The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-07-22
HOLLER IS LOUD AND
LONG AGAINST OPTION
STATE DEMOCRATS ARE MAKING
AN AWFUL NOISE.
Hundreds of the Boys Are Pouring
Into St. Paul With Their Com
plants; Leader Claims That John
Lind Will Not Be the Nominee;
Hammond Is Quiet on the Burn
ing Question.

John Lind will not be the demo
cratic nominee for governor and sthere
will be no county option plank i'll the
platform, says The st. Paul Dispatch.
This statement was made this morn
ing by Il prominent st. Paul democrat.
He refused to qualify his statement
in the least and declared that he knew
what he was talking about
Nominate Some Other Man
The conviction is growing that
some other man will be nominated and
that the democrats will fight it out
along the lines to which they are ac-
customed. Even the republicans are
saying this. Governor Eberhart has
consistently declared that the nominee
of the democrats will not be Lind. He
does not pretend to have any inside
information, but the governor declares
that Lind will not be named and would
not accept if nominated.
Opposition to the county option
plank is coming from many quarters.
Senator Ray G. harrington is con-
sistently opposed to it and while he
does not say he will bolt the ticket
if the plank goes in, he lets it be
understood that he looks upon it as
poor democracy and is against it.
Collier Makes a Holler.
julius A. Collier of Shakopee, sena-
tor from the twenty-sixth district, is
known to be opposed to the PROPOSE
ton. 1t was said this morning that
Mr.. Collier had declared he would not
support the ticket if the county OPP
ton plank goes in. He is reported
as saying, further, that the Germans
of the Minnesota river valley will not
vote county option ticket. He will
attend the convention and will fight
against the move to adopt a county
option plank. Mr.. Collier is in Chicago
today and no statement could be OBJ
tanned from him.
w. S. Hammond persstently declares
that he is not IA candidate for the
gubernatorial nomination. He refuses
to discuss county option.
FIludllcS IelQ lONiSUl.
The democrats will hold their pri-
maries this evening 1t is not likely
that there will be any contest. and all
of the leaders will probably be chosen
to sit in the county convention, which
convenes Saturday at 1920 a. III. 1t
seems to be generally accepted that
John Lind will be the nominee of the
state convention for governor, and that
he will accept, and the delegates chosen
to represent this county will no doubt
be prepared to get into the band
wagon and help make it unanimous,
whether Lind is their personal choice,
or not.
The caucuses tonight will be held
from 7:30 to $50 o'clock.
What John King Says.
The Minneapolis Journal says: The
democratic state convention program
on July IS is all mapped out, says
John E. King. state librarian. Lead
ers of the party have heard enough
from the outside counties to convince
them that the convention will do these
things:
Nominate John Lind for governor;
Adopt a county option plank for
the platform, over strenuous protest
from minority;
Frame up a strong ticket for other
places for a fight all down the line.
There Is No Doubt Now.
'Things have gone so far now," said
Mr.. King today, chat there is really
no doubt any more about what the
convention will do on governor and
platform The demand for John Lind
is general, and he will be nominated.
1t is no use to nominate him with
out county option platform, for he
wouldn't take it, and the plank will
not be any straddle, either There is
no use Disgusting it. We know it
means IA fight. There are a good many
democrats against county option
plank, but from all indications a large
majority favor it, and the majority
will rule We will expect opposition
from four districts and the third dis
trict will probably be almost solid
against it.
There is some strong talk going
on. and we will probably have con
test, but democratic convention with
out fight isn't much account, and
after the fight is over we will get to-
gether all right"