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

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ises to give G. B. Buchanan the fight Of
his life for the congressional nomination.
Buchanan has tied up about three-fourths
OF the politicians of the district and as
TAR as organization goes. has all the best
OF It, He and his supporters are afraid.
however, OF q man like Brewer, who will
stir UP all the latent opposition and fan
It to 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 strug-
gle come where they will be forced to
fight him.
d 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 a quiet way thru his trusty heutenants
and friends over the state. He Is a
sixth district man himself, and takes
peculiar interest In the district. He is
said to have become rather "chummy''
with Buchanan at Washington, and to
have found the Little Falls man a useful
aid in working among the departments.
is throwing all his influence to Buchanan,
aid Is likely to do SO right along. He
realizes that the Buchanan Brewer con-
test will be a bitter one, and wants to
avoid it. According to the best infor-
nation obtainable, Senator Nelson is
himself a willing party to the kidnapping
plot. ~
The plot has, it's ramihcations 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 governorshlp,
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 sins
cere as a 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 ca
| reer in Washington and by beginning at
his age he could expect to become a.
prominent national. figure. The congress
sional office would dt in with his bust
| ness, while as governor he would be
obliged to drop his practice and make
| 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 90
unless he is kidnapped by the state
! convention. "..t
Brewers father in-law, Peter E. Han
| son. will not be a party to the kidnap-
| ping. He is satisfied to have Brewer run
| for congress, and in his own county OF
| Meeker will do his level best for the
| honor of the family. q While the genial
secretary of state protests that he is not
| a. candidate for governor, he is the reci-
| pient of 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 re-
| ceptive candidate, one who is amenable
| to an unsolicited offer from the state
convention. It is naturally a little awk-
| ward to have two candidates for governs
or in one family, even If one Is receptive
and the other doesn't want it.. 1t may
turn out case of the office seeking not
only the man, but a 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 a house
member who saw a state senator coming
in on the train Saturday evening There
Is no other evidence that senator's gath
! cred here to discuss Jthe governorshlp.
! 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 nomi-
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 to
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 a
marked change in the political atmo'
sphere would transform them from LORD
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. j ~ ~ 'T>s, t<!- T.. - = p
I Another ST. Paul business man is being
4 discussed as governorship material. G
K. Sharood, the well-known shoe manu-.
facturer, is the subject He is a Scand1-
navian who started as a poor boy anc
has worked up to business success. He
served on the state committee in 1900
and has taken an active interest in mum
: cipal politics in st. Paul, running for the
} assembly last year. If w. L. Douglas O.
Massachusetts, why not Sharood?
Charles B. Cheney.