The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-16
DEMOCRATS WF|GhI
ALL ALONG THE Line
State Committee Decides 10
Allow No One Issue to Over.
shadow the Others

Sss&SNO w sssA sO&hBC1S
There will be no overshadowing is
sue in the Democratic state Campaign
AT meeting Of the Democratic state
executive committee, with Johna.A.
Johnson and other candidates on the
state ticket, held yesterday atthe state
headquarters, it was decided TO make
no single issue which would put all
other questions in a. secondary class
The merger, the gross earnings tax. on
railroads, the primary election law ana
the records Of the Republican state adj
ministration officers will all be called
| up for; discussion, but no one will be
singled out upon which to make the
fight. =
@All the leading issues before the
people of the state win be discussed on
the stump and in the press friendly to
our candidates and our cause. said
Frank A. Day, chairman of the state
central committee, last night at the
close of the meeting of the executive
committee.
I'VE will discuss the merger of par :
allel and competing railroads and will
| show where Mr.. Dunn has not been in
harmony with his party on this issue.
We will talk and write of: the gross
earnings tax on railroads, of the pri-
mary election law and thessrecords of
the state auditors office in the handling
| of the school lands of the state and the
sacredness of the school fund. Our
discussion will be without vindictive-
ness and not from any personal stand
point, but from the broad view of the
states interests in the states props
erty.''
Sentiment Was Unanimous
The meeting of the committee and
| the candidates, which was called to
| order at II o'clock yesterday in the
| committee headquarters jim the Gilfillan
block by Chairman Day, was in session
| for some hours. Practically every
member Of the executive committee
and four candidates for leading place,
on the ticket were present. Reports Of
the meeting say that it was entirely
harmonious and that unanimity of SEN
| timent prevailed. There was full and
| free discussion of the plan of the cam
paign, and every man present was in
vited to give his views of the situation.
The decision of the committee was to
make the fight all along the line, with
no one issue so pre- eminent as to over
shadow all others.
Reports received at the meeting
from the different parts of the state
were most encouraging. Not an I'M
| favorable report was made by any
member of the committee nor by any
candidate; every thing presented to the
committee indicated the success of the
ticket in November, and it was the
unanimous verdict of the members Of
| the committee that never had the pros
| pect for Democratic success been so
bright in Minnesota as this autumn.
II have never known In my political
experience any such condition as pre-
walls this year, said l.. A. Rosing,
chairman Of the executive committee,
at the close of the, meeting. IF the
election were held now, nothing could
prevent John A. Johnson's election.
And he will make good on the stump
| and he will hold his strength through
| the campaign. 1 should not be sur
prised if it were a landslide for John
son and Winston"
Johnson's Itinerary Planned
An itinerary for Mr.. Johnson was
planned which will take him from his
Minneapolis speech, scheduled for Sept.
| a. well into October, but as the route
and dates are subject to changes and
corrections it was decided, not to an
nounce the dates for Mr.. Johnson just
| at present. F. G. Winston, of Minneap-
| Oils, will accompany the candidate for
governor on most of his speaking tours
| of the state, and the candidate for con-
| gress in the district in WhiGh they will
| speak will also be heard with them
| from the same platform.
> E. H. Heiberg, of Monteyideo, was
secured to take charge OF the speakers
! bureau during the campaign. He will
| enter on his duties at once. He is said
| to be specially fitted for the important
/ duties of the post. 70
The committee, which adjourned sub
| ject to the call of the chairman, was
represented in the meeting by Frank
| A. Day. chairman, and M: Ft Kahn, Sec
rotary; and the following members
of the executive committee:i L. A. .Ros-
| ing, Cannon Falls; H..Ia Buck, Winos
Ina; Bert Fesler, Duluth; Daniel Aberle.
/ ST. Paul; Michael Breslauer, Minneap-
/ elis;5 j. C. Thro, Mankato; James "A.
| NOVEL;, st. Paul; George IF. Porter,
Minneapolis; Lars f. Rand, Minneapo-
| lis; Charles II. Dart. Lftchfield; j. A.
McDermott, Candy; Fred Il. Ryan, Du-
luth:. II. L. Shirley Breckenridge; T.
T. Hudson, Duluth The following can
| didates were present John Al Johnson,
| st. Peter; F. g. Winston, Minneapolis;
Thomas McDermott, ST. Paul; Byron J.
Mosier, Saltwater t5es r :
! Lind to Preside
/ The final, arrangements for Mr..
Johnson's Minneapolis speech. sched-
uled for Sept. IA, were made. Com
| gresham Lind has been invited to
preside, and if he is in the state on
that date he will accept. F.zG.s Win
ston will also speak, and there will be
possibly two or three other speakers.
1 Mr. Johnson is now at work on his
speech, and the Minneapolis speech
will sound the doctrine of the cam
paign to be waged during the fall in
| the state. 1t is expected that an i'm
mense audience will greet sMr. John
son at the exposition building.
FAIRBANKS HAS HEAVY
TALK SCHEDULE