The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-24


ises to give G. B. Buchanan the fight Of
his life for the congressional nomination.
BucKnan mas tied up about three -fourths
OF the politicians of the district. and as
Tar as organization goes; has all the best |
Of 1t. He and his supporters are afraid. |
however, OF man like Brewer, who will
stir up all the latent opposition and fan
It to q flame. The danger to Buchanan is |
that public sentiment Of the district will
be aroused and sweep him out of office,
regardless of postmasters and their best
efforts. Some OF the Buchanan men,
especially In st. Cloud, are old-time per-
sonal friends and political allies of Brow
er's, and they don't want to see a strug
gle come where they will be forced to
fight him. Ed
A big factor in the situation is Knute
Nelson. The senior senator Is not OBJ
trusive in state politics, except In the
heat Of state campaign. Just the
same, he exercises the strongest influence
in quiet way thru his trusty lieutenants
and friends over the state. He is a
sixth district man himself, and takes a
peculiar interest in the district. He is
said to have become rather schummy"
with Buchanan at Washington and to
have found the Little Falls man useful
aid In working among the departments.
For that reason, and perhaps others, he
Is throwing all his influence to Buchanan
aid Is likely to do SO right along. He
realizes that the Buclkman-BroWer con-
test will be a bitter one, and wants to
avoid it. According to the best infor-
nation obtainable, Senator Nelson is
himself willing party to the kidnapping
plot. -.ai
The plot has it's ramifcations outside
the sixth district, and some hard mission
airy work is being done in other parts of
the state. Brewers name Is dropped
into every discussion of the governorship,
with the hope of sowing seed that will
spring up into Brewer delegations from
every direction next year All this talk
has kept alive the idea that Brewer is
himself candidate for governor, but
| that is entirely wrong. Brewer is sin>
cere as man can be in his desire to run
| for congress, and his aversion for the
| governorship. AS already stated IN this
| column, Brewer has ambitions for a ca
reer in Washington, and by beginning at
| his age he could expect to become
| prominent national figure. The congress
sional office would fit in with his bust
| ness, while as governor he would be
obliged to drop his practice and make a
financial sacrifice to hold the office He
has stood the hardest kind of pounding
| from the before mentioned friends, and
has resisted all their efforts to change his
mind. He has stated f1at-footed that he
! will run for congress, and so he will do
unless he is kidnapped by the state
! convention. -, :i'
Brewers father n-law, Peter E. Han
son, will not be a party to the kldnap-
ping. He is satisfied to have Brewer run
for congress, and in his own county OF
| Meeker will do his level best for the
/ ~ he 20 i1yy T.!
secretary of state protests that he is not
a, candidate for governor, he is the reci-
pient of a good many urgings, and has
been known to say that if the party
wants him he will not refuse to heed the
| call. He is therefore regarded as a re-
| ceptive candidate, one who is amenable
to an unsolicited offer from the state
convention. 1t is naturally little awk-
ward to have two candidates for govern
or in one family, even IL one Is receptive
and the other doesn't want it.. 1t may
turn out a case of the office seeking not
only the man, but whole family.
There was fairy tale printed about a
Sunday conference Of state senators in
Minneapolis The only apparent foun-
dalton for it is the gossip of house
member who saw a state senator coming
in on the train Saturday evening. There
Is no other evidence that sena tors gath
cred here to discuss sthe governorship .
However, there is a coterie of senators,
"pals' after two sessions together, who
pull closely together and are keeping In
!, touch with the state situation. They
are anxious to pick a. winner and nom1-
: nate him, which will of course make
them all strong at the capitol. The choice
Of this group seems to be Samuel Lord
but they are believed to be ready tc
, switch if Lords candidacy fails to take
with proper enthusiasm, and the Brewer
missionaries have been working among
them. Brewer is not personally as
strong among the senators as Lord, but
they all know his good qualities, and e
? marked change in the political atmo'
sphere would transform them from Lore
men to Brewer men in the twinkling Of
an eye. To say that Lords candidacy Is
Dead however, is to take a good deal fol
: granted. 4 tt: g.. -. r. 4. Z
= Another st. Paul business man is beine
discussed as governorship material. J. G
K. Sharood, the well-known shoe manu-
facturer, is the subject. He Is Scand1
. navian who started as a. poor boy ane
has worked up to business success. HI
served on the state committee in 1900
and has taken an active interest in mum
cipal politics in st. Paul; running for thu
e assembly last year. If W. L. Douglas o
Massachusetts,, why not Sharood?
Charles B. Cheney.