The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-12

JUDICIAL Results SurPrlslng-Sore Dunn
Supporters Making Threats-EustIs
Doomed for Next NomInatlon--R Results
in Rice County.
Primary election reform will be one Of
the most important subjects for the con-
stderation of the next legislature There
Will be many projects for amendment Of
the law, but the most important PROPOSE
ton is to apply it to the nomination Of
state officers 81 a
There Is sentiment in favor of nominal
ing candidates for governor by the direct
primary, and after thes experience of last
summer some change is sure to be made.
However, there seems to be majority
opinion opposed to abolishing state con-.
ventions. # conventions can be safe
guarded against the abuses which pre-
vailed last June, then the objections can
pc met. It has been suggested that pre-
cinct delegates be elected at regular
primary, presided over by the regular
election judges, SO as to remove the
cholce OF delegates from any possibility
OF contest. This would require both par
ties to hold caucuses and conventions at
the same time. which would. hardly suit
the democrats. but they may have to take
some such law and make the best Of it.
"a VIII the present state committee, COM
posed almost entirely Of Dunn men, de-
eide to penalize the counties which cut
the republican candidate for governor?
The committee will issue, the call for the
next state convention and will decide
| how the apportionment is to be based. It
is usual to base it on the presidential
vote, especially just after the presiden-
tial election This year the presidential
vote was taken, altho 1t was cast four
years ago. If the committee decided to
take instead the vote, for governor it
would cut down apportionnent in the
twin cities and southern Minnesota, to
the advantage Of northern counties. Such
an act would create feeling in the coun-
ties losing representation, and would not
be the polite thing to do. The question
| Is whether the committee as now consti-
tuted will care to do the polite thing.
The two outside judicial contests both
furnish surprises. The defeat of Judge
Caldwell by P. w Morrison, republican,
in democratic district, was hardly
| looked for. Morrison was strong, how
ever, in the entire district, and carried
Carver by a big vote, while LIE Sueur,
the home of Judge CALDWELL, was close.
In the seventh district John W., Mason
was picked to defeat Judge Baxter, who
was handicapped by t the candidacy of
Valentine as a democrat. Judge Baxter
long acquaintance In the district brought
| him heavy vote, and he carried some of
the republican counties. Valentine got
surprisingly large vote, but Baxter did
not seem to suffer much. by it. rs.
Among the more rabid Dunn men
threats are being made of turning the ia
bles and helping to re-e1ect johnson two
years from now. That sort Of talk is nat
ural while singing with the disappoint
| ment of defeat, but, it will not meet with
much popular sympathy, and will be apt
to die out inside Of two years. The YER
dict Of the election was too emphatic to
justify much talk Of retaliation.
A sample of the talk going round is
4 this from the Preston Times:
I. Those who have been fooled will find this
out during the next two years and may resent
! the imposition by perpetuating Mr.. johnson ii
the governors chair for still another term
while many Of Mr.. ~iDunn's friends might coz
| clude that inasmuch1 as Mr.. johnson was goot
enough in 1904 he will dos in 1906 ~sf$a!~s.
| T. J. Meighen, who was the populist
candidate for governor. two years ago
rendered distinguished services to Dunr
in the late campaign and lowing to the
populists, who followed his lead the Dunr
plurality in Fillmore county was much
able talking for Dunn, but since election
says that what he was after was to, de
feat johnson in order to bring the demo
Gratis to their senses,' so they woult
make some concessions to the populist
hereafter. Ill., a y&s.-, .*.+ a@..'
The Blue Earth Register is getting
some satisfaction out Of < the results III
Faribault county, where normal repub
lican majority of 1000 was cut down tt
less than $50. The Register says: "
They Told Us Lot of Things.
4 They told us that all the soreheads were ii
Blue Earth. isE; .srF.r: Il 4. .ss,s- I. r s n
They told us we were making the noise blu
they would have the. votes. y. - = ( 80
They told us that the farmers would be soil
for Dunn. =
T. They told us this was Dunn county befor
the convention. &
} They told us Faribault county would Civ
Dunn not less than 300. 80
They told us the public examiners report wa
all false; evidently the people did not think SC
!, iou can fool some Of the people all the time
and all the people some Of the time, but 20
can't fool all the people all the time.
| You can always depend upon the people t
vote right, when they have the facts presente
to them &C.
1t seems trife early to start the mex
state campaign, but the Heron LAX
=
+ favor of VIM. H. Eustis for governor Il
1906. predicting that if the party gets to
gether and dominates him he viii Wi
easily. + t.,$ssr 49,
It certainly would seem good "hunch
5 to consult the wishes of Hennepin count
for once. Two years ago the county wa
satisfied, and gave the republican candi
, date for governor nearly 1000. This yea
the county was DISTINGUISHED and insult
ed, and the voters handed it, to the re
! publican candidate to the tune of 800
or so.
: Dunn seems to have fallen between tw
stools in Rice county. Before the stat
: convention Faribault was against him be
. cause of friendship to Clapp and opposi
ton to Heatwole. When Heatwole wa
turned down Mortified became anti
t Dunn, but Faribault did not seem bi
: / pleased, and tho the Dunn campaign wa
put In the hands Of the former Collin
5 leader, the Faribault vote was an awfl
rap at Dunn. $
Faribault stood: Dunn. 1875; johnson
t 952. ..
: Northfeld voted: Dunn, 224; johnson
465. vi ~
If Heatwole had not been there to vot
!, for Dunn, it would have been still worse
t The Faribault Republican, which u
anti-HeatWole has dug up one Of thos
(pre-conventfon denials in the Mortified
t News, and calls attention to its disagree
v ment with Mr.. Heatwole's present pos
ton. In the issue Of April 80 the New
said:
y R. c. Dunn says that he has not entered In
a plan to defeat Senator Clapp. From what v