The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20
Minnesota Politics
Conference at St. Cloud Today Will Re-
suit In Waking Up the Entire Sixth
DIstrIct-RepubIicans Figuring on How
to Get Out the Vote. or . ''7 ~. ~. -
Speeches Today,

Republlcan-A. L. Cole, Moses q. Clapp
and J. Adam Bede at Two Harbors,
afternoon, and Duluth, evening, two
meetings; Knute Nelson at Redwood
Falls; J. f. Jacobson at starbuck and
Glenwood; Frank NJ. Eddy at Vining; J.
T. McCleary and IIalvor STEVENSON at
Beaver Creek and Luverne; A. J. VOL
Reese at sanborn.
Democratic-John A. Johnson at Little
Falls, afternoon, and st. Cloud. evening;
|Psfz M. Magnusson and D. M Evans at
Grove City; Anton Schaefer and T. r.
Kane at Lamberton; Edward Peterson at
Minneota; Einar Hoidale at Bagley.
Prohibitionist-TheT allyho, G. w. Dor
Sett, candidate for governor, and Oliver
W. Stewart. of Chicago, at Western and
Squier; James H. Woertendyke at Lake
Crystal; w. J. Arnold and the Pathfinder
quartet, Freeborn county points.
The sixth district conference at st.
Cloud today Is the precursor of red-hot
campaign for the state ticket, which will
sweep the sixth district during the next
two weeks. Chairman Cole of the state
committee is In attendance, with c.. A.
Lindbergh, the nominee for congress,
| James A.. Martin, chairman of county
| committees from all over the district, and
leading republicans from every section of
the district, who were active In the late
congressional contest. The fractional
! fight is all over and all are joining hands
| to do effective work for the state ticket
and Lindbergh.
The sixth was the strongest Johnson
district in the state two years ago, out
side of Hennepin, giving 3,091 plurality
for johnson. Stearns furnished 1884 Of
! 1t, and Meeker gave Johnson S61 Both
these will be materially cut down this
year.. The republican vote in Stearns is
lining up in f1rst-class shape, and when
in Litchfield j. F. Jacobson was informed
that Meeker was In far different condi-
ton from two years ago. If Johnson car
ries Meeker, the. republicans do not be-
4 lieve. he can get more than 800 at the
outside. The northern counties Of the
district are expected to show an increase.
Morrison went 615 for Johnson before,
but a prominent Scandinavian who has
been among the Scandinavian communi-
! ties In the rural districts of Morrison re-
ports that they are all right for Cole,
and there will be big change In the
vote. - : -;
| The big problem everywhere, except in
the second and fifth districts, will be to
get the vote out AS rule in the strong
l republican counties, where the majorities
must come from, there were red-hot con-
tests in the primaries, which brought out
la full vote, and now that the primaries
are over the nominees have little or no
opposition. Senator Lord, who was in
the cities yesterday, says the voters in
/ Dodge county are hard to interest in
tpolitics. They had over thirty candidates
in the primaries, who spent, no doubt
more than $4,000 in their campaigns, and
now there Is nothing doing" Senator
Lord says that under the convention sys-
z item the candidates would not have spent
$500 prior to their nomination. ''Such a
state of affairs does not indicate to me, y
Esays Senator Lord, chat the primary law
fbrings any progress toward pure poll
tics 3 s
Wright county is a sample Of territory
where it win be difficult to get out a full
4 vote. There was big fight in the pri-
4 maries there, all along the line, and a
tremendous vote turned out. After the
primaries came the reaction, and now
there is no local contest to stir up inter-
est The county ticket has no opposition,
and the democrats have no candidates
except for representatives. There is
really nothing to get the voters out ex-
tcept the state ticket and the democrats
count on a light vote which will operate
n they think, in Johnson's favor.
Charles B. Cheney.