The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21
Jones AND Haynes
END VIGOROUS WEEK
MAYORALTY CANDIDATES PUT
IN HARD BLOWS.
Dmocratic Nominee Attacks Opponent
on Efficiency Of Police and Robs
Him of Credit for Sunday Closing
Order-Confnes Efforts to Labor
Wards-Strenuous Days Ahead.

: Great activity has marked the last
week of the mayoralty campaigns Of
both Mayor Jones and James G.
hane ACTIVE s h his e open nSsg 9seaGa
ton of a week ago, speaking before
several audiences every night, the num-
Der ranging from two to four, Mayor
Jones, who took things easy for time
after the primaries, has been busy also,
but his weeks program has been hardly
For the next two weeks both will hit
only the high spots. The Auditorium
meeting of a. week ago was the. formal
opening of the present mayoralty cam
paign., r
paign to date shows that the Haynes
managers know where they are
was connfed almost entirely to the
wards known as labor wards. Mr..
Haynes made fourteen speeches during
the week, Five were in the ninth
ward which, tho nominally democratic
and with democratic aldermen, has
been a Jones stronghold, Two have
been in the democratic first. two in the
third, which is close, two in the sixth,
supposedly owned body and sould by
Lars Rand, the democratic boss and
Haynes supporter, one in the tenth,
and one in the eleventh. He addressed
another audience in the lower end OF!
the fifth ward. This is taken to. mean
in nominally democratic districts and
trust to luck to pick up enough re-
publican strength to pull him thru. He
has already admitted that he must have
republican votes to make up for the
democratic votes he does not get.
Only Two Promises.
Several features of the Haynes plat
form are generally under discussion In
republican circles After three weeks
of tramping around the town interview
ING friends as to the policy he had best
pursue to make the best appearance IN
opposing an announced law enforce,
ment candidate Mr.. Haynes announced
at the Auditorium meeting that ne,
would make two primises, and only
two. He then stirred up q hornets
nets in his party which has since been
somewhat Quoted by further CONVERSE a.
tions in private, to the effect. that i
elected he would respect public senti-
ment and keep tlfe saloons closed as
long as public sentiment demanded it..
He pledged himself, also. to certain
demands of the public ownership fac
tion Of the party.
Tho he announced at the Auditorium
he would make to the public, he came
out Thursday night and adopted an,
other Jones policy by saying that If
elected he would do all he could to
abolish public gambling. The same
evening he come out with a denial that
he or his hackers were hiring thugs 70
Friday night he came out with an
endorsement Of the entire democratic
ticket. Turnout the week he has de-
voted his attention to holding the
police department. up to ridicule and
avoided lengthy discussion OF the moral
principles involved.
Jones Fights Vigorously.
The Jones activity Of the week has
resulted in a gain in strength and con-
fdence among the republicans and sup
porters of the policies for which Mayor
Jones stands. The mayor has refused
opposition, but has stuck to his cam
paign policies that are thoroly known
as a result Of the primary campaign.
He has emphasized, moreover, that he
homes in the coming term to be able to
devote his time to bigger things for the
good Of the business and economic in
terests Of the city. The mayor has
stuck by his police Department., which
and ridicule by Mr.. Haynes, and has re-
turned Mr.. Haynes compliments by
calling attention to police failures dur
ING the Haynes administration. AS a
REPUBLICAN and as candidate on the
ticket, Mayor Jones has at every op'
portunity urged the full and hearty sup
port of the entire republican ticket and
speaking in various wards has Endorsed
the republican aldermanic candidates.
The mayor is now ready for a gar
rison finish. More completely than In
the primary campaign, he will go into
the details Of his administration an(
prove by figures and facts what has
been accomplished. That the police de
partment is stronger and better than be
fore will be, proved. He has IN the
last week taken the wind out Of the
democratic campaign by disproving va
rious statements made by Mr.. Haynes
, one of which was to the effect that he
was forced to issue his Sunday. closing
order.
Carroll Disputes Haynes.
Walter N. Carroll, former president
of the organization which Mr.. Haynes
announced as responsible for the Sun
day-closing order, came to the front
with statement to the effect that May
or Jones had acted alone and that tn
order had surprised even the workers
Of the Home Protection league. Mr.
Haynes announced at the Auditorium
last Saturday night that the organiza
ton had tried to secure action from
him, but that he had indicated that thu
move was then too radical. This, Mr.
Carroll verified in his statement, saying
"Mr. Haynes, as mayor, was pos
sessed of the most discouraging inerti
that ever beset a public official. Tn
unvarnished recital of facts and figure
of the awful wineroom and low div
theater conditions which obtained whe,
he was in office, failed to bulge hin
an inch, and | cannot escape the con
viction that if he were again mayor h
would repeat his previous perform
ance.'
Mayor Jones announces that his cam
paign to the end will be, on the sam
lines and stronger and more aggressiv
than ever. A big meeting will be Gale
this week at which he will clean every
thing up to date and start some thing
that will do damage to the#democrati