The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-25
One Of Most Interesting Is
That Between 1sagen,g and
l. Halvor- Steenerson 5
STEVENSON WILL RUN 3
DESPITE ENDORSEMENT
Democrats Still Searching for
!. y, Candidate for Senate
=. From Minnesota a,
Estate Capitol Bureau, Daily Pioneero

Estate Capitol Bureau, Daily Pioneer)
St. Paul., Feb. t2S,zO One of the
tprettiest-and ! there J are several
which promise to be more than ordi-
narily congressional fights, in
= the state is found in the Ninth ditrict
where Ole :Sageng, dirt farmer with
a capital d :: hopes to pillow under the
present member. Halvor Stevenson
of Crookston. W. x7.::M< .... j -! - ca
Martin Widsten of Warroad, Mr..
Steenerson's campaign manager,
charges, Ole with having engineered
the new primary law through the leg.
isIature so as to work to the person
al advantage of Ole. Just how one,
poor, little plowman from the wilds
of Ottertail county could put over
thing like that, Martin doesn't
make plain except to recite. that
Senator Sageng was member of the
senate committee on elections.
Now while Ole is a sure enough
farmer, he hasn't any hayseed in his
hair, which is a, crude attempt to say
that he maintains pretty healthy re-
spect in the eyes Of the people of
the state: in general and the voters
of the Ninth district in particular
and efforts to ridicule his candidacy
or to cast reflection on the action on
the nominating convention are more
likely@to help than hurt him. = " )
d, 81 am a candidate for the. republi-
Ole, subject to the actionsof the ire
publican district convention to be
held in Mooheads on, March 80. 81
shall: abide BY the action Of that COM
vention and pledge; myself to support
Loyalty any candidate, who may be
endorsed, confident he will represent
the honest and deliberate choice Of
the republican voters of the district.
Senator oageng appeals for. sup
port on. the ground that. there should
be at least one real "dirt" farmer
from Minnesota iri congress- Mr..
Steenerson has said that while he
would appreciate. the Endorsement of
the convention he. will be. a candidate
whether or not he gets the endorse
ment, all Of which peculiar state Of
affairs is permissible under the new
primary law.
At the capitol there is a growing
conviction that Miss Eloise Calihan,
secretary of the Bemidji Townsite
and Improvement company, will be
given the state ire publican conven-
ton endorsement for the position of
clerk of the supreme court. Herman
Mueller, the present clerk who got
the office through!a fluke, will not be
out Of it, \ -. 49,. T. ,,..,. I'D =,
John Lind has put a bomb under
the effort to make him a democratic
nonpartisan candidate for the United
States senate. >, He. has refused to
consider running for that office or
any Office and has told those who
wanted him to become a candidate
to "go and jump in the lake." or
words to- that effect. The democrats
are, therefore, searching for new
candidate. Judge Carol Nye of
Moorhead is mentioned. So is Mrs.
Peter Oleson of Cloquet. Then there
always is Dan Lawler of St.. Paul.
A state convention of the Working
Peoples Nonpartisan Political league
will be held in the twin cities. on
March 81. Executive committee
members decided on this course at a
meeting in Minneapolis this week.
F. A. Pike, state chairman Of the
Farmer-Labor party, and F. E. Tel
gen of the Nonpartisan league were
among those present. = ''''s - ,