The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-08-04
TED SILENT--MUM
ON PLANS FOR 1928
Governor is Worrying Poll
ticians on Attitude Rel
alive to Candidacy.
SEVERAL ARE READY
Mayor Nelson Anxious to
Contest With Shipstead
at 1928 Election.

st. Paul Aug. Political I'M
dercurrents already have started
their quiet, persistent flow toward
the 1928 Republican campaigns
in Minnesota with Governor Theo-
dore Christensen the focus of in
terest.
Out of the dark, uncertain po-
litical waters are coming well de-
fined rumors and few established
facts, all heightening interest in
the gubernatorial and United
States senatorial contests next
year. =
Two paths face Governor Chris
tianson-either he may be a can
didate for a third term as COVER
nor, to place on a frmer footing
the economy program he has in
augurated, or he may go into the
race for the senatorial toga.
Political advisers of the COVER
nor have had many conferences
with him, and one definite report
has appeared that Mr.. Christian
son has concluded to seek the Cub
ernatorial chair for a third time,
and wait until 1880 to launch his
senatorial aspirations.
The governor, however, is with
holding any announcements of his
plans, but unless there is marked
change in the meantime in the
sentiment of his advisers and his
own reported conclusions, he will
announce his plans on that basis
next spring.
Should the governor follow this
course, it is the plan of Arthur E.
Nelson, former mayor of st. Paul,
to enter the race in 1928 for the
Republican nomination for the
senatorial post now held by Hen
rik Shipstead, the Farmer-Labor-
tie.
Mr.. Nelson will make no defn-
tie statement until the governor
has announced his position, but it
is learned authoritatively that he
will go after the senatorship if
Mr.. Christensen decides to try
for a third gubernatorial term
Further, it is indicated in the
same authoritative way that Mr..
Nelson has no gubernatorial as
pirations, and should Governor
Christensen, in view of unexpect-
ed developments between now and
next spring, decide to enter the
senatorial fight, st. Paul's former
mayor will not try to succeed him
as governor. ~,
Mr.. Nelson and Governor Chris
tianson are close friends and po-
litical confdants. Both have the
backing of the St. Paul business
men, as whole, but with the APP
parent stipulation that the wishes
of Mr.. Christianson must come
first.
eff it is true that Governor
Christensen has made up his
mind to be candidate for a third
term" said one representative St.
Paul business man to the Associat-
ed Press, "the choice will meet
with the hearty approval of his
friends and supporters in view of
his highly satisfactory administra-,
ton"
Not alone do the names Of
Christianson and Nelson appear
large on the political horizon, for
a definite announcement by the
governor, or even an earlier slim
illus, will send other political as
pirants scurrying into position.
Prominent names in the Repub-
lican gubernatorial timber include
Ray P. Chase, state auditor; Geo.
Il. Leach, four times mayor of
Minneapolis; N. J. Holmberg, state
commissioner of agriculture dairy
and food; and perhaps Julius
Schmahl, state treasurer. 3
1t is considered almost GER
tainty in political circles and
among his friends that Samuel B.
Wilson, chief justice of the state
supreme court, will try for the
senatorial nomination if the gov
ernor is not in the race.
Another senatorial possibility,
from whom no statement he's
come, is State Senator William
Brooks of Minneapolis, Repuhli-
can national committeeman, while
the name of State Senator A,.lJ.
Rockne of Zumbrota also is naer-
toned in the same connection.
In the Farmer-Labors ranks
there is no evidence of opposition
to the denomination Of Senatof
Shipstead. In this connectinp,
former Senator Magnus Johns6p,
also a Farmer-Laborite, has Ind
Gated his intention to stay out Qf
any contest next year, with the
possibility that he win try for Tie
nomination in 1880, when Senater
Thomas D. Schall, Republicans,
ends his present term.