The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-16

Senator Lord Is back at his home In
Kasson, and in an interview printed by
the Kasson Republican he says:
am very tired but feel just as cheerful as It
is possible for defeated candidate to feel. The
convention was made up and dominated by intel
lfgent and honorable men, and the best of feel
ing prevailed during all of its deliberations. Mr..
Cole was fairly nominated, IS an able and worthy
man and deserves to receive the active and
earnest support Of every republican in the state.
I consider the ticket an exceptionally good one
from top to bottom and there Is no reason In
the world why single name should be scratched
by anyone claiming to be republican. The
people of Duluth outdid themselves in hospital
ity, and everybody, including the defeated can
didates, had good Time e, =. >.
/ When the resolutions committee at
Duluth adopted the plank declaring that
."the time Is now ripe for revision" 1T
did so against the earnest protest Of
Thomas Crawford Of Lakefield, the SEQ
ond district member, Of the committee
Crawford is q. warm. supporter Of Con-
gresham McCleary and therefore a
standpatter on the tariff. His ,was the
only vote cast in the. committee against
the plank, however, and it will be used
in the second district contest. The ANTI
McCleary men will qHpte the platform to-
show that the CONGRESSMAN Is not rep.
resenting the views Of the republican
voters. :
.SOIBIeSSlOlldl pOIGlCS We're generally
eliminated in the second; district county
conventions. but they Grouped out at the
|states convention sQme what and the Gut
tersen men claimed to have q large mas
Ijority Of the delegates The McCleary
men in Blue Earth county, headed by
Senator Benedict. tried to make up with
Somerville by throwing him a good vote.
They. gave him nine on the first ballot,
y but when they dropped to two on the seq
hal IT 1Ocff al
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There was q good attendance at Duluth
of johnson appointees; who kept weath+
er eye on the convention for pointers ito
be used In the campaign. "Among those
present.. were John p. King, state, libra
rian, John A. McDermott, state oil in
spector, Fred Ryan, surveyor general for
the Duluth district, Harvey Grimmer, ex-
ecuttve clerk, and Milton Trenham, as.
sistant dairy and food commissioner. N
John Lind who was caller yesterday
at the capitol give cheering information
to his brethren in the democratic fold
He told them that Johnson would be re.
elected %.ss, = .la1.~ = ! =. ;. ~ !!
Nearly every paper, that has printed the
I republican state ticket has made an i'm.
portant omission. The first nomination
made at Duluth was that Of Knute Mel
I son to succeed himself as United State.
senator. The action was not the usua
perfunctory Endorsement, but was nom
nation as provided In the call, and tn,
he will not be voted on directly at TIN
election in November, tKnute Nelson is a.
= much a candidate on the republican stat
ticket as any Of the other Duluth -nomi
nees. f# >sts 81 ,@
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" The Duluth Herald has heard tina
. George L. Matchan Of Minneapolis ma
: be made chairman of the state centra
committee. Mr. Matchan is a persona
friend Of the nominee for governor, an
: an experienced manager. The chairman
IL ship is absolutely in the air at present.
The Winona Independent wants t
know: who is Mr.. Al L. Cole; and wha
about him?'' The who and the what wi
y be amply elucidated to the voters of Min
o nesota before Nov. 6.als.~ ) r. 49, e..
There are not very many democrats i
: Rice county, but enough to have a con
!. test over the senatorship. Charles IS
Batchelder and Frank Glotzbach, bot
former mayors Of Faribault, have filed fc
the democratic nomination A. B. Kell
[t1 Of Mortified is the only republican in til
e race to date. a
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