The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-10
MINNESOTA POLITICS

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Editor Schonlau of the Houston Valley
signal has straight tip on Governor
van SAINTS Intentions, gained thru some
gTapeVlne telegraph service, and he an.
nounces 1t in the following style:
Captain Van SAINT wants to be United
States senator from this state, and his
l1eutenants are already laying plans and
building hopes in that direction.
The governor will try and don Clapp's
coat, but failing. his next move will be
in the direction Of Knute Nelson's shoes.
or course the captain has a perfect
right to enter the race for United States
senator, but the very idea that he can
d1splace Mr.. Nelson is so ridiculous as
not to rise above the intelligence of an
infant. His going after the scalp of Mr..
Clapp is a grain more sensible but even
IN such going the result will be a most
signal failure, and the governors sur
veyor general of logs and lumber might
just as well draw in his horns, Or, to use
homely expression, pull OUT
d What claim Mr.. Van SAINT has upon the
highest office in the gift of the state is
beyond comprehension, unless 1t be that
he banks on his slight connection with
the merger to haul him thru; but even
the merger as political prop has dwin-
died to such an extent as TO be no longer
useful in the line of gaining official ad-
Vancement."
The Lake City Sentinel is also troubled
with the same dream, and is convinced
that the governor will be third term
candidate, and will then try for the senate.
This story does not gain any credence
in Well-informed circles. julius Schmahl,
who is well informed in state politics,
treats the subject as follows:
Governor Van SAINT is not candidate.
This does rot mean that he would abso-
lutely refuse to receive a nomination, in
case the delegates to a convention In
sisted that he must again make the race.
but it means that, so far as getting out
and making an active canvass. or hav-
ing his friends solicit for him, he will
have nothing to do with it, or will not
countenance the latter. This, we believe,
is his position. ..t ..-
"Mr. Dunn has always had warm friends
all over the state, and they seem to be
quite active now, insisting that he will
| be candidate. These friends are found
in each county of the state, and they ap-
pear to be enthusiastic and energetic for
their leader. In the northern section the
sentiment for Mr.. Dunn Is very pro.
nounced, the newspapers insisting that he
must run and that he will be nominated.
! Mr.. Eddy's boom seems to be differ.
/ ent from any of the other candidates. Il
is believed that a number of representa-
tlVes In congress, or some of the retlr &C
representatives, will favor him, while the
counties Of the old seventh district a!
we'll as many other counties, will sent
up delegates for him in case he become!
a candidate. He is still Barkis, how
ever"
The Blue Earth Post does not see how
there can be such a thing as a minority
noriinee" Under the primary election law
That may happen very easily, because i
does not require a majority Of all thu
votes to nominate, just a plurality. Las
fall Davis in the third, Volstead In thu
seventh and STEVENSON in the ninth were
minority nominees.
The capitol commission has decided tina
the legislators cannot have roll-top desks
Perhaps if the members had known abou
it last winter, they would not have votet
| that million and half. >-- o..
s.s Charles B. Cheney.