly he will con-
fer with the senators and representa-
tives from Minnesota. Senator Nell
friendly to the Eustis candidacy, and
some of the congressman will follow
his lead. Their influence will be an
important factor.
From Washington Mr.. Eustis will
go to New York, and will sail from
there for Porto Rico. He expects to
spend some time in that island, in
Cuba, and the other Antilles. and may
not return to Minnesota before April.
He will be within call, however, and
may come back in hurry if the situ-
alton should demand his presence
here.
William Henry Eustis is an old resi-
dent of Minneapolis, one of the lead
ing republicans. of the state, and a
man of national reputation. He has
never held office but once. He was
elected mayor in 1892 and served two
years. His famous policy in the
regulation Of vice kept up a storm
of controversy during his term, and
he was not a candidate for renomina-
ton. The policy has been indorsed,
however, by the conduct of all the re-
spectacle city administrations since
that time Mr.. Eustis was candi-
date for governor in 1895, but only got
a few votes in the convention. In
1898 he was candidate again, and
was nominated on the second ballot,
over S. r. Van SAINT and L. w. Collins
He was defeated at the polls by John
Lind. The general verdict was that
he would have been elected against
any other democrat, but he had to
contend with the treachery of the
Clough administration, which gave aid
to Lind. Since that time he has not
been a candidate for office. Last
summer Secretary Shaw offered him a
position as one of the appraisers of the
port of New York, but Eugene Hay
was already a candidate for a federal
appointment, with the Endorsement of
the Minnesota delegation, and Mr..
Eustis declined to stand in his way,
SO Mr.. Hay received the appointment.