The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-29
MINNESOTA POLITICS

Rural Counties VIII Try to Change the
Date Of Primary Election-cItIes Prefer
Late Misunderstanding Dunn Is Not.
Leaving Republican Party-Rosenwald's
Platform.
There will be an attempt made this
winter to change the date OF the primaries,
SO as to bring the nominations In June
or July at the season when farmers are
better able to leave their work. There
was considerable complaint two years ago
about the date of the primary election.
There was large country vote, but this
was attributed mainly to the fact that it
was a new thing, and everyone wanted to
try it. The coming election will show
whether the rural voters like it well
enough to leave their farm work.
| The cities do not want early primaries
They start the campaign too early, and
make it too long. They will resist any
effort to set the primary for June or July.
| It would be all right for the counties
! OF Hennepin and Ramsey to hold pri-5
maries at the present date, and the other
counties two months or so earlier, but,
! if the primary law is to be applied to
state officers, this could not be done. In
that case uniform date would have to
be retained for the primary. There is an
outlook for a vigorous controversy over
this question Of dates, in which the coun-.
ltry will outnumber the cities, and make
the change If the country members are
united on it.
The Hancock Record calls attention to
| this question, and comes to the following
| conclusion:
/ The state officers should come under the pri-
mary law, the primaries should be set for about
July and 1t is up to the country members to
/ see that the law is amended as to conform to
| these necessary requirements.
The ST. Cloud Journal-Press announces
4 that it has consistently supported repub-
lican principles, and in refusing to sup
/ port Dunn 1t Is making no change OF
front. 1t says editorially:
| The Minnesota republican state convention
placed at the head of the state ticket man
who announced that ''he was out of sympa thy
with the action of Governor Van SAINT, and
necessarily tie action of President Roosevelt,
The fccts are so well known that sane and
welI-informed man will attempt to deny them.
The M has mot u to give
to vote against the candidate for governor Is no
abandonment Of republican principles, but rather
the reverse. u
The question that confronts the republicans of
Minnesota is rather choice of two evils-Mr.
Dunn, who is mot in sympathy with the very
issue that gives the republican party Its best
claimf on the support of the people Or the demo
cratic party which Is most always wrong, but
occasionally nomirates good for office.
What it will do this year remains to be seen-and
the kind of man it nominates for governor
will decide great many republicans how they
will vote for this one Office.
j. F. Rosenwald, the man from, Lac q,1i
Parle, has announced the platform on
which he seeks denomination and rs-elec-
ton to the house. If elected he will work
, for economy in expenditure Of state mon
, ey for continuing the state board Of con-
troll in charge. of the educational institu-
lions, for reduction Of railway rates. for
reform In tax laws, for extending the pri-
mary law to state officers, and he will
vote for Senator Clapp for reelection.
That seems to cover the ground.
W.. c.. Whiteman, editor Of the Orton-
, vile Herald-Star refused to be forced
into the legislative race by his fellow
newspapermen, and the Ortonville people
, decided to support F. NJ, Geier for the
! house nomination.
Another newspaperman has gone into
legislative politics. Captain j. A. Everett,
editor of the Fairmont News, is announced
; as house candidate in the Martin Wa
tonwan district. His arrival means a con-
test in the district. w. A. Hinton and
} A. D. Palmer, both Martin county men,
r represented it In the last house, and are
candidates for another term.