The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-07
DEMOCRATS C|RD|NC
FOR 4 FIERCE FRAY
COMING PRIMARY CAMPAIGN
WILL BE LIVELY, ALL RIGHT.
Former Mayor J. O. Haynes, J. j.
Heinrich and Labor Commissioned w.
II. williams In Three ornered Fight
Adequate Returns From Public
Service Corporations a Feature.

Whatever lack Of interest there may
have beer in the last few democratic
preliminary campaigns for nomina-
lions on the local tickets, the coming
primary campaign will not follow suit.
There is a movement on foot that IS
full Of rich promise of interesting do
ings, especially in the fight for the al
dermanic and mayoralty nominations.
In the past the local democracy has en-
>cpuntered some difficulty in securing
candidates who were willing to run on
the aldermanic ticket. The mayoralty
sontests have been practically settled
beforehand and Of little active interest.
Now it is to be charged. There are
three live candidates who are in the
fight, but at varying depths. Former
Mayor J.. G. Haynes is a declared can
jdidate on his record and with the back
ing Of interests that have stood with
him before. j. J.. Heinrich, who has
been a candidate on other occasions, is
practically committed by his friends
| Labor Commissioner W. H. Williams.
who last year represented the Hearst
movement, is said by his friends to be
a candidate, but has not as yet tossed
his castor into the ring.
Something Doing.
With these three factions of the loca
democracy measuring swords in a three
eornered fight, there will be something
dong from the moment the campaign
opens and until it closes. MI. Haynes
and Mr.. Heinrich represent in a gen
eral way the same element Of the loca
party. Mr.. Haynes will base his can
GiGacy on his record while in office
Mr.. Heinrich is well known and is per
sonally identified with interests know,
to be slightly unfriendly to the presen
administration.
( The campaign that has already beef
started by Mr.. Williams adherents will
be laid on corporation control lines. MI
T Williams IS known to be in favor O
municipal control of public service cor
porations. One franchise is to come ii
soon and others are in the balance. TIL
Z fight will be made, not so much for &C
| tual public ownership as for control
and a demand for a return for the priv
ileges granted in the franchise.
A War Cry.
One war cry will be a demand tina
The street railway company give, tn
city some return for the privileges
enjoys in the use of the city streets
One plank in, the platform will be
demand that the street railway con
pany, in return for the use of street
be compelled to furnish and maintai
curb, cutters and paving for ever
block covered by it's lines. This poll
= has already been widely discussed an
will be pushed as a fair return to tt
city for the use of the streets. VIII
Mr.. Williams has not 6 reed to be tt
candidate of the corporation contr
party, he has announced himself tho
oy in favor of this proposition as we
as others that are included in the pla
form. - E@r
The ''public control'' and "retul
for privilege principle is not to-
limited to the mayoralty campaig
This principle, together with a stri
law enforcement, will be carried in
the aldermanic contest in every war
a strong candidate will be placed
this platform in every ward in the eli
and will make his campaign under t
direction of the general committee
those lines. The campaign will be sy
tematically carried on, and as mu
Importance placed on the nominate
end election of each alderman as
placed on the head of the ticket.