THE PRESIDENCY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 232, 24 June 1908, Page 7

THE PRESIDENCY.

BEMOCRATS' NOMINEE. SOME ADVICE TO MR. W. J. BfcYAN. MR. JOHNSON'S CHANCES. BT rELEOEAPH—rnESS A6BOCUTIOK —COPTEIQBB. New York, June 22. ( Mr. T. W. Lawson, author of "Frenzied Finance," urges Mr. W. J: Bryan- to allow Governor Johnson to be nominated for tlio Presidency, Mr. Bryan contenting himself .with tho Vice-Presidency. n-mn'n/vi awSOll °® ers personally Bubscribo £100,000 .to tho Democratic" Campaign Fund, and to raiso, a similar amount if Mr.-' Bryan consents to do as ho suggests. GOVERNOR JOHNSON. John A. Johnson, born at St. Peter (Minnesota) on July 2S, ISSI, is the son of Swedish parents. The care of the family devolving upon mm at tho ago of. 12 years, ho went to work in a drug store in St. Peter. Later, he obtained an interest in the St. Peter " Herald/' of which iu kccame editor. He served for seven years in tnn Minnesota National Guard, becoming oaptain. -

I'.ir,' Jehnson entered politics as State Senator from St. Peter district. He was elected Governor in 1904 by, a somewhat narrow majority, receiving 148,091 votes as Democrat candidate, while the Kopnblican candidate (Mr. Dunn) got. 141,847 votes. In 1906 Minnesota gavo Mr. Johnson a ■ better'majority, as he polled 61.69 per cent. o£ the total vote, while tho Republican candidate (Mr. Cole) polled 34.03 per cent. His ter mas Governor.of Minnesota expires on January 9, 1909. Last month Governor Johnson was reported by a New York cablegram as declaring that "Americans must obliterate the imaginary line between tho. United . States and the Canadian States."" This fspread-eagleism (added thr cablegram)' meets with small' responso, excen in Minnesota, Michigan, and Dakota.