Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-09-24

ET In 1888 he was elec cted$ state senaTor.:I
81 In 1892 he was nominated by his
party for the same position, but suf-
fered defeat at the hands of another
SWede whose surname was the same flr
as his own. The state rep,lbl licanzp
mary campaign which followed was
the most bitterly contested inst the his
tory of the state. The repubii biicans
were divided into two opposing camps
one favorings Robert Dunn mn Of
Princeton, the other Judge Loren u n Col
Inns of st. Cloud, and although Dunn lp u
received the unanimo ols nominal atienSo'f u 4 Il:
the conYention the contest had left Y
wounds which were still rev and aa1 \ h
which there was no hope Of healing. e
IT, was ss B under 5 such circum instances p
markedly favorable to him that John 4 y !.
A. Johnson was flrst3 minated for
governor Of Minneso sofa. Il n; ksss i5: II
At this time John 4A. Johnson was
practically unknown to the vast ma: lsls Y
iijority sof the people of the state Ie;; EII :;
was not to remain uni known slong ! syea ,I
Aug. so, 1904, ne was nominal by
tacclamation as the demo- cratic eand-:
date Tor stlne ONCE Of chief sexecutay
No5 NJ person expected he would wir Ile
could not hInaaelff had much
hope. Nevesrth at his ssall y
he &C once entered upon q igorouass
campaign. BOON sbecome apparent. IT.
that TIA same qualities which had .al
made him q social and 81 pohsal leader
Iin 81 Peter and llicoHets county WERE
attracting ID, him dfssatished repub-
Ilicang III ali parts of the state. While Y y
not III the fullest sense an orator he
lhad as few men have the orators hap.
pest faculty Of getting into touch with
bis audiences His were heart to
heart talks with the people about
lmatters with which ley were @famil- lIl
i;iar, in Language they understood, TO
which was added that 8 indehnable
something which we are accustomed q
to call magnet ttsm. The mistakes fof
This opponent and. the execrable man,
agements OF his campaign added to bis
prospects. The ollins supporters
simply would moi. vote for Dunn. The
especially surprising Y under any
circumstances, but neYerthe eless Of sex
Itraordinary magnitude While Roose
welt carried the state By 16l,.474 pl,l
rality and the whole of the rest 81
the Repub ublican tic II was elected ;bs
Overwhelming orities Dun re 5re
ceiyed only 40, 80 to Johnlson's ~, 4 a,
ss2.. E5 s$z3s
IN the Democrat tic convention II d
II 1906 SGoverno j ohnso 81 rain received
the uni animous nomin mination Of his hliiss
party His opp ponent was =. Cole
/ lof #Cass county Ir the lection Gov
ernor Johnson won q sweeping vic
tory. carrying almost every county Il Il
| 1.-The state and receiving s16s. .4s0 yotes
1tos Coles g6,1 60. He was renomin inatet
I IL second time sin 190s against ]. q
ii Jacobson whom any lieyed to b y
| lIthe strongest republican II the state
but. although this campaign took place
Like the. governors tirst, IA IA pressil
i dsntial year, Johnson again carrie,
HE state, sreceiying So votes Il
i Jacobson's LAG .s97 .s5s s
Johnson d pheno neI,al success
vote getter, coupled With the recorr'' orr'
\ ii.he has made as al administrato
llearIy attracted national attention 4
4 nim asa 3 possible candi date tor th ii
HIdamocratic nomi inat tion Tor the pres
.sdency. ana, although 81 1908 an SaiI
succ cessfsil NOV venent had been iIuaai
gurated with that end ~ view. he I'VE We
! az the time offs his death regarded y
many AS tlhe d party ] probable chote (
lin s122
Editor Iresdwell, of she Rock Iak
4 Ripples, was 4 visitor ~ This city oye
4 Sunday. While here he was circula
ing among the business men OF thi
city sounding the round Wit VIE
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