The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-05

plim entary notices that have appeared, |
and if nominated would accept, but is not |
seeking the nomination. - |
Score another receptive candidate.
The Duluth News-Tribune takes up the !
cause of st. Louis county's candidate In
this strain: - - ~
Senator Hawkins legislative training has fitted
him to occupy, with honor, the office he seeks.
HIS cool Judgment and conservatism are adj
| officer. While reticent in manner Senator Haw-
kins has the faculty of making friends and COM
polling respect His standing among his col
leagues has always been enviable.
| Knowing the north country and it's needs and
conditions, Senator Hawkins would be in posi-
| ton, as president Of the senate, to see to it
In legislative matters. He is practical, sue
cessful business man, whose interests lie in
Minnesota, and he is an experienced Legislator.
Another consideration is appealing to
some of the wise ones! The nominal ton
of Hawkins would: go a long way toward
solving the problem Of how to raise a
| campaign fund. Popular subscriptions
are fine things to talk about, 1but astute
campaign maesaagesff lie to yi4ave "a finan-
cler handy W6sfr the Rural hxers begin
to call for help. sefGtNN4 WG&
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The coming contest between Buchanan
and Brewer in the sixth district is being
watched with interest by the democratic
leaders: After Buckman's successive de-
feats of DR.. DUBOIS and Cleve Van
Dyke, the democrats do not have much
hope of winning the district, but they
| will make a sincere effort, anyway, and
the man generally favored as a candidate.
is Charles E. Vasaly, editor of the Little
Falls Herald, and one Of Governor johns
1 sons recent appointments on the state
board of equalization. He is democrat
( Of the Hearst school, and represented
Minnesota on the resolutions committee
at the st. Louis convention. His loca-
!. ton is strategic, as he lives in Congress-
man Buckman's town, and the demo-
; Gratis of the district think he would
} profit by republican disaffection. whether
Buchanan or Brewer is successful in the
primaries.
The Fairmont Independents charac-
teriZation of Jacobson as r. G. Dunn's
political twin almost extinguished the
Y Cannon Falls Beacon which says that on
+ that explanation jacobson must be s'an
expurgated edition of Mr.. Dunn minus
y the special capability which recommended
e Mr.. Dunn for the place. - The Beacon
does not see why anybody should support
a "colorless" candidate, mediocre"
e man. The Beacon has well developed
sense of humor. ~ =
The Sank Centre Herald says: e. - ~.
2 Sam Langum, of the Preston Times thinks he
- has discovered a scheme to- injure Senator Mel
son in the advocacy of the nomination of Jacob
: son by overlooking the ticket with Norwegians.
i No one ever thinks Of the nationality Of Nelson
or Jacobson. They have both grown too big
| for. that. r. s.-. =
l. Minnesota opinion favorable to the pri-
y mary election is being collected by a rep
= resentative Of the Sioux City Tribune,
: which is active in the legislative cam
g paign now being waged in the Hawkeye
h state. The Sioux City Journal is opposed
to the primary law. and its editor
Il George c. Perkins, is a "standpat' can
e didate for governor: E-ET
+ Chisago county is conceded the sen.
r atorship this year in the thirty second
!. district, and possible candidates are Rep
resentative John w. Nelson, C.. M John
8 son Of Rush City and Victor L. johnson
= Of Center City. Henry Rines' Of Mora is
likely to be the Kanebec county candidate
It for the house, and Pine county will pre-
II sent H. P Webb Of Sandstone, and pos
:, siby others.
Il The Crookston Times is chiding the
% officers of the state drainage league fol
running off to Washington this winter
4 while the work is being neglected in Min.
n nesota. 1t calls attention to the fac
~ that southern Minnesota papers are stir.
o ring up prejudice against drainage ap.
preparations, and that the main object Of
s. the league, to educate sentiment a.
home, is being lost sight of in the her
culean effort to convert congress.
40 Calculations in the ninth judicial dis
:, trict have been upset by Judge. Weber
- who is well along in years, and was ex
e pected to retire at the end of this term
Virgil B. Seward of Marshall and Georg.
w. somerville of Sleepy Eye we're among
re- the candidates for the place. and NOR,
i. We're likely to enter, but Judge Webbe
: now says he Would like a election
Seward and SomerYille may run anyhow
i but an effort is being made to get Somer
vile out for governor. gF
n.l Victor r. Lawson editor Of the Win
:, mar Tribune. and chairman Of the populis
y state committee, is likely to be- an hide
ID pendent candidate for the state senate IL
. the Kandiyohi county district. If he run.
II will be with both populist and prohi
bitionist backing Senator u. o. Thorp
II will doubtless be the republican NOMINEE
y again, unless the state convention shoult
s. take him up for promotion.
tol Charles. B. Cheney.