The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-29
union LABOR IN
STATE ELECTION
Local Committee Organizes to
Put Labor Candidates Over
at June Primaries.

Labor's political committee is or
ganizing for the primary election to
be held Monday, June 21. The only
contest in the prelimlnaries for local
offices will be for candidates for the
legislature in the Fifty-eighth district
and for judges in the district court.
The big fight in behalf of the
candidacy of DR.. Henrick Shipstead
for the Republican nomination for
governor, of Captain Mallan for
lieutenant governor and of Thomas
Sullivan will be bitterly contested in
this section of the state. 1t is the
intention of large number of union
maries for all the candidates en-
dorsed by. both the farmers and
working peoples nonpartisan organ
izations.
A goodly number Of union men
expect to vote in the Democratic
primaries for the purpose of assist
ing in the nomination of Congress-
man w. L. Carss. II note that a
newspaper or two declare that there
is dissensicn in the labor ranks be-
cause Mr.. Carss was forced to file
as a Democrat" said a we'll known
labor man yesterday. 'They say that
union men have been put in an en-
barrassing position because they had
intended to vote in the Republican
primaries and if they do SO they can
not vote for Mr.. Carss.. One paper
expresses the opinion that by filing
in the Democratic primaries Mr.
Carss has greatly damaged, if not
ruined, his cause.
"Such reasons and opinions are
not we'll founded. Mr.. Carss had in
tended to run as an independent as
he did two years ago when there
was no Democratic candidate. When
Mr.. d'Autremont filed he changed
the situation. If three candidates go
before the people at the November
election, a Republican, Demo crat and
an Independent, it is evident that
| the Republican would be elected,
| particularly in a. district having q
normal Republican majority Of APP
| proximately 5000, and with an indie
| pendent candidate a supporter of the
| Democratic administration. It is
| ridiculous to think that the indie
pendent candidate could be elected
| under such circumstances.
| Nov, supposing Mr.. Carss had re-
manned firm and ran as an indie
pendent, of what service could any
man voting in the party primaries
| be to him in helping to put him on
! the ballot? Under Minnesota law no
person who has voted In the primary
| o11 &C. 11;o;h1o fo CT ho mott.
ton of an independent candidate. The
| labor men who intend to vote in the
Republican primaries would not un-
| der any circumstances be entitled to
I sign Mr.. Carss' petition any more
u than they can now vote for him in
such primaries. The fact that he has
! filed as Democrat does not alter
the situation whatever unless some
men have a prejudice against voting
for a Democrat as such. In this case
it was the only thing Mr.. Carss
could do.'
7 In the legislative contests S. T.
Skrove, the labor candidate in the
Fifty-seventh district, is opposed by
NJ. B. Cullum. Their names will not
go on the primary ballot. This is
also true in the Fifty-ninth district
In the Fifty-eighth district the labo,
candidates, G. o. Lockhart and
Charles Esse, have opposition in the
primaries, but it is believed that both
will be nominated.
Judges Bert Fesler and w. A. Cant
endorsed by the A. F. Of L. labor
conference on May 9, are admitted
winners. The big battle in the judi.
cial contest is exciting great interest
Judge Richard Funck is endorsed by
the central labor committee and hi
is putting up a fast battle. Mayor
; Magney's committee is just beginning
to- organize and it is conceded that
he will be one of the six men to be
nominated. Warren E. Greene, it is
believed, will be one of the nominees
and e. J. Kenny looks like another
But there is Hans H. Haroldson
reared in Duluth and we'll known to
many voters; j. B. Richards, with
an enviable record for public service
and one or two others to be reckoned
with in a many cornered fight.
J. P. Johnson again filed this
week for clerk of court. He will be
opposed by Edward J. Erickson of
Proctor, we'll known in railroad labor
circles. Unless others file for this
office there will be no primary con-
test.
The labor candidates for county
| commissioner are John Schneider in
the First district; E. w. Griffin in
the Third, and Joseph Becks in the
Fifth. They are all making a thor
ough canvass of their districts and
all will and should be nominated.
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