The Irish standard., 1910-07-02
STATES REASON WHY HE SHOULD
NOT HEAD DEMOCRATIC
TICKET.
IN LETTER TO CHAIRMAN DAY
Disposition Exists Not to Accent State
msrt AZ Last Word-Believes
He Is insIis.
ible.

statement mat ne Will not be can.
didate on the Democratic ticket for
the governorship is now in the hands
Of the Minnesota Democratic leaders.
Frank A. Day, chairman of the DOM.
m1ttee. to whom the letter was adj
dressed, returned from Fairmont, and
found the letter waiting for him. Mr..
Day is consulting with his friends and
the exact text Of the letters will not
be given out until the matter has been
fully considered.
Mr.. Lind takes the position, 1t Is
understood, that the law relative to
the members of the board of regents
being candidates for any other Office
during the time for which they have
been elected, Is inhibitive, and that
der the conditions.
He recites his reasons for not being
candidate and expressed the opinion
that some other man can be nominat-
ed and elected.
The Democrats are apparently not
willing to accept Mr.. Lind's declina-
ton as final. They say the law rela-
hNS w ehS bodlu vi iCSShIo 10 uoS
binding, because the constitution It.
self fixes the status of candidates for
office. and that any law which az
sumes to override the constitution
would not necessarily be binding.
Not Last Word.
Although the Democratic leaders are
considerably taken off their feet by
Mr.. Linds letter, they are not dis
posed, at once, to accept it as the last
word.
In addition to their Interpretation
of the law passed by the legislature
relative to the eligibility of men hold
ing office while on the board of re-
gents, they say that Mr.. Lind owes
duty to the party and say no man has
been known to ignore unanimous
call to duty.
The only thing that puzzles them is
whether or not Mr.. Lind will make
good on his statement. They acknowl-
edge that the former governor Is in
cined to have his own way and that
he may absolutely decline to run II
nominated without his consent. In
spite of this, their first inclination IL
to nominate him and leave the rest
to chance.
In the background, the name Of Con-
gresham w. S. Hammond, looms up
largely as a possibility.
With the head of the ticket in doubt
Democrats are busily engaged in NAM
ing the rest of their ticket. If Lind
! were nominated for governor. one Of
the most likely candidates for the Sec
] ond place would be Charles A. Nye,
/ of Moorhead. 1t seems unlikely that
Fred W. Johnson, of New Ulm, will
be named for second place If either
| Lind or Hammond were nominated.
The nomination Of Lind and Johnson
would place too many Scandinavians
Mt the head Of the ticket, while Ham
mond and Johnson would overload tho
ticket with candidates from the SEQ
ond district
Want Liberal Vote.
| In spite Of this. If Lind were nomi-
mated, the Democrats would like to
! put up a man for second place, who
would appeal to the liberal element in
opposition to the county option candi-
dacy of S. Y. Gordon for lieutenant
governor on the Republican ticket
Stan J. Donnelly Of St. Paul, Is
booked for the attorney generalship,
although this plan may be changed
in view of the fact that Thomas D.
! OBrien will be nominated for the su-
preme court and Otto Bremen will DO
nominated for state treasurer or Henry
G. Haas will be named for some place
and the tendency would be to get
away from the danger Of overlooking
the ticket with Ramsey county candt
dates Judge F. c., Brooks of Min
neapolis, will be nominated for the
supreme court IL he will permit the
use of his name.
Fred w. johnson is likely to be
named for the place Of secretary OF