The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-14
BUCHANAN FACES
DEFEAT In SIXTH
Continued From First Page,

Htical asset, tho supposed to keep out
OF the game,
Lindbergh' q organization Ia volunteer.
but 1t has been we'll perfected and ID
dong hard work in every county. troul
present indications they will score ma
Jorities for Lindbergh in all but three
and possibly four counties. Lindbergn
Is practically certain, from conservative
advices, to carry seven Of the twelve
counties, and ought to carry nine. '"
buchanan will carry Cass, where his
work for the land office has made HIM
solid. The vote there will not be over.
Whelmlng, however. Hubbard Is (,
to be rather close, but the indications
favor Lindbergh. The people there are
stirred on the timber trespass business,
which is one of Buchanan s weak points.
About all the workers in Wadena
favor Buchanan, and while the ground
swell may bring surprise, the county
Will probably go to Buchanan by mar
row margin. .~~ --
Grow Wing county is in the balance.
AS far as surface indications 90 Buck
man has all the best of it, but so he did
two years ago, when the silent vote
gave Foster a plurality of 276. The po-
htical fences have been fixed there in
nice shape, but the popular feeling is
adverse TO the congressman.
Morrison is going to be close. 1t is
the home of both candidates, and local
influences will determine. Fuller is the
political boss of the county, and is
working hard to hold it. He has at
tackled Lindbergh because he has acted
as attorney in the foreclosure of mort
cages, so working on the prejudice of
men with mortgaged land. The people
of the county know Buchanan well.
however, and they are likely to give Z
the other man the best of it in their
votes.
Politicians VS.. Farmers.
Todd is another county where the
politicians are mainly for Buchanan, but
the farmers report that the country dis
trlcts there are going strong for Lind
bergh, and. the county is pretty sure
to give the latter a good margin. Sen
ator Wood is leading the fight for Lind
bergh, while w. E. Lee is supporting
Buchanan. -.....,.. -,
Douglas county is naturally against
Buchanan. The farmers there are we'll
inclined toward Lindbergh. Kohl and
the Buchanan lieutenants have been
working hard, but Lindbergh got busy
in Douglas county this week, and the
indications there now are that he will
carry the county by comfortable mar
gin Senator Nelson's influence has
been strong for Buchanan, but Senator
Ward is not Buchanan man. G.. J.
Gunderson. the unopposed candidate for
the senate, has been one of Lindbergh s
best workers, and E. E. McCrea of the
Post-News at Alexandria is working
hard for him. One of the odd incidents
of the campaign is the hot partizanship
Of the Alexandria Citizen for Buchanan
1t is democratic paper and has al
ways fought him before. Now it is be-
ing gravely quoted all over the district
by the Buchanan organs.
AS to stearns.
Stearns county has never been friend
ly to Buchanan, who fought Judge Col
Inns nomination for governor, and has
always opposed st. Cloud in politics.
man, but St iment is against him, and
the county will probably stand two to
one for Lindbergh. The danger to Lind
bergh is that the republican vote will
be very light. There is fierce con-
test on among the democrats for the
county Offices, and no republican con-
test except in the city of St. Cloud over
the senatorship.
c. F. Macdonald, Fred Schilplin.
Frank Zins and the other leaders Of the
faction that has dominated, are on one
side with the st. Cloud Times and the
NOrdstern. James R. Bennett, Jr., with
the Hearst faction and die Anzeiger
have ticket and are trying to win the
county officers as they carried the re-
will drag it's republican friends in to
vote the democratic primary ticket, and
outside of st. Cloud the republican vote
is bound to be very light:
Benton county will be fairly close but
Lindberg is believed to be in the lead
there beyond question.
Sherburne is certain for Lindberg.
T1,n,.o l. r~%o IL Il
plurality of 200 or more will prob
ably be registered against Buchanan.
Wright county is a Buchanan strong
hold, due to the activity Of "Bert''
Oakley and Postmaster Lampson of
Buffalo. There is good deal Of adj
verse feeling but Lindbergh s campaign
has not been handled very skilfully,
and it is complicated with local fights.
Buchanan seems certain to carry the
900 plurality two years ago. He will
do well to get 400 there. ~. = - .....
Meeker county went for Foster, the
home candidate, in both other contests.
This tine Peter S. E. Han Hansen and tie
Brewer into the Buchanan camp, and
Buchanan is claiming the county. The
best advices, however, are that Lind
bergh will carry the county by a fair
margin. ~ -
The nationality proposition enters
into the contest somewhat. Lindbergh IS
a native of Stearns county, but of
Swedish parentage. There are many
Swedish republicans in every county
Of the sixth, especially in Meeker,
Sherburne, Douglas and Crow Wing.
" They are generally disposed to support
Lindbergh. 1t will unquestionablyy be
better for the repub lican state ticket
if Lindbergh is nominated. The Swed-
ish republicans feel sighted in the
makeup Of the ticket, and if Lindbergh
wins they will be much better salts
fed. in the sixth district at least. x
The Vote in Past Campaigns.
The pluralities scored in the other
primary fights in the present sixth dis
trict are shown in the following table: