The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-14
Minnesota Politics
Nearly All Old Senators Defeated We're
IN List Of Those Voting Against the
aAnti-Pass Bill James "A. Larson May
Be julius Schmahl's Assistant.

in List Of Those Voting Against the
@Anti-Pass Bill James "A. Larson May
Be Julius Schmahl's Assistant.
There are some interesting things to
note as to the composition Of the new
state senate. There were twenty-three
reelected out Of the sixty-three. Two
who sat in the last session have gone
over the great divide. One was elected
| lieutenant governor. There were TWEEN
ty-six who did not ask for renonlina-
lions, seven were beaten in the primar-
les and four at the polls.
In their attitude on public questions,
the old senators might be roughly di-
vided into two classes. The division
was fairly shown in the vote on the
! Peterson anti-pass BILL, and the events
showed that the casualties of defeat
were nearly all visited on men who
voted against that bill The measure
got twenty-six affirmative votes and
| thlrty-fOur negative. while three were
4 absent Of the twenty-six who voted
for the bill, one was made lieutenant
governor. Another died. Eleven did
not ask for denominations. The other
thirteen, or just half. were candidates
for denomination and all were nomi-
mated. All but one Of them were re-
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polls by democrat.
Of those who voted against the bill,
thirteen did not ask for denomination,
but twenty were candidates at the pri-
maries. Seven of them were defeated
for the nomination, and of the thirteen
who were nominated, three were beat
en- at the election. To make it short,
out Of thirteen who voted aye on the
bill and who came up for reelection,
only one failed. Of twenty who voted
no and asked for an Endorsement, ten
back, with one exception, had hard
fights either in the primaries OF in the
general election, and three or four
of the ten pledged themselves to vote
for an anti-pass and 2-cent fare bill this
winter
1 Of the three who were absent when
tn vote was taken, two were not can
didates again. The third was reelected
after a close fight.
1 julius A. Schmahl will make some
changes in the staff of the secretary of
state, it is understood. and it is ru-
mored that James A. Larson of Wal
nut Grove, who managed Schmahl's pre-
4 convention campaign, will enter the Of
flee as assistant secretary. Mr.. Larson
is former member Of the house, is
on the state committee, and is post
4 master at Walnut Grove. He is an eff.
4 fective campaign speaker and popular
in political circles.
The Lake, City Republican says:
Take your choice, gentlemen of the leg
islature. Cut out the primary election
law altogether, or else nominate and
elect on the same ballot 1t matters lit
tie which you do, but do one or the 9TH
er. The old convention system is the
best, but if you must stick to the pri
mary, fix it up so that the voters may
nominate and elect their man on the
same ticket. And make it cover state
officers, too, for what's good for the
county candidate is just as fair for the
bigger guns The primary election in
its present form is a bad pill and if
not amended or killed outright in the
next legislature, the great political par
ties will fight themselves out of exist
ence and elections will then be in control
of the independent" voter. Better hold
fast to the grand old parties and chloro-
form the primary. It is disturbing
element. s.
i Ambrose .Tighe of St. Paul has writ
4 ten republican = house members an
nouncing his candidacy for the speak
/ r, anu dohliIS GuCm uoG W
their support to anyone till they have
secured all the knowledge about all the
i candidates that is possible. ''I am
ambitious he says ''for the 1907 ses-
sion to be memorable in the history
of the state as full Of the higher spirit
Of modern politics, and as having
achieved great things, and I am con-
ident that if we all cooperate to this
end from the beginning, we can bring
it about. ~
When it comes to divide up by con.
gressional district delegations, the
! first, fifth and ninth districts will show
the greatest number Of votes for the
republican caucus. The first has four
teen republican members of the house,
the second district nine, the third
nine, the fourth eight, the fifth four
teen, the sixth eleven, the seventh
twelve, the eighth twelve and the ninth
thirteen.
Ramsey's official count adds several
hundred to Governor Johnson's plur-
atty, giving him 1869 in that county
alone, and boosting his plurality in the
state well over 1000.
Charles B. Cheney.