The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-09-27
THE STORY OF Johnson
SKETCH Of MINNESOTHS governor READS LIKE
Page FROM life OF LINCOLN

An intensely interesting sketch of Governor John Johnson of
Minnesota given the October American Magazine written by
William Hard Johnson rise from poverty power reads
f CHAPTER from the Abraham Lincoln We present here
with Mr. Introductory remarks which give graphic
re Of man destined his way the hearts of the American
people
The best loved public the great northwest Of this country
v the Democratic governor Of Republican Minnesota John
Johnson
The older his little home town of St Peter on the hy
hanks of the talk of him with tears their
while they his early struggles with family poverty and with
family tragedy will walk all the around the bar and
come ont in front and stand amid the cuspdors and shake their
and saw 81 you John Johnson just good Republican as any
man inside party You don't stop being Republican when you
vote for John Johnson You ask anybody He is Democrat all
right you leave You can be Republican and vote for
Tohn Johnson any time you want to-.
Now when the and the wives of the bankers and store
keepers unite on man, they do John Johnson St Peter
something must break In this particular case was the KepuDa
party of the state Minnesota Twice has John Johnson broken that
party in that state Once by $1,000 when Roosevelt was running
1904 and once b Roosevelt OF the IN 1910
What is the meaning this nsistent popularity Why IS ne ad
red why followed by the shouts OF men and the tea o
women in his triumph from country boy son OF
good woman of the village drnkard to drug store
to country editor and to state governor?
Winning Peoples affection
first John Johnson Frontenac On my way down 10 r
tenac had studied documents human the ouer W
The first was Swedish lumberman For about two hou III ~
attempted to drawn account OF his Opinions ABOUT @
Johnson He seemed to know nothing about him. At last sa
rather raby you think anything about the governor
He replied slowly and houghuy: Ay tank ay vote 10r Ho
He bin guide man.
The second document the written document that peused on my
av 70 Frontenac was the record of the last state election IN
sota rousing Republican victory Everybody on the Ne
ticket with exception, elected! The regular party
as usual in the vote treasurer Dlnehart
900 Evans Democrat 90 OOO straight Republican majority oloo0
ce natural ite inevitable in Minnesota But there was one Ke
publican who was unfortunate And that was A. L Ooe l w
pened to run for governor His vote was only 9oooo "
600 below his party strength An unfortunate man! iI
was ohn Johnson of St Peter Swedish country ed'Or' W
years before when he first ran for governor I@u D
the remark, "Who you, anyway! ,4;oa
The vote accumulated by this John Johnson IN last yea
was 1853 900 out of total of $4,000 plurai2 ~ 1na
total vote Of less than four times that number An advance " w.
600 above the regular party strength an increase u o
in the relar nartv voel "Who John Johnson anyway
Holv the Man Looks and AcfS
He the door of the dining room o u d make
as was going out supper to ENJOY the tWs" - lt
out only the dim outlines of tall, sllghtyStooFre L
long-armed man who bent and tod me ' Iii then
> ;te hi liter IN ,e evening noticed the lines OF ms O
and inst one other detail The OF his ace lhey are uep
innumerable neraced especially about the eyes. IIey az
and tbe last innression left upon you by John Johnson
When saw him at about o'clock on that same e Ii
- - +b omen air noticed other things An easy, ioss
attitude stoop which persists even When ne = ~ +on
shorter man A height Of just about SIX 1ee o - c,
A weight of about $50 pounds Duid Wili : h h hair
eaunt is what they call in the west rangy. AAsnl zoe
~ - 4t, few sreaks of white just above the eais'
ears deen1v involuted A long head, broad enough - 49, t
reaching it's greatest breadth farther back De ~ SLIGHTLY
head Blue eyes very blue deep due 80 ax+endino
turned 70 the right High cheek bones a lO"s d +heo
I ~ t homes down a long way to the cIln anu aira ~
turning slightly up complexion which in Doylood .sn was eSen @ COM
white but which is now nerfused and uniio tb mouth:
0n n Of the Praa abo the eyes He dressed as bed vaGa
ne partlcuay aous t came handy Thus atred he spraWed
on tme any clothes tnat CAME i'N'
easily the parapet - ,oe kindv but ex-
When he looked at me- the glance OF ms eS . - are very
en I keen e hardly be distinguished fine that one re-