The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-01-04
Pioneers State Capitol News
Bureau Gives Side-lights
ON State Politics
HALlAM Is CONSIDERED
AS KELLOGC'S SUCCESSOR
Nj. J. Brown, Formerly an At
torney Here, Highly Regard
ed for Attorney General .
fFrom Daily Pioneer State Capttot
News Bureaui

tF rom hSallN llouttE SSasS NeeANA
News Bureaui
St. Paul. Jan. 4.-That strange
looking affair now heaving into view
on the Minnesota horizon is the new
denatured primary law.
BE it understood that this creature
is neither man nor beast and whether
it is harmful depends pretty. mueh
upon your own viewpoint
Anyhow, they are getting ready to
put it into operation. So on the sec
ond Tuesday in March-Marrh ii
this year-the first statewide activity
of the new statute will take place
when elections are held to name del
egates to a county convention. This
county convention in turn will name
delegates to State conventions where
candidates for state offices and
United States senator will be ''in-
dorsed" on the republican and demo-
cratic tickets.
That doesn't mean that no one else
can become 4 candidate. Mercy uG>
1t will be just rs much sf 4 fra
for-alt rs under the old wide open
primary.
To illustrate: Mike Holm, who isn't
exactly unanimously popular accord
ing to Charles Cheney and the Fair
mont Sentinel will almost certainly be
Endorsed by the republican state
convention as candidate to sue-
'ceed himself. SO far, SO good. Enter
now the honorable Julius SehmatI,
who for u consecutive years held
down the job of secretary of state
Julius could. and may. tile as n candi-
date fer the republican, nomuatiuu
against Mike. Who would cuulc out
of the battle of ballots with feather
in his cap. We wOt not, but that the
willy Julius rs an independent repuh-
liegn would make it tough for Nike
10 keep his Endorsement" on straight
seems Il fairly reasonable political
guess.
Not that Mike hasn't his friends
the woods. and prairies, too, are full
of them. But Mikes health has been
poor and some folk are unklnd
enough to say that SD has his system.
Anyhow. clash between Mike and
Julius ought TO be rs pretty a race
rs n rabbit going down moenlit
road in front of rcd hot ttivver.
And there is talk OF just such con-
test,
J. V. Weber, the Slaytou caitor,
says in his Murray County Herald:
"JuliuS SchmaIi still has no end OF
good friends in Minnesota but straw
vota among them would. We are sure,
reveal the fact that th. real majority
favor Mike Holm for secretary OF
state for at least a SECOND term. II
Julius has the office itch he should
scratch in another place"
Comes also F.. r, Dahl in the Pine
River Sentinel Blaze with this: "Ru-
rlnrs that Mike Holm is to have seYt-
Gus opposition should not be given
ear. 4 few lame ducks (cau T.. y.
possibly mean the sprightly Juliussp
who are itching for place on th.
state ticket are small enough to put
into circulation the claim that Mr..
Holm Is responsible for the enforce
ment OF the somewhat inconsistent
auto tax law. The Legislature passed
tt and put il into the hands OF tine
secretary of state to be carried out,
No provision was made for the extra
expense involved, but Mr.. Holm and
his assistants have put it over. Ard
Tor reward. comes bunch of cheap
politicians seeking to prfit by the un-