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

Se~sSSeS ss~~ ~ee@~ SSe~s 49,
that the young attorney who Is con.
Quoting tho case before the hoard Of
railroad and warehouse commissioners
might be q likely candidate for attor.
Aey general on the Democratic ticket
He is certainly making a stir and has
one of the railroad ofllcials whore he
Il asking fol-. time to think 1t 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 q
little too hard. It is all right for him
to score Cordy Severance bit. They
do not mind a little chin music even
on questions Of rates and dlscrimina-
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.
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 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 of some Of, those broad.
sides which he boasted the other day
at the hotel would be done when they
got to work. 1t does not look as If
Republicans were afraid.
was at the Merchants the other
evening when l learned that the
Grand Dukes" were 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 1t, who was not in
vited to the conference. 1t was plain
on the face of it that he was sore. He
and friend visited the bar and after
Z Scotch .highball made from Irish
whisky he consented to talk a little
for the delectation Of some bystanders.
He said: II 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 success locally, but when 1t
comes to the. state that Is different.
Dick can't tell. the fellers in the state
to go to hades, for they, won't stand
for it. 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 1. * !, ;I.2;: : ~
49, :
Speaking OF O'Oonnor-they call
him the Cardinal" here, not from eny
2churchly dignity Mr.. O'Connor has, it
Is simply a nickname that was given
him by some ce the newspapers say,
speaking of O'Connor, it is not at all !
likely that he will take any serious
hand in the fall campaign either in !;
the state or locally. Dick has other
interests. That Is, he is most inter- !
ested in carrying the city elections,
and he milks all the political friends
he has for that purpose. He IL not at /
all likely to jeopardize. his grip On !
them In this matter to mix In the state
or county fields.
The general sentiment expressed >
around the hotels is that Johnson 6
made q colossal blunder In giving out :;
that interview on the merger. ono Of :
tho prominent down country Demo- '
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 think he
halls. said that Johnson had opened
his mouth wide enough to put both
feet into it. =:
, 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.
ktn, but l saw two of his friends and 4
they were earnestly talking about the
political prospects of their friend soto I
voce, 30 to speak, but still loud enough
for bystanders to hear. They were ex- 4
tolling the record of Governor Johnson !,
in the senate. A fellow with q chin +
whisker and q physique like the car.
feature Of Uncle Sam butted in with {
the remark: Excuse me, gentlemen,
but what did Governor johnson do
when he was senator; by that I mean :
what bills did he ever offer that were
for the benefit Of the general public?"'
The gentlemen thought it was perhaps
unfair to expect that they should be
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