The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-10

strusele-TWo More Candidates for
Lieutenant Governor In Sight,
The Dunn conference. held so secretly
In ST Paul Thursday afternoon, has
Astarted considerable gossip. One notable
thing was the absence Of some men for>
merly prominent in the Dunn ranks,
Some of these were not asked because,
they are known to be not In sympa thy
with a continuation Of the fight. Others
were asked but did not so, for the same
reason.
No one well informed on the situa slon
expects Dunn to be a serious contender
for the nomination himself, no matter
how badly he may want to be. In such
move he could muster but a handful
of his former strength. The impression
is that talk Of Dunn as a candidate is
bluff, made for the purpose of throwing
scare" and compelling the convention
to yield Difference to his wishes. The
program of smon-pure Dunn men is to
see that only Dunn men are given NOM
nations and places in the organization
All the traitors" are to be kept on the
cold outside.
1t is needless to say that this program
spells fight" and fight is what con-
sentative party leaders are trying most
to avoid. It is condemned by most of the
men who gave their efforts two years ago
for Dunns nomination. One of them,
who was prominent in the counsels of the
Princeton man, but puts party success
above faction, and has quit being "sore y
said on the subject:
Il was invited to attend the conference
Thursday, but did not care to go. have
no sympathy with any effort to revive
that old fight. did the best could for
Dunn two years ago, and we got him the
nomination by the hardest kind of work.
Then he put up the poorest campaign
! eyer seen in the state, made mistakes at
every turn, and beat himself at the polls.
| His record has been punctured since by
the timber trespass suits, and the thing
for him to do IS to let some one else run
the republican party while. know
| that when I say that I represent the sen.
timent of republicans generally in my
| section of the state, most Of whom were
loyal to Dunn. And I believe that any
attempt to punish any element of the re.
publican party will be sat upon hard II
the convention
The section Of the state referred to. b,
it said, Is not very far distant from
Princeton. &F+s,t -s - ~
A Fergus Falls man is authority TO
the statement that Senator A. B. Col
will, in a. short time. announce. himsel
as candidate for lieutenant governor
He has declared himself out Of the rae
for the senate from Otter Tail, it
said, and will ask the county and hi
section Of the state to stand by him. D1
Cole, by the way, was one of the tire
minority members Of the railroad com
nittee who stood for the Peterson anti
| pass and 2-cent fare bill last winter
Another probable entry for lieutenan
! governor is Representative W. A.. Nola
of reciprocal demurrage fame. Nola
has been looking the ground over fc
some time, but the possible candidacy
Lyman D. Baird held him back. Bot
: are Mower county men, but Mr.. Bair
does not seem much taken with the ide
> of running for a, state office. At an
: rate. he has turned his; back on Mime
sofa for few weeks, and has gone wit
: his family to California to spend the re-
p of the winter. With Baird out of tt
I way, Nolan will probably come into tt
: field. For an honorary position, tt
;, desk just under the senate clock seen
u quite magnet. 1G.
t The Duluth Commercial Record the O
: gan of the Duluth Board of Trade, hi
back at the attorney general thus:
Possibly the fact that a state politfca1 "a,
= pa1gn ts Just ahead and that the republic
: FORCES OF the state need all the campaign thu
l. der that can be raised may have had somethi
to DO with starting the present suit.
J. we venture to say that Attorney Gene1
. Young will not try the suit until after the Fl
elections, unless the attorney Of the Dulu
board can force it to conclusion
Mr.. Young is away on a vacation b
R. a. Stone, his assistant, who has t
case in charge, says the suit will cor
n to trial at the May term, unless d
( layed by the defense, and cannot be D
n thru any too promptly to suit the state.
d The management Of the editorial ass
( citation has been criticised because Go
q ernor johnson Is not on the progra
o for the meeting next week. It is n
the fault of the committee The COVE
- nor asked to be left off the progra1
= leaving the set papers to be read BY q
Vate citizens. He will take part in t
meeting, as he has always done.
IF. J. Thoe of Dodge county, a form
representative, is a candidate for t
state senate to succeed Samuel Lord.