The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-08-17

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+ STATE POLITICS. +
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
st. Paul. Aug. 14-:The suggestion
was made In some quarters last week
that the young attorney who Is con-
Quoting the case before the board Of
railroad and warehouse commissioners
might be- q likely candidate for attor-
ney general on the Democratic ticket.
He is certainly making stir end has
one of the railroad onlcials where he
Is asking for time to think. n, over be-
fore he answers questions. I am afraid
he Is over Jealous, however, II he
really has any intentions of aspiring
to Ed Young's shoes In order to com.
mend himself to the Democratic lead.
ers he is going after the railroads
little too hard. It Is all right for him
to score Cordy Severance bit. They
do not mind q little chin music even
on questions Of rates and discrimina-
lions, but he got In little too deep
when he secured that order permitting
an examination Of the books. His
questions to Mr.. Hanaford about re-
bates were a little too pointed, too.
for Q Democratic politician, for II
there Is one point more than another
which the Democratic administration
seems to want to handle with care"
that is the railroad, question. 49,
II any one has, any doubt as to the
result of the state campaign this fall
the doubt is not shared by any one
around the Republican headquarters.
They were the cheeriest lot Of fellows
around there when I was in the ether
day. you ever saw. They are just
aching apparently to get into the thick
of the fight. The only thing that seems
to all them now is. that there is not
enough to dot seems to. be- too one
sided. They are impatient to have
Frank Day fire off some OF, those broad.
sides which he boasted the other day
at the hotel would be done when they
got to work. It does not look as if
Republicans were afraid.
I was at the Merchants the other
evening when l learned that the
"Grand Dukes" we're in session behind
closed doors at the headquarters. in
the Gilfllan. That is the way one of
the leaders, a deputy oil inspector in
this county, put It, who was not In
vited to the conference. It was plain
on the face of it that he was sore. He
and friend visited the bar and after
. Scotch highball made from Irish
whisky he consented to talk little
for the dedication of some bystanders.
He said: " don't see where those
fellows ever got the idea that Dick
O'Connor and Tommy Kane ever cut
any figure in state politics. Dick has
been a success locally, but when it
comes to the. state that is different.
Dick can't tell. the fellers In the state
to 60 to hades, for they, won't stand
for 1t. His methods are too coarse for
the country districts. If Frank Day
thinks that Dick can win this election
for him. on the old lines he is very
much mistaken" and he drifted again
toward the bar,> =. sx T.: Iii .:$;, ~
x Speaking Of O'Oonnor-they call
him the cardinal" here, not from e,ny 4
'churchly dignity Mr.. O'Connor has, it |
Is simply nickname that was given |
him by some c. the newspapers-I say,
speaking of O'Connor, it is not at all J
likely that he will take any serious 4
hand in the fall campaign either In 4
the state or locally Dick has other I
interests. That is, he is most inter- \
ested in carrying the city elections, 4
and he milks all the political friends 4
he has for that purpose. He IL not at \
all likely to jeopardize his grip en- I
them In this matter to mix In the state 1
or county fields. O.. \
The general sentiment expressed s
around the hotels is that Johnson \
made q colossal blunder in giving out !.
that interview on the merger. One of \
the prominent down country Demo 4
Gratis expressed the thought that \
Frank Day should keep q little stricter
censorship over what was permitted
to go out of the capitol. Another gen.
tleman, from Glenwood I think he 4
halls. said that Johnson had opened
his mouth wide enough to put both
feet into 1t.
dropped into the Frederic the other
evening, This Is one of the hotels
where the governor dimes occasionally
and thought perhaps I might hear
some political news. The governor.
was not there. At least did not see
htu, but I saw two Of his friends and
they were earnestly talking about the:
political prospects of their friend soto
voce, 10 to speak, but still loud enough.
for bystanders to hear. They were ex-
tolling the record of Governor Johnson
In the senate. A fellow with chin
whisker and q physique like the car.
feature Of Uncle Sam butted In with