The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-08-24
The County Chairman

Although a minor flSure IN Things
political for the past ten years, the
state Democracy expects to score
heavily in the 1910 drive for SUI
premacy and already those in con-
troll are laying plans for what they
hope will be either a state killing
or at least a partial return CT form
err Democratic prestige. AS Demo
cratic organization chiefs view the
1910 situation the battle of ballots
will be between the two old parties
and with the Farmer-Labor contin-
gent, heretofore the dominating
figure in matters political, figur-
ing poor third, if it figures at ALL
The further fact that 1910 is presi-
dental year, state Democratic
heads contend, will also add to the
party's standing. Ever since 1880
the Minnesota division of the ma
tional Unterrified has been consis-
tently sold down the river and in
each instance the FL forces have
been the beneficiary, but if present
state organization chiefs, like: Har-
ry Weiss, st. Paul, party financial
director; John P. Erickson, Duluth,
national committeeman and Joe
Moonan, Waseca. state chairman,
are to be taken seriously the 1898
state content saw the finish Of such
unsavory deals. In this connection
and of shameful Democratic men,
DRY is the sell out of 1880 which
marked the triumphfull entry of
the FL forces headed by the late
Gov. Floyd B. Olson and that CT
1896 when a last hour withdrawal
of two top Democratic nominees
enabled former Gov. Elmer A. Ben
son and his followers to complete
the victory gained through the 1880
coup. Who the 1910 Democratic
gubernatorial offering will be is
pretty much in the air at the pre-
sent writing, but if state organiza-
ton hopes are realized, he will be
more or less along conservative
lines. Possibly FL coalition may
feature the party's convention tic
ket and if it does those favored will
be of the right wing division of the
Farmer-Labor party. F-L-Democra-
tic fusion, Unterrified chiefs say, is
out of the question. The Demo-
cratic label only will be recognized,
they aver. Active in a Democratic
Farmer-Labor right wing get-to-
gether at the present time is Paul
Rasmussen, who unsuccessfully es-
sayed the role of FL candidate for
secretary of state in the 1898 cen
test and State Senator George Lom-
men of Eveleth.
Democratic 1910 expectations as
outlined sound big and are trifle
scary when one visions what real
Observation-Disclosures coalition
might do, but between ourselves
and the gate post Democratic state
chiefs are not sitting up nights
figuring on any general state kill
ing. What they really want is a re-
turn of the party to it's former
standing and the complete elimina-
ton of those leader who have made
the party pretty much of a joke.
Not since 1928 has the state Demo-
cracy exceeded the 100000 figure
when Andrew Nelson, the then
candidate for governor polled a
total CT 213,734 votes. In 1880, the
year of the big sell out and the
coming of the FL group into power
the total vote polled for Democratic
governor was 29,1O9. John E. Re-
gan, the Democratic offering in
1882 and 1884 upped it some, but
nothing to brag about. In the last
campaign the Democratic vote for
governor was less than $4,000. In
the 1886 contest the party was with
out either a gubernatcrial or a
senatorial candidate. Both with
drew, at the request of President
Roosevelt, it is claimed, but there
are quite few who have different
ideas about the whole affair. In
G. o. P. organization circles 1910 is
generally regarded as a Republican
year, both presidential and state,
and those concerned will not have
it otherwise.
In the Democratic scramble for
place little is heard of Joe Wolf,
who until recently was Minnesota
Democratic national committeeman
and as such dispensed post offices
and ether federal patronage plums
with a lavish hand. Back of him
were the Bremers, Otto and
Adolph, wealthy st. Paul brewers
and financiers. All three were fire.
quent White House visitors and
Dear Franklin" and Friend Otto"
or Friend Adolph" as the case