The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-08-03
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st. Paul, July S1.-The Republican state
central committee last week opened head.
quarters on the sixth floor Of the Globe
building, Rooms GOA to Co.'S and took the
preliminary steps toward opening the CAM
paign. Dr.. Cole, the chairman of the state
central committee, intends giving his whole
time to this work and will live In St.bPaul
until after the election. For the present
Ne will remain at headquarters directing
the organization, but later the work ut
headquarters will be under the direction
Of the chairman of the executive commit.
tee, Senator Thompson, and the secre-
tary. Mr.. Charles H. Warner. until re-
Gently state Immigration agent, while the
doctor will accompany his brother, the
nopiDee for governor, In tour OF the
state.
There have already been q great many
callers at headquarters, and the corre'
spondence from every part Of the state has
been very large. As result of interviews
and from what was learned from the let
tiers received from politicians who are
usually well Informed. the members Of the
couragcd over the outlook. There ia every
evidence that the Republican ticket will
have behind 1t more thoroughly united
party than in any campaign In recent
yc. 70. The talk Of any large dlsaffection
towards the head of the ticket II always
somewhere else. A week or two ago It was
represented that the people in Mr.. Jacob
sons district were In open rebellion. but q
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| Seventh congregational district reveals the
TACT that IL there Is any general inclina.
ton to holt the head Of the ticket the peo-
ple there have not heard OF It. Now the
disaf1ection has shifted its location to .
more indefinite part Of the state and 10
being sxuserantly exploited by Democratic
pewspa pera and buttonhole politicians The
fact Of the matter In, as it II brought home
to Republican headquarters. conditions are
wonderfully improved In every part Of the
state from what they were two years ago.
TIE people are waiting to see Mr.. Cole.
however. and to hear what he has to say.
The opportunity to do this will. learn
bA Afforded them In abort time. He.
Cole. who has made complete recovery
from the indisposItion from which he SUI
fsred during the closing days OF the cam
palxn and at Duluth. will he In Minneap-
oils during the Grand Army encampmene
and will have rooms at the Hotel Hyscs,
on the corner Of Fourth street and NicoI-
let avenue, where he expects to meet not
only the old soldiers, but any one who
wou;d care to make the acquaintance Ut
| the Republican candidate for governor.
| About the same time, or possibly before
that, Mr.. Cole expects to make an oppors
tupity tn take the public into bis conf
dence AZ to his views On public question:.
ne will do this In an address which VIII
be delivered somewhere In the northern
part OF the state and not far from his
home In Walker. This speech, on which
Mr. Cole Ia now at work, will he the open.
Ing gun Of his campaign, and 1t IL ex.
pected that It will deal with state Issues.
IL not exhaustively. at least In such .
manner that there will he no question a.
to Mr., Coles views on any matter touched
| upon In the Republican platform or which
! 10 now or will he at that time Of current
| poljtical iE.ercst. Those In Mr.. Coles
confidence say that the views that Will
| then be expressed by him will be In line
with the advanced policy Of President
Roosevelt on corporation questions and will
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him to the confidence OF the rank and Ole
Of the Republican party. \
It 10 expected that Mr.. Cole will. about
Sept. 1, start ont to make = tour Of the
state and that the southern counties will
be the first he will visit Doubtless o
| number Of addresses will be delivered
while he swings around the circle but,
| after all. his principal object in making
In tnnr will lNo IN In sot
acquainted with them AMI let them form
their own estimate ut close quarters Of
the character OF the man the Republicans
have nominated to the Office Of chief ex-
ecutive Of the state.
Congressman Tawney was In town few
days ago and from what he said Il is
plain that the national congressional conf
mittee Ia getting itself In line to cooperate
with the Republican state central commit
tee for the success OF the whole Repub.
lican ticket. It looks now a. though Mr..
Tawney, who. as chairman Of the appro-
priotions committee Of the house OF gepre-
sentatives, Is the most prominent member
Of the Minnesota delegation, Is to have no
opposition this fall either for the nomlna-
tion or later for the election and he will
consequently be IN n position to render
valuable service to the state ticket. Mr..
Tawney is m effective and experienced
canp0igncr aud under his leadership 1t Is
expected that the old First district will
roll up its old time majority for Cole and
the rest of the state ticket.
The St. Paul Dispatch has made an in
teresting contribution to campaign litcra-
ture in the shape Of a direct attack on
the so-called mereer--the Northern Pacific
and the Great Northern Railroad coin
panies-which it alleges and no doubt with
truth, are. notwithstan ding the dissolution
Of the Northern Securities company. still
carrying on their business In such fashion
a. 10 not contemplated by law; that In fact
they completely ignore the statutes de-
manding that parallel and competing roads
shall not he operated In the same interest.
The matter has been brought to the atten-
tion Of Governor johnson. who for two
years has Of course known, as every one
else has, that the statements and charges
mnde by the Dispatch are substantially