The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-15


over officials, the elective positions are
divided now as follows
First-Chief Justice Start, Olmsted;
State Auditor Iverson, Fillmore.
!, Second-Eberhart of Blue Earth, for
lieutenant governor; Dinehart of Murray
for treasurer, and w. E. Young of Blue
Earth, hold lover railroad commissioner.
FThird-Railroad Commissioner Staples,
Dakota.
Fourth-Senator Clapp Of Ramsey, hold
over, and Justice Jaggard of Ramsey,
hold-over.
Fifth-Justice Elliott, Hennepin, hold
over
Sixth-Senator Knute Nelson, Douglas;
A. L.. Cole of Cass. for governor; Pidgeon
of Wright, clerk of supreme court
Seventh-Youn of Swift, attorney gen.
eral; Schmahl of Redwood, for secretary
of state: Justice Brown Of Stevens hold
over.
Eighth Justice Lewis of st. Louis,
hold fill.
Ninth-Railroad Commissioned Mills of
Clay, hold-over
The sixth fares best. but Cole belongs
about as much to the eighth district as
to the sixth. Three of the four counties in
his legislative district are in the eighth
congressional district. %"
The second district can certainly make
no complaint. Up to 1904 the present Sec
ond district was shut out of elective
offices. In that year it landed Young on
the railroad commission, and Wednesday
added two more scalps. Blue Earth
county now has two state offices. Eber-
hart will come up for another term two
years from now, and Youngs term will
expire at the same time. It will then be
UP to Blue Earth to, say which it will
t. Il H.. Il.
able feeling in Mankato against Young
because of the wrangle at the railroad
rate hearing. but a good many things
may happen in two years, and that may
be Strengthened out
The two "kids" on the state ticket,
Dinehart and SchmahI, certa inly set the
pace for those who aspire to nominations
for the minor state offices hereafter No
such thoro and extensive campaign for
one Of these nomina tions has ever been
known. Since Dinehart announced him
self for treasurer, he has covered prac-
tically every county in the state, inter-
viewing the leading politicians and the
newspapers, and making friends by the
score in every locality. He has also run
an extensive letter. writing bureau, which
has multiplied. the effect of his personal
visits The result was that when the dei-
fegates assembled every one of them had
heard Of Dinehart, and had either met
him or had been told of his huStling and
his excellent personal qualities.
| Schmahl did not need to cover so much
| territory himself, as he had been laying
a foundation for years. making friends
with every man returned to the legisa-
ture for three four. sessions, and with
hundreds Of others he had met in his
official capacity. He made personal
visits to about sixty counties, and reached
several others thru friends. He worked
tho he did not command clear major
ity of the convention he had such a big
| lead over the field that they could
not touch him. He and Dinehart both
set the. pace in another way and that is
4 in holding aloof from trades. Schmah
and Eberhart worked close together
since their candidates. were mutually
4 helpful from the nationality standpoint
but no t-and-out deals were made by
| either the nominee for treasurer the
! one for secretary Of state.
These two will be the youngest state
officials Minnesota has had in a long
day. 'Schmahl is 80 and Dinehart 50.
: One noticeable feature of the conven
ton was the activity Of the receptive can
| didates. When they reached Duluth
and even before that time, the fever O.
the contest entered their blood, and they
were as lively in hustling among tn;
delegates as any one.
The former cordial relations between
jacobson and Lord were considerabl,
strained: on Tuesday, and this little breal
:, probably had a good deal to do with thu
/ failure of Jacobson to land Jacobson:
| managers were out to win. but they
could not get him to combine witt
Halden. Iverson had no trading stool
1 to speak Of, but the Jacobson manager
determined to get some votes in tina
direction, since they could not from
f1alden. So they sent word to Iverso1
that they must have forty votes from
the first district. The only way he coult
get them was to go thru Lords pockets
Iverson did nothing but submit the mat
ter to the Fillmore county delegation, an,
the eight for jacobson delivered on tn
first formal ballot by Fillmore were tn
Iverson contribution. They were tn
price. of : Lords friendly feeling towart
the Jacobson cause. Lord was one O
| the men who helped to keep A. L. Col
| in the race tsr- .-...