The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-21
Minnesota Politics

Minnesota Politics
Counting Delegates VIII Be Uncertain
Business In Advance Of the Convention
Geographical Division of Candidates
Newspaper Comment On Candidates.
Not over a dozen counties in the state,
| 1t Is thought. will instruct their delega ties
on governor Many delegates will go
without having their minds made up
whom to support, and many others while
| having preference, will be SO unpledged
! that they will be in a position to change
their minds according to conditions met
in the convention. Under such circuln-
stances it seems likely to be a conveh-s
! ton nomination, and there will be moth,
| Ing more known about the outcome after
county conventions are held than there.
| is now. Two years ago as soon as the
/ first caucuses were held the newspapers
began to run tables showing how each
delegation stood and predicting the re-
suit. There Will be none of that this
time. Each candidate will have an idea
/ Of his opening strength, but no one can
foretel the turn things may take in the
conyeation Block and jacobson seem
now to be the leaders in first choice votes,
but they may not hold that position when
the convention meets. In fact it maybe
an unfortunate thing for candidate to
appear as the leader, as it might result
| IN uniting the field against him, Second
Echoice preferences will be an important
factor, also.s $500
! The lists are practically complete. An
/ announcement from A. Il. Cole is ex-
! pected next week, and when that is made
! all the sgovernorship entries will have
| declared themselves. Peter E. Hanson
i has declared himself out of it, but is still
considered in it by his friends. and so
must be included in the accompanying
list of candidates, arranged by congress
sional districts: +%
First-Lord Of Dodge and Diment of
4 Steele. for governor: Iverson of Fillmore,
for auditor; Chief Justice. Start of Ohm
! sted; Schwarg of Dodge for treasurer.
4 Second-Somerville Of Brown for gov
ernor; Vogel of Brown and Dinehart OF
Murray for treasurer. %s#.,.
| Third-Block Of Nicollet for governor;
Hunter of Rice for secretary of state;
Staples of Dakota for railroad commits
sioner p %sl 1870
Fourth--Molander} Of Ramsey for sec
rotary of state, and Lemon of Ramsey for
clerk Of the supreme Court. A5=~
Fifth-Girling. Sjoblom and Osborn of
Hennepin for secretary of state; possibly
DWlnnell for lieutenant governor,
Sixth--HansOna of yMeeker and Cole OF
Cass for governor; Sprague of Stearns fol
lieutenant governor; Koerner Of Meekel
for treasurer; Pdgeon of Wright for clerk
of the supreme court. ! ~.
standardization of Lac qui Parle, fol
I governor; Young of Swift for attorney
general, and Schmahl of Redwood fol
secretary Of state. .'.',l
Eighth-Hawkins of st. Louis for lieu
tenant governor.
| Ninth-Stephens of Polk for governor
Lomen of Norman and Nelson of Kittsor
for secretary of state. -
There are six hold over officers, fou
, judges of the supreme court and two rail
} road commissioners" They are distrib
uted as follows:
Second district. Young of Blue Earth
railroad commissioner; fourth. Jaggard
supreme court justice; fifth. Elliott su
preme court justice; seventh. Brown O
Stevens. supreme court justice; eighth
Lewis of st. Louis, supreme. court jus
$ tice; NINTH Mills of Clay, railroad com
! missioner. >...,.,
R. c.. Dunn has said he would supper
any candidate nominated by the repub
Z lican convention, but the Princeton Unto
! is not SO sure. In this weeks issue !
! enumerates as candidates Lord, Block
: jacobson and Stephens with Hanson
Cole and Somervlle as? receptive candl
e dates, and says: ~ ~~ 49,
r with possibly two exceptions tn
\ Union could cheerfully support any of tn
above mentioned gentlemen
It'll
v cobson 1.-The republican boilers candi
|, date and "the nson-republican car
didate for governor Y the Princeton Unio
) gives him quite a send-off and evidentl
G does not have Jacobson ma rlSed as one {
e the two exceptions" Quoting jacob
6 sons remark about q pla torn, the Unio
! says:
q These few te-se sentences from the lips
g j.. F. Jacobson mean more than a column MIA
. form composed of meaningless phrases. sta
Il plat ittdes and gltteringi generaiti Mr. j
f cobsons record in the Legislature is got
~ enough platform for him to stand on. 1t co
tains but few shaky Dlanks.
q However he may feel now toward II
e cobson Dunn has not forgiven Hennepil
X and in the. current number Of the Unto
: he says Hennepin is mot alone aggres
" sive, but sycophantic. hypocritical ar
IS traitorous" That ought to hold Mime
r apolis for a while. 3r -~ l. .-Es.. -
The Lindbergh candidacy is taking we
with papers in the sixth district TT
e Buffalo Journal says eff the opposition
,e Buchanan does not get scattered too muc
- there is no doubt of his , Lindbergh'.
:. nomination The Elk River Star-Nev
is says: = '.t
l. Mr. Lindbergh is good. clean man, and
, his candidacy means the withdrawal Of c.
~ Buchanan from the contest it will be happy S
n oil cfri,f
49, way, whether no Buchanan runs the neon
y are to be congratulated upon having a cant
1t date of Mr. Lindberghs caliber to vote fc
e. and If they do not pull him thru there sho,
- be no complaint in the future over the rep1
le sentaton in congress. .-> -.s
! T A. D. Stephens is strong in Red Lal
m county. which used to be a part of Pol
but sentiment there does not seem to
:" unanimous for him. The Thief Riv
IN Falls News is for Jacobson. and sa
lis Stephens is a good fellow" but .'h
,,w record as a legislator is not one tn
would inspire any great amount of enth
siasm upon the part of the. people of t
. state.'' ss
OF s A pretty three -cornered fight for t
We state senate is promised in the thirt
sixth district. formerly represented
, Hitler H. Horton. Most of ST. Pau
n statesmen are in the seventh ward, al
several of them have legislative ami
tons. w. H. fLightne,r. e. S. Dufane
ed and Rukard Hurd are already out for t