The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-22
Minnesota Politics.
Democratic State Committee Observes
Desire of the Administration for. a
Short campalgn-opening spIurge VIII
Catch the State Fair crowd--opposite
Views on the Direct Primary.

K The action of the democratic state COM
mittea followed the line indicated in this
column some time ago. A convention in
Minneapolis state fair week was agreed
on by the governors cabinet, and tho
there was a little ripple in the. committee
over the date, the program carried. Two
years ago the convention was in Mime
apolis also, and it was held during the
state fair, and the country delegates like
the arrangement. They can come on an
open rate of one fare, and take in the
convention and the fair at one trip. The
protest that the convention suffers in
newspaper attention and is not able to
hold the delegates thru it's session was
made yesterday but failed to carry
The action taken means that the DEM
ocratic administration wants short
campaign. The governor and his official
family will spend the next two months in
perfecting their organization and loading
up with press bureau ammunition. The
convention will be on Tuesday of fair
week, and the governors speech accept
ing the nomination will be made. as a
trumpet blast for the state fair crowds.
Ratification meetings in both cities may
be held later In the week to catch coun-
try visitors. AS soon as the fair is over
governor johnson will start swinging
round the circle in the same wl1irlwind
style as two years ago. He. will visit
nearly every county in the two months.
Many republican leaders who gave him
aid and comfort then will be on the other
side this time: but he will draw good
crowds, Of course and will try to reach
out and get hold of the voting public as
he did them = :, '+ go. 49, :. = =
The republican plan of campaign has
not been framed yet, but. it will also be
a rouser. The first two months will be a
season Of organization and education.
The fireworks will be opened up right
after the democratic convention, but the
campaign will not be on full blast till
after the primaries, Sept. IS. While the
brunti of the speaking campaign will fall
on Candidate Cole, he will have SPLEEN
did corps of ,stumpers, headed by Sena-
tors Nelson and Clapp, J. F. jacobson,
Samuel Lord, and other men strong with
the people of the state.
The boom for direct primary law for
state. officers is received in different ways
The Preston Times says: ..--
In the light of recent events, the Times has
come to the conclusion that direct primary
system for the nomination Of state officers
would be both wholesome and beneficial OF
course the selection Of officers in this larger
held would be In the nature Of an accident as
1t would be impossible for people generally to
ascertain the relative merits of the various can
didates, but who shall say that the voter who
Is permitted to make known his choice direct
Will not exercise as much and caution as
the average delegate who goes to the state con-
yention only to be stampeded at the will and
pleasure Of the comparativ few who really
manipulate things. .s- -. -
A different tone is taken by the Roch-
ester Post and Record, which says:
Any member of the legislature who would vote
for such a measure should be sewed in a bag
and dumped into the river. And If the next
legislature would inquire into the working of
the present law in Olmsted county 1t would
vote unanimously for its repeal, unless they
have spite against us and want the county
to remain political nonentity.
S. A. Langum, the chief booster for
Samuel Lord was bitterly disappointed
at the failure to nominate the Kasson man.
He cautions the Cole men not to indulge
too freely. at the expense of the other fell
lows, and draws a moral. from the expe-
rience Of the Dunn men two years ago.
who later on "cried in vain for assist
ance from some of the very men whom
in their pride and hopefu1ness they had
taunt As far'ssas Langumz3 is con-
cerned, however, he is in The harness for
Cole, and says:
Wishes are but idle dreams now. Some pre-
ferredl Iordy others Jacobson. still others Somer-
vile, Block or Stevens, but majorities rule, and
whatever the ausesys-that brought about the
nontina tionaof Cole he received the majority
vote and Is entitled to the support of all good
republicans. In the game Of politics We cannot
all win. Out of the six bona fide candidates
for governor only one could secure the no1nina-
ton. Cole received II and So far as he is
1t came to, him fairly, no matter
what the motives of some of those who brought
it about. His public record is good his per
sonal life is clean and he is vouched for by
those who know him well as "a gentleman of
high honor and integrity Under such circum-
stances. no man who is at all solicitous for
the welfare and continued existence of the re-
publican party can refuse him his vote and
most cordial support u -.-.
! The democratic administration seems
to have pretty fair control now of the
patronage of the game and fish commits
son.. Walter NJ Johnson one of the
faithful in Duluth, has been notified that |
he will succeed John Green as deputy |
warden at that point on July 1.
3D.. '- r..s g.. Charles B. Cheney.