Warren sheaf., 1909-12-09
ST. PAUL LETTER

ST. PAUL LETTER
st. Paul, December Z, 1901 notice
from the st. Paul correspondence to
the Duluth Herald, said 10 have emian-
aIed from the Kitchen Cabinet, which
is still in active business, though not
at the old stand, that the writer is in
clined to be merry over the sugges-
ton that John Lind may be selected
as the Democratic candidate for gov
ernor, and In the event of the failure
of the Republican party to take up
the issue run on the county option
ticket. That such q suggestion has
been made resulted from knowledge
Of the fact which has leaked out that,
when approached in 1908, Governor
Lind declared that the only condition
on which he would run, would be that
the platform Of the Democratic party
should contain q county option plank.
The writer goes on to say that "the
Democratic party is historically com.
mitted to the evident latitude of per-
sonal liberty, consistent with right liv
ing, and the adoption Of q county op-
ton platform would hopelessly disor-
ganize the party in this State.'
However that may be, the Kitchen
Cabinet has no doubt long been IA
miliar with Mr.. Lind's views on this
subject That may have been among
the reasons which inspired joker
which found it its way into the laws
of 1907-noted for their jokers and
wood-chucks-which makes John Lind
at the present time ineligible on any
platform, as the candidate OF any
party for governor, or any State onice.
At that session, the law creating .
board Of regents Of the State uni
versity was amended, and certain
persons were designated BY the legis-
lature to be members OF the board Of
regents. The closing paragraph. how
ever, affects all members appointed
subsequently. It reads as follows:
From and after the expiration OF tha.
terrne oe the aforesaid appointed
msnbers, no appointed member Of the
board shall. during the term for which
he IL appointed, hold any once. elec.
tive or appointive, under the State
Of Minnesota" Mr. Lind's term does
not expire until l9l4., In. lcasa.he bs-
Icomess . candidate in 1910. his sliGihil.
~ would be at once called in ques.
ton. There is no way he c6Nld get
round the dimculty. Even his resig-
nation would not make him eligible as
a candidate for governor in the next
campaign. He is definitely out Of it.
Another gentleman on whose polit.
ical ambitions this law puts 4 damper
is Pierce Butler of St. Paul. 1t is said
that Butler had concluded to be can.
didate for the State senate in oppo.
sition to Senator Hackney in the Mid
way district. The law disqualifies
,, him from holding any State Office
elective or appcintive. during the term
of his regency.
This narrows Democratic possibili
; ties in the gubernatOrial field. Con
| gresham Hammond, is well known te
; be reluctant to get into the game. il
not to have definitely refused. Still
there is Mayor Lawler Oh st. Paul
! He is said to be in a reflective mood
+, The PARTY, however. is afraid Of hin
| and his big stick Hence scouting
parties are out. D. d, Daily OF Rem
! Vile county has been discovered, bu
| has yet to be introduced. Doubles,
there are others | am inclined, how
ever, to the opinion that the Kitchel
Cabinet regard one Frank A. Da,
more and more as the man of destiny
and that it is the easiest thing in thu
world to underrate both his strength
and his popularity.
So far on the Republican side, til.
men who are most in the public eyt
are: first Governor Eberhart, who b,
reason OF his occupancy of the posi-
ton, has the advantage of appearins
to have prior claim on public con
sideration That goes far Natural
" people are inclined to accept the es
tablished order, and in the matter 0
the executive Office to look no furthe,
| provided the man who appears to b
the logical candidate is not in some
way made to appear obnoxious.
State fair politics are, however, JUS
now the real thing. The fight cent
ers on the presidency, for which ther,