Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-10-29
JOHNSON Is A CANDIDATE.
Ex-Congressman Declares that He VIII
Be a Candidate For tho Senate
Anainsf Matchmaker

Ex-Congressman Declares that He Will
Be a Candidate For the Senate
Against Mccumber.
The following open letter has been
published by ex-Congressman johnson
and a copy sent to Chairman Hanna
Of the state committees:
Petersburg, N D., Oct. 27:-Hon. J..
B. Hanna, chairman republican state
committee: Dear Sir: I see by the
papers that you have notified the ma
tional committee that 1--WE expect to
carry the legislature by at least a two
thirds vote, thereby insuring the return
of Senator P. ]. McCumber."
Who authorized you to insure how
members of the legislature will vote
before they are even elected?
Under your Craftsmanship it has be-
come customary to deliver the votes of
delegates to state conventions with
out much reference to the will of the
delegates.
But this is the first time ever knew
a chairman to announce so far in adj
vance the name of the man the ma
chine has selected. The agreement to
reward Gronna for his services in the
last senatorial contest was made at
Bismarck nearly two years ago, but
kept secret until the last moment.
That was more decent:
AS chairman you ought to be i'm
partial between candidates for the
United States senate.
You told me you would be a candi-
date. I told you I would be candi-
date. Mr.. Spalding would not be out
Of place in the senatorial race.
There are others.
It may be that the machine can
deliver the republican members of the
legislature body and soul to McCum-
Der as reward for his successful ef-
forts to get our member Of the ma
tiona1 committee pardoned out of the
Oakland jail, but I assure you now
that it will not be done for lack of an
opposing candidate.
You may have withdrawn from the
race, but have not, and as a slight
amend for the injustice you have done
I heartily ask you as our chairman
to notify the party that am a candi-
date to succeed P. J. McCumber in
the United States senate.
trust that my friends throughout
the state will az far as practicable
vote Tor members of the legislature
who are friendly to me and to the po-
lftical ideas and methods for which I
have always stood. At least don't
vote for men who can be delivered by
a machine so arrogant and so confident
as to announce publicly before election
the way they have decided to vote the
republican members on the most i'm
portant question to come before the
Legislature this winter. Yours.
M. N. johnson.
The Fargo Forum publishes the fol-
lowing regarding Mr.. Hanna's attitude:
chairman Hanna was seen this
morning and stated that he had re-
ceived the foregoing letter and it was
unjust to him personally. The state
ment which he gave out was that
Roosevelt would receive at least rs 900
majority in the state, that the state
ticket and members of congress would
receive at least 10000 to $4,000, and
that the legislature would be from rs
to 80 per cent republican. Further,
that he had never stated to anyone as
to whom any of the members of the
legislature would vote for United
States senator, nor had he tried to
influence anyone of them in favor of
any particular candidate. Further
that he is not a candidate for United
States senator.
Further Mr.. Hanna states that he
never gave any statement to the ma
tional committee, but he did send a
statement to the New York Tribune,
which was in substance as stated by
him above"