Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-01-12
DAY TO return
TO MINNESOTA
Democratic Chairman Coming
Back to the State.
EXPECTED TO RE-ENTER GAME
Possibility Of Revolt II He Attempts
to Again Assume Leadership
Of the Party.
Especial Correspondence

D6mOCraClC state chairman, the Q6rO
of many hard fought battles and the
man who discovered Governor John A.
Johnson ana piloted him to victory on
30 less than three occasions, is COM
ing back to dear old Minnesota"
"And l may get into the game, too,"
he says in letter to a Minnesota
friend. 81 have been offered the West
ern management of a presidential can
didate, 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
en- route to Washington to attend
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 Fairmont 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 8.
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
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What with Governor Eberhart's pri-
yate burying ground, the early demise
of two promising Republican guberna-
tOrial candidates and a general incli-
nation to accept things as pretty we'll
sewed up as far as the Republican end
of the game is concerned, continual
rehashing OF the facts is becoming a
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 a
split in the Democratic ranks? For
nearly two years the state Democracy
has been enjoying a 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. Sc
soft has been this latter job that one
Democrat boosted the other day that
II The Man of Destiny" and his
crowd kept up their present pace the
Democratic organization would moi
need a press bureau this campaign
The stuff they are handing out" he
added, "is better Democratic materia
than we could furnish"
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Well, one thing is settled, Mr.. DAY
is 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. l do not think you coulC
keep him out of it. That there will
be some friction if he does get in i,
likely. The 1910 campaign, whe1
James Gray was the standard bearet
and county option the slogan, is still
memory and it is bitter one to-
at that with quite a number of promi
nent Democrats l know Throughout
the state. They firmly believe tina
Mr.. Day was responsible and l Woult
not be 3it surprised if they showet
open revolt should the Fairmont mai
attempt the state leadership. Be
tween you and 1 Day was only
pawn in the 1910 game, with Joh
Lind and others mapping out the plal
Of play, but the fact that he wa
state chairman and with his Gus
tomary enthusiasm stood to the las
in defense of candidate that wa
not wanted by Democracy NATURAL
made him the scapegoat. He coul
not have done anything different if b
wanted to.
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The plan of the Democratic stat
leaders, as far as the national col
test is concerned, is to have Mime
Eota send an uninstructed delegatio
to the next national convention. Thi
is in the interest of harmony and
has as hackers Fred B. Lynch of S
Paul, who is regarded as a Wilso
man; Sam Nelson of Luverne and /
r. O'Connor of the Capital City, VIII
IS an uncompromising Harmon boor
er, and a dozen others whose syn
pathfes are divided. But got tn
Geld from a Minnesota Bryanite tt
other day THAT unrestricted del
-gation game is al right, stiH | wou
at bet on 1t. We will rot stand fl
any delegation with q Harmon OF