The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-26
JOHNSON-WINSTON
THAT'S THE TICKET
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oO1t iCiilpiHCQ Will MIIlfledpOlIS Ir1onQS
for the evening and left at 9 o'clock
for his home at ST. Peter. He win not
come to Str Paul. next Monday evening,
the day before convention.
! AT the union depot, where the North
Western train ON which he was a pas
senger stopped for five minutes while
receiving its st. Paul quota of passen-
gers, a number sfof warm personal
friendsgof Mr.. Johnson gathered Ito
greet him. 81
Hello; governor laughed John
kapperud, former county auditor of
LIE Sueur county, as he grasped the
hand of his friend johnson. LIE Sueur
county will do the handsome thing by
you. There are all kinds of Repub-
llcans in the county who will vote for
you, and don't you forget it."
Senator Johnson was in the best of
spirits and received the congratula-
tlons ofaseiis friends with warmest
thanks. He showed himself an excel
lent mixer and with his stumping
powers he. is touted to make one. of the
pest campaigns that any candidate for
governor has ever made of this state.
F. g. Winston for Running Mate
The decision of Mr.. johnson to be
candidate for governor it is ex-
pected, VIII be- followed by formal
announcement of the candidacy of F..
y. winston, of Minneapolis, for lieu
tenant governor. Mr.. Winston. it is un-
derstood, has told his friends that he
Will be glad to be Johnson's running
mate, and the decision is received with
every indication of approval by those
VINO know the Minneapolis man best
Ine supreme court nominees seem to
be practically settled along the lines
suggested IN yesterdays issue of T h e
q o e.. The suggestion that former
Judge Charles E. Otis, of st. Paul.
might be Nominated for one of the
places on the supreme bench was re-
ce1yed with enthusiasm by members
of the St. Paul bar. and about the
Ramsey countys court house yesterday
lawyers of all political faiths We'd
with each other'in declaring their in
tention to vote for Judge Otis if given
the opportunity.
Judge +. c. Brooks, of Minneapolis
has been very generally mentioned in
connection with one of the places on
the bench, in case Congressman John
Lind. cannot be induced to accept a
nomination. Judge Brooks stands very
high with the Hennepin county bar,
and he would prove a most acceptable
candidate, Democrats familiar with
his record say.
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Good Timber for Treasurer
For stateeztreasurer number Of
good men have been suggested. John
D. Sullivan, for twelve years county
attorney of Stearns county; former
Senator Charles o. Baldwin, of Duluth,
and w. S. Hammonds a lawyer of ST.
James, with statewide reputation,
have all been mentioned as available
timber. Frank Poehler, of Henderson;
Frank Zins. of st. Cloud. and Col. Al
bert Steinhauser, of New Ulm, have
also been spoken of in connection with
the nomination for state treasurer.
John r. King, the Thief River Falls
newspaper man, his friends say, would
prove a formidable candidate for rail-
road and warehouse commissioner. He
formerly conducted a newspaper at
Adrian and has wide acquaintance
in Southern Minnesota. D. H. Evans,
of Tracy. prominent business man
and formerly of the state reformatory
board, a man who has made a study of
transportation problems, is urged as a
representative of Southwestern Min
nesota, and W. f. Kelso, of .Hallock,
and R. NJ. Rihgdal, of Crookston.
member of the board during the Lind
administration of the state, are sug-
gested as from the Red river country.
Presidential electors are to be nomi-
mated by the convention. The district
electors will besehosen by district eau
cuses, but there are two at large to be
named by tflef convention. Swan J.
Turnblad, the Nell known Minneapo-
lis publisher and ardent Democrat,
will probably be presented by the Hen
nepin county delegation in the state
convention.