The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-12


"A committee of Otter Tail county re-
publicans has organized for the avowed
purpose OF preventing democrats and
popul!sts from voting at the primaries as
republicans Several pOpulists have filed
on the republican primary. ballot, and if
all their former populist friends get a
chance to vote for them. they are likely
to be nominated.
For the purpose of Throwing a scare
and preventing the wholesale voting of
former populists and democrats, it has
been given out by this committee that
voters are in danger of going to Jail if
they cast a ballot at the primaries for a
party they did not support two years ago.
There does, not seem to be anything in
the direct primary. law to bear this out.
The voter can swear in his vote, and the
only way to punish him is to rrove that
he committed perjury. This is hard
matter, since under the Australian ballot
no one can prove what ticket a man voted
at the previous election. =
This party switching is one of the de-
fects Of the present law, which lawmakers
have studied without success to correct
It is often done on a large. scale. In
strong republican,; counties where the
democrats have no contests of their own
they are apt to take@a hand in making re-
=: The: fumor has: gone abroad in Mime
apolis, that democrats in the republican
wards intend. voting the republican pri-
mary ticket in large numbers, in order
to have some influence in selecting alder
men, legislative candidates, etc. 1t is also
reported that many OF these democrats in
| tend voting for Ames for congress- to
get him nominated: This is with the
double object of loading down the republi-
| can ballot and of making the primary
law ridiculous. There is no evidence that
there is any concerted move to do this.
The Dawson Sentinel, one of the repub-
lican journals refusing to support the
head of the ticket, says:
| John, A. johnson will carry Lac oui Parle
county by about 800 majority, and we are .reli-
ably informed that Yellow. Medicine county and
these counties are all solidly republican, too
Our, estinate Of Uac3 obi parle county is ar
rived at after I'd scarefuI review Of the situation
bya conservative men, - y*r~=yEv,t.: =, 49,
The. Morton Enterprise says:
If the fool friends Of Senator Clapp who are
| fighting the republican candidate for governor
had just little Of the commonest kind of com
mon sense they would keep mighty quiet About
by the Austin Transcript, the Journal-Press of
st. Cloud end about dozen other Collins Clapp
papers and Clapps friends can all gather next
|
There is another side to this proposition
| The manager Of the Dunn pre-conventior
campaign is fighting Clapp openly, and sc
are all the influences he can control Dunn
| himself has failed to say that he favors
the re-election of Clapp., He has gone sc
far as to say that "Clapp will be gre-elec.
ted" but without adding any indorse.
ment Of his own. Naturally. the men who
have Clapp's interest chiefly at heart DE-
not feel especially, kind toward the. nomi.
Fnee fof%governor.: ng-%
The Browns Valley Tribune comes ou
strong on the pass question in the follow
ing: '., =. -. ...-'>. ..~.' -..-:-, r..
Turn an x-ray on the members of the Mime
sofa legislature and you will find a majority Of
them with their inside pockets lined with free
phone coupon books. Agitation against THU
system should be continued until it is made YER,
unpopular. 49, -"
The Owatonna Chronicle says
The Pioneer Press is devoting so much spac
to telling about the remarkable harmony ant
satisfaction dwelling within tile republican rank
as to the state ticket that republicans all owe
the state are. getting nervous. 49,.
/ Republicans have filed for. the lowe
house in every district of the state excep
} Scott county and the fifty-fourth district
! Stearns county. Both these districts ar
considered hepelessly democratic. Count
,, ing these two districts out, there are tw
republican candidates for every nous
seat, as 234 have filed for republican nomi
; nations, and there are only 119 hous
seats. in all. The republican district
where there are no contests are few an
far between. 49, 49,. ..-s $3.50. -
Frank M. Eddy says in his Sank Cente
Herald: j.. a. - SD. .-,s
' There are some democratic papers in this stat
/ who are whooping it up for Parker and Dunn
II we We're Bob we would take these misguide
friends out into some secluded spot, gently an
: lovingly reason with them! until we had cor
verted them from the error of their way an
then we would hit them on the head with an a
2 SO they could do no more damage.
t The Hawley Herald is opposing the re
election of Representative George e. Per
Q ley Of Moorhead because he refuses t
e commit himself to vote for county optic
q bill. That often defeated measure prom
Uses to make another appearance at til
session next winter.
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