The Minneapolis journal., 1904-05-21
MINNESOTA POLITICS

Second District VIII Caucus on Railroad
Commissioner and Eliminate One candi-
date-Mr. Dunn Tells Hennqpin County,
Audience That the Merger Is a Dead
lssue--ThIrd Ward Collins Men Orr
sanixe.
The second district viii witness an7
other contest beside the Collins Dunn;
race for governor. The friends Of W.. f..
Young: of .Mankato and Thomas Crawford
OF Lakefield will each strive to give their
man q majority Of the delegates from
the district for railroad commissioner. It
is understood that the district will eau
Gus before the convention, and whichever
OF the two gets q majority will be given
the solid support Of the district. Blue
Earth county, with Its big delegation,
Will be for Young to- start with. d P:s
Hunt, who has been accused Of ambitions
| In the same direction says he is not q
candidate, but will help Young. AS Mr..
Crawford is one Of the most active Dunn
supporters in the second district, the con
test for railroad commissioner Is likely
to shape itself along gubernatorial lines
In that event Young Is pretty sure to get
a majority. s.g a
Advices from Breckenridge say that
Ezra Valentine will start out in a few
| days to make a personal canvass OF the
seventh and ninth districts in the in
terests of his candidacy for railroad COM
missioner.
| The Sauk Center Herald remarks:
Mr.. Dunn Is now in q position where
he can sympathize with the war CORE
spondents in. the far east He has been
placed under strict censorship Mr.. Yer
1ty, one of his managers. says that here
after all interviews win come thru me.
/ Wonder If Mr.. Dunn should be elected
the censorship would continue? Who is
| the candidate, anyway, Verify or Dunn ?''
| The Luverne Herald says:
| The facts In relation to Mr. IiilFs
contributions to the republican campaign,
| fund In 1894 having been settled, 1t would
be interesting to know something about
his contributions for the present guber-
material contest. One fact, however, Is
well determined in advance He is MAX
ing no contributions in aid of Judge Col.
! lins.'
/ r. c. Dunn was in Hennepin last even
Ing. He spoke to a meeting of law stu
dents who organized Dunn club; claim
Ing a membership Of sixty, and also ad
dressed an eighth ward meeting at Nicol
let and Lake street. flames A. Peterson
and others spoke at this meeting, ant
Roscoe P. Pratt, who has been leader o
the democratic forces in the eighth ward
presided at the gathering. Mr.. Dunn an
nounced that he still stood by his state
ments about Judge Collins, made tw,
weeks ago. He referred to the merger as
dead issue which has, no. place in politics
and declared that any man who brough
1t before the voters as an issue was
demagogue. sg%
i The third ward supporters of Judge Col
Inns met last evening at Durnhams s hall
4 Washington and Twentieth avenues N, ant
formed permanent organization, witt
Thomas Voegeli president Ole Nelson vic
president, III. M. Leighton treasurer. an,
Alex Sinai secretary, There were over 10
voters In attendance and an executive
committee was formed consisting OF on
from each of the eighteen preeincts.liots:.
"A meeting 81 he'JinivehTsssity Jaggard clu1
was held yesterday afternoon. The clul
4 has large, membership. and when :th
school year closes It's Ihembers, will e.
home and work in their respective coun
ties for Judge Jaggard' 'ssnomination .ts
A new turn has been taken in the judge
ship contest by some newspapers, friendl
to both Jaggard and Douglas. who refus
to admit that their candidates. conflict
and want to drop Judge Lewis,
While In Hennepin county last evenin
Mr. Dunn ar nounced that he would b
nominated on the first ballot, and that h
had 73S votes already lined up. How doe
he know that oil those people will at
tend the convention? There's many
slip. Charles B. Cheney.