The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-23
Minnesota Politics
Sixth District Campaign to Be Pushed
'FRONT.' Headquarters in ST. Cloud Gen.
eral Baker on Railroad Laws.
Speeches Today.

sEAs% Speeches Today
Republican-A. L.4&Cole and Moses
~. Clapp at Grand Rapids; Knute Mel
son So at st; James; J; =. Jacobson at
Warren; Frank NJ. Eddy at Hokah;
James A. Tawney at Dodge Center;
lHalvor Steenerson at Glyndon and Eel
ton; A.. J. Volstead at Vesta, D. +.
Reese at Stewartville.
Demo A. johnson at
Willmar and Litchfield; P. M. Magnus-
son and D. H. Evans at Braham; Anton
Schaefer and Fred E. Wheaton at
Plainview; DR.. A. J. Stone at Rushford;
Edward Peterson at Walnut Grove;
h. j. Winnie at Lake Park, ~ 4
The sixth: district in the state CAM.
palgn is going to be handled to a large
extent from st. Cloud between now and
the. general election. Organization to
that end was perfected at the confer
ence Saturday, and the interests Of
Cole and gLindbergh will be merged.
Mr.. Lindbergh is out now, speaking
every night and putting in the day
rounding up republican voters for the
ticket. A complete poll list of the
district was made during the primary
fight, and with this in hand the com
mittee will cover, the district, giving
sonal attention.. The effort of repub-
lican workers and republican news
papers in the sixth will be tc make a
better showing than was arrived at
Saturday, tho that was good enough.
| There were several present from each
county and their estimates were care
fully compared and reduced to lowest
terms, indicating gains for Cole in
every, county and a small but certain
plurality in the district, which went
more than three thousand for johnson
two years ago.
A. G. Wilkes of Milaca, who had
filed petition as an Independent can
| didate for the legislature in the forty
fifth district, was forced from the bal
lot yesterday in proceedings at Anoka,
backed by the three republican nomi-
nees for the house, Andrew Davis,
Frank T.. White and IT. H. Horton. They
secured an order to show cause, in
which G.. A. Dickey Of Princeton, one
of the candidates defeated in the phi
maries, appeared as objector, and Mr..
Wilkes and the four county officers
was heard by Judge Bum Of St. Paul
The law requires 500 names on such a
petition, and Wilkes had 507, but
enough of these were removed on one
ground and another to invalidate the
petition. Some were shown to live out
side the district, and others had voted
in the primaries.
There is bad feeling in Mile Laos
county. Princeton had two candidates
in the primaries and both lost. Prince
ton people then intended to run R. G.
Dunn as an independent. but Wilkes go
in ahead with his petition and made il
impracticable for any one else to run
so the Princeton crowd got after Wilkes
and shut him out also.
/ General j. II. Baker of Mankato, wht
is republican nominee for the senate il
Blue Earth county, has issued a circu
lar in which he calls attention to thu
fact that he served as railroad com
missioner from 1882 to 1886, serving
alone the first two years. He secured
some important rate reductions, AM
prepared the law of 1885 organizing tn
board, and the law establishing stat
| weighing and inspection Of grain. H
| favors a law for the, thoro investigation
of railroad values, also 2-cent pas
senger fare and abolition of passes.
General Baker also takes occasion t.
say a good word for the state ticket
especially its head. "We are fortu
nate,' he says, Gin our candidate TO
!
sents: Like John A. Pillsbury, tina
model governor, SO A. L. Cole repre-
,sents the great business interests O
the state. He has been the one helpful
man who has so materially aided in de
veloping northern Minnesota. Quiet
transformations, full Of push and energy
| earnest in every good state enterprise
true in his manhood, without spot O
blemish on his character, and an hon
. orable, square fighter, I commend hin
to you for the man he is, the good h
can render as chief executive. Remem
Der that a republican governor alon
can work in harmony with a republican
Legislature. - ''@
A state official has been spending
several days hunting small game i
northern Minnesota. While Gin tn
wilds,' he came across foreign sci
tier and began talking politics wit
him.
} VWell,o said the man, when aske
, about his choice for president, II al
going to vote for Bryan if I get
chance.'
"Why do you favor Bryan9'
Hl've voted for Bryan every time,
was the answer, land I we noticed tina
whenever I vote for him, I Away
have good crops.' -
Later reports from Otter Tail cour
ty show that the breach between tn
two factions of the johnson party IL
there is wider than supposed. Not onl
did John L. Townley, fearless leade
Of the unterrifed democracy, refuse t
permit Ole Sageng, populist candidat
for speaker, to share the program a
1 the Fergus Falls meeting with Governc
johnson, but when Sageng was given
seat on the platform Townley refuse
to share it, and remained below t
scott. Every assurance had been give
the saloon element in Otter Tail thu
the governor was committed agains
county option, and the way the govern
or was flirting with county optic
legislative candidate made Mr.. Tow
ley very tired.
The state press is remarking on tt
strange fact that the last Mortified
$ News contained no attack on Senate
3 Nelson. Gould the presidents lettt
I to General Baker have had anything
e do with it? ., y. - = +. =
!. The recent rains are attributed bv IL
!. weather bureau to hot air from Texa