The Saint Paul globe., 1904-09-15
WILL PUT GINGER
IN THE CAMPAIGN
Democratic scutivc Commit
tee to Meet This Forenoon
and Discuss Plans

Democratic leaders are gathering in
ST. Paul for meeting of the execu
tive committee of the Democratic
state central committee, called for IL
o'clock this morning at the state head
quarters in the Gnfillan block. The
purpose of the meeting is to discuss
the general plan of the campaign to
be actively inaugurated throughout the
state Immediately after the primary
election on Tuesday of next week.
John A. Johnson, of St. Peter, and
the other candidates on the state tick
ct have been invited to attend the
meeting, and a number of the candi-
dates will be present. Mr.. Johnson
was at, Minneapolis last night and will
meet with his committee today.
The committee will consider and
practically determine the lines along
which the fight will be made before
the people this fall, and there is n
strong sentiment for an aggressive
campaign that will propose issues
which will put the Republican state
organization on the defensive
Campaign Will Be Vigorous
IF 1 have anything to say in deter
mining the issues on which the fight
will be made, it will be no ladylike
ecutive committee yesterday and a
number of leading Democrats who
were in the state headquarters at the
time supplemented his view of the sit
uation by making suggestions of
points of Vuinerabiiity of the Repub-
Hcan candidate for governor, candi-
dates for the supreme court, railroad
and warehouse commissioner and lieu
tenant governor
While the executive committee,
meeting with the candidates, will dis
cuss the situation and the require
ments Of the campaign, it is fore
gone conclusion that the state cam
paign of 1904 will be fought out along
state lines and that in some respects
1t will be a repetition of the famous
LiHd-Eustis campaign, so successfully
managed to victory by L. A. Rosing,
of Cannon Falls, now chairman of the
executive committee of the state cen
trail committee.
T. t. Hudson, of Duluth, national
committeeman for Minnesota, and Bert
Fesler, one of the members at large
OF the executive committee, arrived in
ST. Paul last night to attend the meet
1ng of the committee today. Mr.. Hud-
81 is regarded as one of the most
81 pful and successful of the Demo-
CT ic leaders of the state, but is not
given to telling the plans of the ma
tlonai committee from the houSetopS.
he is IN constant communication
with the national committee, and says
that Thomas Taggart, Of Indiana, the
national chairman. can be depended
upon to make the best fight possible.
While admitting that there are some
criticisms in New York of the appar-
ent Slowness of the national commit
tee in opening the fight, Mr.. Hudson
said last night that his acquaintance
with Chairman Taggart led him to the
belief that the delay is made for a
purpose which will be developed to the
Democrats all over the nation within
the next days.
81 was much impressed with Mr..
Taggart's abilities when 1 first met
him at st. Lodis,'' Mr. Hudson said
last night. "and if the executive COM
mittee of the national committee will
give him a free rein I have every con-
f1dence that, with true Western enter
prise, he will make good in the cam
paign.''
Mr.. Hudson reports very quiet pri-
mary election campaign on at the head
of the lakes, but says that he expects
members of his party to become ac-
lively interested in the campaign when
the nominations have all been settled.
He says Democrats are thoroughly
united for the state and national tick
cts.