New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-15
IN FIELD
FOR Gl0QERNOR.SHlP
HEAD OF PYTHIAN ORDER NOW
BEING DOOMED TO LEAD
DEMOCRATS.
FRIENDS DECLARE HE WILL BE
STRONGEST CANDIDATE IN
FIELD.

Fred E. Wheaton's boom for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomination
continues to flourish, and during the
past week his name has led all the rest
in the places where politicians gather to
talk over prospects for the campaign OF
1918 says w. T.Bell in the Pioneer Press.
There are some who argue that Wheaton,
coming from Minneapolis, will not run
well in the country; that the Democrats
should have a candidate from the rural
districts.
There are others who contend that his
style Of oratory is too verbose for effective
use on the stump. But Wheaton's
oratory is no more grandiose than the
language he used in the literature he sent
out from Democratic headquarters last
year, and never in the history of their
party did the Democrats come as close
to carrying Minnesota for the national
ticket as they did in 1917.
Knows the People.
As to the first argument, Wheaton's
friends meet it with reminder that for
twenty years he has been going up and
down the state, working in the interests of
the Knights of Pythias. He has visited
every city and town of any size in the
state time and again, and has been in
most of the hamlets. That means that
he is acquainted with the farmers, too,
for in the small towns the fraternal
organizations draw most of their mem
.bers from the country round about.
It is claimed that Wheaton is so well
known personally that no one will ask
where he lives. Be that as it may, the
esaublieans are figuring that Wheaton
is the man they will be called upon to
defeat next year, and they are wondering
whether they can accomplish the feat.
Nonpartisan Puzzle.
Leaders of both the old parties are
constantly on the alert for a sign that
will tell them what figure the Non
partisan league will cut in the next state
campaign, but it may be said for the
Democrats that they are not trying to
form any sort of alliance with that body.
They want to win next year, and that
is why they are so busy trying out the
strength of their gubernatorial timber
before the active campaign opens, but
even a victory next year seems secondary
in the minds of the leaders to the building
up OF a party organization that will put
up a strong fight in the presidential cam
paign two years later. They have no
time to firt with side issues.
Glad Nye Declined.
Altho the editors of the Seventh
judicial district were liberal in their
praise of Judge Nye as possible Demo
cratic candidate for governor, they all
commend his letter declining to consider
the nomination and declaring that his
ambitions run along judicial lines.
Many of the editors, while they praised
him, commended from the first that Judge
Nye should remain on the district bench
until opportunity for his elevation to
supreme court should present itself, and
that is just what Judge Nye evidently
has determined to do, if he returns safely
from his service in the army.
Senator'S Must Fight.
Representative H. O. .Bjorge of Lake
Park may go after the senatorial seat be-
longing to the Sixty-third district, and
now held by Senator John H. Baldwin
of Frazee, and if he does, the people Of
Becker county, where they both live,
may expect a hot fight.
Mr.. Bjorge, who won some fame as
the author and hacker. of bills for a
tonnage tax on iron ore, would not
definitely declare himself candidate
when he was in st. Paul the other day,
but he made the statement that there
would be lot of changes in the Senate
as result Of the next election, and that
is the usual preliminary when member
OF the House is preparing to seek place
in the Senate.
A number OF representatives will seek
promotion to the upper body next year,
it their present activities are any indica-
ton.
Hot Scrimmage Predicted.
The Brainerd Tribune predicts hot
scrimmage in the Fifty-third senatorial
district, composed Of Morrison and
Crow Wing counties. It is taken for
granted, according to the Tribune, that
Senator George II. Gardner Of Brainerd
will be q candidate for reelection.
Representative Hiding A. Swanson,
also Of Brainerd, is accused Of Laving