The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-13
ORGANIZATION is
NEARLY COMPLETE
Secretary Kahn Declares Form
alive Work IS Practically
Done in State


eve have over seventy of the eigh-
ty-three counties of the state perfectly
organized" said Secretary M. F. Kahn,
mittee, yesterday s11and if Mr.. Dunn's
committee has done as well they will
surprise their admirers'' s,4
1.-THE work has involved tremen-
dous amount of correspondence and
attention to detail, but it has been sue
cessfully accomplished, and inside of a
week the remaining counties of the
state will have been organized, and we
will be ready for the task of getting
our vote to the polls. One of the great
troubles in the past has been that
Democratic voters have not gone to
the polls in this state. This Is always
true of minority party in any state.
With big majorities staring them in the
face and outvoted on local issues,
Democrats have too often been content
to acknowledge defeat in, advance and
would fail to take the trouble to go and
vote on election day.
Pride in Ticket
'This year there is every inducement
for loyal Democrats to vote We have
the strongest ticket-from governor
down to railroad and warehouse COM
missioner-eyer presented to the peo-
pie of Minnesota We, invite compar-
ison not on one man on the ticket but
on all. Our candidates for governor
and lieutenant governor and for attor-
ney general and our congressional cam
didates are on the stump and are pros
ecuting the most vigorous speaking
campaign in the history of the state
organization We have everything 10
push the campaign except money, and
party patriotism is better than money
my adviees from the different coun-
ty organizations is that the Democrats
are united as they have not been for
years and are determined to cast their
full party strength on Nov There
are no divisions or factional differences
in the4party and We expect the fullest
Democratic vote in the history of the
There are several counties with
large normal Democratic majorlties
where the vote, if it is got to the polls,
will mean a great deal to- our candl-
dates There is Stearns county, for IN
stance, where, giving Mr. Dunn the
Eustis vote of 1898, if the full vote is
cast Mr. Johnson and his associates on
the ticket will lead by 5000 majority
5OOQ NEWS rom 0ISdEUS
"Stearns county in 1896 cast S,619
votes. but in 1900 the vote dropped to
1850, and in 1902 to 6,133 The Demo-
cratic majority in the county in 1896
was 2093 in 1900 it was ], 784 and IN 1902
it had dropped to LAP There were no
corresponding gains by the Republic
ans, but the loss to the Democratic
candidates was in not getting the vote
to the polls There is an estimated to-
tai voting strength in Stearns county
of 10000 this year, and with proper ef-
fort fully 9,000-vot can be cast. There
is strong opposition TO Mr. Dunn in his
own party in Stearns county and it is
very liberal to give him the Eustls
vote of 1898. The casting of the full
vote of the county will give John A.
Johnson and the state ticket 5000 ma
jority, and it will give also Cleve w.
Van Dyke, the Democratic candidate
for cnogress in the Sixth district, a
majority of the same proportions and
absolutely guarantee his election
Indications are that special effort
will be made to get this vote out this
year. The state committee is in posi-
ton to give only advice; it has not the
money necessary to make a systematic
canvass of the banner Democratic
county of the state. But there is at
| st. Cloud an enthusiastic Democratic
club, and reports are that this club
will make a special effort to get out the
entire voting strength of the county on
election day. 1t has the opportunity
to surely elect our candidate for con-
gress and to do much towards Mr..
Johnson's election along with the 9TH
ers on the state ticket with him.
A force of nine stenographers is as
sisting Mr.. Kahn in his task of organ
| izing the state in stl1e interest of the
Democratic candidates, and the work
has been successfully accomplished in
the space of the last three weeks Mr..
Kain's work for the committee is win
ming him. many compliments from state
Democrats who know the difficulties
and appreciates the. Importance and
value of organization in state politics.