The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-08
MINNESOTA POLITICS
Peculiar Alignment Of Candidates for
:. State. Office Down In the Second Dis
trlct-Hearst Men Have the Advantage
of Two Large Districts In the First PrI-
marles Relationship About Delegates.

Second district republicans are in a
quandary over their candidates for state
Office The second wants representation
on the state ticket, but with three can
d1dates to divide it's strength there does
not seem much to hope for it, Then the
oody OF the district is strongly opposed
to Dunn and is just as much concerned
in the governorship fight as in any local
aspirations. - :
Ihomas Crawford Of Lakefeld. one of
the candidates for railroad commissioner.
IS one Of the original Dunn men. and has
not abated his activity in that direction
since he came out as q candidate. W. -.
Young of Mankato has been keeping quiet
on the governorship, but there are indi-
cauons that he has a preference in that
direction. It is known that he was in
81. Paul and had conference with Joel
T. Heatwole before announcing himself as
candidate, and that he did not consult
any of the Collins managers. AS the
Dunn organization has been working to
bring out local candidates in the strong
Collins centers, the Young candidacy looks
ike an effort to tie up Blue Earth county.
No one disputes that Mr.. Young is a
bona f1de candidate but there is a feel
ing that his candidacy is operating to the
detriment Of Judge Collins in one Of his
strongholds, which makes the latter's
friends lukewarm in their attitude to-
ward Young.
Louis G. vogel Of New Ulm, who is
IN the field for state treasurer, was the
first candidate to come out in the second
district, and he seems to be making the
fight entirely on his own account. The
attempts of the Dunn managers to drag
the state treasurership into the governor
ship fight have not succeeded up to the
present time. Vogers county-Brown-
leans strongly to Collins, and is pretty
cf11 IA oEc AL !
Julius Blocks county Of Nicollet has
seen a change Of sentiment and the dele
cation there will at least be divided A
few weeks ago Blocks friends were work
ing against an instructed Dunn delega
ton. Now it seems more likely that the
delegation will be instructed only for
Block, but made up Of anti-Dunn men.
The Hearst men seem to have drawn
first blood in Minnesota. Following their
victory in st. Louis county, which as
sures them the eighth district delegates
came the primaries in this county last
evening, which appear to have been Car
ried for the newspaper candidate, insur-
ing the election Of F. D. Larrabee and
J. r. Corrigan as fifth district delegates
and 102 Hearst delegates to the state con-
vention. Ramsey is conceded to the anti
Hearst forces. and the outcome Of the
state convention June % depends on the
country delegations, which are largely un-
known quantities at this time. II the
| Hearst men carry the convention Mime
sofas twenty-five delegates will be In
structed for Hearst. If they fail, the
delegates will go uninstructed but bound
by the unit rule, SO that Hearst will gel
| no votes from the state.
/. The opinion is that the Hearst victory
| in st. Louis county elin1inat ties A. G.
| Weiss, who was an anti-Hearst candidate
for delegate at-large. This would AK the
anti Hearst slate with the following 'bis
| four" John Lind, Minneapolis; T.. "A
Rosing, Cannon Falls; T. D. O'Brien, st
Paul, and Alex McKinnon, Crookston
There is a possibility that John O'Connor
better known as "the cardinal" will b.
substituted as the st. Paul representative
/ McKinnon's claims for place on tn.
delegation are strong. He is certainl,
entitled to honors at the hands OF tn.
party If not to a share Of the Carnegi,
hero fund.- He accepted the nomination
/ for state treasurer twice and made cam
paigns in the. face Of certain defeat, ant
/ two years ago made a forlorn-hop rae,
4 for congress in the ninth district.
/ The democrats In the north end Of tn.
ninth have walked up and are now pro
i posing the name of w. r. sKelso Of Hal
flock, another party wheelhorse, for on,
of their district delegates His presiden
i tial choice Is not stated.
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