The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-30
Minnesota Politics
Republicans Only Fear 4 Light Vote
q in Republican strongholds, and That
Is a Main Reliance Of johnson Forces
] Lind Will Talk for Hammond.
SPEECHES.

3HepuDllcan-A. II. Cole ana James Az
I4awney at Rochester, Knute Nelson at
Breckenridge, ]. F. jacobson at ssppicer
and Willmar, 8. R. Van SAINT at West
Concord, E. T. Young and s. g. liver.
son at Graceville, Frank M. Eddy at
Bagley, A. Q: Eberhart a Argyle, Will
liam Il. Eustis at Fulda, Halvor Steen-
erson at PELICAN Rapids, A. j. Volstead
at Herman, G. A. ,Lindbergh and G: j.
sington,W. H. Grimshaw at Mountain
Lake. D. +. Reese at Minnesota Lake.
Democratic-John A. johnson at st.
James and Mankato, S. NJ. Owen at
Vining and Henning,sP. M. Magnusson
andFD. H. Evans at Collingwood and
Dassell, T. r. Kane and DR.. A. j.
Stone at Redwood Falls, NJ. c. Tiff
and John s. erode at St. Michael, Ed
ward Peterson at Middle River and Gil
max. ~ n
Prohibitionist-T Tallyho party, G.
w. Dorsett, candidate for governor, at
Sedan. Brooten and Belgrade; w. j.
Arnold and Pathfinder quartet at Free
born county points; James H. Woert.
endyke at Irving.
One week from today, the voters Of
Minnesota will register their choice.
They will select a governor this time
under conditions free from passion and
excitement. Personal feeling has not
been aroused. There are no street cor
I. ner debates or riot calls. On the sur,
worthy of gentlemen. The issue on
one side has been the principles of the
republican party and the merits of re-
publican candidates, and on the other
it has been the personality Of Gov
ernor johnson and an appeal to the
Under the circumstances it is no
wonder that conditions of indifference
prevail. In the strong republican coun-
ties the big fight was in the primaries.
All the local politicians spent their
energies and their money then, and
when the primaries were over, local
contests were decided The nominees
have no more fight on hand and take
no more interest in the game. The
voters had their fill Of excitement, and
are mostly glad to take a rest from
day.. IT fair day, will see most farm
ers in the fields all day, and light
vote will be polled in the counties
where the big republican majorities
come from, such counties as Fillmore,
F..rreeeborn5,, Faribault and @Goodhue. The
cities will vote heavily, especially Min
neapolls, where the city election comes
ooSo'noA WIN JIG otdIe elecI1OH. Ine
second district will cast a good vote
on account of the congressional fight,
but IN the other rural sections of the
state anything like a full vote is going
to be an exception. :,
There is a notable disposition on the
part OF many voters to keep silent, and
polltlclans are in the air over the trend
OF the silent vote. It is mostly repub-
q tod 4@ e..
the ticket, and if it. does, Cole will
have a comfortable majority If the
silent vote slumps toward johnson, how
ever, the result will be close.
Democratic leaders are banking much
OF, the evident popularity of Governor
Johnson, and the good crowds he is
craving to his meetings. 1t is inev-
liable, tho, to come. to a comparison
two years ago. No matter how strong
Johnson may be in any locality, It is
! sharol to find one, where hs- seems strong
Where evef yf KITS ISL 54e d Rlasss
are always, over in the next, county.
on the other hand, there is an Hiunmis-
! taxable exodus of republicans who
voted for johnson two years ago, out
OF his camp and into line for Cole and
the g, whole state ticket. Democrats
oA w. i1olA d uuu1Uer oI cOunC1eS
where everything was afre two years
ago, have been interviewed, and ad-
mt that party lines are drawn closer
TINS year. They are not banking on
gains for johnson so much as On a
light 1T: vote to keep down Cole g ma.
| jorities.
:, T he vote is not likely to run over
That OF four years ago, the last 0T-year
election, when there were. 270,SSS votes
=
; the two leading candidates will not
! poll over 100000, and that the man
who gets 10000 votes is elected. The
normal republican vote; of the state in
an off year is 100000 or over, so Cole
can lose 10000 republican votes and
still win.
The catechism of seven questions put
bY the Shippers and Receivers associa.
ton to candidates for the legislature
has already been signed by large ma:
after: the senate particularly hard, az
that is the place where reform legisla.
ton generally sticks. Outside the twin
cities they now have responses to their
questions from all but ten republican
candidates. Out Of a list of seventy
eight republican and democratic candi
dates IN the state, sixty-two have stated
ohC!A pOSILAou Oh "Cn6S6 questions In 9
satisfactory manner.
The St. Cloud Journal Press, whose
editor is receiver Of the landoffce
hands out the following steer .r.
Inc newspapers are busy once more
abolishing- the st. Cloud land office
This time it is Congressman Stevenson
, who is to- do it with a little bill, re-
moving both the St.. Cloud and Cass
Lake offices to, Bemidji We know q
better one than that. Congressman
Buchanan will secure the passage Of a bill
wlping out the Crookston office, giving II
to st. Cloud. For the Information of the
newspaper boys who are always anxious
i to get; straight tips, we put them next tc
the fact that the St. Cloud office is to be
made custodian of all the land office rec
ords in the state, the ", other offices
being closed as soon as possible, and in
IA few years there will be but one LAND
office in the state, and that will be al
the granite city. f.3 : i = 10. -
The Crookston Times thinks thai
Cole will be elected by from 10000 t.
$4,000, while the rest Of the ticket will
run from $4,000 to 10000 ahead. Tha-
1 is a fair and conservative estimate OF
the governorship, but the rest Of thu
ticket ought to average better thar
$1,000, judging by recent years. In thu
last off-year election, 1902, pluralitie!
were approximately as follows: Gov
ernor, $4,000; lieutenant governor. 60.
600; secretary Of state, $4,000; auditor
1 10000; treasurer, 77,0OO; attorney gen
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