The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-02
CLAPP SURE TO retain
PLACE IN UPPER HOUSE
DAY HAS NO HOPE OF A DEMO
Graf BEING ELECTED.
Could Not Obtain Majority in the
Legislature; Head of the State
Committee Comedies That There Is
No Obstacle in the Way of Repub-
lican Success; What Prohibition
lists Are Doing.

Moses f. Clapp> seat in the United
States senate from Minnesota is not
in the slightest danger from the COM
ing legislative elections, says The Min
neapolis Journal Frank \. Day, chair
man of the democratic state commit
tee. admitted today that there is not
the least possibility for the democrats
to control the legislature next winter
and elect senator.
Even if we elect all our candidates,
we would not have Il ma jOrity of the
legislature" said Mr.. Day. while [
have no full information, and there
is still one more day for filing. | am
quite sure that is the case. We have
more candidates i'll the field this year
than we had last time, and have en-
tered several districts where we have
not made fight for several elections,
but 1 do not believe we have candi-
dates enough in the field to control the
legislature even if we elct them all,
which we hardly hope to do"
County Option Controversy.
Friends of Senator Clapp have been
alarmed over the possibilities of the
county option controversy. 1t is car
ried on without much regard for party
lines. Most of the county option can
didates are republicans. however. In
districts, where county option republic
cans are nominated. the democrats i'll
nearly every ease will have candi
date opposed to county option In the
last election they Won several legisla
| tive seats in this way. by combining
the votes of anti-option republicans
with the democrats to elect Il demo-
cratic candidate. 1t was only by these
/ tactics that the county Optionists were
| prevented from controlling the last
! house The same situation will APP
| pear in many districts this year In a
! few districts the democrats will have
county option candidates, like Senator
! T. f. eastman of Steele county and
Senator John Moonan of Waseca. They
will also support Ole .. Sageng. pop
ulist senator from Otter Tail, who is
IA county optionist.
What Democrats Expect.
This cross-fire from the democrats
probably will give the minority party
an increased membership in the legis
lature, and Senator CEapp's friends
have felt there was chance that the
republicans might lose control. The
democrats. however have not made
their fight extensive enough to threat
en- Senator Clapp's election. They did
not take it seriously enough to indOrse
a candidate for the senate in the demo-
cratic state convention, though the con-
of senators. Senator Clapp has the
republican Endorsement and is the only
candidate in the field.
The prohibitionists might make trout
bic if they should win Il number of
seats this year, but, according to W.
G.. Calderwood, secretary of the state
committee, the prohibitionists have not
as many candidates for the legislature
now as they had in 1908. They elected
three men to the mouse then, the same
number they had in the previous
house.
The Prohibition Candidates.
I'VE have candidates entered now in
thirty-two Districts" said Mr. Calder
wood today. .Others have promised
to file before tomorrow night. and we
will be represented in at least thirty
: five of the siXty-tnree districts. and
t possibly i'll forty. Two years ago we
made contests in forty-four districts
; This time we have decided to concen.
trate, and have kept out of some dis
tricts where our candidate would only
have complicated the situation. We
will make greater effort in the dis
i, tricts where we fight, but not try foI