The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-21
FIELD CLEAR
!. E0R CLAGUE
HUGO COMEDIES THAT THE
z sPEAKERsHIP FIGHT rs OVER.
Nolan Has Withdrawn in Favor Of Sew
Fenth District Man, Who Has the
| Fourth Solid and Will Get Hennepin
Tonight Second District Delegation
:? Meets Tomorrow.

": Al Nolan, one IF fha ,riya r. csn dI,
dates, withdrew Saturd day night, eonced,
ing the success Of Frank Clague, and to-
day the other prominent candidate, N.
i. Hugo Of Duluth, practically admitted
that he: had lost the prize. .:s' @:
Mr.. Hugo came in from a business,
trip to Michigan, somewhat the worse
for his travels. His arm was hurt in a.
street car accident while in Chicago,
and is carried in a bandage. His run
Of hard luck continued after returning
TOT Minnesota, where he found that the
fences. he put up before leaving home
had all been torn down. The herd was
nine pledged votes today, and will prob
ably have more tomorrow.
Mr.. Hugo did not announce his. with
drawaI from the race this morning, but
took some comfort from the fact that
Hennepin had not formally indorsed
Clague. However, he was. informed that
evening. This and Nolan s withdrawal
convinced him that The game was up.
He said:
first district had withdrawn from the
race in favor of. Mr.. Clague. IF that
is the case then the fight is. over. Dur
ing my enforced absence from the, state,
the opposition took advantage Of the
situation and made stampede. I was
simply outgeneralled, that is all The
candidacy Of Mr.. Nolan, which split
the first district, deprived me Of some
support and injured my chances
The fourth district delegation in
dorsed Clague Saturday evening, Civ.
delegation of fifteen republicans will
meet at 7:30 this evening, and, as far
as the speakership is concerned, it's ac.
ton is cut and dried. With possibly
one exception, the delegation will de
clare for Clague, collectively and indi.
vidually. Messrs. johnson and Smith
called On, Mr.. Glague Saturday and as
sured him of their support.
The second district, with eleven mem
bers, is to caucus in Mankato tomor
row w. A. Hinton, who was working
up Nolan boom in the second, is now
out for Clague, who has seven pledges
and probably. will have the distric'
solid when the caucus is held. Thu
third will not caucus, but five Of the
delegation are already pledged, and thu
rest are expected to declare for, Clagut
Individually. These districts, with
majority in the sixth, two in the eighth
! and. theS ninth practically solid, Civ,
/ Clague ;a bag majority Of the republican
4 1O8. It is not likely that a speakershil
/ caucus Will De nelQ su1ClIssGno eve O.
the Legislative session, but theseresul
The future speaker was IN St. Pau
/ this morning, and this afternoon cam,
over to- Minneapolis. He will yappea
before the delegation this evening. MI
Hugo said today that he was ready t,
meet with Hennepin if it was any use
i but if the delegation had it's mind mad
up. there was no need Of his coming.
i Other matters may engage, the atten
l tion Of the Hennepin delegation thi
evening. There is the slate for othe
4 elective places in the house organiza
q ton to, be considered. John T. Jones
&. the local candidate for chief clerk, vii
4 ask for the delegation Endorsement
II Before the caucus the senatorial ques
ton may be considered. The advisable
i ity Of Launching a Hennepin candidat
has been discussed among the member
for some time, and may be taken u
for formal action by the delegation te
4 night. However, it IS likely that thi
= evening IS meeting will, not get farthe
than an informal discussion Of thi
question.