The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-14
MINNESOTA POLITICS

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Free Transportation a Dangerous Factor
IN the Contest for Governor-Law Pro-
| posed Allowing Delegates Mileage and
| Per Dlem-conventIons Of the Week
State OFFICIALS Out for Dunn.
Free transportation is one of the worst
forms Of bribery said well-known re-
publican politician the other day in dis
cussing the governorship contest. Men
VINO cannot be bought for five cents, or
1or $4,000, will take a railroad pass from
candidate, and think no harm in it,
Having taken it, they will feel themselves
ungrateful If they do not vote for him. 1t
mas always been an evil in this state, and
will be as long as the railroads take an in
terest in politics. They are deeply inter
ested this year. Officials Of our greatest
system Of railroads make no secret Of the
TACT that they are going to take an active
hand, and that money and transportation
will be placed lavishly in an effort to
nominate their choice as candidate for
governor.
1T costs delegates from some of the re-
mote counties Of the state no less than $40
to come down to the twin cities for con-
Ventlon. The expense will be greater II
the convention is held in Duluth, as the
officials Of the railroad have referred to
would like to see. A free ticket to the con-
ventlon means a good deal in such cases,
and many men feel that they cannot afford
to attend and pay their way. Free trans
portation will be used this year, and am
afraid it will influence a good many
| votes.
Cali this is wrong There is onlv one
remedy that think Of. That is a law by
which the state will undertake to pay the
expenses Of delegates to the nominating
! conventions of parties casting a sufficient
number Of votes. Let the state pay each
i delegate six cents mile, for instance, and
So day for attending the conventions
Delegates should be as impartial as Jurors.
and such a law, coupled with another law
forb1dd1ng them to accept passes would
make them so. There is such a statute
In Arizona, I understand, and I think it
would work well in Minnesota"
one Of the eighty-thre counties in the
state will have a republican convention
Tomorrow, to select delegates to district
and state conventions. Primaries for most
Of these conventions were held Saturday.
but many will be held this afternoon and
evening.
One district convention will be held to-
morrow In the fifth district the delegates
elected for the Hennepin county conyen-
ton Will also serve as delegates to the
district convention, which will meet as
soon as the other has adjourned
Seven district conventions will convene
} Wednesday morning, as follows: First
district, at Rochester,; second district, at
i Mankato; third district, at Faribault:
fourth district, at st. Paul; sixth district,
I at Little Falls; eighth district, at Duluth;
ninth district, at Crookston These will
be the only district conventions held this
summer and the first in four years. and
congressional politics will doubtless be a
l feature at the gatherings. The seventh
i district will not meet until March %, at
Ortonville.
The state convention. to select dele
gates at large to the national convention,
l will meet at the Bijou theater, in Mime
apolis, Thursday morning.
Following is list of the candidates
who have been placed in the field for
district delegates in the eight districts
outside Hennepin, where the battle Is on
this evening:
First District-E. B. Collester, waseca;
!: John M Rowley, Rochester,; r. E. Shep-
herd, Austin; J. M Diment Owatonna
Second District-George W. Somerville
Il Sleepy Eye; Gustaf Widell, Mankato: 3d.
T. Smith, Lakef1eld; H. c. Grass, Slayton;
Fred Humiston, Worthirgton.
| Third District-W. w. Sivright Hutch
inson; c. A. johnson, st. Peter DR.. J. A.
Gates, Kenyon; Jens K. Grondahl, Red
. Wing.
/ Fourth District-F G. Rogers. F. B.
Kellogg, G. w. Walbloom, ST. Paul, and
P. II. Stolberg, Harris.
: Sixth District-Frank A. Rice Parl,
Rapids; John King, Walker; Frank T.
White, Elk River
Seventh District. o. Thorpe, willmar;
E. J. Jones, Morris; c. A. Young, Tracy;
M. j. Bowling, Olivia; DR.. A. G. Stod.
dard, Fairfax
Eighth District. B. Cotton, Duluth;
H. F. Barker, Cambridge; G. S. Pease
! Anoka; c. P. De Laittre, Aitkin.
Ninth District-A. D. Stephens. Crook.
ston; A. B. Cole, Fergus Falls; Howard
Dykeman, Breckenridge; Amos Marckel
=, Perham.
Two of Governor Van SAINTS appointees
have come out for Dunn. They are Ad-
jutant General e. D. Libbey and Insurance
! Commissioner e. H. Dearth, both of st
Paul. Neither Of these gentlemen has
!, ever been very active in politics, anc
= their declarations at this time look az
! tho the managers Of the Princeton mar
: were calling on the reserves in he
D roic effort to keep the band wagon going
!. Dearth has been Dunn man for a Ions
time, but according to the Mankato Free
: Press. the adjutant generals conversion 1.
t OF recent date. The Free Press SAYS:
Adjutant General 2Libbey has FINAL,
. landed In the Dunn enclosure and the rea
, son therefor ought not to be hard to find
t Only about a week ago General Libbe,
i was in Mankato and stated to several gen
v tlemen here that he was for Collins 70
S governor and it had all along been under
t stood that his sympathies were with Col
t Inns candidacy. Be it said to tn
: credit of Judge Collins that he has giye1
t no pledges for office and If nominated. a
t he no doubt will be, he will assume tn
: duties of governor with no outstandin
,, PLEDGES tn hammer and ~,
r positions under his administration wit
d the very best men that can be chosen
: The Henderson Independent saws:
The country press has endorsed tn
q movement to induce Judge Jaggard Q
J. Ramsey county to become q candidate 10
q the supreme bench with a unanimity 70
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