The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-06
Minnesota Politics
,odln Halden Makes Formal Announces
ment OF His Candidacy - jacobson
Claims Grow 8older In the Sixth Dis
trlct and Adjoining Counties.

rNsEEMht8E#M FG.gENlar5
Odin Halden Of Duluth made his elev-
enth-hour entry into the state field today
with formal announcement of his can
sdidacysf for state auditor. The~St. Louis
county convention. held today, Is x
pected to give him its Endorsement and q
delegation of thirty-eight, which will
fight for Halden n nobody else.
Halden's announcement means serious
trouble for Samuel G.. Iverson. The
Halden candidacy has been nursed along
for several weeks, and politicians have
agreed that the Duluth man would not
announce himself unless he felt that he
had m excellent prospect Of winning. He
has evidently been convinced that the
opening Is a good one. His announce
ment is as follows:
Pressure has been brought to bear
upon me from all parts OF the state to
again announce myself as a candidate for
state auditor. This pressure represents
such numbers and strength as to induce
me to consent. From this time on, I am
in the field in dead earnest, and shall use
every honorable effort to land the nom
nation.
II have a p%ardonable ambition to be
state auditor, and my experience as
auditor in st. Louis county, where every
form Of taxable property exists, I believe
helps to equip me for the largest field.
My official record as auditor of st. Louis
county Is an open book, and upon 1t I am
willing to trust my claims. st. Louis
county has always been loyal to the re-
publican party. 1t ih~as8nevsr, had an ad-
rnin~istrative state office and I am desir-
Gus of being the first from there to ac-
quire such an office If nominated and
elected, every interest in the state, great
or small, and every citizen from the high
est to the humblest shall have a square
deal"
Halden's supporters are, as a. rule, op-
posed to Jacobson for governor, which
will throw Halden INTO a combination
with some other candidate when: the time
comes for such deals. It means that
1verson must fight for his life, and what
strength he can muster will be devoted
to trading for votes. ~
The Halden forces have been trying to
close up ranks and make a combination
including the three big counties. This
would involve taking in Walter T.. Lemon,
the Ramsey candidate, and shutting Carl
A. Pidgeon on the cold outside. The
friends Of Pidgeon have been getting
busy, however. He had Hennepin' -four
years ago. when he was nominated over
Reese, and a good-sized crowd Of local
attorneys friendly to Pidgeon has served
notice that they will not stand for any
agreement hostile to him. This is an
other complication. @r D.
The Jacobson claims in the sixth dis
trfct are in direct contradiction to those
made for Cole. Wright ounty is claimed
solid for jacobson, tho it is primarily fol-
Pidgeon. The jacobson headquarters ir
st. Cloud has advicess from Brainert
stating that the country districts are fol
Jacobson, n that, he will; AVE Grow
Wing county, taking all of, the delegate!
in the county convention but twelve
They have hopes for Jacobson even ii
Hubbard, and have agreed to divide
Morrison: and Wadena-g, The Dougla,
county delegation will not be unanimous
but, Jacobson sentiment, they claim, will
prevail. More than half of Meeker il
claimed for jacobson oa'Their advice.
from Todd show jacobson in the lead
but II 9 J al correspondent say
that jacobson aind& Cole will divide tn,
delegation about equally. $herburn coun
ty, which has been claimed for Cole, i
sewed up for Jacobson, according to 81
Cloud advices, which give jacobson
seventy-two out of eighty-three delegate
in the county convention. I @ n~ III
gIsanti -and1Kanabec are claimed soil
for Jacobson. and that claim is not con
EleSteus %IneTef mas Deen a nght IN AnOka
but Jacobsenaclatms ninety-six out of IL
delegates in today's convention. Fou
precincts in Washington are known t
have gone for the Lac qui Parle man, bu
the rest Of the county is mixed.
The ninth district counties which hay
, gone for A. D. Stephens for governor
> is reported, will not agree to present h
name for lieutenant governor, even if tn
Crookston man, should consent to the lis
of his name in that connection. Stept
ems name has takens well with a goo
r many Of his senatorial colleagues, but til
longest heads say 1t would never do I
: nominate him. IF We should tyrnsdow
Jacobson" said n of. them yesterda.
"and then name Stephens for lieutenar
governor, we would be busy all campaig
defending the convention and the part
I from the charge Of being dictated to /