The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-07
Municipal Politics
Hawkins Returns from, South and With.
draws as Candidate for Lieutenant
Governor-Jacob Talk In ST. Louis
County.

The expected has happened In the case
OF Senator 3. B. Hawkins. He has re-
turned from a winter vacation spent in
Florida, and his first act Is to withdraw
as candidate for lieutenant governor.
Tho he has been before the people for
Two or three months, nothing has been
cone IN mis- interests, and sentiment was
dlstlnctly against manning man from the
OLD senate combine for presiding officer
next winter. Senator Hawkins made the
announcement of his candidacy the day
ne left for the south. and had not been
heard from again till he returned. Mean
Whlle the frosts had played havoc with
MS candidacy. Outside Of st. Louis
county, about the only support rendered
him was by the Princeton Union At
nome there was trouble in the form of N.
r. Hugo, candidate for speaker of the
house, whose chances would be spoiled by
HAWKING nomination Hugo and his
friends were ready to make a fight on
Hawkins. So the withdrawal is decidedly
IN the interests Of harmony in st. Louis
In his statement Senator Hawkins saws
tnat Duluth has the state convention. and
81. Louis county could play the host bet
ter without having a local candidate, The
delegation should be free to act as unit.
Two questions now arise There are
already three candidates for Hawkins
senatorial seat. Will he be a. candidate
for denomination?
AND who Will be the corporation candi-
oate Tor lieutenant governor? -
jacobson delegates from st. Louis
county would be about as much of q, cu
rtos1ty as white blackbirds, but they are
not impossible. Visitors to Duluth have
| round some strong sentiment for the Mad
lson man right In the steel trust metrop.
Oils. The Eveleth Star says there is moi
much interest in candidates in that local
lty, but that jacobson apparently has the
most individual supporters"
| Jacobson is travelling over the seventh
ulstrlct IN mis- own interests, and spent 8
day In Redwood Falls. The Reveillie saws
sentiment is strong for him in the county
A candidate for soma minor state office
interviewed by the Winona Republican
and Herald anonymously says he has
1 peen all over the state, and he consider.
that the race IS between Lord, Jacobson
and Somerville. With a united first dis
trict he believes Lord would win. Jacob
son will have an aggressive followins
from all parts of the state, but must b,
nominated on the first ballot or there
ABOUT, or not at all. Block sentiment h
found widely scattered, too wide to b.
effective.
j. M. Thompson Of Belview, an an
nounced candidate for the house in Red
wood county, has withdrawn on accoun
Of business change which compels hin
to remove to Devils Lake, N. D. Thi
leaves c. M. Bendixen in possession O
the field, but James A. Larson Of Walnu
Grove, who has represented the count
twice BEFORE may step in as his opponent
w. G. Fraser Of Rochester, who ha
represented Olmsted county in the hous
} at the last two sessions, will run for tn
senate this year.
Colonel Harrison White of Luverne' ha
! filed for the house nomination in the six
teenth district, which is conceded to Roc
! county.
Nils Nyauist the jolly farmer fror
Blue Earth county, who used to contrib
ute SO much fun and interest in the hous
sessions was in st. Paul Saturday, an
is making arrangements for visit to hi
: boyhood home over in Norway this sum
, mer. Charles B. Cheney,