The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-14
F ebruary IA, 1906.
Minnesota Politics

Minnesota Politics
Tawnsy Organization Lining First Dis
trlct Up for Lord, and DIscouraging |
Dlment NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Friends
Depiore His candIdacy-s Nolan
der Out for Secretary OF State, to
Head Of z. A. Nelson's. q. Peterson
May Oppose Frank cIague.
Except for the threatening shadow Of
James M. Diment, Senator Lord seems to
have the field to himself In the first dis
trict. His senatorial colleagues who were
In the city Monday predicted that the
first would be solid for Lord. Sam Lam
gum, who is one of Tawneys lieutenants,
has, succeeded In landing the support of
the congressional machine for his ia
yorite. Tawney does not care for Lord
personally. as Lord has always been out
OF sympathy with him, but he recognizes
IN Lord man who might possibly be a
dangerous rival for him later on, and SO
has thrown his influence for Lord.
This attitude of Tawney's put sort Of
damper On the Diment candidacy. Di-
ment is one of the best friends TaWney
!, =
manager: in. the western part of the dis
trlct. With the support of Tawney's or
ganization Dfment would have been able
to split the district with Lord, but as
matters stand he could not expect to go
IN and get many delegates in the first
district, outside Of Steele county. With
good backing at home Diment would be
formidable. entry. because of his prom
1nence in the "A. o. u w. Of the state.
n 5oJo
| flrst district he might as well let the lob
alone Diment's friends are urging him
TO get In, but he hangs back and waits
environments, while Lord "goes march
| ing on"
The Hawkins candidacy for lieutenant
| governor fell very flat at the Minneapo-
/ lis gathering Monday. If Hawkins has
strength anywhere outside of st. Louis
county, he should develop it in such a
meeting, for most of the senators pres
ent We're his personal friends and fellow
members OF the famous combine. The
sentiment expressed was that Hawkins
would not do, that it would be suicidal
to load the ticket down with him, and
| that his announcement was most unfor-
| tunate A canvass of those present
showed only two In favor of pressing his
candidacy. Some Of his warm personal
friends said they would be glad to sup.
port him if they could, but they believed
ms candidacy nothing but a mistake
/ under the circumstances. Hawkins rec,
ord as executioner of the antipass bill
the reciprocal demurrage bill and othe,
Il popular measures would be a serious
Il handicap to the ticket, and the handwrit.
ing on the wall Is certainly plain thf.
year. The nominees must be right on
! public questions If the party is to wiz
the governorship. The general verdic
was that there was not ghost of s
show of Hawkins nomination.
In view Of the sentiment expressed
! talk of a I,ord-Hawkins combinatio,
sounds ridiculous
Swan B. Molander has announced hi
candidacy for secretary Of state H
says he deferred his announcement in tn
hope that some prominent Swedish re
publican would come out and make al
open and aggressive fight for governor
AS no one has felt disposed to go afte
!, that office, he is willing to represent tn
nationality. Molander was formerly au
ditor of Kanabec county, but in 1895 be
came stumpage clerk in the auditor
office. and has since lived in st. Pau
He left the auditors office with Dunr
and has since been one Of the chief de
lenders of the timber policy of the Dun
administration. e. A. Nelson, a Swedis
republican who supported Collins, is
prominent candidate for the office. Mo
lander will rally the Dunn contfngenc,
which is after NELSON'S scalp. : It is evl
! isdent that the Swedish element is not &c
ing to- lose its traditional hold on tn
office of secretary Of state without
, fight. Nelson, Molander and captai
} Joseph Osborn Of Minneapolis are alread
/ IN the race, and there Is some talk
! Minneapolis Of bringing out P. G. Slot
,lom, who was the Minneapolis candidat
Y six years ago, and landed the post I
2 assistant under Peter e. Hanson durin
his first two-year term.
s. D. Peterson Of New Ulm, it is sal,
1 will oppose Frank Clague for the sens
!, torial nomination in the nineteenth dis
2 trict. Peterson was in the senate ono
4 before. on the: occasion when he bolte
e Davis and received the famous Telegram
f For the past three sessions he has rer
resented Brown county in the hous
3 Senator Somerville has represented til
8 district for eight years, and it Is Rec
t wood county's turn, but Brown has tn
!, largest vote. which gives Peterson an a6
vantage.
A group Of politicians were talking til
S other day and 4Peterson's ambition wa
4 over the Koch trial lose. votes for him ?
inquired one. THAT set everybody
New Ulm by the ears 81 . ss-,5
mo, replied w. W. Rich, "sam IS til
only man In New Ulm who came out {
that nuss without any enemies. Sal
:, took a position the very first day afte
: the trial. He said that the guilty ma
1 should be punished, and he stuck to
r all the way thru
Sans caution seems about as well dc
: veloped as Senator Allison's.
t The Perham Enterprise says:
8 ''The Minneapolis Journal suggests
4 state law granting 6 cents mile raj
( road fare to all delegates attending sta,
8 conventions. We would be in favor
: that law when the antipass law goes I'M
: effect, but not until then"
t Certainly, the two propositions go t.
: gether. The object of granting mileae
s Is to relieve the delegates of the Unfit
= ence Of free transportation, and make
: possible for poor but honest men
attend. Distribution of passes to del,
= gates is pernicious.
# Oar Reese's, outbreak at the ST. PA
banquet gave the republican workers
y the village good chance to demenstrat
their love for Moses e. Clapp. I'll
junior senator has more enemies IN h
home town than all the rest Of the sta
. put together. The big four and their ell,
. ment hate Clapp because he turned dow
. Tim Sheehan. The young fellows, wi
: are now in the saddle, are equally bitt
: because he disregarded them as an O
: ganization. His refusal to make Fente