The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-03
Minnesota Politics !

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4 staatssF stt Crowd WlI Have Plenty, 8,
u 9hancesSto Absorb Politics Program
stor thsSD ssnoerstIcr I Gathering Press
endorsements 0f the Is s''' Speech h.
This Is going to be the most political
d l1r week In . number OF years. The
sfcrowd gathered here for the fair will
: nave ample OPPORTUNITY to meet and talk
Win the next governor Of Minnesota. A.
- Cole ilFbe$on hand at the headquar-
Eeers%gent tomorrow .son the nhir grounds,
I an t 9 Nhe tent wiz bssa. reception naoes ali
week long. where Voters can call and
snake hands with the republican stand
q sTuesday noon the 'dan 4, t gt 81
i convention will meet in the ,Bijou stiieater.
Minneapolis, and in four or five hours 1t
VIII have finished it's work, nominated a
state ticket, and adopted-a platform. The
4 program TOR the convention Is pretty well
! mace up beforehand. y Frank A. Day,
d chairman Or the state committee, will
call TO order at noon, and F. G. Winston
1 q minneapolis will be made temporary
chairman: He will make aashort speech,
aiter winch the convention will organize.
4 Ihere are no contests, so the credentials
!
ftho the convention will get right down to
business, nominating the state T. ticket
Whhe the resolutions committee draws an
the platform. W. Isl Hammond of St
James will make the speech renominat-
ing Governor Johnson. The other places
on the ticket are practically filled, and
the remaining uncertainties. will be taken
care OF by the time the convention meets
beiore nominations are finished the com
mlttee to notify Governor Johnson Will
escort MIN to the stage, and he will make
ms speech Of acceptance It will not: take
4 up the issues of the campaign to any ex-
tent, but will save the 'keynote'' dec
laratlons for& the formal ( opening of the
campaign about next week. - -
Ihefe are drafts of the platform pre-
pared but they are subject to revision
oy the committee, and it is hard to pre-
u1ct. anything definite. 1t is pretty sure
however, to indorse Bryan for president
IN 1sos, and to take advanced ground ion
Il Inc rallroad question. MunicipaI owner
snip VIII also be|indorsed
Durlng the day each congressional dis
tflct delegation will elect a member OF
the state committee The chairman will
appoint six at large. Each county con-
Ventlon selected a member. The entire
committee will meet at 1880 Tuesday
l evening at the Merchants hotel. st. Paul
TO organize for the campaign While
! there is feeling against Frank Day, 5he is
known to be Governor Johnson's choice
Tor chairman, and it. is almost certain
tnat ne will head the committee for an.
otner Two years. Governor Johnson will
VS.. tne 1air one Or two days, and the
rest OF the time he will receive his dem.
ocrat1c friends at the capitol. =.
Inc republican press Of the state is en-.
tlrely satisfied with the declarations made
NY "A. l.. Cole In the Kenyon speech. The
comment Of editors ALI over the state is
highly favorable. Some extracts will in
olcate the trend of~opinion; ~, -. -
Luverne Herald: ''1t may well be doubtet
N n ANY candidate. for governor in the state
Minnesota has ever made. d, Better speech thai
| was made by A. L. Cole at the opening OF til,
republican gubernatorial campaign in Kenyo,
: !ast Monday evening. Mo- one who reads It ca,
uoupt Tor moment the enrnestnessy and SINGER
1ty of Mr.. Cole, and no one can fail to h.
strongly impressed by the high order of states
mansh:p, the practical knowledge of state af
Ialrs, the strong common sense and the zealou
0yaaty to public interests disclosed in ever.
orookston Journal: .',gReso - speech sh Of A. l.
Cole at Kenyon at last tears away the vel
that has hidden the man. Tho it was write.
and Iconned beforehand'i it has the: ring Of sin
certify and upon it aEgfeat majority OF til,
people of Minnesota wifi base their idea of tn
o,aossten Times: Aa55 may be, ,aa'a Of II.
to tb afsf public since his non
adopted by the Republican convention that nolni
mated him: 1t develops no new issuts: for Their
are none to develop. It simply ranges the re
Z publican candidate for governor on the popula
+ side Of the various questions of public though
IN Minnesota. Z, IT. ought to sbe good vote
Albert Lea Tribune: 1.-THE address: was e.,
MODEL IN many respects, and the speaker di,
! not hesitate to take advanced grounds on man;
i Of the important questions Of the day: Tn
advocated a reduction or railroad tariffs, boil
He1gh nj and passenger, and roundly- condemned
fenate and determinations. ;; His position pi
other questions was commendable and all In al
lcampoign." ,..1n. .,ri...s N
I Rochester Post and Record: .Mr. Cole is
practical, sensible man, and his remarks wer,
intended for people like himself, who want IA ct.
and action. and want them I'm strair e a for
ward, honest way. Ofatory and flstIan HI
leaves to those who can deal only in words HI
+ mas deeds back of him ITO which he can refe,
with. honest pride. A notable characteristic a,
the man is his frankness. He makes up hi
to express it, :
owatonna Journal Chronicle: eve are all be
ginning to- get acquainted with Mr. Cole, IF tn,
acquaintance ripens as # has begun, the enthu
s,asm over HIS nomination. which, has beer
somewhat lacking heretofore. because he wa
little known In this part Of the state, viii
gro" TO great volume in short time
G. j. Gunderson Of Alexandria, who has
i no opposition now for the senate in the
fifty eighth district, has announced him
self decisively for Senator Nelson. Ir
years past the two have been at outs
This year, .Gunderson has been a, hare
: worker for Lindbergh for congress. while
Senator Nelson is. known to-, favor Buck
mans denomination. Sixth district; poll
ticians are inclined to think that Senator
Nelson engineered Gunderson's entry
s[partlyi;for the purpeses3of smoothing tile
path for Buchanan in Douglas county.
The Fairmont Indapsndenf rs =on.enix
fighting Senator Nelsofi, ssanad aattaeksd
one of the house !caniidafes in the
thirteenth district, A.5Ss&Jss.;: Fra1nbach !, 81
MEadelia, for declaring himself In favor
4 81 Nelson. The other two. ndidates .o
IS. Cole and G. j. swendsen 81 St: James
! say they are not bound on the sena for.
snip: The great majority of candidates
1 e the legislature have deehrede hem
selves without reservation, BELIEVING thai
1.-The people have a right toss know hoW
tEtthey stand on the question. & sM &
i -Charles1B. Cheney.
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