The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-01
JONES' OPPONENTS
OVERLOOK POINTS
UNUSUAL CONDITIONS OF LAST
+ CAMPAIGN NO LONGER EXIST
A. M. Geesaman, Mayors Manager,
Calls Attention to Fact That His
Vote-Getting Ability Was Put to
Test Two Years Ago and Abundantly
Proved His Standing With Voters.

One feature Of the opposition cam.
paign to Mayor D. P. Jones that is
considered as good as a fresh comic.
opera joke is the continued assertion
that the mayor is not vote getter and
that he cannot be elected this fall. In
reply to all these statements A. NJ
Geesaman, manager Of the Jones cam.
palgn, merely suggests that the takers
wait until Sept. Is and again until cleo.
ton day before talking too loud.
How Votes Stood.
The curious part Of this charge
against the mayor is that it comes
from the supporters Of DR.. .. G. Will.
spite of the fact that Mayor Jones de.
feated DR.. Williams for the nomina,
ton two years ago by a wide margin
about 1900 votes, in what was prac-
tically three-cornered fight, and tho
there were six candidates, the Williams
workers are urging his nomination over
Mayor Jones on the ground that he is
a better vote getter, and would be sure
of election. TO make this talk at all
attractive to good republicans the Will
Hams orators are appealing to the i'm
portance of the party's retaining the
city organization and are saying no,
Jones. These are not discussed except
behind the closed doors of the head.
quarters where only the plotters may
hear exactly how the opposition feels.
Some Campaign Facts. 81,
Speaking of the larger campaign that
is to come after the primaries when
the fight will be between the nominees
Of the republican and democratic par
ties, Mr.. Geesaman, manager of the
mayors campaign, said today:
IT notice that certain platform
speakers and street corner orators fol-
the opposition are using the argument
that while he has made fine record
as mayor, is good man, an honor
able citizen, and all that, the republi
can party cannot reflect him this fall
it he is nominated.
They refer to the fact that he was
elected two years ago by narrow
margin of about $50 votes and claim,
that there are thousands Of men who
voted for him then who will not do so
now. The men who are advancing this
argument and who are advising The
republican voters of this city as to theii1
duty are led by a trio Of hired speakers
whose repubEcanism is Of too recent
date to entitle them to lead in the
party council.
Conditions Change.
"Mayor Jones was, it is true, elected
two years ago by a narrow margin, but
it was under party conditions we'll
known to everybody and conditions
that do not exist in any degree today.
And even in the face of those condi-
tions he defeated strong and popular
democratic candidate and overturned an
adverse majority of 5,8S9, by which
that same candidate was elected in
1902. sy.-.,
GAS to- the thousands who voted FOR
him two years ago who will not SO
now there are other thousands who
did not vote for Mr.. Jones then who
are daily coming out in the open for
him this year, after his two years of
splendid accomplishment. AS a lifelong
republican I must protest against the
imputation that the party with its
splendid history will suffer by anything
that Mayor Jones has done during his
term or that it will reverse itself by
sacrificing a man who has stood fol
what he believes is right, and what Is
admitted on all sides, even by his
opponents, to have been right.''