In Minnesota

On June 18 were held the Minnesota primaries for nominating possible successors to the late Senator Knute Nelson. Nine Republicans, three Farmer-Laborites, two Democrats--fourteen in all--entered the primaries. The Republican party, riot only in Minnesota, but all over the country, is interested in the outcome of the election for Senator which will come in July. It was necessary, however, for national politicians to preserve neutrality in the primaries--neutrality but not indifference. Senators Moses (N. H.), Pepper (Pa.) and Wadsworth (N. Y.) of the Republican Senatorial Committee called at the White House before the President left on his cross country trip, to discuss the situation. If the election goes to a Farmer-Laborite, like Senator Shipstead, elected last Fall, the narrow Republican majority in the Senate will be seriously impaired. Therefore the Republicans are planning a vigorous campaign.

Meanwhile the vote at the primaries was light. Minnesota has 800,000 voters, but only about 10% turned out. A bad storm the night before probably cut the votes in the country district. The Democratic nomination went to State Senator James A. Carley by a liberal margin. Magnus Johnson, long the favorite for the Farmer-Labor nomination, ran neck and neck with Dr. L. A. Fritsche, who in the closing days of the campaign gained the vote of the railway brotherhoods. Johnson appeared to have won. Governor Preus took the Republican nomination from his nearest competitor, Oscar Hallam, by a fair margin. But all parties concede that the real fight is just beginning.