The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-28
MINNESOTA POLITICS

congressman TaWney May Get "a vaca-
tIon from His Home District and Look
After Speakers from Chicago Headquar-
ters-other Minnesota Members Who
Are on Easy sstreet''--Mcc leary's Key
note Sounded state Campaign VIII
Open Lat. rs
/ Congressman James "A. Tawneysis likely
/ to take charge of the speakers bureau
at Chicago for the republican national
lcommittee. The post has been rendered
by Chairman CorteIyou, and will be ac-
cepted if it can be reconciled with Mr..
Tawney's duties as a member Of the ex-
lecutive committee of the republican con-
gressional committee. Mr.. Tawney, who
! has returned to SWinona from the east
says there are negotiations, on foot looking
! to a consolida ton of the work of the two
committees In the west. and If this Is ac-
com plished he will be able to take charge
Eof the speakers bureau for both organiza-
Etions.
All is serene in the first district this
year; There Is no sign of any opposition
Ito Tawney's denomination, and, as it IS a
presidential year, he does not need to wor-
ry- over the result at the polls, but can
! leave the district in the hands of his COM
mittee, giving his attention to the wider
/ field. 4
From present indications only two Of
the republican congressman from this
state Will have serious contests for re-
nomination. They are ,McCleary in the
second and Buchanan in the sixth. Mo-
! Cleary, who will have a contest with III. j.
I Miller of Luverne,. on the tariff revision
issue, sounded his keynote yesterday at
the state university, while replying to John
| Lind's presentation Of the issues from a
democratic standpoint. Eight years ago
the same two had a famous debate on the
silver question. Now the issue is once
more the tariff, and in Mr.. McCleary's
view that is the only issue.
| This line Of argument Is well calcula ted
for the primary election campaign in the
second district. BY insisting that tariff
revision is the issue as between repub-
licans and democrats this year. Mr.. Nc
Cleary will try to place his revisionist OPP
ponent in the attitude Of a man giving aid
and comfort to democratic doctrine. These
tactics were successfully employed by the
i Tawney men two years ago, against Knat-
void of Albert Lea; The primary election
was a new thing then, and many voters
got the idea that Knatvold was a demo-
GRAFT opposing Tawney's reelection. The
matter is better unders TODD this year, but
Senator Miller will have to hustle to dis
pei such Illusions. ~
Congressman Buchanan was in st. Paul
Yesterday on the occasion Of the state
central committee meeting He said that
he was not at all nervous about the out-
come of the primaries this year. "I will
give the matter nay personal attention this
time" he said. 1.-TWO years ago I was too
confident and did not do any work. I will
get around this year and see the people,
and have a, record 4this time that I can
poin: to- He does not intend to be caught
mapping this. time. ss-sr< So ,.s.s. .>s,ss
There is no teli3g hsRho7 may get into
congressional contests under the -oppor-
5 tunities afforded byItfe primary election
t law, but the outlook does not indicate
serious trouble for 1Tawney in sthe' first
district, Davis in the third, Stevens IN
: the fourth: Volstead in the seventh Bede
, in the eighth or Stevenson in the ninth
) Any or all of them may have opposition,
! and well-directed, effort in the third
would make things Interesting for; Davis,
but the rest appear to be pretty safely
! intrenched. %75& ~. @...7s.
Some Of McCleary's enemies are prob
ably responsible for the canard that he
is a candidate for the succession to SEN
r ator Nelson. McCleary is ambitious for
' a seat in the upper house, and tried to
crafty that ambition in 1895, but if he
has any idea of repeating the experiment
he does not want to spread it abroad at
this time.
The republican state campaign is not
to be opened until after the democrats
have held their convention Aug 80. That
was the sentiment expressed at the COM
mittee meeting yesterday. It Is not likely
that much work will be done in the field
until after the primaries, Sept. 20. The
campaign will be practically in the hands
) Of the executive committee.
The other members Of the committee
: Will not have very much to say about
: the conduct Of affairs from now on, II
IS not likely that any of the Collins men
e who landed on the committee by acct
t dent or otherwise will be taken into this
g inner circle. According to the usual Gus
ton1. there will be only. one or two other
meetings of the full commi .tee .+ft@
. The. Granite Falls Tribune says
= The former Collins newspapers say that ne
recent Dunn organs seem undu1y anxious that
+ ticket nominated. That is not unrea sonable for
had the battle resulted differently, no doubt the
: Dunn papers would have climbed on without .
- murmur 7} -
q 81 This enthusiastically expresses the feel
, tngs Of a great many Of the Dunn sup
: porters, but the boiling tactics in Ramsey
: and Hennepin, directed from headquar.
ters We're an oninous sign Of what would
have happened had the anti-Dunn forces
T controlled the convention. 1t is easy
to preach regularity now. rc-.--,l.
- s"9s@ %e,s Charles B. Cheney,
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: How BRIGHT REMEMBERED 81 =!