Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-09-19
HARD FIGHT
On TANNEY
MINNESOTA INSURGENTS ARE
HOPEFUL OF ADDING scLAP OF
REPRESENTATIVE FROM FIRST
DISTRICT TO THEIR LIST.
(Herald Specially

st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 19.-Encour-
aged by the recent victories in Wis
consin and Michigan, the insurgent
republicans of Minnesota are hopeful
that when the returns of the congress
sional primaries in this state tomor-
row are counted it. will be found that
all of the republican nominees are OF
their way of thinking when it comes
to the tariff, Cannonism and other is
sues on which they differ from the
standpatters. The insurgents have
made hard fight of it, but unbiased
opinion inclines to the belief that they
have made it in vain so far as the
chief object of their assault is con-
cerned.
1t is upon Representatives James A.
Tawney of the First district that the
fire of the insurgents has been cen
tered. Tawney is one of the most
prominent men in congress. As chair
man of the committee on appropria-
tons, he has been one of the leaders
of the Cannon organization and will
probably be a candidate for speaker
if he is reelected. He is vice chair
man of the republican congressional
committee He was the only Min
nesota congressman who did not turn
insurgent when the tariff bill was
pending, and it was in the hope of
saving his face" at home that Presi-
dent Taft journeyed to Winona, Taw-
ney's home town, and spoke id his |
behalf last spring.
Sydney Anderson, a young attorney
of Lanesboro, is the choice of the in
surgents for Tawney's seat While |
the latter undoubtedly faces the most |
difficult political campaign of his ca
reer, his friends are confident that |
prestfscro organization and personal |
popularity viii combine .e-give him
q victory over his almost unknown |
Young opponent. On the other hand, |
the opposition finds much encourage |
ment in the evidences of Tawney's |
waning popularity. In the last six |
years his majority has been reduced |
from more than 10000 to about 1000, |
and even some of his friends fear that |
he will not be able to pull through |
in the primaries tomorrow, and that |
If he does a democrat will represent |
the First district in the Sixty-second |
congress.
There are nine representatives in
the house from Minnesota. Eight of
them are republicans. Five of the re-
publicans, namely, Messsrs Davis,
Iandberg, -Volstead, Miller and lteen-
1 "a. -f1s tiiaigeRf ttss.N of the i've
al ,elieved to be reasonably sure of
retaining their seats, although all of
them have opposition for renomfna-
ton.
In addition to Tawney, Frederick C.
Stevens of the Fourth district and
Frank M. Nye of the Fifth are classed
IS regulars. But although Stevens
and Nye were regulars during the
light over the rules at the last ses-
sion, they have declined to accept aid
rom the congressional campaign COM
nittee. Recognizing the hostile SEN
iment in their districts against the
ariff bill, they voted against that {
Measure
OF the several congressional con-
ests, one of the most uncertain and
interesting is that in the Second dis
riot. This is the only democratic dis
riot of the state and is now repre- t
ented by Winfield S. Hammond, who
S serving his second term The dis
riot was represented for many years '
" James T. McCleary, who went r
Lown to defeat four years ago. The
epublicans are now making strong
fort to reclaim it, Franklin F. ELS u
yorth and Albert L. Ward are the e
iVal republican aspirants for the a
omination