The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-12
Minnesota l olitics
Ramsey County oruanlxatIon TO Choose
Between +. O. Warner for Railroad
comfnlssIoner ard Walter e. Lemon
for Clerk Of Supreme court-odIn Hal
den Looking Over the Field.

b The Ramsey county kids are in ear
nest about going after a state Office next
year, but there Is conflict Of ambi-s
lions among them that will have to be
settled. Within a few days a meeting
OF the leading men in the county organ
ization will be held to decide whether
Fenton G. Warner Is to be brought out
for railroad commissioner, or Walter 3.
Lemon for clerk Of the supreme court.
Both men have been active in the
young mems organization, which over
turned the rule of the ''big FOUR and
carried the county last year for Collins.
They are decidedly on top now In the
republican ranks Of st. Paul and Ram
sey county, and the organization is de-
termined to go after a state office and
show that it is good for something out
side the county. Warner and Lemon are
TRENDS, and most Of their friends are
mutual, but both are ambitious, and 1t is
the desire OF, all in the Organization to
settle the affair before 1t goes further
and disrupts their forces
Lemons friends claim that during the
postoHtee fight the solid Endorsement of
the organization was secured for Warner
win the understanding that he would not
stand IN Lemons way for a state office.
warner denies this, and says that the
only understanding was that in case he
| landed he would support Lemons ambt-
| lions. Oar Reese and others Of the .'old
guard contingent are said to favor
Lemon rather than Warner, who up to
date has been the strongest man In the
| kid organization Unless an agree
ment is reached there will be a lively
civil war in the Ramsey organization.
The question has a bearing on the gov
ernorsh1p. II Warner is brought out for
railroad commissioner, he will be in OBJ
position to G. F. Staples, and it will be
to his interest to get Staples out of the
way. The Staples boom for governor
would IN that case get substantial sup
| port from Ramsey county and from War
ner's numerous friends outside.
| Il Staples wants re-election to his
present position he will be hard man to
dislodge. He has not made much dis
turbance during his five years in the
! office, but he has been generally consid-
cred safe man for. the peoples inter-
ests 2S @s.
t The other horn OF the dilemma is not
much easier Lemon would have hard
/ fight to beat out G. "A. Pidgeon, who Is
ending his first term, as clerk OF the SUI
preme court. reelection is usually
granted, and as Pidgeon has made a sat
1sfactory official and is popular person
ally, he will be a strong man In the con-
vention. 81
i F. G. Warner was state oil inspector
for two years under Van SAINT and SUI
perv1sor OF the census for, Ramsey
county last summer. He was a candidate
recently for the st. Paul postofice and
was backed strongly by the local organ
fzation. He has been chairman Of the
county committee, and was a Collins mar
last year, but, after the convention
joined the forces Of Jim Martin ane
worked for Dunn.
- Lemon has bean . ronyoI>r - L. -,
islature two terms, and was Martin.
lieutenant last year in. the Ramse,
county fight. Ne
4 The Ramsey county. workers are. de
termined to keep the goyernorshin o,,
4 next year At least they will not uer
NIT the county to be, torn up as it was /,
dso4, ana ~ i this If respect the Hennepil
e e6e H Tepnp31faR leaders agree evttl
candidates 45r s Ss o fass 9 b,9t Or NOR
event there wifi 7bee rs disposition to ner
nit g fierce local fight between Z. tsid
candidates for governor. 5.s' 49,.
: The friends Of W. B. Douglas Are are dotn,
some quiet but effective work. and nav
developed considerable sentiment favor
> able to the former attorney general an,
: supreme court Justice as a governorshi
q S--ANe1SO' OuOS6 DOuSldS himself ha
taken no hand in the proceedings to date
: and 1t is not known whether he desire
: to run. The Douglas boomers are call
, Ing attention to the fact that in tw
, elections he led the state ticket by 500
votes, and that his course in the merge
: cases and In other litigation for the stat
0 has made him strong with the people
Odin Halden Of Duluth is looking owe
t the state field with a view to running 70
8 state auditor again. He will have n
{ trouble In getting his home delegation
he decides to run, but in 1902 he had
{ demonstration Of how hard it is for a s.
s Louis county man to get delegates fro1
!, the rural counties. He came out thir
. IN the three-cornered fight that year. H
I is investigating to see how much disa4
L fection there is against Iverson, and
n ne sees good chance Of winning, wi
announce his candidacy BEFORE man
weeks. Charles B. Cheney.
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