The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17
HEARST is NOT THE
CHOICE OF HENNEP|N
Democratic Leaders of Min.
neapOIis Enroll Themselves
in the Parker Column.

Hennepin county is not for Hearst.
Republican newspapers of Minneap-
oils have given a good deal of space to
the Hearst boom in the past few weeks
for obvious reasons, but the real lead
ers of the Hennepin county Democracy
say that they do not believe that the
party in that county will declare itself
in favor of the New York congressman
when the county convention is held.
Mr.. Hearst has opened headquarters
in the KasOta block, and his supporters
are making something of a showing, If
claims count for anything. They have
been organized for some weeks, and, it
/ is said, have been provided with a
working capital. The same tactics en-
ployed elsewhere in behalf of the jour-
naliSt-milliOnaire have been called to
their aid, and their chief stock in trade
seems to be the assertion that their
candidate is the only regular" Demo-
crat who is being considered for the
nomination, and that Judge Paker's
supporters are "reorganizers" and rep
resentativeS of the moneyed interests.
Thus far the coterie of Hearst work.
erS have had an undiSputed field in
Minneapolis, but it is understood that a
meeting will be held early next week
of leading Democrats opposed to the
Hearst candidacy and the Hearst tao
tics, and an organization will be per-
fected to combat the Hearst boom and
to stand by Congressman John Lind
in his advocacy of Judge Alton r.
Parker for the nomination. Leaders in
this movement profess to have no
doubt, in view of the waning strength
OF the Hearst boom throughout the
country, that in the end the county
will be found enrolled in the Parker
column.
Barton Leads Movement.
The prime mover in the Parker ad-
vocacy is Elijah Barton, the we'll
known Minneapolis lawyer, and he will
have such StalWart Democrats with him
as Joseph Kiichli, Michael Breslauer
F. G. Winston, George Porter, G. A.
Quist, Harry Erwin and numbers of
others. A. I. Ankeny, one of the old
est and most substantial Of the Mime
apolis Democrats, said yesterday:
Judge Parker is not only going to
be nominated, but he is going to be
elected. He was born to be a president
He has every attribute for a model ex-
ecutive, and I believe he will defeat
Roosevelt"
Congressman John Lind is threaten
ed with all kinds of dire punishment by
the Hearst men for his temerity in de-
claring for Parker, but the Minneapolis
congressman is quietly attending to his
official duties at Washington, and 1t is
understood will not return to Minneap-
oils until the session is ended, late in
the present month or early in May
Lind, 1T is said, took the step in de-
claring for Parker advisedly, and is
willing to abide by any consequences
He wrote a Minneapolis friend at the
time, saying that personal considera-
lions were entirely waived and that he
believed inn Of Do
would mean the redemption and re-
generation of the Democratic party in
the nation.
j. +. McGOvern, the Wabasha editor
lawyer, was at the state capitol yes
terday and said that he was not for
Hearst for president. Mr.. McGovern
was delegate to the Chicago national
Democratic convention Of 1896 and
voted for William Jennings Bryan for
president, but he is not in entire SYM
pathy with Mr.. Bryan's position at the
present. while have not yielded an
inch in my principles said the Wabasha
man yesterday, you can't force the
people to take an interest in issues
which they believe are no longer be-
fore the public. 1 believe that the men
who stood by the party in the hours Of
its adversities should say what the
platform shall be and who the nomi-
nees are to be, / have no good thing
to say of the reOrganizers, but am for
the nomination of good man who can
unite the forces of the Democracy and
give the Republicans the fight of their
lives. I do not believe half the evil
things that are said Of Hearst, but /
simply do not consider him an availa-
BILE candidate for the nomination for
the presidency"
Mr.. McGOvern said that no candi-
dates has thus far developed for dele
gates from his congressional district
the Third-to the st. Louis convention.