The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-31
CLANS TO GATHER
Grand Roundup Of Politicians at
the State Fair
STATES WILL BIZ MADE
Sam Van SAINT is Ready to Get Into
the Game for Office of Con-
QreSSmdn at Large
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
ST. PAUL, Aug. 29:-With next week
comes the state fair and already the
king makers are planning for an In
vasion of it's broad acres. They prom
Use to be numerous. Ina previous let
ter | mentioned the probability of the
legislative headquarters, a feature of
several past fairs, being dropped this
year, but the statement was wrong.
In the language of the show man it is
to be "bigger, better and grander than
ever" Letters are now enroIte call
ing the members of the two houses
together, and in order thateany sus-
picion of politics may be removed tie
legislative members of Ramsey county
are named as host. 1t can be put
down certain that Governor Ebsrhart's
friends will be on the gro9nd; Lieu
tenant Governor S. Y. Gordon, when
he left for a trip with the editors oyer
the Great Lakes, said he Would be a
visitor, while as to the other several
hundred minor political lights, their
coming is sure. Several hare already
secured hotel accommodations for the
week. To those old in the game the
only embarrassment is the absence of
the railroad pass and free entrance at
the gates. The latter difficulty, how.
ever, may be overcome, though the
fair management insists Hat if any
free paper is floating arou nd it will
be because some one paid for it.
There is story afioat to tne effect
that one ambitious barkis has pur.
chased 100 admission tickets for dis.
tribution among needed friends.
J
Mention of the big ',ans likely t
visit the show at Midway next weeA
would not be complete without the
name of United States Senator Knute
Nelson. Quite few are hoping that
he will come. AS I write this the
Grand Old Man is doing his annual
pilgrimage to his old home in Wiscon-
sin and the length of his stay and his
continued silence regarding things po-
litical is worrying quite a few who are
anxious to know regarding his future.
Senator Nelson, to quote close friends,
has said nothing to show whether he
will make the race tor senator again.
In fact he has SHOWN the utmost in
difference whenever the subject was
mentioned. One of the senator's hob
bies is that when a man reaches the
age of seventy years and is in public
life he should retire. Senator Nelson
will be seventy years old when his
present term expires. What bothers
those composing the republican or.
ganization in the state is the posi-
bility of Senator Nelson's retirement.
1t would throw on the market posi-
ton that would make all kinds OF
trouble.
Mention has been made in this col
umn on several occasions of the prob
able candidacy of former Governor
Van SAINT for the new office of con
gresham at large. Well, there is nc
doubt of it. Word comes that the man
who broke the merger is anxious tt
get into the game and that no one
need be surprised if his candidacy is
announced at an early date. For some
time the ex-governor has been com
muning with the king makers anG
they are responsible for the story that
he may get into hegame. Not few
funeral sermons were preached WheI
the merger buster passed into private
life, some of which will not beal
repeating here, but they do not seen
to have had effect on his ambitions
Van, it is said, has always mad han