The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-04
Minnesota Politics
Early State Convention Favored by
3. Members of State Committee for Rea:
sons Of Organization ssomervllle In
tends tosRun Tor Judge Another Du-
Iuth Man Is suggested for: Governor,

of the change would have the gathering
called as early as the middle Of May, in
stead Of the last. week, in june
The reasons advanced are in the inter-
A member Of the state committee who
favors the early convention stated his
views this: .s,Gaf
"The practice -;naest: counties last
year was to: defer naming, the county
committee till after the primary, election.
The chairman Of the county sconvention.
held inAthesz spring, WAS authorized to
name the Commute but SwaitedStill the
count Il onination awerets made ssesas to-
consult sthesWishess Of The candidates The
result Wsssthat nothing was really dong
sby locaIshe for the tate ticl1Al
till thea lask sofs IS ntepaI,e The stats,
committee had mo way until then sofs
getting IN touch with the county ofganiz=-e
ations # the county conventions were
held early, say. aboIt he 4.ast of May,
they would come before the local fights
got fairly started. ECounty committees
should be named at the time, leaving out
all men who intend to be candidates
themselves Then the work for the state
ticket could be started properly right
after the nominations were made.
'"There Is no reason to think that a
committees so selected would not deal
fairly abyl the statessticket and BY. local
candidates. In most OF the counties the:
whole fight is made at the primaries any
way, and the only need Of the county
committee is to look after the interests
ot.ah slater ticket Fer t that p ag i
should be named early " ~ 80
The Ortonville Journal says Mayor
Jones Of Minneapolis may yet be forced
into the governors chair, as the people
of Minnesota like men who do things,
and approve his manly stand in enforcing
the laws. '''s - - ~ :
| " J.. L. -Washburn, the wel1known Du-
luth attorney and resident director in the
normal school board, is suggested by the
| st: Cloud Journal=Press as suitable ma
terial for governor Mr.. Washburn has
| never been very active in politics, but is
| a. strong republican and a man Of high
ability. He is also favored in the matter
4 Of geogra phical location.
t3w.eHW. sivgight, the rotund and. jolly
machine dealer of Hutchinson, who made
many friends during his term in the state
senate, is the latest man put in. nomina :
ton for lieutenant governor We are
going to have Block and Sivright, it will
4 be necessary to make a place on the
ticket for Dan Shell, so as to give 1t the
proper weight.
/ Frank M. Eddy has been. expressing
the wish that he lived in the second dis
trict in order to meet Congressman Nc
Clearly on the stump and debate tariff
4 revision. The Mankato Free. Press re-
minds Eddy that there is nothing to pre-
vent his being a candidate against Nc
4 2Cleary. The law does not require that
a. candidate shall be a resident Of the
district he desires to represent in con-
4 gress. It is only necessary that he live
r in the same state, and it often happens
in New York city that men are elected tc
congress from districts where they, have
no residence We have more respect fol
district lines in the west, however.
J. Senator George w. somerville of Sleepy
} Eye who was in ST. Paul a short time
ago as counsel for Judge Webber in the
quo warranto proceeding before, the SUI
preme court, told his friends that he hae
decided to be candidate for distrfc
Judge in case Judge Weber retfres
tThis means that the Brown county mar
will not be factor in the contest fol
4 governor Itsalso means that with Judge
i Weber out of it, the ninth judicial dis
) trict will see a, lively contest between
y somerville and Virgil B. Seward of Mar
shall, with possibly one or two other can
81 didates to add to the interest
]. According to the Royalton Banner Their
will be something; doing In the forty
i eighth legislative district next year. A. ]
z FIalstead, editor of the Brainerd Tribune
wants to go to the state senate, ant
claims that the understanding last yea
81 was that John T. Frater would not asl
flor another term. Frater says this state
Ement is .sunauthorized. and unwarranted,
e and expects to be a candidate to succeed
himself. Charles B. Cheney.