The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-22
THE | | E SMITHS And
JOHNSONS THERE
THEY FARE WE'LL IN TIE PR
MARY ELECTION.
Four of Each Winners in the Race
And Some of Them Fooled the Wise
Ones-Newspaper Profession Has
Large Representation on the Tickets.

Primary election day was a great day
for the Smiths and the Johnsons.
we Smiths must stick together
was the slogan of the tribe, and several
OF them came under the wire, winners
Of good places.
First in order Of handing out sur,
pr1ses to an unsuspecting aggregation Of
horse candidate for the republican noml-
nation for the district bench, and man
scarcely heard of during the campaign.
1t IS safe to say that but two of the
fourteen candidates out for bench nomi-
nations on. the republican ticket paid
any attention to Mr.. Smith. One Of
these candidates was Mr.. Smith.
Al. J: Smith, reckoned by many as
having but All even chance with Assist
cured the republican nomination for
county attorney. by a margin SO wide as
to resemble chasm, thus giving great
Joy to his ieutenants, John +. Dahl and
many friends. SIS =
commissioners ID district, Andrew j.
Smith, opposed by the Voters league
and by many of his constituents in his
effort to secure denomination at the
hands of the republican party, tri-
umphed over Charles A. Hohag by a
less: .. ,4 1891 .
Riding lightly in on the wave of pros
perity which struck the Smith family,
Sherman F. Smith, whose face has not
been seen in an official capacity about
the legislative halls for four years, came
into his own again Tuesday, and will be
one of the two republican, representa-,
The day was one to be marked with a
tall, white shaft by the Johnsons also
For once denial was given the phrase
famous in song and story too much
I Johnson and the TJohnsons shared the
honrs Of the day with the Smiths. much
directory. -. ...<,<- -
First In order Of sensationaisn
came Colonel Charles W. Johnson, who
| was never a favorite with the prognos
ticators, but who was sufficiently pow
erful in his pull and personality to over
come the possible handicap. Of the sons
which made h his 4 csmpaiggn; fam H;a Hi
county treasurer is a distinct disap
pointment to Henry C. Hanke AM
Charles F. Nickels, and probably mean
his election to the office.
- Representative Lawrence johnson
won out in a. hard fight in the forty
third legislative district, where fly
good candidates sought for. two goo
positions on the republican ticket, an
johnson secured second place by wild
scratch. -, ~:
! Down in the second county commits
sioner's: district another johnson fla
was nailed to the mast and RENAME
sought to submerge It. John B: Johr
son, candidate Of the Voters leagu.
and favorite with the voters, made
successful entrance into politics by dt
, feating John P. Bliehfeldt and Ale
McCallum for. the nomination. whic
Els believed to be equivalent to an ele.
ton. !. a.. 4.@
| Last, but not least, in the list 9
99hns0ns yss e. q pb 1Ghaas2 e Eh Bso5
! er and G. F. E. Peterson was chose
by the republicans to take a place Q
2 the board of park commissioners.
. The newspaper profession was ais
5 represented among the winners as
6 has seldom If ever been represented b
y fore. = Colonel Johnson, republica
! nominee for county treasurer, is an oil
4 time newspaper man; Carl Wallace
the Pioneer Press farces,. was one {
4 third legislative district; Platt =.
g Walker, Jr., handspring Of the Missi
6 sippi Valley Lumberman, succeeds A
8 derman. Fred Powers as republican E
g derman from the eighth ward; JAG,
3 S. Lawrence of the Tribune forces, WI
i a magnificent victory in the mad p,
8 for place among the democratic nomin
g tions for park commissioners; Fred
~ Wheaton, editor Of the Pythian ADV
q cate, won the democratic nominate
: for clerk of the district court witho
an effort; "Joe' Mannix, whose mai
Il is household word in Minneapolis, a.
g who, in a way, is regarded as the pat
* arch Of the newspaper flock, easily:
81 cured second place among the 70
10 winners who were chosen from an al
" field by the republican voters of t
O. forty-frst legislative district. =,