Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-05-12
TWO men FILE TO
OPPOSE MRS. OLESON.
r. J. MEI0HEN AND HOMER NOR
RIS ENTER DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY RACE

T. J. MEIGHEN AND HOMER NOR
R1s ENTER DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY RACE
Minneapolis Tribune (1O):-A three.
cornered fight in the Democratic pri-s
mary and an organized opposition to
the nomination Of Mrs. Anna d. OLE
son as the party's candidate for Uni
ted States Senator was assured yester-
day. se :,
Thomas J. Meighen, at one time a,
leader in the Greenback party, later a
member Of the National committee Of
the People s party, and for many years
a Democrat, is one Of the candidates
for senator. Homer Morris, q Mime
apois attorney, is the third.
z. Fl. Austin of Minneapolis is one
Democrat, who is saidsto be back Of the
Meighen candidacy, and according to
political gossip last night Mr.. Meighen
will have strong supporters in many
parts of the state. .z.1.. =
Uncle Of Judge j. F. D. Meighen
Mr.. Meighen is an uncle of Judge J.
F. D. Neighen of Albert Lea, who was
mentioned during the Democratic state
convention as a candidate for the
United States Senate. Judge Meighen-
was credited with the; support Of For
mer Governor John Lind. Mrs. Oleson 8
nomination came after Governor Lind
) had relinquished the chair Of the con-
\ vention and had been made member
OF committee to confer with the Non
partisan league on question of
fusion.
1t was known for weeks that Demo
Gratis were urging him to file for the
United States Senate, but it was not
until the closing hour yesterday that
he reached his decision.
Mr.. Melghen was born in Forestville,
Minn., in 1855. Early in his political
career he was leader in the Green
back movement. When the Peoples
party was organized, he was one Of its
moving spirits, serving on the National
committee and retaining his member
ship until the movement was swallowed
up by other parties.
He has been active in the Democratic
party many years, and was a member
OF the state equalization board, under
Governors Lind and johnson. He lives
on the farm where he was born, near
Preston.
Candidates Listed
The following candidates of the three
parties which will contest the election
in November had filed for state offices
and for United States senator yester-
day:
Republicans
Rannh1icon-TIDifo1 C+o4oe eono +or.
Frank B. Kellogg, st. Paul; Ernest
tus, Minneapolis; Governor J. A. O.
Preus, Minneapolis; Franklin Ellsworth,
minneapolis; Lieutenant Governor
Louis L. Collins, Minneapolis; Lloyd
Ahlstrom, Minneapolis; State Auditor
Ray P. Chase, Anoka; George c.. Mag
nuson, st. Cloud; Secretary Of State
Mike Holm, Roseau; Margaret M. Kel-
ler, St. Paul; State Treasurer Henry
Rines, Mora; Adolph Leach, Mankato;
Attorney General Clifford L. Hilton,
Fergus Falls; John C. Larson, Mime
apolis; State Railroad and Warehouse
Commission, Ivan Bowen, Mankato;
Gerhart Bundle, St. Paul; Clerk of
Supreme Court Grace F. Kaercher, Or
tonville; Herman Mueller, St. Cloud.
Democrats
Democratic-United States Senate,
Anna D. Oleson, Cloquet; Homer Nor
ris, Minneapolis; Thomas J. Meighen,
Preston; Governor Edward Indrehus,
Foley; Merle Birmingham, Minneapolis;
Lieutenant Governor Silas M. Bryan,
Minneapolis; Attorney General James
E. Doran and George L. Seigel, St..
Paul; State Treasurer Thomas A. Canty,
Minneapolis; Secretary of State
Claude Swanson, Fairmont; Safe Audi
tor John E. Casey, Jordan; Railroad
and Warehouse Commission William j.
North, St. Paul; Clerk of Supreme
Court, Frank J. Hebl, st. Paul.
erLabor-United States Senate,
Henrik Shipstead, Minneapolis; Cover
nor Magnus Johnson, Kimball; Lieu
tenant Governor Lloyd l.. Leith, St.
Paul; Attorney General Roy G. Smell
ker, st. Paul; Secretary of State Susie
W. stageberg, Red Wing; State Auditor
Eliza Evans Deming, St. Paul; Clerk
Of Supreme Court H. T. Van Lear, Min
neaPolis; Railroad and Warehouse Com
mission w. w. Royster, Glenwood;
State Treasurer Frank H. Keyes, Inter.
national Falls.
For Associate Justices
Candidates for associate justice of the
Supreme Court, a non-political office
are James Quinn, Fairmont; incum.
bent; Archie Vernon, Little Falls; w
H. Vanderburgh, Minneapolis; C. H
Christopherson, Luverne; William B.
Anderson, Minneapolis and William A
Anderson, Minneapolis. DE-"