The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-30
MINNESOTA i POLITICS
Bic Field Of Entries in Race for Railroad
Commissioners, and Some Dark Horses
III Mr.. Eustls VIII Continue a Receptive
candldate-Ray w. Jones Returns
Hearst Men Busy In Minneapolis.

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There will be at least half a dozen cam
didates for railroad and warehouse COM
missioner In the field when the state COM
vention meets. The woods are full now
OF opposition to- the outgoing commits
sioners, IRA b. Mills Of Moorhead and jos
seph G. Miller Of Two Harbors. They
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However, the large number Of opponents
may prove an advantage to them, as It,
did four years ago. @5..as Il, 4s.s55 4
Ezra g. Valentine OF Breckenridge will
contest for ninth district delegates with
Judge Mills. and he has a strong follow
ing in the Red River valley, where he is
favorably known for his drainage work.
He has support in other parts of the state
and looms up as a formidable candidate.
Miller's strength is disputed by several.
His hold on the railroad men, which got
him great many votes before Is jeop-
ardized by Walter A.. Hammond, assist
ant labor commissioner. who is quite
likely to become candidate. He lives now
In st. Paul, but was formerly an engineer
running out of Brainerd, and Is credited
to Crow Wing county, where he has many
friends. James Sargent Of Minneapolis, a
Northern Pacific conductor seems still to
be In the race, as his friends deny the
report Of his withdrawal. He is well
known in Duluth Miller's hold on the
eighth district has been threatened by
Dan Gum Of Grand Rapids, but Gum has
fight on hts hands at home, and his
opponents claimed a signal victory. over
him in the Itasca county convention,
which may put him out the race.
f Two candidates are at work in the first
district. j. II. Burns Of Lanesboro has
been out for some time, and A. T.. Steb-
bins Of Rochester, a former state senator,
is now at work canvassing for support.
They will have a lively contest for the
support Of the district. However, there
is strong feeling in the second district
in favor Of presenting candidate from
that corner Of the state. They have no
Representation in elective offices. and no
candidate in the field now except VOgel
Of New Ulm, who will have hard work to
wrest a majority Of the district delegates
away from Julius Block, Second district
men say they are entitled to the railroad
commissioner from southern Minnesota,
when the first district has had the gov
ernor for four years, and has also the
chief justice and one associate justice,
who Is candidate for denomination. II.
J.. Miller of Luverne and Captain ]. A.
Everett Of Fairmont have been impor-
tuned to be candidates, but both have re-
fused, and second district politicians are
looking around for, a strong man on whom
they can unite and make fight for. the
place.
William H. Eustis continues to smile
and say nothing about the governorship;
He has been in consultation with his
friends since returning home, and 1t is
understood that their advice and his own
Judgment coincide. He will remain a quiet
spectator of the contest as long as it con-
tinues on present lines He will not be-
come an active candidate for governor
unless there is a. general demand for him
to step in, but will continue his receptive
attitude, which is a great deal more COM
| Portable than making a regular canvass
for the, nomination.. Mr.. Eustis' friends
are generally friendly to Judge Collins,
and think the chances favorable to the
judge, while the entry Of the home candi-
date might cut into the Collins strength sc
as to give Dunn an advantage. Should
the tide continue to slip away from
Dunn and put him out. of the running,
| there would be more Of an inclination
among the Eustis men to see him a can.
didate.
Lieutenant Governor Jones reached
home yesterday, after a vacation trip tc
Cuba, and at once began to look over
the political situation with reference to
expect to have any fight for the support
OF Hennepin county, in which case. he
feels sure Of denomination He intends
to keep strictly aloof from the governor
ship fight, as he has friends in both camps,
and the state senators generally are look:
ing out for his interests. The only way
he could be drawn into the governorship
contest would be by Mr.. Eustis becon-
ing a candidate, which would of course
be hostile to his interests.
The Ninth Ward Central Democratic
club, which was organized last evening at
Sidegreen's hall on Central avenue, re-
fused to commit itself to the Hearst can
didacy, tho urged to do SO by W. H. Will
liarns, who made a speech favoring Hearst
and distributed lists for signatures of
members to the Minneapolis Hearst club.
G. H. Mcdowell spoke in opposition, urg-
ing that Minnesota ought not to dictate
the nomination of the democratic candi-
date when it cannot possibly give him any
electoral votes. This threw cold water
on the Hearst boom for the evening The