The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-25
JOHNSON SILENT;
WIND is HIS WAY
ST. Peter Editor Looks Like
Certainty for Head of DEM
ocratic Ticket

| 1t seems foregone conclusion that he
will be nominated with practical
unanimity at the Democratic state con-
vention to be held next Tuesday at
Minneapolis. ssa
Sentiment is crystallizing in favor of
/ the nomination of Johnson, withsF.T G.
! Winston, of Minneapolis, as his run
ming mate, and with a non-partisan
judiciary to complete the ticket.
1 Talk of the possibility of John Lind
accepting a nomination for governor
is said by Mr.. Linds closest friends to
be outside the pale of the possible.
is said by Mr.. Linds closest friends
not to enlanate from responsible par
ties.
With no slate and with no caucuses
being held, it looks as though Judge
Charles E. Otis, of St Paul, and Con-
gressman John Lind, of Minneapolis,
Democrats, and Judge John A. Lovely,
of Albert Lea, and Judge Calvin M.
Brown, of Morris, Republicans, will be
nominated by the Minneapolis conven-
/ ton.
Sentiment, which was strong for the
nomination of the st. Peter man for
1 governor from the first, has grown
with increasing rapidity as the situa-
ton developed from day to day. john
son has said nothing since the publiea-
ton of his newspaper last Friday that
might be construed as a definite an
nouncement of his intentions towards
a nomination that has looked for some
days as though it was his for the ask
1 ing. His silence has been taken for
consent all over the state.
Counties have instructed for him
either by resolution or by common
consent on the theory that he is the
logical candidate OF his party this
year.
Winston for Second Place oa5
His friends are confident that there
are already votes enough in sight to
nominate, but they are not content.
i They want a unanimous nomination
/ for the St. Peter editor, with every
4 Democrat in the state taking off his
/ coat and working hard for his success
at the polls. Stearns county declared
for John Lind in case his name was
1 presented to the convention on repre-.
sentation that Johnson would not all
low the use of his name in the state
convention and that Mr.. Lind would
not refuse nomination.
st. Louis county declared for H. L.
/ Buck, of Winona, though 1T is not un-
! derstood that he is candidate. These
are mere skirmishes, calculated to
arouse valuable interest in the cam
/ paign. No one questions the right of
any county to declare for any favorite.
But sentiment all over the state is
rounding to for Johnson. ua9t
FIG. Winston, one of the best known
Democrats of Hennepin county, will
accept the nomination for lieutenant
governor. He is one of the most popu-
lar Democrats of his home city and
| county and will add strength to the
| ticket. He received a very pretty COM
pliment in his Endorsement for gov
ernor by his own county convention.
but he is friendly to Johnson's nominal
ton and says he would like a second
ary place on the ticket with the st.
/ Peter man.
There is no doubt that he can have
| it, and that he will be nominated DEM
ocrats all over the state have known
and admired him for years and will be
glad to honor him.
/ Strong Judicial Slate
l. Judge Charles E. Otis, who is said
4 to be the choice of Ramsey county
4 Democrats for one Of the places on the
supreme bench, was for many years
prior to 1902 an honored judge of the
Ramsey county bench At the close of
/ his term of Office he retired and did not
seek reelection. He is said to be a
sound lawyer and an ardent Democrat.
Congressman Lind, who will probably
be nominated for place on the bench,
4 could have had the nomination for gov
ernor for the asking. He declined and
his declination was couched in terms
that left no doubt as to his earnestness
and the sincerity of his refusal to again
become the candidate of his party for
governor.
Congressman Lind is regarded by
lawyers as one of the ablest men in
the Northwest and his nomination is
counted to give strength to the ticket.
Judge Lovely, who was defeated for
denomination by what many regarded
at the time as the rankest kind of po-
litical chicanery in the Republican
state convention, will probably be one
OF the nominees of the state convention.
He has wide acquaintance through
out Southern Minnesota and his friends
are said to be more than anxious to
undo the work of the ST. Paul conven-
ton by returning him to the bench
Judge Brown, of Morris, has been long
on the bench and his record has been
!. alike satisfactory to the members OF
II all parties.
He will be indorsed, if present in
d1cations are not at fault, by the Min
neapolis convention. intermediate
places on the. ticket are in a number
of instances undecided, but the conyen-
! ton is expected to exercise good iudg-
ment in the selection of men to fill the
ofnces OF treasurer, secretary of state
, attorney general and members of the
railroad and warehouse commission, oi
Which there are two commissioners to
be elected this year.
Il Day Looks for Victory
Democrats all over the state are
getting together Frank A. Day, OF
Fairmont, said last night at the Mer-
chants hotel. They are advising with
each other by correspondence, and
; they are going to take advantage OF
the greatest opportunity that has beer
presented to them in the last quartet
of century. There is the best chance
for Democratic success that there has
been for years.. Republicans by the
thousands are openly in revolt against
methods they will not stand for II
their party, and this is the year thai
/ we are going to win in Minnesota
Every Democrat in the state VII
naturally seize an opportunity thai
comes so seldom to our party in this
state. think that there is no question
but that John A. Johnson, of ST. Pc
I ter, will be nominated for governor
and that he will accept the nonlina-
ton.
Congressman Lind will not permit
! the use of his name. This is certain
j to y,