The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-31
Minnesota Politics
Governorship CandJ acies Gathering
Strength Slowly, and Half a Dozen
Are Still in Range Of Possibilities
First District Likely to Get Together
advice Offered to jacobson Men.

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First District Likely to Get Together
Advice Offered to jacobson Men.
The governorship situation develops
the convention may be hold inside Of
six weeks. There is a general DISPOSE
tlon to suspend Judgment and not bind
one IS self to the support of any given
man. % .,4.,,. =, IL. -
The lead in actual strength at this
time is disputed between Jacobson and
Block. jacobson seems the favorite in
it is hard to tell how far this senti-
ment will develop into delegates. Jacob
son g weakness has always been among
the men who are in the habit of attend
ing conventions, and tho he seems very
strong at this time, many shreWd OBJ
servers look for repetition Of four
years ago, when he failed to land the
nomination for auditor. .... -.
Blocks movement is beginning to
directions. He will have, a great deal
or strength among the German republic
cans OF the southern half of the state,
and has friends looking after his inter-
ests IN nearly every county. 1t is a
peculiar fact that while r. G. Dunn him
SELF IS hammering, Block at every op-
portunlty, many of the strongest Dunn
men In the contest two years ago are
active In the Block organization. One
OF the most strenuous Block supporters
Is Thomas II. Shevlin,; who stood by
Block is counting on gathering the
support Of the elements hostile to Jacob.
son.. There are other forces at work
IN that direction, however. - Advices
from various parts Of the state indi-
cate a strong Somerville sentiment.
Altho the man from Sleepy Eye has
done very little to date except to ex-
press Willingness to take. the nomina-,
tlon, ne appears to be- very strong
dark horse, and some of the closest OBJ
f servers are beginning to- pick him as
ANOTHER candidacy that is growing
formidable. is that of "A. L. Cole. 4:
Minneapolis man who has been in the
northern counties says sentiment is
strong for Cole in the northern part of
the sixth and eighth; districts. Cole
formerly lived in Otter Tail and has
some strength in that and adjoining
the claim Of a solid sixth t distri. for or
Gains there, and loc Cole ana ffends ha aye
expecting to round up the northern
half Of the district at least: Sentiment
IN Duluth is probably stronger for Cole
now than for any other one man.
The Peter E. Hanson boom will bear
watching at all times, and A. D. Steph-
ems is another dangerous dark horse.
Thew are trvinCr 70 not 4oro4b,r
the first district, and if presen f' efforts
caucus to decide between Lord and
Diment. 1t is felt that with both In
the field, neither one can win. Lord g
friends are pointing out the fact that
Block men were active in bringing
Diment out as candidate, and they
methods and intent to split Lord $
strength and remove him from the con
test. The Preston Times predicts that
Dlment will be found in the Lord ranks
yet. 1t is known that the Owatonna
man has: been Disappointed in the east
ern end of; the first district. aWinona
Is committed hin s t9TaseFaz and expseted to
basha probably following Suit. Hous-
ton is for Lord, and he also. seems to
lead in Qlmsted, which, with Fillmore
and Dodge, would give him the majority
OF the, district. -
| The Duluth News-Tribune hands some
| advice out to the supporters Of Jacob
son; They are urged not to campaign
with the assumption that he is the only
which would place the party in a faise,
position if he should fail to pet the
nomination.
| Incidentally, the News-Tribune makes
an interesting admission, coming from
! a former supporter of Dunn. Two years
ago the Dunn men claimed that the bolt
OF the Collins men was not justified,
and that if Collins had won they would
have supported him. The News-Trib-
une says:
Most Of the ammunition for the slaughter
Of Robert c. Dunn was furnished before
the convention by the supporters of Judge
Collins. .
Had Judge Collins been so unfortunate
as to have received the nomination, the
| bullets and the canister, the powder and
the dynamite to Shoot him to DEATH had
beennpiled ready at hand by the followers
of Mr.. Dunn. ..'
"We have been kicked out as post
Sheets in his Long Prairie Argus, Uand
| W. i. Callahan has been recommended
| by Congressman Buchanan. It is not
entirely a surprise to US and we have
no complaint to make. Those who are
in politics must expect just such things.
We took all this into account four years
| ago, when chose to take up the
cause Of the people instead Of silrren.
dering to the demands Of certain men. "
E., J. Herrlnger of Ada, former
county auditor Of Norman county, is
| reported to be q candidate, for the
state senate in the sixty-fr district.
He was presented by Norman county
two years ago as a candidate for rail
road commissioner, and is popular in
that section. The sixty-frst is an over
grown district containing the four
counties Of Beltrami,. Clearwater, Red
Lake and Norman, and needs to be
divided. Representative. L. c., Simons
| of Red Lake Falls is another probable
candidate for the senate.
Senator B. E. Sundberg of Kennedy
has filed as candidate for renomina-
tion from the sixty third district He
made an excellent record during his
first term, and probably will have no
opposition. Olaf Holdahl Of Roseau
district and it is probable; that Q. B
| Ekman will not be candidate again
Charles B. Cheney.