The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-02
Minnesota Politics

II
Minnesota Politics
speIlblnders open in Earnest Before the
Voters Of MJnpesota-Thomas Il. Sale
mon Succeeds Warner as Secretary OF
State COMMITTEES Separate Primaries
for Parties suggested.
Speeches today: A, L. Cole, James A.
Tawney and J. F. Jacobson at Albert
Lea; Knute Nelson at Twin Valley; John
A. Johnson in iron range towns.
The state campaign may now be said
to be fairly under way. Following the
Beveridge speech in Minneapolis Satur-
day night, the. Minnesota campaigners
have started out with their heavy bat
teries unlimbered. Governor Johnson,
after a swing thru southern Minnesota,
has gone north for a week, and made
two speeches in Duluth last night. To-
day and tomorrow he tours the iron range
in special train. Senator Nelson opened
his tour last night with a speech at Ada,
and will be in the ninth district all this
week. A. L. Cole and J. E. Jacobson
will spend the week In southern Mime
night with c. F. Staples, and tonight
Congressman Tawney will join them at
Albert Lea. The rest Of the week Messrs.
Cole and Jacobson, accompanied by Sem
ator Eberhart part 1of the time, will
swing thru the second district Senator
Clapp opens in Winona Friday night, and
other spellbinders will be out soon. Both
press bureaus are working overtime get
ting out supplements and plate matter,
and the voters are being thoroly edu-
Gated on state issues, provided they care
to be,
the new secretary of the republican state
committee. After some days Of consider
alton, he has agreed to take up the work
| left by Charles H. Warner, who remains
a member Of the committee, but va
Gates the >secretaryship. Mr.. Salmon is
well known in political circles and will
make an efficient secretary. He was one
of the active Dunn leaders in Hennepin
two years ago, and this year managed
DR.. U. G. Williams campaign for mayor.
Since the primaries he has declared him
self for the nominee, and his selection is
understood to be quite agreeable to all
the local candidates.
Another suggestion In the line Of pri-
mary law amendment comes from Repre-
sentative B. H. Timberlake Of Mime
apolis. He proposes that the parties hold
their primaries on different days, one or
two weeks apart; also that judicial and
municipal nominations be eliminated from
the party caucus, In support Of these
propositions Mr.. Timberlake says:
| 'This would remove one Of the objec-
tions most frequently met among the vot.
ers-namely, party declarations. Voters
have attended party caucuses since our
government was established, each man
proud, as a. rule, to attend the caucus OF
i oonvention Of his party. In the old con-
lventfon days the different parties held
/ their party caucuses at the same polling
places, but at different times, and nc
serious difficulty was encountered in ar
ranging dates.
1.-The names Of those attending the re.
publican caucus, for example, could be
posted as suggested. by the. Little Falls
Transcript in Its prior registration plan
Then make it a requirement, instead O.
an option as 1t is at present, for the chal
1enger to be one of the election official.
and with a list Of all voters who had at
tended other caucuses that year befor,
him. challenge every one offering his vot'
who had attended the caucus of anothe
party that year.
Apply this plan to congressional, leg
islative and county officers, thus preserv
ing the party organizations and do ava!
with party nominations on the judicia
and city tickets, placing the names Of al
candidates Of all parties, who compl,
with the filing provisions, with or with
out party designation, on the same tickle
} and have but one election for these posi-
tons and that the. general election Il
= November, the high man being the win
l ner. This should give the Independent
> voter, full sway in the field where part
politics Is not necessary for party per
petuity. The list of candidates could b
kept down to reasonable number by
( substantial filing fee -
Governor Johnson and W. S. Ham,
mond, the democratic candidate for con
gress, will appear together in New Uln
( Oct. 8, opening the democratic campaig
. in the second district. From the wa
. dates are being made, it does not look a
: tho either McCleary or Hammond ez
: pecteds those debates to come off. Nc
J.. Cleary's refusal to debate Hammond
E proposition, "Shall the tariff be revise
i now?"+ seems to have ended the chance {
= a series of debates. "
Elmer Adams, manager Of Frank N
Eddy's great campaigns against populis,
:; in the old seventh district, says in hi
e Fergus Falls Journal:
d 1.-THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fight de
: veloped a fact that has long been know
: to the editor Of the Journal-that Fran
q M. Eddy is the greatest campaign orate
t and vote-getter in the state"
H., T. lille, the republican nominee #
e the senate in Otter Tail county, is O,
. will a. r1off S,,ol