The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-25
Minnesota Politics

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Minnesota Politics
Congressman Buck1han Says He Is
Thru with Politics -Guttersen Mem
Watching Second District Returns
Some Legislative troubles Hugo
Announces Candidacy Tor Speaker in
Home Papers, S%'S 49,
Speeches today-A. L. Cole, at Rem.
viue;4 Ohm. A. johnson at Owatonna.
Congressman 6. 3. Buchanan Of lit
tie Falls will retire from politics when
his term as congressman ends next
March. Since his defeat in the pri-
maries last week he has told his friends
that he will not try for any further po-
litical honors, but will devote his at6en'
ton to business when he is done with
his congressional duties. He has some
valuable interests: in iron ore proper
tensively in this line of business.
OF course Mr.. Buchanan may change
his mind in the next year or so, but 1t
is probable that the Buchanan machine
will now disintegrate, and give way to
q Lindbergh organization with James
A. Martin as its manager. Some OF the
cogs in the old machine will find places
in tho new one.
-. The close finish in; the second district
was a surprise even to the Guttersen
men, who thought from the early re-
turns that McCleary had a lead Of
thousand or more. The country vote
did much better by Guttersen than ex-
pected. It is not at all likely that any
contest will be instituted, but now that
the finish is so close tie Guttersen men
will take a good look at the precinct
returns, and make sure that all mis-
takes are. corrected. :,
Gilbert Guttersen was in the twin
cities yesterday. He +. says he will
gresham McCleary. his. support. He
says further that McCleary will beat
Hammond AS to another contest two
years from now. he will say nothing.
He says there is a campaign on now,
and it is no use talking about another
| till: the present one is finished.
The Fergus Falls journal: says:
There were seventeen members Of the
senate railroad committee at the last
session, and they slaughtered all the bills
which hurt the railroads. It is interest
| Ing. TO- know that only three have. been
| renomtnated. There will be material in
the next senate for a new deal. 80
Only six of the seventeen were can
didates FOR denomination, three winning
| and three, Gjertsen, Stone and Durant,
| being defeated. The three members Of
the committee who made the minority
report on the demurrage bill and the
| anti-pass bill were Cole, Thompson and
! Jepson. None Of therthree asked for
denomination. Two of them, however,
are managing the republican state cam
palgn.
The legislat tive contest is not over in
Otter Tail county. Bronson Strain Of
Fergus Falls IS circulating a petition
as. an independent candidate for the
house. He says he viii not file unless
he gets others to run. The four repub-
lican nominees have only one opponent
regularly nominated, John B. Hompe of
Deer Greek, who fled as a populist.
ming as a populist, against #. T. Hille
Of Fergus Falls, the republican nomi-
nee. $50.
-: ;. :.-' 1919 =:
The rumpus in the forty fifth legis-
latiVe: district may end in some Mile
Laos county man sflipg as an indePend-
ent candidate by petition. A. G. Wilkes
of Milaca is reported" to- have a petit
| tion in cifculatfoh.s eff he runs it will
be- ins the attempt te5 defeat Frank T.
| White, againstaS' whom the principal
| fight was made. ~ ~ = Sc d. =.
=. 1t is not likely that any one could
give White "a very close race now, how
| ever He made a strong showing in
the primaries with very little expendi-
eombinatioD aH swaason nst the nom
! inee for the senate, will have no oppo-
I sition. Mr.. Swanson is very popular
| in the district, and got q fattering
vote where he is Known. In his own
town of Fridley he got every vote but
one, and since the primaries a search
/ Swanson to admit that he cast the lone
vote for. his opponent. =. 49, :,.>"
One odd feature Of the primary was
found in the ninth judicial district. I.
! NJ. Olsen Of Sleepy Eye carried every
county in the district and, was nom
mated hands down, but one of his COM
petitors, L. G. Davis, comes from
Sleepy Eye also, and Davis carried
, their own town of Sleepy Eye by 209
to 80, also carrying the nearby towns,
| Livery WuGI6 eISe OlSSu WAS LII tuo 1edu
; N. F.. Hugo. of Duluth, who was
Frank Clague;'s opponents for; the*speak.
! ership two years ago, IS busy now
| rounding up the members prospective
He is. out with card, in the Duluth
papers, in (which he thanks his con
r stituents for the nomination, which he
, says came without the expenditure of
= any time or money, Or single personal
solicitation, and then says
II now enter the race for the speak
ership Of the housefwith all the energy
I possess, and ask 2the citizens Of this
: and all districts Of this great common
, wealth to give me-, their moral sup
= port.' 49, ~ -.
+ Many Of Marcus Lauritsen g former
colleagues in the house were. disap
pointed to hear Of his defeat for the
. senatorship. The race was fairly close
and Lauritsen carried Lincoln and Vel
low Medicine counties, while Seward
= Of Marshall, the nominee, carried Igor
by over a thousand: The total vote
stood: Seward, 2,574; Lauritsen, 2,207
q Ostensoe, ~; Faulds, 274. '.,
:. Charles B. Cheney.
ADJUSTMENTS