The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-11

The state campaigns of 1906 which
will attract the greatest attention thru
out the country are those in New York,
Massachusetts, 4. Rhode Island, Iowa,
Kansas and Colorado. =
80 49, New York easily, comes first from the
immense vote Of the empire state and
the fact that it is the president g state.
The nominations Of Hearst and Hughes
have served to accentuate the interest
mated by the Independence league and
afterwards by the democratic state con-
vention. The Independence league is
a mystery in politics, but the more it is
slfted the more it appears to be only
movement within the democratic par
ty to further the ambitions of Hearst:
1t was organized by Hearst's politl-
cal manager, Max Ihmsen, and wassln-
tended to strengthen Hearst for the
regular: nomination It appears to. have
done it's work, but it has not added
materially mater Il to Hearst,s strength. # is 3
about as tho he had been nominated
i by the democrats twice. Hearst's op.
( ponent is Charles E.. Hughes, the law
yer who conducted the insurance inves-
tlgation and afterwards dictated the
legislation by which the companies are
to be regulated. His nomination was
made unanimously and the republicans
of all Factions have rallied to his sup
port.
:. Both candidates are touring the state
discussing state issues Hearst accuses
Hughes OF being a corporation lawyer,
an and; retaliates that Hearst%is
that he, is at the head of a holding
company, which is the kind Hearst espe:
clally mathematics in his papers.
Hughes: says the issue is decent gov
eminent: Hearst says it is the down
fall of the corporations which rule New
York He intimates that he will exer.
else the power of removal, which means
that EShe will try to GUST Mcclellan,
mayor Of New York, and Jerome, dis:
trict attorney. He also promises to
remove the state railroad commission
and put in one which will compel Bel
mont. the lessee Of the subway, to dc
his duty, and the Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit company to obey the law. Hearst 4
campaign is complicated by dissensions
in the city, where the independence,
league has put up tickets in opposition
to Tammany in Manhattan and Brook
lyn, much to the disgust of the bosses
The republicans are confident Of beat
ing Hearst by large majority:
!, 3 Similar in Massachusetts.
MASSACHUSETTS democrats have falle
under the Hearst influence, too, an
have nominated for governor the pic
turesque district attorney, John B. Nc
ran Of Boston, who made an indepenc
emit campaign last fall, and won. Tn
, platform of Moran is radical on,
calling for all sorts of dire doing
against corporations. The conserve
tive democrats will not follow Mora1
who is. not much Of democrat, bein
himself a product Of a so-called Ind
pendence league, like that worked fl
Hearst in New York. The republican
have ,renominated Governor Guild,
, tariff Teformer, on a standpat platform
= Cummins in Iowa and Guild in Mass;
chusetts silustrat eS#the fact that
! takes revisionist republican to q
= the votes, but they are forced to a.
= eept standpat platforms until the n;
: tional party decides how and when :
= will revise the tariff. !
e Aldrichborough Stirred: Up.
: Little Rhode Island has an animate
= appearance with three. millionaire ca:
: didates for United States senator
h the field. Aldrichborough is disturbe
O. Zoo, by. the specterId a reformer ru
n ming for governor Of the state: Th
is James II. Higgins, the boy mayor
!, Pawtucket. Higgins is 20 years oil
q He has worked his way up himself, q
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