The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-20
Minnesota Politics
Republican commlttee May Have Head
quarters for Grand Army Encampment
and State FaIrA Democratic Protest
Against Indorslng Republican candl-

ana IN charge Of SecretaryaC H. Warner,
put there Is not much activity yet. The
press bureau has not been organized and
Until tpat has been put in working order
tnere VIII not be much evidence that a
campaign is In progress. One fixed pur-
pose OF the committee IL to advertise a..
=, Cole and make him known to all the
voters OF the state, SO that they will be
acquainted with the man and with what
he stands for ,s
II has been suggested that Cole head.
quarters be established in Minneapolis
during the g. A. r. encampmcnt week,
and also on the state fair grounds during
iair week. This proposition will be taken
up py the executive committee, and seems
likely to receive favorable consideration.
u the headquarters are kept open, the
idea Is for the candidate to be present
during the day to meet all visitors, Civ
Ing thousands a chance to shake hands
and talk with him.
The Irish Standard Of this city is an
| old-l1ne democratic paper, and it has no
patience with the talk Of indorsing At
torney General Young or any other cam
d1date on the republican state ticket at
the coming democratic convention. The
| Standard says:
The willingness of some of the democratic lead
| SAS W A1uolSe 4OunS must ARISE IEO1 tucI
desire to benefit Governor Johnson In his next
race. They reason that there is no chance OF
electing q democratic attorney general anyhow,
| and that the Endorsement by them Of Attorney
General Young might secure for the support Of
| the governor some Sof the attorney generals
friends and also give the public to understand
that the governor is in favor of supporting re-
publican officials where they have proven eff
Gent The same reasoning applies to othel
candidates on the republican ticket There art
1 ha
running for office besides the attorney general
and there is no more chance Of the democrats
defeating those other men than there is of de
| feating Attorney General Young. Why woult
it not be "a good scheme to indorse the whole
republican state ticket except the candidate
for governor and make the issue this fall opel
and above board; contest pure and simple be
tween the two candidates for governor?
Senator Dan" Shell of Worthingtor
has an opponent and there is going to bt
a lively contest in !, the Mobiles Murra.
district. s. B. Bedford cashier Of tn,
Rus hmore State bank, has been brough
out for the senate by the leaders opposed
,, to Shell, and will soon file. Mr.. Bed
ford's decision was made at meetin.
in Worthington Wednesday, to which h
had come without. knowing its object
Among those who urged him to get IL
were George r. Patterson, George W
Wilson, G. M. Crandall, A. T. Latta AM
Edward Jones. Mr.. Bedford is 40 year
old, and has lived in Mobiles county sine
the early seventies. He began as a mer
. chant, organizing the bank in 1893 Wit
two candidates in Mobiles county, it
: thought possible that S.. O.. Morse Q
! slayton, the present representative, wi
come out for the senate also, but he ha
opposition in Murray county that woul
. divide his strength there, and possibl
, bring out fourth candidate. "
George w. Knox Of Aitkin will file fo
+ the house in the f1fty-second distric
' This will make three Aitkin candidate
! for the legislature, Ole Mausten for tn
. senate, c. P. De Laittre and George "
! Knox for the house. There will be a live
a ly campaign in the big woods countr
:, during the next two months. Cass count
/ is not after place, being the home {
4 the candidate for governor, and it WI
n be a battle-ground for the candidate
q Carlton county has. two candidates, Sie'
? rem Swanson Of Moose Lake, who he
y made a creditable record in the hous
!, for two sessions, is up for the senat
= and Walter L. Case of Cloquet is a car
4 didate for the lower house. Itasca hs
+ one candidate, D. M. Gum Of Grar
: Rapids for the senate and Gum seen
a to. have scared the rest Of them off II
: track in that county. There may
v other entries, but: there is already a TT
+ langular fight for the senate, and thrf
= candidates for two; house places.
d There are. three house candidates
g Fillmore county Burdett Thayer
Spring Valley and o. n. Thundale
l. Harmony, who sat in the last house, ha'
y filed, and George Andrus of Chatf1eld HI
entered again. The four senatorial cal
IS didates hold the center Of the stage, hoy
ever. =. -Char1es =. Cneney.