The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-18
Will Be on the Ground Ready to Rc-
cept if the Delegates Get Into
a Tight Pinch.
FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.

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gathering and he will have there men
with pleasant smiles east over their
the delegates as they arrive on the scene
of republican activity. There is method
in the plans of Mr.. Dunn. He is said to
possess a feeling that the more than
thousand delegates will be unable to
agree on any one of the several men
who have already announced their will
ingness to accept the nomination for
governor, and in their dilemma will turn
to him as the Moses who will lead the
party to victory in November next.
THAT is no idle dream" remarked a
well-known st. Paul republican to The
Free Press correspondent today 81
would regard the nomination of Mr..
Dunn as bad politics and | do not
think that the convention will be forced
to take up with him as the candidate,
but nevertheless Bob himself, | sus-
picion, is of the opinion that the gath
ering will be unable to nominate one of
the gentlemen who are already in the
field and that his chances for secur-
ing the coveted honor will be first class"
1t is reported here that a. L. Cole is
by no means an inactive candidate for
the place at the head of the state tic
ket His friends are at work with a
zeal and his lieutenants have been doing
some missionary work about the state.
1t is conceded that Block has pretty
good organization in Hennepin county,
and that he has something of a follow
ing to reckon with in Ramsey, but the
delegation from the latter county will
be framed up in the interest of Wal
ter T. Lemon, who is making a strong
campaign for the nomination for clerk
of the supreme court. Mr.. Lemon was
member of the last legislature and he
did a great deal toward influencing the
Ramsey delegation in the house to vote
for the passage of the Minneopa state
park bill. measure which Mankato and
Blue Earth county people were interest
ed in. Mr.. Lemon is young man of
ability and is popular with those who
know him best.
Mr.. SomerviIle's friends are putting
forth his claims for the gubernatorial
nomination, setting out the fact that
his income tax measure and the for
eign corporations tax law have been of
great benefit to the state, and are means
of putting into the Golfers of the COM
monwealth a great deal of money that
would not have reached there otherwise.
The admirers of Mr.. Jacobsen do not
want the people to forget that he has
always acted in the capacity of the
swatch dog" of the treasury, besides
his other qualifications for the position.
The first district has two worthy gen
tlemen who are seeking the gubernator-
ial nomination. They are James Diment
of Owatonna and Samuel Lord of Kas-
son, each possessing ability, besides a
large amount of popularity. But I'M
fortunately for both, from a geographic
cal standpoint. they live in the same
district. Mr. Diment is more in the
receptive class of candidates. He is
making no active canvass for the nomi-
nation. rather hoping that the guberna
toral lightning will strike him during
the early sitting of the convention. Mr..
Lord announced his platform some time
ago. He has served well the people in
the capacity of state senator. He is a
pretty good speaker. So is Mr.. eSomer
vile. But there is no reason why the
oratorical abilities of the candidate
should cut so much of figure. Has this
state reached its stage of development
that the one great qualification of the
governor should rest in oratory? Must
the governor be dragged here, there and
everywhere to be the one great orna-
ment and piece de resistance at pink tea
affairs-the governor to be used as the
advertising medium to draw the crowds
from near and far? Oratory is all very
brilliant but it is not always the foun-
dation for successful business admin
istration of state affairs.
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There promises to be a lively fight for
other nominations on the state ticket
There are several candidates for state
treasurer. Also number of gentlemen
who want to be selected for secretary
of state Samuel Iverson will have no
opposition for denomination for audi
tor. and Attorney General Young will
be renominated by reclamation. There
is but very little comment over the lieu
tenant governorship. The convention