The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-16
CONTESTS SHARP
FOR LEGISLATURE
Republicans Have Warm Fights
In First and Second and
Fifth Wards

While no question has been raised
as to the loyalty of any of the Ramsey
county Republican candidates for the
legislature to United States Senator M.
IL. Clapp save in one possible instance,
and this has been denied, friends of the
junior United States senator are TAX
ing notable interest in the primary
election which will determine the men
who will represent the Republican par
ty on the ballots in November
The. Clapp men have been discreet
and have not taken sides in the con-
tests save in one or two isolated in
stances, where they have worked to
assist in the nomination of men who,
they believe, stand a better chance of
election at the polls than their Repub-
lican opponents.
W. w. Rich, who is a warm personal
friend of Senator Clapp, has charge of
his Ramsey county fences and is said
to be doing effective work in lining up
specially friendly to the senator. Head
quarters are maintained at the Mer-
chants hotel.
Hot Legislative Contest
In the Thirty-third senatorial dis
own way in the First and Second
wards, which comprise the two repre-
sentative districts of the senatorial dis
trict. Olaf Swenson ana David l..
Hammergren are contestants in the
First ward, and. the politicians have
picked SwenSon to win. In the Second
ward, Walter T. Lemon is contesting
the nomination with Joel p. Gregory.
Both were members of the last house,
but a reapportionment legislated one
of them out of office. Mr.. Lemons
friends insist that the victim of the
apportionment will be Gregory, but a
sanguinary contest is being waged be-
tween the rival factions
There are no Democratic candidates
in this senatorial district, and the
fights for the offices will be settled in
the primaries.
In the Thirty fourth senatorial dis
trict but one member of each party
has filed in the Third ward district
Henry MeCon is the Democratic can
didate and is expected to easily defeat
e. o. Wergedahl for the election.
In the district south of the railroad
tracks, G. r. Daley and Frank j. Files
are the Democrats in the field, and the
Republican field is contested by John
T. Rosenthal and William Templeman.
The talk in Republican circles would
indicate that Mr.. Templeman, who is a
union labor leader, will capture the
nomination.
North of the railroad tracks, in the
same senatorial district, James Hand
Ian, former member of the house, and
L. Finnegan are the Democratic con-
testants, and Fred Stanley is the lone
some Republican in the field. The dis
trict is Democratic and the nomination
of the party is said to be equivalent
to an election.
Fiercest Fight in the Fifth
Perhaps the hottest fight of the Re-
publican legislative fights is in the
Thirty fifth district, and in the Fifth
Selb is diSputing the field with Rem
vile Chinook. Mr.. Chinook was a
member of the last house. Mr.. Selb is
a practical politician, long prominent
in the ward. His friendship to Sen
ator Clapp has been questioned, but
his friends deny the allegation. Dur
ing the summer campaign he was at
the Dunn headquarters and this may
have caused the circulation of the re-
port of his unfriendliness to Senator
Clapp. George j. Cannon will be the
Democratic nominee, with excellent
chances of an election.
pretty contest in the Sixth ward,
IN the same senatorial district, is on
between Anthony Yoerg and M. p.
Moriarty, Democratic candidates, and
Frank Haskell has no opposition in
his party for the Republican nonlina-
ton.
James R. Hickey yesterday was CIV
en- a clear field for denomination to
the house in the Thirty sixth district,
the Fourth ward, when his Democratic
competitor, Joseph Grace, withdrew
his name from the ballot. Frank E.
Hall and Fred B. Philips are disput-
ing the Republican nomination., with
little interest as to the success OF
either, for Representative Hickey will
undoubtedly be reelected.
Flower the Favorite
In the Seventh ward part Of the
district Gen. M. D. Flower and Joseph
Beck are rival candidates. The poll