Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-07-29
HAY FEVER AND FISHING.

HAY FEVER AND FISHING.
A New York Tribune Correspondent
Discovers that Both Senator Nelson
i and Governor johnson Of Minnesota
Have "coId Feet" IA
A Washington correspondent sends
the New York Tribune bit of gossip
about the effect the strained relations
between Norway and Sweden on that
pair of distinguished and ordinarily
very bold and clannish statesman,
Senator Nelson and Governor Johnson
Of Minnesota, as follows: -.
"The strained relations Of Sweden
and Norway have operated to create
a peculiar political situation in those
Northwestern states where there is a
large Scandinavian vote. This is
particularly true Of Minnesota and
Wisconsin, where from Is to IS per
cent of the population is either
Swedish or Norwegian. Minnesota
politicians are especially perplexed
over the existing conditions.
Governor Johnson Of that state is
Swede and a democrat. Senator
kunte Nelson the senior member in
the upper house of congress Is a
Norwegian and a republicans the
scandinavian vote is divided about
eqnaliy between the two races.
|. I'm the last two weeks there have
been held numerous meetings in
Minnesota and Wisconsin, chiefly by
NorWegians, with the purpose of in
ducing the president to exert his
powerful influence In international
politics in favor Of Norway, now strug-
Cling for recognition as an independ.
ent nation. On the other hand, some
Swedish meetings have been held for
the purpose of lending announcement
and support to King Oscar. Resolu-
lions have been adopted on both sides,
though the most striking features
have been the invariable absence of
senator Nelson and Governor John
son. The continued failure of these
men to take part in meetings Of such
vital interest to their constituents and
countrymen has been widely COM
mented upon. Earnest efforts have
been made to induce them to ally
themselves with the factions which
they represent respectively, but with
out avail. The most pressing invita-
tons have thus far met with the in
variable replies that Senator Nelson
has gone fishing, no one seems IN
know where, and that Governor john
Son is suffering from an aggravated
attack of hay fever:
"The Norwegians of Minnesota are
particularly anxious to have their side
OF the controversy presented to the
president by some recognized Scandi-
navian leader like Senator Nelson.
who could clearly and accurately set
forth the reasons which actuate his
fellow coutrymen here and abroad.
and they appreciate, moreover, that
whatever might be ACCOMPLISHED in
this way their memorials to the presi-
dent are bound to be futile without
the support of the senior senator from
their state, especially if he happens to-
be Norwegian. They, it is reported ;
are convinced that the president
would welcome some expression of
opinion and a fair presentation of the
situation from some leading Scandi-
navian, and they we'll know that such
a presentation would do more than
can possibly be accomplished by
means of the numerous resolutions
they have adopted.
| The resolutions so far framed gen
orally recite that under a consular
system which provides that only
Swedes shall represent both countries,
Norway must inevitably suffer. They
further set forth that Sweden is levy
Ing undue tribute on the Norwegian
fishermen, and conclude with pre-
sentation of the situation in such light
as to convey the idea that the auto
nomous character of the Norwegian
government makes it entirely feasible
Tor Norway now to take that final
step which will accomplish the COM
plete independence for which her peo-
pie have been striving for hundred
years. Recent reports to the effect
that Germany is flirting with Sweden
have added to the intensity with
which the Norwegians hope for recog-
milton. from the United States.
/; "The international situation is a de-
| cidedly interesting one, but the politi-
cal situation in the Northwest, and
particularly in Minnesota, is even
more SO. There IS no telling how it
Will work out. It is reported here, on
trustworthy authority, that the hope
1of the Scandinayians Tint tba;r