The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-07-08
ARE UP IN THE AIR.
DEMOCRATS IN A BAD WAY: RAT
TIED BY LIMBS LETTER.

Governor; His Party Men Would
Hold Him UP as a Martyr; Frank
Day Is Much Like An Oyster;
Stanton May Be the Man.
st. Paul, July 81 have nothing to
add to nor substract from my statement
as made to Chairman Frank A. Day." said
John Lind when asked if he wished to
qualify or emphasize anything in his
letter to Mr.. Day. Mr.. Lind returned
to Minneapolis today after a few days
spent on his farm. He will leave July
10 for Portland, Ore, where, on July 10,
the G.. A. Smith lumber case is to be
called Unless a continuance of the case
is asked, Mr.. Lind will not be in Min
neapolis when the democratic state con
ventiOn meets July 2S.
1t was pointed out that i'm the letter
which he wrote to Frank A. Day, Mr.
Lind did not nnqualifiedly declare that
he would not accept the nomination.
The Democrats are taking hope from
this and declare that when he is notified
that the nomination has come to him
unanimously he will not refuse to act.
Would Hold Him up as Martyr.
"But there is the ineligibility clause
that must be dealt with, say the re-
pubicans. ''If an injunction is Sc
cured" said leading republican,
preventing Lind from qualifying, what
can he do?"
"Do?" replied another republican,
that is exactly what the democrats
want, an Injunction. BY an injunction
they will be able to hold Lind up as a
martyr. The constitution guarantees
to every man the right to hold office,
and if Lind is to be robbed of this
right by a legislative enactment, the
people are going to be persuaded ,hat
he is the victim of gross iniustic.
"As soon as the Injunction is issued
there will be an appeal to the supreme
court, and if necessary a special SEES
sion will be asked for. At any rate
the session of October should be able
to take care of the matter before cleo
ton, and in the meantime Lind is pos
ing as martyr. There is no question
in my mind but the whole thing is
frameup and will be worked to the lin
it as one of the finest advertising dOd
ges ever pulled off,"
Holds Two Offices
1t was pointed out this morning that
John Lind at present holds two offices
under the state. He is a member of
the board of regents and a member of
the state forestry board. Under the
law cited by him in his letter to Mr..
Day, he is ineligible to hold the place
on the board of forestry during the
time for which he was named as re-
gent
Democratic politics was not sizzling
this morning. Three of the leaders are
out of the city. Fred B. Lynch and j.
A. Hartioan are at Gul lake, where Mr.
Lynch has summer home, and John
Il. King has not returned from Mac
kinac Island, Michigan, where he went
last week to attend the meeting of the
National association of Librarians.
Day Is Like an Oyster.
Frank A. Day refused positively to
discuss the matter of John Lind's can
didacy this morning, declaring that he
had said all he had to say yesterday.
The feeling still persists that Lind
will be the nominee, though there is a
general belief that if anything should
happen to prevent this the nomination
would go to Judge c. NJ. Stanton of
Bemdji, with Fred W. Johnson of New
Ulm for lieutenant governor Judge
Stanton. who is still holding court at
Brainerd, has given no expression of
opinion as to what his inclination to-
ward the nomination would be. 1t is
known that he will receive the nomi- |
nation to succeed himself as Judge in a
strong republican district and will have
no opposition.
Lind's Remark to Wheelock.
John Lind's attitude toward the
nomination has not changed during the
past four months. In February, just
before Lind started for Florida, he met
Ralph w. Wheelock, private secretary
to Governor Eberhart, and in discussing
the regency situation, appointments
at that time not having been made, he
said:
81 want you and the governor to
that under no circum
will | be candidate for gov
ernor on the Democratic ticket this
fall"
The impression which Mr.. Wheelock
cot from the interview was that John
Linds chief ambition is to remain, as
at present, in sense the head of the
great educational system of the state. |
There was nothing to indicate that he
desired the presidency of the univer-
sity, but neither was there anything
to suggest that he would refuse the
place if it were offered him.
Senator Works is quoted as saying
that John Lind will not be the demo
cratic nominee for governor. 1t is |
known that Senator Works is anxious
that Hammond be nominated for the
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