The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-13
MINNESOTA POLITICS
Buchanan VIII invade Fosters Territory
--Hennepin VIII: Be Battle Ground OF
State campaian-ouest for clapp
! ~. E.ssYouns is Getting impatient.

puShitiaH VIII invade AZ oS1ef'S CiIitoty Fl
-Hennepin VIII: BE Battle Ground of
J: State paian-Questions for cIapp
4 Nv. F.. Young is Getting impatient.
Congressman ID buchanan, who passed
thru st. Paul yesterday, is about to-
carry the war into Meeker county, the
home of his opponent, A. F. Foster.
Some of the villages and rural townships
in Meeker contain some hard Buchanan
workers, and the Little Falls man is go
ing to supplement their efforts by some
personal work. Buchanan lis. not caught
mapping this year, and if he. is defeated
he will have no excuses to make. Two
years ago he did not mix much with the I
individual voters, depending on the In
f1uence OF leading men in the various
counties. He found that under the pri-
mary system leading republicans We're
not able to deliver the vote. This year
he is making a more effective campaign
some able lieutenants, while the other
time he made the race single handed.
buchanan has the second-term argument
in his favor. but against it has the hand
leap of Public Examiner Johnson's report
involving him in timber trespass
matters. ...-.-
John A. Johnson, democratic cand-
date for governor, has retired to his IL
brary, after the manner of the lamented
Sage of Niniger. and is spending the
week in hard work at St. Peter, prepar-
Ing his campaign speeches, and cleaning
up his accumulated correspondence. He
will go outside very little until after: the
primary election. ..tEE< "a; :
| The democratic state :committe is res
ceiving many requests for. speaking dates
to be filled by Messrs. johnson and VIM
ston more than they can possibly fill.
The committee is organizing the work
and is getting ready to make spirited
| campaign Frank "A. Day is In active
| charge and will beEon hand all the time.
| L. A. Rosing will drop in frequently to
give advice, and SO will Judge Buck and
other members of the committee. The
| democratic committee does not expect any
help from outside spellbinders, and will
make its whole fight on state issues.
| The republican state committee is go
ing to meet all the efforts of the demo-
Gratis in Hennepin, and this county prom
| ises to be the main battle ground of the
| campaign. 1t is now proposed to open
| the republican campaign here Immediate
ly after the opening democratic rally,
with an especial design to Guido the
| democratic showing.
! The Lamberton Star says:
| W. E. Young, candidate for railway and ware
house commissioner remarked to the writer Il
few days ago. that lit is time that the state
campaign was opened and something doing" He
is dissatisfied with the apathy shown the
part OF the republican state central committee
and party leaders,
There will be plenty doing by Oct. 1.
Joel P. Heatwole still has. his sharp
stick after Senator Clapp. and in the last
issue of the Mortified News he wants to
know what right Clapp's friends have
to demand pledges from legislative cardi-
dates, until Clapp has given the people
an idea Of where he stands public
questions. In order to satisfy the plain
people, the Nortllfield News thinks he
ought to give an answer to the following
questions:
For instance what are his relations with COM
binatiOns of competing interests and the indu-
ences behind them? "a
Does he believe in revising the tariff downward
or upward g. -,
Does he favor the adoption Of further legisa.
ton designed to bring about equalization Of
freight rates D..
What assurance has he given the Municipal
and Commercial league of Minnesota that he
will do what he can teuprevent discrimination
In freight rates in gfavor1ofI the large shippers
of the cities? 81, -. .,s
Are his sympathiesz with, corporations and the
larger dealers Of tile cities whose roperty is as
sessed at from to Is per cent of its valuation
while that of the farmer and country merchant
is assessed at 80 per cent of its valua ton?
Does he favor an equitable system of taxation
y With it's solicitude for the "rlain PEG
pie" the News demands categorical ain
swers to all these questions. Holding VI
t a warning finge4' at Moses, the editor says
Mind you, glittering generalities will not do
: no stump speech pyrotechnics. but plain state
ment of his views, without evasion, so that tn
planeSt citizen may understand.
: The Duluth News-Trbune, which fey
days ago ridiculed the idea Of any, seriou
deposition to Clapp, has made discover
since, and says:
Senator Clapp is the choice of the republican
: of Minnesota for United States senator TIL
convention that nominated the state ticket. by it
Il strong. resolutions made him it's candidate jus
r as clearly as 1t made any nominee the tickle
= | its candidate. s' '-.s
e The News Tribune is Informed, however, tina
: a certain state senator is travelling til
. state saying to candidates: Don't commi
# yourself on the matter Of United States senator
There will be something DOING words to tina
iefect.' meaning, as intended to be understood
: There will be money!
! Fortunately, most Of the candidates are me
n who would refuse to listen to such proposition
I Most of them are for Senator ClapD and do nc
h hesitate to so announce themselves. No II
- publican has right to ignore the will an
&c wishes OF the convention, expressed by delegate
/ who know the wishes of their voters who SCI
l. therefore. to come out openly for Glapp it ma
. ! be inferred that he is not right. , T. {
1t is We'll for friends of Sena tor Clamp an
/ republicans who believe in standing sQuarely {
81 the platform and for the whole ticket to be {
N the alert, and to know definitely how the cand
y, date soliciting their votes feels about the Unite
IF States senatorship. Put the candidates on re
-. ord. So ...
~ Attorney General Donahower had
~ give a new opinion on the question
II, blank spaces for the primary election ba
sd lots. There is no democratic congre
IN sional candidate in the fourth district, al
&C. County Auditor Krahmer of Ramsey al
~ pealed to the attorney general for info
10 nation as to whether he should leave
81 blank for names to be written in. II
~ ruling was that as no democrats had fiji,
a for the office, the party had no cand
= dates for congress in the fourth distric
: and no provision should be made for col
!: gressiona1 candidates on the democrat
$, So ballot. -,
B. The Browns Valley Tribune says:
p. If the friends Of Robert Dunn in betting e
IN cles desire to boost his candidacy. they shou
I'd offer more than even money that he will be t
~ next governor. Even money sounds too all fir
~ close for comfort. f&ss.5.S ~ r
q The st. Peter Free Press attracts a
IN tention by first page caption, 'See VIII
Johnson has to say On second CLAN
~ 1t turns out that it is not John A., b
ne Senator c. A. Johnson. who has som
ts thing to say, and that his remarks rela
rs 1,,1,t 1c c1o 4J,;, =