The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-25

" Observation-Disclosures mas twenty.
four Delegates to the Popullst conven-
tlon July 4.
Will Minnesota democrats draft a re-
publican to head their state ticket this
year?
The proposition has a startling and i'm
probable sound, but it is not so many
years since John Lind, a republican out
of harmony with his party leaders, but
none the less a republican, was nominated
for governor by the democrats and elected.
1t is fact that leading democrats are
now debating and considering another
trial Of this expedient 1t is known that
they look on it with a good deal of favor
The most troublesome question is, what
good vote getter in the republican ranks
can be induced to accept a democratic
| nomination?
Ihe meat OF the argument is right
here. This is a presidential year and
democratic success in this state is only
forlorn hope. Under the most favorable
circumstances democrats cannot score any
| success without republican votes. If they
are content merely to mark time and
make no serious effort to win, they will
nominate some stanch democrat like
Mayor Cullom of Duluth. Captain M B.
Fay of Virginia, or Captain Harries of
! Caledonia, who would get the normal
democratic vote and make a respectable
showing, but miss the prize by all the way
| from 10000 to $4,000 votes, according to
the character and line-up Of the cam
| paign on state issues. But if they really
want to make an effort to win, and spend
| their campaign energies to some purpose,
| they must nominate some man who can
get a big slice of the republican vote.
John Lind can do that, but he IS going
to run for congress or nothing. No other
man inside the democratic ranks can draw
republican votes to any extent.
Zif oc,,t1,t loo he, *
! talking the thing over 1t is understood
that John Lind himself has been con-
suited, and that he has expressed the
/ opinion that it would be wise to nominate
a liberal republican," That is supposed
to mean; a republican who can indorse a
! cleverly constructed platform on state is
sues, and keep still on national politics.
| posing as a Roosevelt man.
Such a candidate would make a better
fight than strafght-out democrat, who
would have the support of the democratic
national ticket and denounce President
Roosevelt. The leaders know Minnesota
is for Roosevelt regardless of party lines.
and that they will have tostouch very GIN
Serly on national politics in this cam
paign. A candidate for governor who could
claim to be for Roosevelt, and yet support
the democratic platform on state issues it
is claimed, would get the straight demo-
cratic vote and some republican.
Those who are considering this plan
realize that it will be hard work to get
any strong republican to take such a
nomination. A defeated candidate in the
| republican convention might be willing
but he would be bound by the action of
the convention. No republican who eX-
pected further preferment from his own
party would take such nomination. 1t
would have to be a forlorn hope, both for
the candidate and the party
Minnesota will be entitled to twenty
four delegates to the populist national
conventions which has been called to meet
at Springfield, ILL.,, July A.. At this con-
vention the midroaders and the fusion
wings will have love feast and join in
nominating a ticket. There do not seem
to be many populists left in Minnesota,
but if the democratic presidential candi-
date. is named by the eastern or Cleveland
wing of that party a strong populist can
didate is likely to get a good many Bryan
democratic Yates in this section of the
country. Representation ins the populist
convention is based on the vote cast for
James B. Weather in 1892 before the
party was swallowed9up by fusion with
the democrats. Minnesota gave Weaver
z9,3l3 votes. The representation is al
lowed on a basis Of one delegate for each
congressional district and ones forever
II 2,oa0 votes east fora eaver. 8 $ss 525
: United States Marshal Grimshaw says
that a newspaper interview, on which
an articlesin this column yesterday was
based, made him sag too much. He has
not been told, by tfie. senators that they
want to be, %de1egates-at -large to the Chi
| cagO convention. He believes, however
that they would like to go, and would
appreciate the compliment Of a selection
! by the state convention. He feels sure
of his ground in making this statement:
5 Thomas H. Shevlin has come out in all
interview explaining the famous proxy
: incident. He says he was detained at
Toronto by an important business en-
: gagement, and, not being sure until the
last day that he would be unable to at
tend, he sent his proxy to Chairman Han
ma in order to provide for the contingency
! If he had -knoWns-thatl proxy would
, have gone into the hands of Perry Heath
he would not have sent it to the chair
: man. He would have been glad to have
sent it to Senator Nelson. Mr.. Shevlin
, is now an active candidate for delegate
at-large.
The Anoka city convention adopted a
resolution declaring "that we indorse the
firm and unyielding position at all times
taken by the Hon. r. c.. Dunn on the. So
called merger question: Now everybody
is wondering what they meant by it.
Paul A. Ewert of Pipestone will be q
: member of Attorney General Donahower's
staff after April /. The big lawyer editor
makes the announcement in this week S
issue of his paper, the Pipestone Review.
Charles B. Cheney.