The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-01-12
DAY TO RETURN
TO MINNESOTA
Democratic Chairman Coming
Back to the State.
EXPECTED TO RE-ENTER GAME
Possibility Of Revolt if He Attempts
to Again Assume Leadership
Of the Party.
EXPECTED TO RE-ENTER GAME
Especial Correspondence


st. Paul, Jan. 9.-Frank A. Day,
Democratic state chairman, the hero
Of many hard fought battles and the
man who discovered Governor John A.
Johnson and piloted him to victory on
NO less than three occasions, is COM
ing back to dear old Minnesota"
"And I may get into the game, too"
he says In a letter to a Minnesota
friend. 81 have been offered the West
ern management of presidential can
ttdate, but hesitate" The presiden-
tial candidate the boys doped out to
be Joe Folk of Missouri, but Mr.. Day,
who passed through st. Paul Saturday
On route to Washington to attend a
meeting Of the national Democratic
organization, gave it as his opinion
that Folk had no chance Still he
was friendly to him and If he showed
any strength he might be found on the
Folk band wagon at the proper time.
Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, he
thought, had the Democratic call. Gov
ernor Harmon of Ohio was all right,
but his nomination would only invite
trouble in the way of a fight on the
part of the Bryan wing of the party.
the Fafrmont man-Missoula, Mont,
has been his residence since the 1910
campaign-put in the time between
trains while in st. Paul Saturday filing
long distance messages and calling up
local friends. When he left for Wash
ington he had as company Fred B.
Lynch, national Democratic committee
man from Minnesota. He did not
say what his future plans would be,
whether he would take up the state
game or the national game or both
What with Governor Eberhart's pri-
vats burying ground, the early demise
Of two promising Republican guberna-
torial candidates and general incii,
nation to accept things as pretty well
sewed up as far as the Republican end
Of the game is concerned, continual
rehashing Of the facts is becoming
bore and anything from the other side
OF the house Is now accepted with
interest In state capitol circles. Note
the interest attending the statement
that Frank A. Day was again going to
get into the game. 1t was not so
much that Frank had a laundering to
get back to his old stamping ground,
but how would the other fellows take
his attempt at leadership? Would
they stand for it? Would it mean
split In the Democratic ranks? For
nearly two years the state Democracy
has been enjoying rest and the en-
forced idleness has not been without
its benefits. The disconnected in the
ranks have been scattered, new lead
ers placed in readiness for instant use
and those in charge provided with
ample time in which to ferret out
the weak points of the enemy So
soft has been this latter job that one
Democrat boastsd the other day that
II "The Man of Destiny" and his
crowd kept up their present pace the
Democratic organization would not
need a press bureau this campaign.
THE stuff they are handing out" he
added, lis better Democratic material
than we could furnish"
i. + =.
Well, one thing is settled, Mr.. Day
10 coming back, and, accepting his re-
turn as fact, the only other conclu-
sion to be reached is that the Fair
mont man is going to get into the
game again. do not think you could
keep him out of it. That there will
be some friction If he does get in is
likely. The 1910 campaign, when
James Gray was the standard bearer
and county option the slogan, is still
a memory and II is bitter one too
at that with quite number of promi-
nent Democrats l know throughout
the state. They firmly believe that
Mr.. Day was responsible and / would
not be BIT surprised IL they showed
open revolt should the Fairmont man
attempt the state leadership. Be
tween you and / Day was only a
pawn in the 1910 game, with John
Lind and others mapping out the plan
of play, but the fact that he was
state chairman and with his GUS
tomary enthusiasm stood to the last
in defense of candidate that was
not wanted by Democracy naturally
made him the scapegoat He could
not have done anything different if he
wanted to.
= = =
The plan OF the Democratic state
leaders, as far as the national con-
test is concerned, is to have Mime
sofa send an uninstructed delegation
to the next national convention This
is in the interest of harmony and it
has as hackers Fred B. Lynch of st.
Paul, who ia regarded as a Wilson
man; Sam Nelson of Luverne and R.
T. O'Connor OF the Capital City, who
Is an uneompromising Harmon boom
Or, and q dozen others whose SYM
pathies are divided. Bul l got this
cold from q Minnesota Bryanits the
other day: THAT uninstructed dele
CATION game is all right, still l would
not bet on It. We win not stand for
INV delegation with a Harmon or an