The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-27
MINNESOTA POLITICS
Inc Supreme. Court Situation Discussed
Secretary of State Hanson Was Only
Gossipins-Probate Legislative candi-
dates In the FIfty-tfird District.

Y gun IN the campaignao of the three supreme
! court judges who are UP, for reelection
IN a half- column leader Editor Blackmel
chldes rather roundly those ambition;
members Of the legal profession who are
) SO presumptuouss as to aspire to the bench
he does not think they will develop much
follows: = 80 a+:'. .s~a
The plain fact about the supreme court
situation at this time lis that Judges
hro"n, Lewis and Lovely will be renom
mated hands down blythe next republican
state convention and reelected by large
1naJorltles at the polls next fall Judge
BroWn will have the solid backing of his
sectlon OF the state. Eddy, Young and all
Inc prominent men up therO have has
tehed TO assure it, Judge Lewis will be
packed sol1dly by the Duluth country be-
cause ne comes from there and has made
good Judge. Judge Lovely will have the
solld support from the southern part of
the state for the same reason The friends
OF each judge will also favor the nomina-
t1on OF both the others. The people will
ask why these Judges should not :have7a
second term, and no one will or can. reply.
sIhelr7 records aresapproved, the gentlenne,
are personally satisfactory, and their geog-
raphy is perfect. It is not unconstitu-
tlonal' put 1t is most inappropriate and
unWlse for new candidates to come into
the field seeking nominations for the ST.
preme court at this time, and it is to he
hoped that the matter will be seen in the
| iisht lght and that no one will disturb
the fitness of things by attemptine to
| make a scramble for the sl1prerne henoh
\ When every one knows in advance that
! Inc attempt will be absolutely useless and
| 's.in ana worse, for it will tend to dis
cred1l the over-ambitious officeseeker
among MS fellow attorneys and in the
minds OF the, public generally"
The foregoing. to the contrary. if looks
as tho there would be quite a. iively con-
CONT tnation Sas| thesaTimes describes 1ltvi1i,
PC hard to bneak ifistto., but a good MANY
things are likely toMIappen in a ' aa5s
ventfon: Judge Ellioffsof Minneanolfs is
q cin aeldFaate snow,$ and ATTORNEY General
Douglassts likely ito be- Both are: nav
of unquestioned strength. both ahla i ~
popaular. and they are easily the peers If
me: present Judges. The chances are that
+ t Ley Would not make any fight on Judge
BroWn, who is recognized as q verv stroSo
3udge' but many, attorneys saw that tha
opinions Of Judges Lovely andsLewis ara
~ u1 u lhe hlgh standard that has USUALLY,
characterized the utterances Of Gtbe ' stats
supreme court: If there are two new
,eaholoates. they will naturally be opposed
70 Judges Lovely3and Lewis. !
A.notner 1alse: alarm has been raisod /
aooue BOD Dunn's announcement Of III
zesaui ! a1 a st. Paul morning paf15er
Iuoleu Feter =. Hanson as predicting, tha Il:
the announcement would come This n :ea11t
Af; hanson says he makes no pretensions
10 knowing, and that he onlv ga in ha E.d
neard that Dunn would announce his car
oloacy some time next month. THAT is
apout as deHnlte as the other rumors that +
have been spread. that
everybody knows that~Dunn will be .
candidate, and that he has only withhe,d
a iofmal announcement because he docs
NJ "ailC 70 begin his campaign too soon
Inc only interest that attaches to Tho
sll!ii is The desire to see what he
VIII say about the issues; in what wav he
VIII declare his Independence of the yai i1e
roaos ana other corporations, and what ha.5
Will say about the merger. 80. az
vi. WI: manson did not know he was hein..
Interviewed, and SO allowed himself to i
5Apiess the opinion that Dunn would win !
. ,,e,. saiu ne old not find much Eddy senti-
lnene' after making trip into Eddv,s
section OF the state. AS a candidate for
e. election. the secretary of state is not
.akingS any hand in the governorshin con
est. put he is known to be very friendly
- tuih. ana l. ne does not believe in ex-
S --. - eo' {
Dr. L.. w: 5Babcock Of Wadena. sneaker; /
y me last house, has announced that he Y
5 OUT OF politics, and will not seek an {
'lner onlce AS Todd county has the t
'ard are each expected to furnish house r
anoldate: Colonel G. A. Whitney, who v
opposed Dr.. tBabcock last year saws he I
VII not be candidate, and there is a t
nance or the factions uniting on some l
ran ran OUTSIDE Wadena. H. M. Henderson. {
aitof, OF the Verndale Sun, has been sug- o
ested, and the idea has met with ia voc,
$ ne IS staunch party man, and Vern
ale mas not Jared very well in the dis is
rlbutlon of political favors. 4 =
Up IN Hubbard county, #. r.. Kinds will h
= = can l Tor reelection, and it is "
that John II. O'Neil, who. wa de- O
eated for renominat ton by Kinds. will he.
candldate again. If both run the fac
lonal fight will be revived in all its vieor h
! all three counties. IN e
:, z7 4
Eugene 6. Hay is in the city for a few D
ays, making his preparations to remove b
asst. He will retain his legal residence ir
ere, but win spend practically aaIl his m
me IN New York. He has been assigned ir
classlhcation work. and will have q I,
r1vate secretary at $1,sOO a year. who
!ust be chosen from the classified SER
ice. - 4 80 - +.
The Delano Eagle says, IF
Dunn s senemies--the lumber barons p
nd other corporations who rob the state OF
are still keeping: up the Van SAINT crv OF
lthout any hope of Van SAINT consentins ne
!, become 3 q. candidate for the third term d,
his is simply atmove to gain time in the OF
ope OF some one else coming to the front. \ is
ut Dunn has secured a big lead and.Hpe
lere is every reason to believe that the d1
'untry districts will be- unanimous for til
m in the convention - .,
"Dunn's enemies--the lumber barons !, Il
'unds well. but doesn't the Eagle man
low that the only members of that order
nobility who have talked politics lately of
I've declared in favor Of Dunn s nominal N
On That may not be Dunn's fault but nc
N T talk about Dunn and lumber bar II
IS" in that fashion. &c
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