The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-16
MINNESOTA POLITICS

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Thomas Lowry says he has not given
the matter Of the senatorsfip any con-
sideration. He. may.dater on. Mr.. Lowry
was seen In regard to areports that he had
decided not to be Ia candidate for the
Office. When the st. Paul Dispatch.
which was for Lowry before. declared for
the recollection Of Senator Clapp, this re-
port was started, and naturally gained
belief
Il have not given the subject any
thought said Mr.. Lowry, yesterday aft
ernoon. My time has been occupied with
business, and besides it IS too early to be
talking politics.
1t has been assumed in Minneapolis that
Mr.. Lowry would be a candidate and that
he would want the united support Of the
Henenpin delegation. It is evident from
the way Mr.. Lowry treats the subject that
he is not to be figured out@of 1t yet, and
that he may be a candidate, In spite of the
report alluded to.
i, p. T. Young has lost favor with the
merger element since his emphatic repudi-
Naturally 1t did not altogether please the
other parties to the supposed combine to
have Young sue for libel on account Of be-
ing placed in such. connecticut Be
fore that time they had encouraged HIS
candidacy, because they wanted to make
trouble for Eddy in the seventh district.
Since Young's strong play and anti-merger
interviews they have dropped him cold.
And yet they say there are no merger in
fuences at work trying to shape Mime
sofa republican politics. The Appleton
man can now make the fight on his merits.
C. N. Cosgrove of lie Sueur, the able
president Of the Minnesota Agricultural
society, Is the latest to he mentioned for
fho or,1hn al Mr
grove has made many friends and added
considerably to his reputation by his off,
cial conduct, and the suggestion Of his
name, which began with the, LIE Sueul
News, has already received favorable
comment from the Crookston Journal and
the Mankato Free Press. Editor Grimes
of the LIE Sueur News says Of his towns
| man:
'tIn private life and public affairs it Is
men of his stamp who win, not for sell
but for all. At no time was such a mall
| more needed than now. He is unselfish
He is a business men first, last and al
the time. His record is an open book, free
from combinations and political debts
| Straight on all subjects, he is in a posi-
ton to unite factions. Surely It is not
asking much from the old third district tc
ask this boon for a. deserving man."
The Crookston Journal says: ''Cass
| Cosgrove would ably fill the position Of
chief executive Of the state Of Minnesota
| and the suggestion Of the editor of the
News If it should find Endorsement in thu
will Of the people would result IN placing
at the head Of the state affairs man who
| is right all the time
The Mankato Free Press thinks "Tht
state could go further and fare worse thar
to select Cosgrove. He made a great rec
ord Of his fair management and IS {
rafting good fellow as well. The trouble
| JS@n~, yoo,,%x, - "{yAS, S1fo to
surfeit of good, capable men from whom
to choose the chief executive of state, Blu
it will be an easy matter to select !
winner
The Ivanhoe Times says:
| "Professed friends of A. j. Volstead ar
eagerly bringing out the fact that Vol
stead and McCleary are not on the bes
Of terms-perhaps to offset the bit {
mention Bowling has recently receive
las a possible candidate next year, an
for the. sake of arousing some sympath
for Volstead. It strikes us that Mr.. Vol
l stead is not the man to seek such chea
i advertising, and that The rather woul
4 have that bundle of straw saved fro1
further threshing. There are probably nc
two politicians In the country who hay
i not at one time or another, had the
4 outs, and, so far as that is concerne'
-
: Of startling aor strange nature. !" 81
Il tits welt ;sno wnSthaIE Congressman M
81 Cleary favored Bowling for. the nonline
ton last year, and did what he could II
him In the old second district countie
This stirred UP quite a little feeling at tt
time, but there Is no reason why 1T shou
rankle to any extent at this late date.
. ."The Tramp" in the Grand Rapids I,
dependent is ready to back Bob Dunn {
a winner in good looks competition +,
K governor, and, to make his point, cit
the well-known story of how Sane
Il Rogers, when trying to fill a crew +
s the woods up at Attkin, ran across Dun
who was waiting for a train after col
Quoting a land sale, and offered him 'be
going wages A fool travelling mar
: gave Sandy the tip that he was trying
Al hire the state auditor, and the lumb
boss bought
A. G. Bernard comes out for Bob Dur
: in a two-column editorial In the ca
; Lake Voice, in which he speaks high
4 of Governor Van SAINT, but declares again
t the third term principle. It IS evident tn
: the anti-administration leaders are avail
t ing to the fact that this is the way
y conduct themselves rather than abuse Il
:, governor and run down his record.
, Charles B. Cheney.
4 THE HANDICAP OF WEALTH
: J. Reading, in Vim.
President Eliot of Harvard in rece