The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-10-30
Silence Now Marks His Attitude.
Although Friends Continue
to Hope.
0RAT0RY CITED AS FACTOR
Looked Upon as One of the Best Cam
paigners in Ranks of Mime
sofa Democrats.


city, looked upon last year IS Moses
to lead the Democrats out Of the will
derness but who preferred the dis
trict bench to the Moses business, is
! again being discussed as democratic
candidate for governor.
Friends of Judge Stanton have
known for long time that he would
be given substantial support if he
could be induced to enter state poll
tics
Can't Hear the Call.
| To these temptations Judge Stan
ton has turned deaf ear. Silence
marks his attitude on the latest
story connecting him with next
years campaign, which appears in
the St. Paul Pioneer Press and reads
| as follows:
Here's the City Story.
"Some of the Minnesota Democrats
are talking of Judge c.. w. Stanton
for governor next year. Mr.. Stanton
for some time has been considered g
possibility by the members of his par
ty, and they may fall hack on him
next year. g.
"The party leaders have made no
public utterance regarding Stanton,
but Democrats from various parts of
the state who have visited the capital
have gone home filled with the prais-
es of the Bemidji man. --.T.@ -.
He Is There With the Talk.
"Next to Representative Hammond
Mr.. Stanton is probably the most
promising of the Democratic candi-
dates to date. Through his residence
in two or three different places in
the state, and his experience as
country editor, lawyer and judge, he
has made a wide acquaintance. Be-
sides, it is said that he is one of the
best in the party as stump speaker.
Still Hope for Hammond.
"The Democrats have not given up
the idea of getting Hammond to run,
but there is nothing to indicate that
he has changed his previously an
nounced inclination to run for Con-
gress again. At the same time, some
of the leaders are not sure that he
would make the best run on a manu-
factured issue.
But the Judge Looks Good.
"The party leaders, as has been ap-
parent for some time, have been
planning to make the increase of the
gross earnings tax, together with the
failure of Governor Eberhart to call
an extra session, their issue, and
they have been preaching that
through their papers. To drop that
and pick up new issues might be en-
barrassipg. But Hammond is an in
dependent sort of person, and
might not do we'll at all If he were
to take the stump on an issue framed
up by the party leaders. He has
ideas of his own that he has studied
out and likes to talk about, and that
is one reason why some of the Demo-
Gratis think that Judge Stanton might
do better than Mr.. Hammond, al
though they all admit that the rep
tresentative can go some VIXEN he gets
on the stump with a subject that he
| is posted on. ..,zEt
That County Option Speech.
"Mr. Stanton made speech last
year declaring for county option, but
the Democrats do not think that will
make much difference. 1t was gen.
orally taken for granted that he made
| the speech to avoid being nominated
last year when there was no hope of
being elected, and no one paid any
attention to it.
He Once Was an Editor.
"The judge was formerly an editor
| at Appleton, but moved TO Interna-
tional Falls and opened Il law Office.
In 1907 he was appointed district
Judge to fill a vacancy, but in 1908
he was defeated by a Republican. In
1909 the legislature increased the
number of judges in that district,
and Governor Johnson again appoint
I ed him to the bench. Ia 1910 he
vas 1alected to the bench for a six
year term