The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-08-31

St. Paul, Aug. ga fight on Frank
Day, chairman of the democratic state
central committee, seems imminent. He
may not be permitted to lead the DEM
ocratic hosts this time. At any rate
an effort will be made to suppress him.
The three cities, st. Paul, Duluth and
Minneapolis, that is certain influential
democrats located in them, are said to
want Mr.. Days scalp, and members of
the new state central committee, it is
understood, have been selected with that
view in end. Day is credited with a par
TALLY to the country in influencing
gubernatorial appointments of the minor
class.
1t was limited to the governors Sec
rotary that he might have to vacate,
but he only smiled, and added that
probably he was not a candidate for the
Craftsmanship. He refused to discuss the
talk of fight on him.
At Duluth, Saturday the first intima
ton of the coming scrap came in the
shape of partial routing of the adj
ministration forces there. The Hearst
and Bryan factions clashed and the Bry--
antics came out second best. .c
Governor johnson has been evidently
keeping his hands clear of the fight on
his private secretary, but it is generally
agreed that if he stepped in and asked
for Mr.. Days reelection, that it would
be agreed to, Mr.. Day, however, may,
in the event of a serious break, refuse
to allow the consideration of his name.
in the interest of harmony.
Chicago, Aug. 28.-To make Roger
Sullivan chairman of the national dem
ocratic committee in place of Thomas
Taggart, is the latest movement affoot
among the conservative leaders of the
organization.
Alton B. Parker, once a presidential
on his passage through Chi
cago the other day, gave foundation to
the mere suggestion which has trans
formed it to a movement. He spoke
warmly of the merits and qualities of
leadership developed of late by the Illi-
inois committeeman. At the country
house of James G. Eskels, Judge Parker
is thought to have unfolded even more
at length the hope and intention of the
New York democratic leaders regarding
Mr.. Sullivan.
Mr.. Sullivan himself leaves for New
York Tuesday. He travels not with the
official committee delegated to welcome
the Nebraskan as the latter steps ashore,
but he will at least occupy the startgic
position to extend to Mr.. Bryan the
"glad hand" if the latter gives any in
dication of willingness to accept the
same.
Mr.. Sullivan, whose sojourn in New
York will extend to Sept. IL, will have
real business other than sentimental
exchange of compliments with Mr.. Bry-
an. He will see the New York leaders,
it is said, who have made up their
minds to swallow Mr.. Bryan gracefully,
since it is apparent they must swallow
him in some fashion, or else repeat the
bolt of 1896, which would be fatal this
time to subsequent return.
Mr. Sullivan will show the New York
leaders show" He will instruct those
political and financial magnates in the
charming art of heaping Goals of fire
upon an irate enemy's head. The New
Workers, as intimated by Judge Parker,
were greatly impressed by Mr.. Sullivan's
Peoria performance. From Mr.. Bryan's
utterance they had supposed Mr.. Sulli-
van to be bludgeon; but 10, he proved
himself stilletto.