Show VAN ZA G r VERNOR V VA A ZANT or of J sota make the expected prO progress in his senatorial campaign alSt alStIn In the caucus held the oth other er night Senator Clapp was n ed b by a practically unanimous vote to succeed him elf Go Va man Zant even get a start All of which furnishes with another Illustration of tie Or of electing United S Sates ates senators b by direct vote ole of the people There Is 15 no question hi fri the minds or of those famIliar the tion that Governor Van would i have run Senator Clapp a mighty might close race before beCore tIte people I The citizens or of Minnesota liked the he hestand I stand Van Zant took In the Northern Securities case The moment an at attempt attempt tempt was made to merge the Great North Northern rn and Northern Pacific roads Governor Gornor Val Vary Zant looked Into the matter He found that the propos proposed d combination was against the law a and he hc took steps to prevent it For this action he was generally applauded b by press and public He seemed to have struck a most popular chord When I It was an that he would be a for t the e United States senate it w ll thought ho that Go Gov Governor Van Zant stood c an excellent chance to t b elected B But this time he n was dealing with the legislature not with the p railroads with all the tremendous Influence influence they can bring to bear were wele against him Min Minnesota Mm 16 i a great at state but its railroads are more powerful than Its people They brought a about out the Ignominious defeat of Van Zant For the time be beIng being Ing he Is poll In Minnesota Only a fe few days dRs ago we wc called atten attention attention tion to the theu undisputed fact tha that t the railroad In q nee nce lit in New York made possible the reelection of Chauncey M 11 Depew as against former Governor Black Blae a much abl abler r man Governor LaFollette of was recently by a large In the face of the opposition of the railroads and imd other corporations He Is talked of as i a senatorial possibIlity It li Is said that the legislature Is friendly to but we e doubt very cry much JC if he be could be thes n nate nate ate The railroads ro ds and the corpora corporations lions that lie he has antagonized win will keep him out Ir If th they j PO possibly can And so 50 It goes In many ot of the states states powerful and states weak eak The only or of the problem the only r wa way 1 lit which the senate can be maintained atthe high sta standard dard set by br the found founders ers era ot of the nation is round found In the Dem Dein Democratic doctrine that senators should be elected by direct vote of the people |